One likely effect of the growing number of young people with type 2 diabetes is that more and more people in their 20s and 30s are developing serious eye problems not correctable with glasses. "We've all been aware that obesity and ...
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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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Reedy Acquisitions has agreed to buy South Carolina-based laboratory operations of Lab21,which provides diagnostic products and services. Supporting blood bank screening,medical diagnostics and drug discovery services,Lab21's products ...
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BioCity Scotland, the centre for life science businesses in Newhouse, Lanarkshire celebrated its first anniversary (January 5) since the site was officially handed to the new company by global pharmaceutical company MSD, for the creation of ...
CardioKinetix has completed enrolling the first patient in PARACHUTE IV trial of its Parachute ventricular partitioning device for treating heart failure patients. The minimally invasive device is deployed into the left ventricle to ...
Shire, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, is set to purchase US-based biotechnology company Lotus Tissue Repair. Under the purchase, Lotus Tissue Repair's intravenous protein replacement therapy, which is in late pre-clinical ...
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Following Bruker’s recent introduction of the EVOQ™ liquid chromatography mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) four Application Notes have been released. The Application Notes examine the advantages of performing routine analyses on the ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — VeloPress' latest title is a book on core training by pro road racer Tom Danielson and personal trainer Alison Westfahl. "Tom Danielson's Core Advantage: Core Strength for Cycling's Winning Edge," is the ...
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Biomedical Structures LLC (BMS), Warwick, R.I., has expanded its medical textile development and manufacturing facility, and appointed Jonathan Howe vice president of research and development (R&D). The 10,000-square-foot addition ...
Exploration of the Chinese people on Chinese Herbal medicine has gone through thousands of years of history. According to legend, ShenNong tasted a hundred herbs, and first explained the Medicine, he was well known as “Emperor of the ...
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Ten to fifteen percent of airline pilots and physicians will have a problem with addiction during their lifetime. Soberlink's 2nd generation product, SL2, has made monitoring these professionals easier than ever. Studies have shown that ...
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German glass and plastic packaging products manufacturer Gerresheimer is all set to exhibit its entire portfolio of products for the pharma and healthcare industries on 13-14 February 2013 at Pharmapack, Paris. The company's portfolio ...
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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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According to a report from SciDev.Net, the Iraqi government plans to spend more than $9 billion over the next five years to rebuild its scientific research infrastructure and bolster science and technology education. Ali Al-Adeeb, ...
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LGC has reached an agreement to acquire Cambridgeshire-based Quotient Bioresearch's bioanalytical sciences division. The acquisition will allow Quotient's bioanalytical sciences division to form a part of LGC's health sciences division ...
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