US Northeast spot natural gas prices continue to trade at parity or a premium to New York Harbor fuel oil prices as cold weather blankets the region. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line zone-6 New York spot gas was trading around $18.69/MMBtu ...
Tags: Spot Gas Prices, Fuel Oil
THURSDAY Feb. 13, 2014, 2014 -- The increased risk of having a stroke or other blood-clotting problem might continue longer after a woman gives birth than previously believed, according to a new study. "Historically, six weeks was the ...
Tags: Stroke Risk, the risk of blood clots, venous thromboembolisms
US Northeast spot gas prices were trading above New York Harbor fuel oil prices Tuesday as a cold snap descended upon the eastern US. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line zone-6 New York spot gas was trading around $22/MMBtu Tuesday on ...
Tags: Gas Prices, Harbor Fuel Oil
Tubal ligation - commonly referred to as having one's "tubes tied" - is widely used to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, current Medicaid policies create roadblocks for low-income women trying to obtain the procedure, according to a ...
Tags: prevent unintended pregnancies, Medicaid rule, Health&Medicine
Data published in New England Journal of Medicine show treatment prolongs life for women with most common cancer in under 35s New data showing cancer treatment Avastin® (bevacizumab) can extend the lives of women with advanced ...
Tags: Cervical Cancer, Avastin, GOG240, GOG
TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will investigate possible links between the diabetes drug saxagliptin and a heightened risk for heart failure among users. In a statement, the ...
Tags: FDA, Diabetes Drug, Heart Failure, NEJM
Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...
Holland America Line named 'Best Overall Cruise Value' by World Ocean & Cruise Liner Society for 21st year Wednesday, Feb 05, 2014 SEATTLE, Feb. 3, 2014 /CNW/ - World Ocean & Cruise Liner Society (WOCLS) members named Holland America Line ...
Tags: Liner, Holland America Line
Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs Diesel rose for a second straight week, gaining 4.7 cents to $3.951 a gallon, led by big spikes in the Northeast, the Department of Energy reported. The price in DOE’s New England and Central Atlantic ...
Tags: Gasoline
TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- A downward trend in antibiotic use among children may have leveled off in certain areas of the United States, a new study shows. Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School reviewed ...
Tags: Antibiotic
Knitting together at least five New England states to impose labeling requirements on foods with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms(GMOs)just became more elusive. That's because in New Hampshire,the House of ...
Tags: foodsafety, GMO, Food
Testing is very important to ensure that the products and components can perform well for their intended use. It ensures the life expectancy of any material in question, and also helps while investigating the root cause of material failure. ...
Tags: material test, Hydrostatic, Charpy, strength and leak
An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...
Hepatitis C treatment isn't pretty, but the dark days of weekly injections, rough side effects and no guarantee of full recovery from the liver-damaging disease may soon be over, researchers report. Two studies, both published in the Jan. ...
Newer vaccines that protect against rotavirus have lower risks of bowel obstruction for infants than a previous vaccine did, two new studies suggest. "We would call it a small increased risk," said W. Katherine Yih, a lecturer at Harvard ...
Tags: rotavirus, bowel obstruction, infants health, new vaccine