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Study Finds Noninvasive Blood Test for Liver Fibrosis May Alleviate Need for Liver Biopsies for Some Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

MADISON, N.J., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A study in the June issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology , published by Elsevier, demonstrates that the Hepascore(TM) liver fibrosis blood-serum test panel may help physicians more accurately diagnose and stage liver fibrosis in patie...

New Study Funded By the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Finds Masimo SpCO(R) May Provide a Noninvasive Measure of Acute Asthma Severity in Children

Study Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting by Vanderbilt University Researchers Shows a Statistically-Significant Association between SpCO and Measures of Lung Function IRVINE, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI ), the inventor of P...

New Analysis Finds Bioidentical Hormones Safer Than Standard Hormone Replacement Therapy

Comprehensive review demonstrates bioidentical hormones are superior to synthetic HRT with greater cardiovascular benefits and reduced risk of breast cancer TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The most comprehensive analysis to date, published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal, a lead...

Addiction Treatment Finds Success Treating Brain Deficiencies through the Belly

Arche Wellness, a licensed addiction treatment program near Pittsburgh PA, has found success treating addiction by focusing on patients' malfunctioning gastrointestinal (GI) tracts. Patient data demonstrates that a consistent intake of toxins causes an addict's intestines to stop the natural abs...

New Multi-Center Study Finds Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Screening Significantly Improves Detection of Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns

Study Published in British Medical Journal Indicates Masimo SET May Also Reduce the Need for Pre-Operative Neonatal Intensive Care and Prevent Long-term Neurological Morbidity IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI ), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and...

Pilot Study Finds Adding Topical Imiquimod To Laser Therapy Improves The Response Of Port Wine Stain Birthmarks

Two-thirds of all port wine stain birthmarks occur on the face. As such, there is a strong need for an effective, long-lasting treatment that safely fades these reddish-purple skin lesions that can have a huge impact on a patient's physical and emotional well-being. Now, a new study evaluating ...

Fertility Agency Sweetens Incentives to Gestational Surrogates; Finds Interest Up

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- A Chicago fertility solutions agency believes it has a win/win proposition for women of child-bearing age trying to cope with the effects of a free-falling economy: If you otherwise meet the requirements to serve as a gestational surrogate, are not on public ai...

New Study Finds Growth Factor Boosts Productivity in Mammalian Cell Culture

Leading researchers in academia and industry reveal powerful effects of recombinant lactoferrin (tradename: Lacromin) in mammalian cell culture leading to a significant boost in productivity. FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published study in the scientific...

RAND study finds increase in piracy and terrorism at sea

Acts of piracy and terrorism at sea are on the rise, but there is little evidence to support concerns from some governments and international organizations that pirates and terrorists are beginning to collude with one another, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. The objectives o...

RAND study finds increase in piracy and terrorism at sea

Acts of piracy and terrorism at sea are on the rise, but there is little evidence to support concerns from some governments and international organizations that pirates and terrorists are beginning to collude with one another, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. The objectives o...

Pharm-Olam Finds VoIP Solution in Taridium LLC

NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- When leading contract research organization Pharm-Olam International (POI, http://www.pharm-olam.com ) upgraded its legacy PBX system to a voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) system that would better serve the company's global communications needs, the results ...

Skin & Aging Article Finds Derma Sciences MEDIHONEY(TM) Helps to Promote Healing Where Antibiotics Fail

Researchers Work in-vitro on MRSA, VRE and other multi-resistant organisms PRINCETON, N.J., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Derma Sciences (OTC Bulletin Board: DSCI), a provider of advanced wound care products, today announced that the journal Skin & Aging, in its annual review of top wound car...

Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Diabetes Doubling Before Motherhood

Largest Study to Date Examined 175,000 Teenage Girls and Adult Women OAKLAND, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care. http://...

Study Finds Broadband Access Key to Empowerment of Minority Communities

Local Council Formed to Study Impact on Detroit Area DETROIT, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Alliance for Digital Equality announced findings from its new study, Affordable Broadband: Empowering Communities Across the Digital Divide, which examines how broadband has expanded acc...

Unique infrared technique finds applications in nanoscience

The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen the Austrian chemist Thomas Lummerstorfer (31) as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2007. Lummerstorfers paper Monolayers at solid-solid interfaces probed with infrared spectroscopy discusses an infrared technique wh...

Study Finds Widespread Vitamin and Mineral Use Among Cancer Survivors, Although Benefits of Such Use Remain Unclear

SEATTLE, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Use of vitamin and mineral supplements among cancer survivors is widespread, despite inconclusive evidence that such use is beneficial, according to a comprehensive review of scientific literature conducted by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cent...

HU scientist finds way to catch terrorists red-handed

Jerusalem A scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has discovered a way to literally catch terrorists red-handed. A new chemical spray detector developed by Prof. Joseph Almog of the Hebrew University's Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry detects the home-made explosive urea nitrate...

Video: New Survey Finds Technology Plays a Critical Role in Lives of People with Multiple Sclerosis, Yet Many Are Not Using it to Overcome Disease-Related Challenges

- Affordable, Easy-to-Use Accessible Technology is Within Reach for People with MS - DALLAS, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new survey released this week in conjunction with the National MS Society's National Conference, many people living with multiple scl...

Phase III Trial Finds Pharmaxis' Bronchitol Effective

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pharmaxis (ASX: PXS, Nasdaq: PXSL) today announced that its Phase III B301 study of Bronchitol for the treatment of people with bronchiectasis has met its two primary efficacy endpoints: quality of life and mucus clearance. Data from...

Brazil's Scientific Research On The Rise, Thomson Reuters Study Finds

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters today announced the results of a study documenting Brazil's steady rise during the last two decades in both the volume and impact of its scientific work. According to Science Watch , these findings underscore Brazil's sta...

Germicidal UVC Lights Improve Clinical Pregnancy Rates for IVF Lab, New Study Finds

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A seven and a half-year study conducted in the In Vitro Fertilization Cleanroom Laboratory of the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network found that the use of ultraviolet C or "UVC" lights installed in the HVAC system had a clinically significant impa...

72% of Women Are Dissatisfied With Their Current Treatment of Vaginal Infection, Survey Finds

Foamix Offers New Intravaginal Foam Technology with Improved Usability & Compliance NESS ZIONA, Israel, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the high incidence of women's health conditions that require intra-vaginal drug delivery and the abundance of intravaginal creams...

GE Healthcare imaging tool finds first use in cardiology

Milwaukee GE Healthcare said it has installed its first volume computed tomography scanner, which takes pictures of internal organs, to be used exclusively by a cardiologist. Round Rock Cardiology in Texas will use GE's LightSpeed VCT to quickly scan patients' hearts and nearby arteries. GE...

UW-Madison spinoff Pedrus finds more to business planning than good science

Pedrus Pharma, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spinout that has sped to the finals in the Governor's Business Plan Contest , may put a stop to the annual flu vaccine hoopla, among other things. Founders Curtis Brandt and Hansi Dean, both UW-Madison researchers, are developing two drugs based ...

Alfalight finds Chinese distributor for high-power lasers

Madison, Wis. Alfalight , a firm that makes high-power lasers for industrial, defense, and telecommunications uses, said it has established ties with Chinese distributor Sanetronic Company Limited . Sanetronic's main office is in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The company was founded in 1987 as an int...

NorthStar finds cancer-fighting use for nuclear fuel

Janesville, Wis. - Fighting cancer and disposing of excess nuclear fuel may seem like disparate goals at first glance. However, a small company in Janesville has obtained the rights to a technology that promises to tackle both problems simultaneously. NorthStar Nuclear Medicine, Inc. , an ear...

UW finds new path to anti-cancer agents

Madison, Wis. - Probing a class of enzymes routinely used to synthesizing some of nature's most potent drugs, a team of Wisconsin scientists has found a new way to expand on nature's chemical creativity to make critical anticancer agents and antibiotics. Writing this week (Sept. 1) in the jour...

New Sonic Foundry search engine finds words, phrases in video presentations

Madison, Wis. - Sonic Foundry's introduction of advanced search capabilities on its Mediasite product is an attempt to meet a market need for identifying and retrieving rich-media content, but the company still isn't sure how it will impact future sales. The Madison-based business is mar...

Connecture's Maynard finds IT business opportunity in adversity

W aukesha, Wis. - As the web-centric business sector continued its crash in 2001, the directors of an East Coast company were contemplating the shutdown of their Wisconsin-based business unit. Their decision was only delayed when the events of Sept. 11 forced postponement of the board meeting ...

Growing Awareness and Increased Investments Lead to Growth of Biotechnology Applications in the Food & Beverage and Dietary Supplements Sector, Reveals Frost & Sullivan

...e cream. Dietary supplement is the key end-user segment in India where probiotics are used in conjunction with other vitamins and minerals. Probiotics finds usage in animal feed as well as a supplement for poultry and aquaculture feeds. The total Indian market for probiotic ingredients was valued at an est...

Miami Beach Real Estate Attorney Opens Miami Real Estate Brokerage for International Luxury Miami Beach Condo Buyers From Distressed Sellers

...f very luxury properties purchased pre-construction at the height of the market in Miami Beach and have no interest in carrying the property. Folland finds that most new super luxury waterfront condominium properties have some owners who only closed to avoid losing their deposits, and will now sell for le...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

...s at 35-37 weeks of gestation, have helped to reduce incidence of early-onset GBS disease since their implementation in 2002. However, the study also finds that 61.4% of full-term infants born with GBS disease were born to women who had previously screened negative during their 35-37 week gestation. ...

Frost & Sullivan: Lower Import Duties and Rising Customer Demand to Boost Russian Electronics Manufacturing Market

...n/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO ) New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( http://www.smt.frost.com ), Russian Electronics Manufacturing Markets , finds that the market earned revenues of $1.85 billion in 2008 and estimates this to reach $4.91 billion in 2015. The following segments are covered in the ...

New Survey Reveals Gap in Understanding of Alzheimer's Disease Risk and Prevention Among Most Vulnerable Populations

... Research presented to the 2009 Congressional Black Caucus Spring Health Braintrust finds African American and Hispanic adults are misinformed about Alzheimer's but support a screening test WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A...

Beating the back-up blues

...ll the atoms are magnetised in one direction or the other to represent binary data. Much like a record player, the disc spins around until the 'head' finds and reads the information. Racetrack memory, a concept invented by Stuart Parkin at IBM Research's Almaden Lab, has no moving parts - instead it i...

Publication of Shire plc's Annual Report 2008

...reimbursement at satisfactory levels for such products may adversely affect revenues and earnings. Parallel importation occurs when an importer finds a cheaper price for a product or equivalent product on the world market and imports that product from the lower price jurisdiction to the higher price...

Surveyed Experts Indicate That Byetta LAR and Victoza Have Advantages Over Actos in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

...ading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed endocrinologists indicate that a therapy's effect on glycosyl...isfaction with Inexpensive Metformin Sets High Hurdles for Emerging Agents finds that a drug that is substantially more effective than metformin (Bristol-My...

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results

... to approximately $2.1 million per month in the second half of 2009. "Unfortunately in this current economic environment the Company finds itself like most of our peers unable to justify supporting non-essential long term investments in preclinical research. In a move to maintain adequate...

Nanotubes find niche in electric switches

... research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electr...arch, which appeared online this month in the journal Advanced Materials , finds that "brush contact" pads made of carbon nanotubes had 10 times less resist...

Robust Annual Growth Through 2012 in the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Market Will Be Driven by Expanding Use of Lucentis in Europe

...ading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that robust annual 17 percent growth in the age-related macular degeneratio... The new Pharmacor report entitled Age-Related Macular Degeneration finds that near-term opportunity in wet AMD exists in the development of therap...