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MU expert offers tips for finding the best long-term care

COLUMBIA, Mo. (8/6/2009) -America's 77 million aging baby boomers and their families soon will face decisions about their long-term care needs. A new book co-authored by Marilyn Rantz, an eldercare expert at the University of Missouri, explains how consumers can find the best eldercare options in ...

ConvaTec Launches Versiva(R) XC(R) Campaign and Best Practice Statement

SKILLMAN, N.J., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading provider of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced the launch of a new campaign and best practice statement supporting Versiva ((R)) XC ((R)) gelling foam dressing. B...

First Midwest Healthcare Business Intelligence (BI) Summit October 27 in Minneapolis; International Panel to Discuss New Regulations, Recession, & BI Best Practices

First Midwest Healthcare Business Intelligence (BI) Summit October 27 announced by Lancet Software. Conference for healthcare professionals will explore using business intelligence to mitigate impact of recession, comply with new regulations and implement best practices; regional and internation...

State Report Ranks LIJ as New York's Best for Heart Bypass Surgery, North Shore University Hospital Tops for Emergency Angioplasty Survival

New state reports also recognize performance of North Shore-LIJ surgeons Alan Hartman and Robert Palazzo, cardiologist Lawrence Ong NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LIJ Medical Center ranks as the best hospital in New York for heart bypass surgery, ac...

BayCare Named to Top 100 Best Companies To Work For in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine

CLEARWATER, Fla., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BayCare Health System today announced that it has been recognized as one of Florida's Best Companies To Work For by Florida Trend magazine . The rankings, which recognized 100 small, medium and large companies, were comp...

Central DuPage Hospital Ranks 35th in Orthopaedics in U.S. News Media Group's 2009-10 America's Best Hospitals

Third Consecutive Year CDH on Well-Known List WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) ranks 35th in Orthopaedics in U.S. News's 2009-10 publication of America's Best Hospitals, accessible online at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and on sal...

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Best in Medical Technology

Malaria Vaccine Developer, Sanaria Inc., Receives 2009 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Early-Stage Vaccine Biotech

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The award was announced on April 21, 2009 at the World Vaccine Congress Washington conference. The Vaccine Industry Excellence awards recognize the accomplishments and contributions of companies and individuals working in the vaccine industry. Sanaria was nam...

ValueOptions(R) Supports New Hospital-Based Performance Measures to Help Patients Get the Best Treatment for Inpatient and Outpatient Services

NORFOLK, Va., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueOptions(R), Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health and wellness company, announces its support for the use of The Joint Commission's Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS) performance measures. The basis for the recently c...

ePharmaSolutions' Clinical Trial Investigator Portal Wins Bio-IT World 2009 Best Practice Award

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- ePharmaSolutions, a leading provider of clinical services and trial management technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry announced that it has been selected along with its client Genentech, Inc as the winner of the Bio-IT World Best Practice Award ...

Experience Not Always the Best Prescription for Snowblowers

New study finds experience does not always keep hands injury-free LAS VEGAS, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Snowblower-related injuries to the hand have been on the rise in recent years, with more than 5,000 injuries reported each year in the United States. Many of those injuries might ...

Quality Colonoscopy Exam Remains Best Strategy for Detection of Polyps and Cancers According to Experts From the American College of Gastroenterology

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Publication of a Canadian study on colonoscopy's impact on reducing colon cancer deaths suggests a lower impact on mortality than previously reported. Physician experts from the American College of Gastroenterology urge patients and the public to r...

New Computer-Based Tools Will Help Make Best Use of Genetic Breast Cancer Tests

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new federal project, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will lead efforts to develop, implement and evaluate four computer-based decision-support tools that will help clinicians and patients better use genetic tests to...

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Tourneau Eyewear Collection

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Silhouette Sun Collection

Description:... lenses that offer 100% UV A, B and C radiation protection. They provide the most comfortable, lightweight sun protection short of staying inside. The best feature of this incredible sunwear, however, is its individual prescription capabilities, providing the ultimate in outdoor comfort, protection and st...
Company:Silhouette Optical

Disney Eyewear

Description:...ng eyewear that is kid-tough with spring hinges and stay-put cable temples. Its not surprising that Disney eyewear was rated by Jobson Research as the best selling childrens collection from 1997-2003. Part of what makes this collection so popular is its ability to keep pace with todays fashion conscious k...
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Biomedics® EP Contact Lens

Description:...ecifically for those who are just beginning to have difficulty reading small type and seeing objects up close. While everyone wants to enjoy the best vision possible, not everyone wants to wear bifocals or reading glasses. Fortunately, Biomedics EPs unique optical design ensures youll see clearly ne...
Company:CooperVision

GO450/GO400 Omni-Flex™ General Retractor Systems

Description:...er the size of the incision or patient, the GO450/GO400 Omni-Flex™ General Retractor Systems give you the strength and flexibility to achieve the best possible exposure in the simplest way possible. With large frame arms and the hinged extension arm, the GO450 provides flexibility, scalable ac...
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GO550/GO500 Omni-Flex™ General Retractor Systems

Description:...bility for every general surgery need. No matter the size of the incision or patient, the GO550/GO500 Omni-Flex General Retractor Systems give you the best possible exposure in the simplest way possible. With large and small frame arms, along with the hinged extension arm, the GO550 provides compreh...
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Canadian Health Libraries Association

...eeting (it was not specifically on the pre-circulated agenda), as it was clear that the proliferation of Canadian health library groups was not in the best interests of Canadian health sciences librarians. It was important then, as now, that Canadian health librarians spoke with one authoritative voice bu...

Fat transfer

...d a nearby blood supply. Because some fat is always absorbed, most physicians inject somewhere around 30 percent too much. Physicians have learned the best donor areas are found in: The lower stomach The inner thighs The inner knees [6] Current Clinical Applications Fat Tra...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

...ce this tag with a more specific message . This article has been tagged since May 2007 . Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy or ESWT is best known for its uses in the treatment of kidney stones (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy). In more recent years this type of technology has become...

Hematopathology

...ate diagnosis . The hematopathologist works closely with the hematologist / oncologist specialty doctor who sees the patient and decides on the best treatment based upon the diagnosis . Diseases of Hematopoietic Cells The major disease of hematopoietic cells fall into several categor...

Ocular oncology

...gy Ocular oncology takes into consideration that the primary requirement for patients is preservation of life by removal of the tumor, along with best efforts directed at preservation of useful vision, followed by cosmetic appearance. The treatment of ocular tumors is generally a multi-specialty effo...

Ramón Carrillo

...ed Jakob among others, and graduated in 1929 with the Gold Medal for the best student. After this he showed a preference for neurology and neurosurg...l grant in order to further his studies in Europe , where he worked in the best neuroscience laboratories, Cornelius Ariens Kappers 's and the Vogts' am...

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Zinc in diet

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Yew

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Zinc

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Best in Biological News

Publication sets guidelines across cancer therapies: Ensuring the best in patient management

Reston, Va. Now, for the first time, experts have compiled a comprehensive overview of the literature regarding the usefulness of PET imaging for the treatment of several cancers. Personalizing Cancer Therapy with FDG PET: From RECIST to PERCISTa compilation of results of therapeutic regimens ac...

Jonathan Berg, M.D., Ph.D. awarded Richard King Trainee Award for Best in Genetics in Medicine

Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD is the inaugural recipient of the Richard King Trainee Award. This award was instituted last year by the American College of Medical Genetics Foundation (ACMGF) to encourage ABMG trainees in their careers and to foster the publication of quality research in Genetics in Medic...

Team approach appears to work best for insect colonies

The study's findings appear to echo the insect worlds portrayed in the animated films Antz and Bee Movie, in which the characters live in rigidly conformist societies. Scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford reached their conclusion by creating a mathematical model to study the...

Researchers win award for best clinical paper in orthopedic physical therapy

University of Delaware researchers have won the American Physical Therapy Association's award for the best clinical paper in orthopedics published in 2008. Their study focused on one of the most controversial topics in sports medicine-the management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries....

American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing

College Park, MD, February 24, 2009 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced the winners of its 2008 Science Writing Awards today. The winners -- two scientists, a journalist, a children's book author, and a public television producer -- will receive four prizes of $3,000, engraved Win...

Older killer whales make the best mothers

Killer whales ( Orcinus orca ) nearing the menopause may be more successful in rearing their young. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology shows that estimated survival rates for calves born to these older mothers were 10% higher than those for other ...

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Best in Biological Technology

American Biotech Labs(R) Garners 2009 Utah Best of State Award

For the second time in three years, the Best of State Program's independent judges have recognized American Biotech Labs(R) as Utah's top company in the Medical Innovation category SALT LAKE CITY, UT, June 4 /PRNewswire/ - American Biotech Labs, LLC (ABL), developer of a new cla...

DuPont Named Among Best Places to Work by The Scientist Magazine

DuPont has been named among the best places to work in the biotechnology industry by The Scientist magazine. Wilmington, DE (Vocus) May 29, 2009 -- DuPont has been named among the best places to work in the biotechnology industry by The Scientist magazine. ...

SynCo Bio Partners Wins Best Contract Manufacturing Organization 2009 ViE Award

AMSTERDAM, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCo Bio Partners B.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), the cGMP manufacturer of clinical and commercial biopharmaceuticals, has won the Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) award for Best Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) 2009. This award was presented t...

Bio-IT World Announces the Winners of its 2009 Best Practices Awards Program

Bio-IT World magazine today announced the winners of its fifth Best Practices Awards program. Grand Prize winners within eight life sciences awards categories include Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Genedata, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., the Na...

APS Healthcare and Thomson Reuters to Manage New York State's Medicaid Clinical Best Practices Review Program

Health Analytics and Utilization Review Services to Improve Safety and Quality of Care WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- APS Healthcare, a leading provider of specialty healthcare solutions, and Thomson Reuters, a global business information company, have been selected by the New Y...

HybridSPE(TM)-Precipitation Technology Wins SelectScience.net 2009 Scientists' Choice Award for Best New Separations Product in 2008

HybridSPE-Precipitation (HybridSPE-PPT) technology combines the simplicity of protein precipitation with the selectivity of SPE for the targeted removal of phospholipids and proteins from biological samples prior to LC-MS/MS analysis ST. LOUIS, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Supelco, a div...

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Best in Biological Products

Mouse/Rat Neural Stem Cell Functional Identification Kit from R&D Systems

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Site-directed Mutagenesis from Exon BioSystems

Description:... Any form, any size, any number of mutageneses. ExonBio provides the best service with double sequecing to make sure the success of the mutagenesis....
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Antibody validation service with UNIchip protein microarrays from Protagen AG

Description:... The Antibody Validation Service enables early selection of the best antibody for further development by providing quantitative data for sensitivity, dynamic range, and detection limit of each antibody. Furthermore quan...
Company:Protagen AG

Lumat Singel Tube Luminometer LB 9507 from BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES GmbH & Co. KG

Description:...atility you expect from a general purpose luminometer. Advanced digital photon counting with selected photomultipliers ensure superior sensitivity and best match of spectral demands. Equipped with up to 2 reagent injectors the Lumat is ideally suited for reporter gene assays as well as other luminescence ...
Company:BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES GmbH & Co. KG

pAcAB4 Baculovirus Transfer Vector from BD Biosciences Pharmingen

Description:...his vector allows simultaneous expression of four foreign genes during the very late phase of the Baculovirus infection cycle. This transfer vector is best used in conjunction with BaculoGold DNA (Cat. No. 21100D) or linearized AcRP23.lacZ (Cat. No. 21101D) baculovirus DNA....
Company:BD Biosciences Pharmingen

FDSS6000 System from Hamamatsu Photonic Systems - Drug Discovery

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

...oek Anton van Leeuwenhoek ( October 24 , 1632 - August 26 , 1723 ) was a tradesman and scientist from Delft , in the Netherlands . He is best known for his contribution to improvement of the microscope and his contributions towards the establishment of cell biology . Using his handcrafted...

Archaea

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Biodiversity

...global species diversity vary from 2 million to 100 million species, with a best estimate of somewhere near 10 million. New species are regularly discove...cannot always be said which genes are more likely to prove beneficial, the best choice for conservation is to assure the persistence of as many genes as...

Cancer

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Charles Darwin

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Cilium

...he region between the basal body and axoneme is a short transition zone which is less studied. A defect in the cilium can cause human disease. The best known cilia-related disorder is Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD). In addition, a defect of the primary cilium in the renal tube cells can lead to p...

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Xylem

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Weed

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Vitelline membrane

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Viscera

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Vascular plants

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