For patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's, vitamin E was effective in slowing brain decline and in reducing caregiver assistance, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Maurice W. Dysken of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and colleagues ...
Efficiency, service life and light quality are all reasons why facility managers are increasing choosing LED luminaires over more traditional lighting technologies. In fact, according to market research firm Strategies Unlimited, the LED ...
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For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight year follow-up study in Spine. The ...
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Psychological therapy plus medication appears to be the most effective treatment strategy for chronic migraine in children, but it may take time for the medical system to widely adopt this approach, says an editorial in the current issue of ...
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Adolescents girls with sexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced greater benefit from prolonged exposure therapy (a type of therapy that has been shown effectiveness for adults) than from supportive counseling, ...
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Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TARO) ("Taro" or the "Company") today announced the preliminary results of its modified "Dutch auction" tender offer to repurchase up to $200 million in value of its ordinary shares, which expired ...
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Over the past four decades, the rate of twin, triplet and other multiple births has soared, largely the result of fertility treatments, a new study finds. In 2011, more than one-third of twin births and more than three-quarters of ...
United States Army researchers have found that a bio-nanomaterial can help solve a public health issue involving people showing up in emergency rooms with dangerous reactions to marijuana substitutes sold at gas stations and head shops, ...
Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide – an atmospheric pollutant with both health and climate impacts – have increased across India in recent years, according to a new analysis of data from a NASA satellite. The analysis of ...
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Hawk-Eye is a device used to reconstruct the track of the ball for LBW decisions in cricket and for line calls in tennis. It will be much in evidence during the remaining Ashes tests and is now being used for goal-line decisions in Premier ...
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Asteroids (or comets) whose orbits bring them close to the earth's orbit are called near Earth objects. Some of them are old, dating from the origins of the solar system about four and one-half billion years ago, and expected to be rich in ...
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Apple has asked a federal judge to bar US sales of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers in the blockbuster patent case involving the two electronics giants. In a court filing in California, Apple said the smartphones and tablets were ...
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. But as you probably already know, it all starts with having the design requirements in place before you start. Without this, you may end up with a design that is less than optimal, or worse, one that may not always operate properly. ...
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Dr. Robert J. Brulle is a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia A new study conducted by Drexel University's environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational ...
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Dana Gas, the Middle East's leading regional private sector natural gas Company, announced today that it has received from the Egyptian Government authorities the payment of AED 194 million (US$ 53 million) from the current total ...
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