China’s wetlands have shrunk by nearly 9 percent in recent years, and the loss could continue if the government doesn't intervene. Officials from China's State Forestry Administration (SFA) told reporters on Monday that 340 000 square ...
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Europe has become an area where special IC´s and electronic applications are being developed and produced, such as Sensors, MEMS, vision applications, specific IC’s, etcetera, in particular for semiconductor, automotive and ...
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Acute otitis media, or ear infection, is the most common ailment among kids of preschool age and younger in the U.S., primarily because these children have immature middle-ear drainage systems, higher exposure to respiratory illnesses and ...
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Ear tubes can improve hearing over the short term in children with a certain type of ear infection. But they don't help children's hearing, speech or language over the long term, according to a new review. Dr. Michael Steiner and ...
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Ear tubes can improve hearing over the short term in children with a certain type of ear infection. But they don't help children's hearing, speech or language over the long term, according to a new review. Dr. Michael Steiner and ...
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Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, an associate professor of the University of ...
Sutter Davis Hospital (SDH) has become the first organization in the greater Sacramento area and the smallest hospital ever to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's only Presidential honor that recognizes ...
Trevena, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company involved in the discovery and development of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) biased ligands, announced today initiation of dosing in BLAST-AHF, the Company's randomized, multi-center ...
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According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes up more than one-third of all ...
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Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) today announced the acquisition of inpatient psychiatric facilities in Seattle, Washington, and Riverside, California, expanding the Company's geographic presence to two new states. Effective, ...
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Intercepted in the year 1980, we, "J. J. Manufactures",an ISO 9001-2008 Certified are counted among the renowned & trusted names in manufacturing, supplying, trading, exporting & wholesaling of supreme quality Flour Mill Machine & Atta ...
The Petrobras' P-55 platform, one of the strategic projects in the 2013-2017 Business and Management Plan, started-up the last Tuesday (12/31/13) in Campos Basin's Roncador field. P-55 is part of Roncador´s field Module 3 project ...
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In experiments with rodents, scientists have discovered that a steroid hormone blunts the effects of marijuana, virtually eliminating its high. The hormone, pregnenolone, occurs naturally in the body. In the laboratory, it worked by ...
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By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Chronotherapy, involving total sleep deprivation and light therapy, brings about a rapid reduction in suicidality among patients with bipolar disorder experiencing a phase of major ...
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For the medtech industry, 2014 is unlikely to be a year full of surprises as companies grapple with a health care market wary of big-ticket procedures and items. The largest gains will likely involve digital health and other technologies ...