U of M researchers find childhood cancer risk rises with mother's age
Research from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota indicates that a baby born to an older mother may have a slightly increased risk for many of the cancers that occur during childhood. "Our finding shows that although the absolute risk is low, advancing maternal age may be a fact...Risk to Baby Rises With Repeat C-Sections
Procedure doubles odds for intensive care compared to vaginal birth newborns, researchers say THURSDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) -- Babies delivered by elective, repeat cesarean section delivery are nearly twice as likely to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) than t...Fathers' Concern Rises When Teens Start Having Sex
Dads become more motivated to intervene and keep kids safe, study finds FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that family togetherness can be a tool to prevent teens from engaging in risky sexual behavior and provides surprising insight into the role played by father...Men's Stroke Risk Rises Dramatically in Mid-40s
And the contributing factors are often those seen in older patients, study finds THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The odds of having a stroke seem to spike up when men reach their mid-40s. And the risks associated with stroke even at this earlier age are startlingly similar to ...Employee Confidence Index Rises 2.3 Points in January
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Spherion Employee Confidence Index increased 2.3 points to 42.7 in January from last month's survey low of 40.4. The Index, which measures workers' confidence in their personal employment situation and optimism in the economic environment...VirtualScopics Backlog Rises to a Record $27 Million
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VirtualScopics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSCP ), a leading provider of quantitative imaging for clinical trials, today announced that its backlog currently exceeds $27 million compared to $14.7 million at the same time a year ago, a greater than 80% increas...Body Contouring Surgery Risk Rises with Increased Body Mass Index
Study reveals close correlation between degree of obesity and complications arising from popular aesthetic surgical procedure NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A recent study investigating the relationship between complications of body contouring surgery and body mass index has co...Terguride Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
...ry arterial hypertension Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disorder of the blood vessels in the lung, in which the pressure in large blood vessel rises above normal. Walls of the blood vessels are thickened and hardened, becoming less elastic and decrease in lumen leading to increases the pressure. Pa...Ocular Blood Flow Analyzer (BFA)
Description:... The Blood Flow Analyzer (BFA) measures intraocular pressure 200 times per second, and automatically measures Ocular Blood Flow (OBF). Ocular pressure rises and falls with each heartbeat. This pressure waveform is created when the bolus of blood from each heartbeat passes through the ocular choroid. The sy...Non-Illuminated Trial Lens Set
Features:...inus mounts are anodized in different colors. Handles are provided on spheres, but not on cylinders and prisms. Packed in carrying case. The lens tray rises on lifting the lid and it is a non-Illuminated, compact model...Ancient reptile rises from Alberta oil sands
One of the oldest and most complete plesiosaur fossils recovered in North America, and the oldest yet discovered from the Cretaceous Period, represents a new genus of the prehistoric aquatic predator according to University of Calgary palaeontologists who have formally described the creature after...Crammed with charged DNA, pressure rises inside virus
It could be an artist’s depiction of someone’s stomach before and after a rather decadent meal. But it is a 3-D cryoelectron microscope reconstruction of the cross-section of a virus, before and after cramming itself full of its own DNA. The virus, phi29, has a tiny motor that pumps its DNA int...Hunger in America rises by 43 percent over last five years
Hunger in American households has risen by 43 percent over the last five years, according to an analysis of US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data released today. The analysis, completed by the Center on Hunger and Poverty at Brandeis University, shows that more than 7 million people have joined ...'Patient-choice' C-section rate rises 36%: HealthGrades study
More women choosing C-sections when no medical necessity exists - Florida, New York, New Jersey have highest rates;Nevada, Washington, Florida increase most The number of pregnant women choosing to have a "patient-choice" Cesarean section (C-section) rose by 36.6 percent from 2001 to 2003, acco...Hybrid vehicle rebates produce scant environmental benefits, high cost
...majority, rebates are not changing behaviour they are subsidizing planned purchases." According to the study, the inefficiency of rebate programs rises disproportionately when governments increase rebate levels. "When B.C.'s rebate jumped from $1,000 to $2,000 in 2005, the actual cost of reducing carb...Rice University researchers ask if biofuels will lead to a 'drink or drive'
...to fuel an average car for one mile. Given differing land use practices and other factors, that number decreases to 23 gallons for Iowa-grown corn and rises to 115 gallons for Texas-grown sorghum. The debate over biofuels must also "recognize the impact of increased agricultural activity on water qualit...Third Wave posts $22 million loss, stock rises
Madison, Wis. A decline in research revenue led Third Wave Technologies to a loss of $22.3 million in 2005, or 54 cents a share, but because the loss was expected share price rose slightly in light trading. As a company in transition, Third Wave expected something of a rough patch. It has a...On the Web, attention spans shrink, the need for value rises
Andy Warhol, who once said everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, couldn't imagine the influence the Internet, blogging, social networks, and Web 2.0 might have on his prediction. With these tools, everyone can have their 15 minutes - but just 15 minutes. Maybe not even that. It seems that 15...Caringo Delivers Storage Cluster in a Box with CAStor 3.0
...ngle server. "As enterprise file-based and cloud-based storage infrastructures reach into the Petabyte range, Caringo rises to the challenge with seamlessly scalable, high performance and self-managing content storage software," said Mark Goros, Chief Executive Officer...Prime Health Network and Its Patients Thrive in Tough Economic Times on the InstaMed Network
... costs related to collections, while also improving the patient experience at each of their eleven locations. As patient financial responsibility rises due to increases in deductibles and fundamental changes in health plan benefits, providers face the increasingly difficult challenge of managing patie...Following a Record Year in 2008 Gerresheimer Again Sets its Sights on Substantial Growth in 2009
...Sales Grow by 10.7% to EUR1.06bn - Adjusted Earnings per Share Improves by 36.6% From EUR1.34 Euro to EUR1.83 - Adjusted EBITDA Margin rises From 19.0 to 19.5% - CEO Dr. Axel Herberg: "Following the record year in 2008 Gerresheimer again considers itself well equipped to meet the...Method sorts out double-walled carbon nanotube problem
...displays because they are optically transparent and electrically conductive. As the demand for energy-efficient devices and alternative energy sources rises worldwide so does the demand for transparent conductive films. Two Northwestern University researchers now offer a clever solution to the double-wa...Micro-OSMETTE from Precision Systems, Inc.
Description:... Automatic High Sensitivity Laboratory Osmometer for 50 L samples. Operating head automatically rises at the end of determination; triple-point calibration verification; refrigerator eliminates need for pumps and bath liquid; rapid cooldown; bench-save...