Radiation exposure from a CT scan is about 350 times higher than from an ordinary chest X-ray. Yet some hospitals, including several large, well-known ones, continue to order too many of them, exposing patients to needless risk and expense, ...
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New Year's Day is notable for resolutions. If a healthier diet is on your list, just choosing the right foods isn't enough; how you prepare your meals can be just as important as what you put in your shopping cart, according to Bonnie ...
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Human breath contains a range of volatile organic components,which can help to provide useful information for diagnosis of various diseases,it has been found. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has reached a new ...
Provectus Pharmaceuticals has announced the commencement of Phase 1 study of PV-10 injection to elucidate bystander effect at the Moffitt Cancer Center. The study is designed to assess the possible immune biomarkers in both tumor tissue ...
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Volition has announced a new collaboration with the Wales Cancer Bank,with the two businesses set to carry out an internal clinical study for the Nucleosomics diagnostic products. At the end of this month,tests will be carried out on ...
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SunGrubbies.com, a leading online retailer of sun protective products, is pleased to announce their line of full face protection products. These items are specifically designed to protect against UV rays but they also work well to guard ...
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Molecular diagnostic cancer assays developer Predictive Biosciences has named Pierre Cassigneul as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO). Prior to joining the company, Cassigneul served as board vice chairman and president and ...
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Specialty hospital management solution provider Concord Medical Services has acquired 19.98%of indirect ownership interest in the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Proton Therapy Center. Under the transaction,CCM paid an ...
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PharmaIN and LAT Pharma have announced the issuance of FDA orphan-drug designation for terlipressin as treatment of ascites due to all etiologies apart from cancer. The companies are developing long-acting PHT101(PGC-C12E-Terlipressin)for ...
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Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive materials, or disease causing agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health. The wars that hit the ...
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The analysis of DNA mutations in patients with cancer can be carried out without surgery. This is according to new research from AACC's Clinical Chemistry journal, which demonstrated that the plasma of cancer patients also includes ...
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Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK are using virtual experiments in a bid to find the best methods for drug discovery. The findings have been published in the Nature Reviews Drug Discovery journal, with the work combining a unique ...
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The chairman and CEO of US retailer Safeway Inc, Steve Burd, has announced his intention to retire. Burd, who joined Safeway in 1992 as president, will step down at the company's annual stockholders meeting on 14 May. The group said it ...
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Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
Daily's Cocktails, the manufacturer of the original frozen pouch cocktail, is excited to announce the addition of three new light cocktail pouches to their already extensive line of flavors. Three new delicious flavors are joining Daily's ...
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