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Newly discovered genetic disease sheds light on body's water balance

Two infant boys whose bodies were overloaded with excess fluid have led UCSF pediatricians to the discovery of a new genetic disease. In the process, they have discovered a rare type of mutation where different substitutions in a single amino acid cause two different, opposite genetic disorders. The new disorder, called Nephrogenic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis (NSIAD), is descri...

Lance Armstrong through a physiological lens: hard training boosts muscle power 8%

Catch an athlete with clear potential early in his career, study his physiology over an incredibly eventful seven years including victory in the Tour de France, and you might uncover some incredibly important, indeed amazing facts about what training and dedication can accomplish. What Edward F. Coyle of the University of Texas-Austin found out about Lance Armstrong was that from 1992-1999...

Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health

Twenty-eight years after intense selective logging stopped in the region now known as Uganda's Kibale National Park, the red-tailed guenon (Cercophithecus ascanius) is a primate still in decline. The logging practice, scientists report in a new study, changed the ecological balance for these monkeys, leading to behavioral changes and opening the door for multiple parasitic infections. The...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

32% increase of African fish supply needed by 2020 just to maintain consumption levels Calling fisheries critical for nourishing the poor and for helping Africa cope with the health, economic and social devastation of problems like HIV and AIDS, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the WorldFish Center and partners are making an urgent appeal to boost the continent's fish...

Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish

A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish from pirate fishing vessels. Perched between Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica, the windswept French territory of the Kerguelen Islands is one of the remotest places on Earth. Even so, fishing vessels are lured there by the prospect of catching one valuable species fo...

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PB3002-S/FACT DeltaRange Precision Balance from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:Accurate, easy-to-use and reliable to provide good weighing for many years that sums up the Classic Balances from METTLER TOLEDO in a single sentence. The robust full metal housing make these balances your reliable partner for everyday use. * Adjustment with internal weights FACT * Adjustment with external weights 2000 g * Sensitivity (temperature Sampling pump drift) 6 ppm/C <...
Company:Mettler Toledo, Inc.

PL1501-S Precision Balance from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:Simple operation and an easy-to-read LCD display characterize our Classic Light balances. * Taring range 0...1510 g...
Company:Mettler Toledo, Inc.

LabX Light Balance Software from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:LabX light balance makes your life easier. It offers a wide array of features for weighing data acquisition and management for one balance. *Execute weighings directly from the balanc...
Company:Mettler Toledo, Inc.

LabX Pro Balance Software from Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Description:LabX pro balance increases your lab productivity and allows you to achieve a higher level of quality and regulatory compliance. Move ahead beyond traditional paper-based weighing processes into a powerful and secure networked data system. *Job ma...
Company:Mettler Toledo, Inc.

Gey's Balanced Salt Solution (GBSS) from Sigma-Aldrich

Description:Sterile, Cell culture tested...
Company:Sigma-Aldrich

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eBay decision changes balance of power in patent disputes

. The first two parts, written by attorney Gina Carter, pertained to preventing intellectual property infringement within organizations. The following commentary, written by attorneys Joe Goode and Jonathan Fritz, addr...

Lance Armstrong and the future of cancer care

As many people know, survivors of cancer are much more common today. A recent National Center for Health Sta...

Th1 and Th2 Balance, Regulation, and Involvement in Disease

Cytokines are the hormonal messengers responsible for most of the biological effects in the immune system, such as cell-mediated immunity and allergic type responses. T lymphocytes are a major source of cytokines. These cells bear antigen-specific receptors on their cell surface to allow recognition of foreign pathogens. There are two main subsets of T lymphocytes, distinguished by th...

Work-life imbalance - A global problem getting worse

This quote by a Dutch man is taken from a paper by Rhonda Rappaport, Suzan Lewi...

Balance-sheet success leads to hunt for market dominance at Merge

The Milwaukee-based maker of radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) software for health-care providers reported record fiscal results this week for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, on the strength of new st...

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Helping stroke patients to recover balance

Researchers in France say that the distorting spectacles can help stroke patients with posture problems to recover their balance. They think that the spectacles reset the patient's mental makeup and hope that the effect will lead to a long-lasitng cure for some postural problems. People who have a stroke affecting the brain's right hemisphere may suffer paralysis down their left...

Emotional callers hamper speedy ambulance dispatch

People's lives are being put at risk because emergency call-takers are not adequately trained to deal with emotional callers, according to a recent study. Callers unable to communicate properly because of their emotional state caused the most difficulties but problems were also caused by people using mobile phones or pay-phones as opposed to land-lines. // The study, carried out by t...

Assisting stroke patients to recover balance

Researchers in France say that the distorting spectacles can help stroke patients with posture problems to recover their balance. They think that the spectacles reset the patient's mental makeup and hope that the effect will lead to a long-lasting cure for some postural problems.// People who have a stroke affecting the brain's right hemisphere may suffer paralysis down their left sid...

Balanced diet important in cancer prevention

Researchers say that diet is second only to tobacco in causing cancer. Dietary influences are thought to account for 40 per cent of cancers in the developed world, and 25 per cent in the developing world.// Ongoing studies may provide detailed information on what to eat and what to avoid. Dr Tim Key, a scientist with Cancer Research you should concentrate on eating fruits, vegetables and cereals...

Hormone Imbalance may lead to prolonged fatigue

According to a new study researchers observe that stress hormones may be disregulated in people with chronic fatigue. The HPA (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal) axis is a hormonal system that helps the body deal with physical and psychological stress.// The end result is the production of the stress hormone cortisol by the adrenal glands. Chronic fatigue is characterized by aches, pains...

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House Lancet Knife

Description:2 mm x 3 mm tapered blade. Referred to as "Number Two Knife". Angled 45 degrees. Round handle....
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

Balanced Knee System

Description:The Balanced Knee System provides instrumentation designed to achieve proper tissue balancing and alignment with user-friendly instrumentation that provides reproducible results....
Company:Ortho Development Corporation

Lancet Blade Surgical Knife

Description:Stainless steel lancet blade in stainless steel....
Company:Berson & Associates

Balanced Salt Solution (Sterile Irrigating Solution)

Description:Cytosol Ophthalmics™ Balanced Salt Solution (Sterile Irrigating Solution) is a sterile, low particulate, physiologic solution which is isotonic to ocular tissue and contains electrolytes required for normal cellular metabolic functions. Each 1.0 mL contains Calcium Chloride Dihydrate (CaCl22H2O), USP .48 mg, Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate (MgCl2 6H2O), USP .30 mg, Potassium Chloride (KCI),...
Company:Cytosol Ophthalmics

Balanced Knee™ System

Description:The Balanced Knee™ system provides instrumentation designed to achieve proper tissue balancing and alignment with user-friendly instrumentation that provides reproducible results....
Company:Ortho Development Corporation

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Controlling the Spread of Healthcare Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Requires Active Surveillance

Both methicillin sensitive and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA, MRSA) can cause invasive and life-threatening infections such as osteomyelitis, septicemia, endocarditis, and pneumonia. Healthcare associated MRSA is of particular clinical importance because it is not only predictably cross resistant to all penicillins and cephalosporins, but is also typically resistant to mu...

New Phase 3 Study Published in The Lancet Evaluates Efficacy and Safety of Prezista/Ritonavir vs. Kaletra as Part of HIV Combination Therapy in Treatment-Experienced Adults With HIV

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Results fromthe primary analysis of a randomized, controlled, open-label, Phase3 study showed that 77 percent of treatment-experienced HIV-1infected adults taking PREZISTA(TM) (darunavir) 600 mg tablets with100 mg ritonavir (PREZISTA/r) twice daily, plus an optimizedbackground regimen (OBR) of antiretroviral (ARV) agents, reached aplasma v...

Study Demonstrated Rozerem (ramelteon) Does Not Affect Middle-of-the-Night Balance in Older Adults with Insomnia

MINNEAPOLIS, June 13, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Two studies presentedtoday demonstrated that Rozerem did not affect body sway at peakplasma levels, nor did it impair middle-of-the-night balance,mobility or memory performance in patients who suffer from chronicinsomnia. The results of the studies were presented at the 21stAnnual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies(APSS)....

New Study Suggests no Significant Impairment in Middle-of-the-Night Balance, Mobility or Memory in Older Adults Using Ramelteon

SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presentedtoday showed that ramelteon did not impair middle-of-the-nightbalance, mobility or memory performance in older adults withinsomnia, relative to placebo. This study also demonstrated, as inprevious studies, that patients treated with zolpidem did haveimpaired performances on these measures, as compared to placebo.The results of...

Data Published in The Lancet Show Gardasil was 100 Percent Effective in Preventing High-Grade Vulvar and Vaginal Lesions Caused by HPV Types 16 and 18

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2007 - Resultspublished this week in The Lancet show that Merck's cervical cancervaccine, GARDASIL (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11,16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine) was 100 percent effective inpreventing high-grade vulvar and vaginal dysplasias caused by HPVtypes 16 and 18, two types strongly associated with these diseases.The 10...

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