Simulating medical situations helps students learn, retain basic science concepts
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Simulating medical scenarios helps medical students learn and retain vital information, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The study, recently published in Medical Teacher , shows that medical students not only enjoy ...U.S. Could Save 100,000 Lives a Year with Five Basic Preventive Services
Aspirin a Day, Other Services Cited in Partnership for Prevention Education Campaign WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Congress tackles health reform, a new public education campaign notes that more than 100,000 lives could be saved every year by investing in five...Air Products' CEO to Address Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference on 4 June
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD ) announced today that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer John E. McGlade will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference in New York on Thursday, June 4, 2009, at 8:00 a.m. EDT. An...Rutgers Study Reveals A Need For Basic Kitchen Know-How
Families are earning high marks on intentions for good nutrition but lack knowledge of food prep fundamentals PITTSBURGH, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no surprise that with the current economic conditions, three-quarters of what people eat comes from their home(1) and healthy eating is largel...World Publics See Government as Responsible for Ensuring Basic Healthcare, Food, and Education Needs
But Big Variations on How Well Their Government is Performing COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 21 nations finds that large majorities in every nation say their government should be responsible for ensuring that citizens can meet their...Scientists take cancer research back to the basic molecular level
PHILADELPHIA Scientists and clinicians from around the world will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, next week at the American Association for Cancer Research's third International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Therapeutic Development. The conference is subtitled, "Fulfilling the ...Isis Reports Strong Financial Results and Highlights for Second Quarter of 2009
... in the three and six months ended June 30, 2008. basic and diluted net loss per share for the three month...d to $0.04 per share for the same period in 2008. basic and diluted net income per share for the six month...are and $1.56 per share, respectively, compared to basic and diluted net loss per share of $0.10 for the sa...Nektar Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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ARLINGTON, VA - Dr. William Phillips, an Office of Naval Research (ONR) funded Nobel Prize-winning physicist, delivered the final lecture at ONR's spring distinguished lecture series May 19. Phillips' compelling presentation, titled "Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff," highlighted the importanc...Lack of basic research putting patients at risk
Patients are suffering because not enough basic clinical research is being done, warns a senior doctor in this week's BMJ. He believes that medical academia is failing patients and clinicians by neglecting this vital area of research. Basic observational research provides the information that doc...Scientists discover basic defect in cystic fibrosis airway glands
Scientists at Stanford University have determined that the buildup of sticky mucus found in cystic fibrosis is caused by a loss in the epithelial cell's ability to secrete fluid. This research appears as the "Paper of the Week" in the March 17 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, an Ameri...Distributed Basic Local Alignment Search Toolkit (W.ND-BLAST)
The current goal to reduce sickness and death from infections that patients acquire in hospitals has created a renewed focus on identifying ways to reduce the problem at its source. Hospital water for drinking, bathing, showering, to make ice cubes or to rinse medical equipment is increasingly bein...New research questions basic tenet of neuron function
New findings by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center challenge one of the established views of how nerve cells communicate with one another. Every time we move, feel emotions, think or remember, the nerve cells, or neurons, in our body transmit messages to one another via chemical signa...EMBO pioneers pension plan for internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian, Inc. (Nasdaq: VARI ) announced today the release of Bond Elut Plexa(TM) PCX, a new addition to the Plexa family. Bond Elut Plexa and Plexa PCX comprise an advanced generation of polymers for solid phase extraction (SPE), designed fo...Novavax Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
... ======= ======= ======== ======== basic and diluted net loss per share: Loss per share from conti...t loss per share $(0.10) $(0.15) $(0.22) $(0.28) basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstan...Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...ny reported a net loss of $1,761,887, or $0.13 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $2,377,440, or $0.19 per basic and diluted share for the same period in 2008. Sec...ported a net loss of $4,793,088, or $0.34 loss per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3,96...NeurogesX Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
... ======= ======= ======== ======== basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common sto...===== ====== ====== ====== Shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common sto...American Oriental Bioengineering Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...2 $19,014,453 $21,520,649 $35,371,016 NET INCOME PER SHARE basic $0.18 $0.18 $0.28 $0.30 DIL... $0.30 WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING basic 74,582,920 78,223,659 74,560,809 78,207,405 DIL...AutoImmune Inc. Reports 2009 Second Quarter Financial Results
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