Two published studies and an accompanying editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine say there is no clear benefit for most to consume vitamin supplements. Eliseo Guallar of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
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U.S. researchers say they identified a possible link between a history of sudden drops in blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, or an irregular heartbeat. Dr. Sunil K. Agarwal, a fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine at ...
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Treating the elderly didn't drive the U.S. increase in healthcare cost from 2000; 91 percent was from professional services, drugs and devices, researchers say. Dr. Hamilton Moses III of the Alerion Institute in North Garden, Va., and the ...
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Americans live sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy countries — and the gap is getting worse over time, a new report shows. Men in the USA have shorter lives than men in 16 developed nations. American women also fall ...
Vital Images, a Toshiba Medical Systems Group company, was selected by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) to integrate into JHM's Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system. VitreaView was rated the highest in each of the evaluation ...
The 2013 MBE Innovator Award, which is co-sponsored by co-sponsored by epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA and the North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE) organization, has been ...
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MAX BioPharma has exclusively licensed the small molecule oxysterols from University of California, Los Angeles and Johns Hopkins University in the US. The pharmaceutical company has also received a Small Business Innovation Research ...
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will spend more than $45 million for 38 new projects that will research and develop vehicle technologies to improve fuel efficiency, lower transportation costs and protect the environment. ...
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Biomedical engineers from The Johns Hopkins University have partnered with clinicians to create new therapeutic eye injections for a type of central vision loss caused by blood vessel growth at the back of the eye. The new drug, with a ...
Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data ...
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The AidPod for ColaLife has all the right components to become the packaging system that definitively demonstrates to the world that packaging can not only add value to consumers' lives, but it can actually save lives. Recently garnering ...
A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University found that the chicken meat in US contained high levels of arsenic - a chemical which is known to increase the risk of cancer. The increased arsenic levels can be attributed ...
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It's not a Star Trek tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you can almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the ...
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Box is taking steps to increase usage of its cloud storage and file sharing system in the health care industry, where it sees a demand for tools that simplify content collaboration. The company hired an external auditor to certify that it ...
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