By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
Tags: asthma patients, comorbidities, cardiovascular disease, health
Technology is being deployed throughout the agricultural sector at an exponentially-increasing pace. Applications of precision agricultural techniques and devices abound when it comes to crop production. Billy Cook, senior vice president ...
Japan made landmark progress in 2013 in methane hydrate development -- carrying out the world's maiden offshore production test and later confirming the existence of "substantial" structures containing shallow methane in the Sea of Japan in ...
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Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing non-toxic DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) TV network ...
The pace of Chinese economic reform would surprise people, and it will be faster than commonly expected, said Blu Putnam, Chief Economist at Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, in London. China appears to be choosing to accelerate ...
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The U.S. government announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into American skies. Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will ...
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Forepi’s LED business hit rock bottom in 2013, said Jian Fengren, Chairman of Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Forepi. However, the company will benefit from the gradual development of flip chip, HV LED, and package free products in ...
Tags: Chip manufactures, Lighting
Advanced Molding Technologies Advanced Molding Technologies LLC nears completion of a two-year expansion at its Circle Pines, Minn., plant. Advanced Molding Technologies LLC is nearing completion of a $3.5 million, two-year expansion at ...
One of the biggest jobs facing agricultural producers these days is trying to tell their stories to consumers. With only two percent of Americans involved in production agriculture, their voices have a tendency to get lost in all the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Active-duty Marines who suffer a traumatic brain injury face significantly higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. Other factors that raise the risk include severe pre-deployment symptoms of ...
Spanish clothing and accessory retailing giant Zara acknowledged quality problems in its products found in a sample inspection after a Beijing watchdog group blasted the company for fudging the issue. Referring to test results on its Zara ...
Groundwater and surface water samples taken near fracking operations in Colorado contained chemicals that can disrupt male and female hormones, researchers say. These chemicals, which are used in the fracking process, also were present in ...
Tags: groundwater, surface water, fracking operations, hormones, health
Engineers who used to work for Nokia are hoping to grab a share of the lucrative and highly competitive smartphone market with a new handset, which is based on the former world No. 1 cellphone maker's old software and is faintly reminiscent ...
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Earlier this month, Dick Cheney stated that the medical device tax may have killed him if it were in effect in the decades he struggled against heart disease. The former vice president received a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney is ...
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Nickel prices are likely to be pushed higher in 2014 if Indonesia introduces an export ban on laterite nickel ore, which would tighten supply particularly for China, according to Dan Loughner, the head of Australian nickel producer Western ...
Tags: nickel ore, pollution, energy