While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
Many barriers exist to implementing approaches to medical liability that could serve as alternatives to federal tort reform, a series of studies funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found. Physicians can be ...
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High-tech manufacturers are failing in their customer ERP strategies, according to an IDC whitepaper. The analyst’s “Manufacturing Insights Whitepaper: Get Customers Inspired – A Call to Action for High-tech ...
U.S. corn exports to Latin America continue to grow. According to the USDA, the Western Hemisphere's accumulated U.S. corn imports are more than 67 million bushels ahead of last year at this same time. Mexico, the second-largest U.S. corn ...
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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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The REI Foundation awarded its annual$50,000 Mary Anderson Legacy Grant to GirlTrek,a national nonprofit and health organization inspiring and supporting African-American women and girls to live their healthiest,most fulfilled lives through ...
In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at ...
There are some products be recalled in stationery export because of the foreige technology and standards.Stationery is one kinds of children supplies.And the European Union has adopted high safety standards for children.So that they would ...
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Radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery (BCS) has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer (BC) recurrence. However, although younger women tend to have more aggressive tumors and have higher risks of recurrence than older ...
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A specific type of therapy helps reduce the number of migraines and migraine-related disabilities in children and teens, according to a new study. The findings provide strong evidence for the use of "cognitive behavioral therapy" -- which ...
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China's economic growth is likely to stand at 7.6 percent this year, slightly down from 7.7 percent in 2012, said a State Council report on Wednesday. Economic growth has been higher than expected since 2011 despite a declining trend, ...
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Ann Marie Reynolds, a 32-year-old who has been in and out of hospitals fighting chronic kidney disease since she was a teenager, had a less than 1 percent chance of receiving a kidney without the University of Alabama at Birmingham's ...
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A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released a statement expressing its concerns over BlueScope's proposed acquisition of OneSteel Sheet & Coil business from Arrium Ltd. Australian watchdog said that the proposed ...
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Power electronics maker FINsix Corporation has announced the development of what is being called the world's smallest laptop adaptor—one that is just a quarter the size of traditional models and just a sixth the weight—it comes ...
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