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Twinlab(R) Teams Up With The Vitamin Shoppe to Debut Mass Fuel(R) Xtreme

- New Weight Gainer Formula Exclusive to The Vitamin Shoppe - NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Twinlab Corporation, a pioneer and a leader in sports nutrition for over 40 years, joins forces with leading national health retailer The Vitamin Shoppe for the retail launch of Twinlab Mass Fuel...

'Dr. Tiller was a mass murderer; states Randall Terry. 'We must not flinch or waver in our rhetoric or our actions.'

Mr. Terry releases video statement for Pro-life leaders concerning Dr. Tiller's killing. Video can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9O_4BbcA WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue. Ba...

Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Body Mass Index Affects Her Success in Infertility Treatment

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that women with a higher body mass index have more eggs retrieved -- but not a correspondingly higher rate of success -- with in-vitro fertilization. ...

Dentistry and Mass Disasters: A Dentist's Role as a First Responder During a Public Health Emergency

Dental convention examines mass disaster management ANAHEIM, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- WHEN: Thursday, May 14, 2009 to Sunday, May 17, 2009 WHERE: Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) 800 W Katella Ave Anaheim, CA 92802 CONTACTS: Jessica ...

Muscle Mass Won't Grow in Women Over 80

But weight training can boost strength in other ways, researchers say FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Weight training did not build muscle mass in octogenarian women but still helped them lift more weight than before, a small study conducted by Ball State University in Indiana find...

Rotary Members Worldwide Prepare For Mass Immunization Campaigns In Polio-Endemic Countries

Volunteers play a critical role in world's largest global health endeavor EVANSTON, Ill., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the coming months, hundreds of Rotary club members from the United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Korea, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean wi...

Berkshire Medical Center Selects Desktop Alert for Mass Notification Solutions

Desktop Alert, a Premier Net-Centric Alert and Notification Technology Company today announces the award of a network IP-Based alerting system acquisition supporting Berkshire Medical Center. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) December 15, 2008 -- Desktop Alert, Inc. , a Premier...

Lean muscle mass helps even obese patients battle cancer

Lean muscle-mass may give even obese people an advantage in battling cancer, a University of Alberta study shows. The study, published in Lancet Oncology , provides evidence that varying body compositions of cancer patients likely plays a role in survival rates, activity levels during the illn...

Berkshire Medical Center Selects Desktop Alert for Mass Notification Solutions

Desktop Alert, a Premier Net-Centric Alert and Notification Technology Company today announces the award of a network IP-Based alerting system acquisition supporting Berkshire Medical Center. Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) December 15, 2008 -- Desktop Alert, Inc. , a Premier...

Bio-imaging mass spectrometry techniques reveal molecular details about complex systems

Understanding biology at the systems level is difficult, especially when studying complex specimens like tissue slices or communities of organisms in a biofilm. Scientists must be able to identify, quantify and locate the molecules present in the samples. At Georgia Tech, researchers from the C...

Millions face undiagnosed heart risk say researchers after mass screening

One in three people with a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 10 years have not been diagnosed, according to a major UK study in the September issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. The shortfall in identifying people at high risk is g...

Waters SYNAPT HDMS and Xevo TQ MS Recognized for Mass Spectrometry Innovation by Industry Experts

Frost & Sullivan and Strategic Directions International Magazine Identify Waters Mass Spectrometers as Technology Leaders MILFORD, Mass., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT ) today announced that Waters(R) SYNAPT(TM) High Definition MS(TM) (HDMS(TM)) Sys...

Bruker Daltonics Showcasing Novel Proteomics Solutions Based on Mass Spectrometry at the 7th HUPO World Congress 2008

Bruker Daltonics today is showcasing several new high performance mass spectrometry products and applications for proteomics at the 7th HUPO World Congress 2008: AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Business Wire EON) August 17, 2008 -- maXis™ is the world's first high s...

New research links smoking and body mass index to hearing loss

Smoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss but alcohol has a protective effect. The study has just been published online in Springer's Journal of the Association for R...

SEIU - New Lawsuit: CNA Violated State Law in Mass Mailings to Iowa Nurses

California Nurses Association charged with illegally attaining private mailing list of SEIU nurses during Iowa Caucuses for unsolicited mailers to workers CORALVILLE, Iowa, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Nurses Association (CNA) violated Iowa state law by improperly maili...

Crisis in Myanmar Relief Camps: Mass Exodus Sets Stage for Public Health Emergency

- Hundreds of thousands of homeless forced to migrate north for aid - World Vision has assisted 78,000 people so far with water, rice, survival items YANGON, Myanmar, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The lives of thousands of cyclone survivors are at extreme r...

Muscle Mass May Not Explain High Creatinine in Black Kidney Patients

Findings challenge belief that racial disparities were result of age, body composition FRIDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Differences in muscle mass related to younger age or body composition may not explain why black patients with advanced kidney disease have higher levels of creati...

Extrel CMS Announces ATEX Approval for Process Mass Spectrometer

The MAX300-IGX Industrial Mass Spectrometer is suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres PITTSBURGH, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Extrel CMS announces ATEX approval for process mass spectrometer. The MAX300-IGX Industrial Mass Spectrometer is suitable for use in po...

Researchers find mass media campaigns useful

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 3, 2008) − Two University of Kentucky researchers from the department of communication in the UK College of Communications and Information Studies have learned that targeted mass media campaigns alone can be effective in convincing high sensation-seeking, impulsive deci...

Painkillers Boost Muscle Mass Among Weight-Training Elderly

Daily dose of ibuprofen, acetaminophen upped growth by 40% to 60%, study found SUNDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A daily dose of either ibuprofen and acetaminophen appears to boost both muscle mass and strength among elderly men and women who do weight training. "It's surprising,"...

Study Finds Mass Media Campaigns Alone Can Effectively Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behavior Among Impulsive, Sensation-Seeking Young Adults

LEXINGTON, Ky., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Targeted mass media campaigns alone can be effective in convincing high sensation-seeking, impulsive decision-making young adults to adopt safer sex practices, according to a study conducted by the Department of Communication at the Univ...

New Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers From Varian, Inc. Offer the Ultimate in Sensitive Detection and High Productivity

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS: VARI) announced today its new 200-MS Series of ion trap mass spectrometers for GC/MS (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry). GC/MS is used by analytical chemists for the detection and characterization of compou...

Body Mass Index may serve as prognostic tool for advanced, aggressive breast cancers

HOUSTON - Body Mass Index (BMI), the measure of a person's fat based on their height and weight, may be an effective prognostic tool for specific types of breast cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The study, published in the March 15 issue o...

New Automated System IDs Victims of Mass Disasters in Minutes

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, high-tech identification system developed in Japan will improve accuracy and significantly reduce the time it takes to identify victims of mass disasters, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North Ame...

Biotech Company Builder Papadopoulos Says Investment in Innovation Needed to Advance Drug Pipeline at Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's Ninth Annual MASS Opportunities Investment Conference

Governor Patrick Asks Biotech Community for Continued Efforts on $1 Billion Life Sciences Legislation Future of Biotechnology Featured: RNA, Nanomedicine, Mitochondria Capital Financing for Biotech Sector Could Hit New Highs for 2007 Editor's Note: Reporters can listeni...

Cardiac Science Applauds Mass AED Training of Pittsburgh Educators

BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX ), a global leader in advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, today applauded the mass training of 1,838 teachers and other lay rescuers from the Pittsburgh school district in cardiop...

Waist-to-hip ratio may better predict cardiovascular risk than body mass index

In a study to be published in the Aug. 21 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, investigators at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that people with a larger waist-to-hip ratio may be at increased risk for heart disease. The research evaluates the association between differe...

Study finds injectable birth control causes significant weight gain and changes in body mass

GALVESTON, Texas Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, gained an average of 11 pounds and increased their body fat by 3.4 percent over three years, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). However, wome...

Growth hormone treatment after weight loss surgery prevents loss of muscle mass

Chevy Chase, MD Growth hormone treatment for six months after weight loss surgery reduces patients' losses in lean body mass and skeletal muscle mass, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ( JCEM ). Weight l...

National Prayer Vigil for Life Opening Mass

Thousands to Pray for End to Abortion WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thousands of Catholics will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for an end to abortion at the National Prayer Vigil for Life Opening Mass at 7:00 p.m. on January...

New Transgenic Mushrooms Raise Hope for Mass Production of Human Drugs

Penn State and Agariger, Inc. have patented the technology of making new transgenic mushrooms, which have increased hope of using mushrooms for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins or useful human drugs. The technology was introduced by a team of researchers including Char...

A Pratical Tool to Detect Bone Mass Deficiencies in Children With Chronic Diseases

According to a new study at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, pediatricians now created a screening tool to determine whether children with chronic diseases like Crohn's, juvenile arthritis and anorexia nervosa -- or those undergoing cancer treatment -- are at increased risk for bone...

Computer Program Helps Hospitals Prepare For Mass Casualties

Johns Hopkins emergency medicine specialists have developed a tool to help hospitals prepare for disasters with the potential to overwhelm services//. The Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment & Planning Scenarios (EMCAPS) computer program calculates the impact of such crises as a flu epidemic, ...

Body Mass Index may Not Reflect Fat Accurately

The body mass index (BMI) may not reflect the accurate amount of fat in a human body, according// to new research. BMI was long considered as the standard for measuring the amount of fat in a person's body. It is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of their height. ...

Body Mass Index: Do You Know Yours?

Add this number to your need-to-know file: your body mass index.// Just like your blood pressure reading or cholesterol level, your body mass index (BMI) has an impact on your risk of many health problems, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. With a lower BMI, you typic...

Over 50 Vietnamese Girls Faint Due to Mass 'Hysteria'

Over 50 Vietnamese girls were hospitalised after they fainted at school, and officials Saturday blamed the incident on an episode of "mass hysteria" //. "This is the first time such a thing has happened here in the district," said Luong Thanh Nhan, a policeman in Vietnam's southern An Giang pr...

Indonesia To Conduct Mass Vaccination Of Poultry

Indonesia plans to begin vaccinating about 300 million poultry next month against bird flu.// Indonesian government health officials in the midst of large-scale criticism over the country's efforts to stamp out bird flu have announced that the government plans of mass vaccination today. Indon...

Using Body Mass Index Skews Analyses on Obesity Rates

When researchers use percent of body fat data to assess obesity rather than body mass index (BMI), the huge gap in obesity rates between African-American //and white women, for example, is cut in half, and white men are found to have a much higher risk of obesity than African-American men. Wh...

Cigarette Smoking and High Body Mass Index Increase the Risk of AMD

Researchers have found that contacting with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is higher among the people who smoke and whose Body Mass Index is 30 or higher//. Current cigarette smoking was associated with a fivefold increased risk and high BMI (30 or higher) was associated with a twofold...

Britain Prepares For Mass Burials To Encounter Future Bird Flu Deaths

According to a leaked government document, it is stated that Britain needs to prepare itself to mass bury the dead bodies, if encountered with the pandemic flu sometime in// the future. It has been estimated that nearly one third of a million people will die if bird flu strikes in Britain. The d...