First Day of Summer Has Come: Enjoy the Summer Sunshine Without Putting Yourself at Risk
MILLBURN, N.J., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- This week marks the official start of summer. People everywhere will be shedding their spring raincoats and spending time outdoors in the sun's rays. But, before basking in all the sunshine, it's important to practice skin sun safety. MoleSafe, ( www.mol...Watchdog Group Blasts McConnell for Putting Insurance Donors Before Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a statement issued today, the nonpartisan watchdog group Public Campaign Action Fund denounced Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) recent statements opposing health care reform as "hazardous to America's health, and a gift to profitable...Are Herbal Supplements Putting Aesthetic Surgery Patients at Risk?
Report Warns of Effects From Bleeding to Drug Interactions NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For many people, the words "natural" or "herbal" are virtually synonymous with safety and purity. Products available over-the-counter without a doctor's prescription are often mistaken...Smokers putting their loved ones at risk of heart attacks
Researchers at University College London and St George's, University of London measured recent exposure to tobacco smoke in non-smoking middle-aged men taking part in the British Regional Heart Study by measuring the levels of cotinine - a compound carried in the blood - at two time points 20 year...Drug Combinations Putting Seniors at Risk
Mixing prescription, nonprescription meds poses dangers, researchers say TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- As many as 4 percent of older adults in the United States combine over-the-counter medications with prescription drugs in ways that put them at risk for potentially dangerous i...Popular Breast Cancer Drug Used with Certain Antidepressants Puts New Jersey Women at Risk
...t certain antidepressants, known as CYP2D6 inhibitor drugs, block the activation of tamoxifen chemically, but this evidence shows that these drugs are putting women in New Jersey and across the nation at a much higher risk for recurrent breast cancer," said Dr. Milayna Subar, National Practice Leader for Med...deCODE Discovers Second Common Genetic Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
...discovery has been replicated in numerous populations by us and others, and the connection to cardioembolic stroke is yet further evidence that we are putting our finger on an important pathway involved in AF and stroke risk. The ability to routinely test for these risk factors means that we can understand w...New Poll Finds Disease Prevention is Top Priority for Americans in Health Reform
...e than three-quarters of Americans believe the country should invest more in keeping people healthier, and by a nearly four-to-one ratio, they support putting more emphasis on preventing disease rather than treating people after they become sick." "We know that strategic investments in disease preventio...Lilly Announces Positive Phase II Data on Investigational Medicine for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
...e 2 diabetes(2). It is estimated that nearly 60 percent of the people with diabetes are not achieving treatment goals for controlling blood sugar(3), putting them at serious risk for debilitating or potentially fatal complications including heart disease, stroke, nerve damage, lower limb amputation, vision ...Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation
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The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced today the results of a year-long effort to put the power grid in the hands of consumers through technology. The Pacific Northwest GridWise Demonstration Project found that advanced technologies enable consumers to be active...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...Understanding how weeds are resistant to herbicides
...ed. It would be a similar sequence." Having this information is like building a tool kit, said Tranel. "We're developing all of these resources and putting these resources in our freezer. When we have an interest in resistance to herbicide A which targets enzyme B, we can go to the freezer, or to the comp...Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled
... WINSTON-SALEM Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children at risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to a report in Academic Pediatrics by an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospit...Experimental treatment halts hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborns
... activator (tPA), prevents progressive brain damage triggered by the lack of oxygen and blood supply. The experimental pre-clinical treatment involved putting a naturally occurring substance called plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) into the brains of newborn rats, said Chia-Yi Kuan, M.D. PhD, senior ...University has grand designs to build a house of straw
...ies, humidity levels, air tightness and sound insulation qualities. Dr Katharine Beadle, the principle researcher on the project, explained: "We're putting sensors into the walls to monitor temperature and humidity levels, and using technology to simulate the heat and moisture generated by people." Cra...Researchers putting a freeze on oscillator vibrations
University of Oregon physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally occurring mechanical vibrations to a near standstill. The findings, published in Nature Phy...Fact and friction: Putting election-year stem cell claims under the microscope
M adison, Wis. - So, it has come to this: A degree in molecular biology will be required of anyone wishing to vote in Wisconsin's Nov. 7 elections. Or perhaps it only seems so in light of 2006 campaign year claims and counter-claims swirling around the "wedge issue" of human embryonic ste...Biotech Hot in July Driven by Positive Drug Data and Acquisitions
...biotech companies (44%) have a market cap below $100 million - Over 112 companies have announced a corporate restructuring by slashing staff and/or putting promising projects in the refrigerator. Recent announcements included: - Celera cut 80 employees or 13 percent of its workforce - Epix Pharmaceuti...Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers
...ctor-metal sandwich structure," in which the semiconductor is as thin as 80 nanometers and is sandwiched between 20-nanometer dielectric layers before putting metal layers on each side. They have demonstrated that such a semiconductor/dielectric layer, thinner than the diffraction limit, and squeezed betw...Time Clocks Technology Catches Up With Crooks
... - the boss can see where you are, from anywhere on the web, at anytime! Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) July 24, 2009 -- Technology is putting an end to the cat and mouse game of sneaking in late to work - the mouse is caught at the door, in the back room, or on pay day! We rounded up a group...CSOFT Announces Introduction of L10NPRO 3.0 at 6th Annual Worldwide Summit in Beijing
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