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Mariana Figueiro Presents At NIH Workshop On Light At Night
Mar 21, 2016Rensselaer Professor Mariana Figueiro, Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center was an invited speaker and panelist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop: Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at ...
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Arcadia Biosciences Bags US Patent for Non-Gmo Resistant Starch Wheat Technology
Oct 15, 2015Agricultural technology company Arcadia Biosciences has received US patent No. 9,150,839, entitled “Wheat with Increased Resistant Starch Levels” from the US Patent and Trademark Office, encompassing the company’s ...
Tags: Arcadia Biosciences, Wheat, non-genetically modified Resistant Starch
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MedPockets Provides a Bra with Pockets for Women with Diabetes
Aug 12, 2014MedPockets, a bra company based in Marblehead, MA, provides a bra with pockets for women with diabetes to store their insulin pumps and other diabetic equipment. The bra comes with 4 pockets, one in each side panel and one in each cup. ...
Tags: MedPockets, Bra, Apparel
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The Breakthrough Could Represent a Paradigm Shift for The Field of Neurology
Apr 8, 2014A spinal stimulator from Medtronic designed for chronic pain management helped four patients with paralyzed lower limbs to regain some control over their legs. In four men who had been paralyzed from the waist down, the RestoreAdvanced ...
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FDA Grants 510(K) Clearance for Marketing of Ultrasound Pain Management Device Sam
Feb 28, 2014ZetrOZ has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the marketing of its ultrasound pain management device sam, a wearable, long-duration, ultrasonic diathermy device for use in applying deep ...
Tags: Ultrasound Therapy Device, Medicine, FDA
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What Is Nanoparticle Analysis and What Biomedical Applications Does It Have
Feb 27, 2014Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is nanoparticle analysis and what biomedical applications does it have? Nanoparticle analysis is a very important field. Basically, we live in a world that is ...
Tags: Microfluidics, Microscopy, Nanoparticle, Protein
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Intravenous Magnesium Cannot to Improve Stroke-Related Disability 3 Months Later
Feb 26, 2014Giving intravenous magnesium to stroke patients soon after the start of symptoms, in an attempt to protect brain cells deprived of oxygen, failed to improve stroke-related disability 3 months later, according to research presented at the ...
Tags: Intravenous Magnesium, Stroke-Related Disability, Stroke Therapy
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Children with FSE Receive Earlier Treatment with AEDs Experience a Reduction
Feb 26, 2014New research shows that children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) who receive earlier treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) experience a reduction in the duration of the seizure. The study published in Epilepsia, a journal of the ...
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There's an Upside-It Might Also Help You Burn Calories
Feb 14, 2014If frigid weather is making you shiver, there's an upside -- it might also help you burn calories. Both moderate shivering and moderate exercise may convert bad white fat into healthier brown fat, a new study says. White fat stores ...
Tags: burn calories, fat, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver
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U.S. National Institutes of Health Has Partnered with 10 Drug Companies
Feb 13, 2014TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has partnered with 10 drug companies and several nonprofit groups to speed development of biological ways of diagnosing and treating ...
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MRF Announced It Has Entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with The NIN
Feb 10, 2014The Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF) today announced it has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess MRF-008, as a potential therapeutic for multiple sclerosis ...
Tags: Multiple Sclerosis, Sclerosis, Myelin
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Women Who Are Deficient in Vitamin D May Be at Risk of Developing Severe Preeclampsia
Feb 8, 2014Women who are deficient in vitamin D in the first 26 weeks of their pregnancy may be at risk of developing severe preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening disorder diagnosed by an increase in blood pressure and protein in the urine, ...
Tags: deficient in vitamin D, pregnancy, diet
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Vivaldi Biosciences Announced That It Has Signed a Cooperative Agreement with NIAID
Jan 21, 2014Vivaldi Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs) against seasonal and pandemic influenza, today announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development ...
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Two Cedars-Sinai Physician-Researchers Have Been Awarded Grants Totaling $4 Million
Jan 20, 2014Two Cedars-Sinai physician-researchers have been awarded grants totaling $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how the environment - both in the womb and in the hospital where the baby is born - can affect the newborn ...
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Diabetes Alliance Is Providing a Three-Year Grant to The American Diabetes Pathway
Jan 16, 2014AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the companies' U.S. Diabetes Alliance is providing a three-year grant to the American Diabetes Association's Pathway to Stop Diabetes program. The ...
