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Survey finds silver contamination in North Pacific waters

The highest levels of silver contamination ever observed in the open ocean turned up in samples collected during a survey of the North Pacific in 2002. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, measured silver concentrations 50 times greater than the natural background level. Though still well below levels that would be toxic to marine life, this contamination of what had been co...

Survey reveals women and doctors aren't talking about HPV

Eighty-eight percent of women rely on their healthcare providers to learn about gynecological issues, yet only 19 percent said their doctor has talked to them about cervical cancer and its cause - the human papillomavirus (HPV) - according to a new survey released by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). HPV is extremely common, affecting an estimated 80 percent of sexually...

Survey Uncovers Surprising Attitudes Towards HIV Vaccine Research

A survey of U.S. adults has found that a majority believe that HIV vaccines are the best hope for controlling the global AIDS epidemic and are confident such vaccines can be made. But while most of those surveyed felt it personally important to help support HIV vaccine research, a majority expressed reluctance to support a friend or family member’s participation in an HIV vaccine clinical trial.<...

Center releases new public survey on stem cells

Stem cells are unique among human cells in that they possess the uncanny ability to develop into virtually any other cell of the body, offering a hypothetical tool kit for repairing diseased hearts, mending broken spinal cords, or correcting genetic diseases, among other hoped-for benefits. Stem cells derived from very early embryos show the most promise in research to date, but the embryo is de...

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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Finnigan Pocket Surveyor from Thermo Scientific

Description:The new Finnigan Pocket Surveyor software provides local instrument control for new and existing Finnigan Surveyor HPLC Systems. The software operates on a handheld computer running the popular Windows Pocket PC 2002 O/S and offers chromatographers the ability to connect directly to their Surveyor quaternary gradient pump and/or variable wavelength detector....
Company:Thermo Scientific

Mutation Surveyor from SoftGenetics, LLC.

Description:Researchers no longer need to perform time consuming and inaccurate comparison of the entire sample trace. With Mutation Surveyor, any found variants of the sample when compared to the wild type are clearly indicated in our mutation electropherogram as a sharp peak. Accuracy of the software in the bi-directional analysis mode is over 99%, with sensitivity to greater than 5% of the primary peak....
Company:SoftGenetics, LLC.

SlideHyb™ Glass Array Hybridization Survey Kit from Ambion

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Trace Analysis Optimizing Sensitivity Finnigan Surveyor PDA Detector

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Accurate Evaluation of the Finnigan Surveyor Autosampler Performance using a Deferred Standard

Thermo Electron Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA The Deferred Standard (DS) concept was introduced more than 40 years ago with the purpose of monitoring the reliability of process chromatography. The DS consi...

Economic survey reveals better 2006 results

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Survey company sells Wisconsin GIS piece

According to Lori Jones, CEO of the Texas company, the transaction will keep intact GIS expertise and...

Madison top-ranked In Digital Cities Survey

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Eating disorder... a survey

A research suggests that one in four teenage girls may suffer from the symptoms of an eating disorder.In many girls, the problems appear to set in from a very early age. Scientists from Canada surveyed 2,85739 girls aged 12 to 18 about their eating habits.They found that 27% had significant symptoms of eating disorders such as binge eating or purging.The girls who took part in the stu...

Insomnia Hits Many Canadians: Survey

Trouble getting enough shut-eye? You're not alone. Statistics Canada says more than three million Canadians have insomnia. On an average, they get 6-1/2 hours of sleep a night compared with 7-1/2 hours // for those without the problem. And 18 per cent of the insomniacs averaged less than five hours of Zs a night. There's a substantial number of Canadians -- 13 per cent -- th...

Happiness Survey

The survey is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change //conducted about every four years by an international network of social scientists. It includes questions about how happy people are and how satisfied they are with their lives. It showed that average happiness has remained virtually the same in industrialized countries since World War II, although incomes hav...

Survey shows how bipolar disorder affects the quality of life for patients

A global survey on bipolar disorder conducted by the World Federation for Mental Health reveals that patients of the // disease feel that their quality of life suffers because of their disease. Bipolar disorder is a psychotic disorder characterized by successive feelings of elation and depression. Also known as manic-depressive illness that affects 3 to 4 5 of the global adult populati...

Over Six Million HIV Infected People In South Africa- Finds A Survey

Johannesburg: In South Africa over six million people were infected with HIV by 2004.// This puts the prevalence of AIDS in the country at a high of 14 percent. South Africa 's total population is 46.9 million. The latest figure announced by South African Health Department is far higher than the estimate of 4.5 million given by the official state statistics agency, Statistics SA, re...

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Diuretic Survey, Serum or Plasma

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Diuretic Survey, Urine

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
Company:ARUP Laboratories

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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...

International ENDORSE Study Shows That the Majority of Hospitalized Patients Surveyed are at Risk for VTE and Many do not Receive Recommended VTE prophylaxis

- ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to UrgentlyImplement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management:Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriateprophylaxis to Prevent VTE Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk is high among hospitalpatients and most of these at-risk patients are not pro...

Women Well-Informed About Breast Cancer, Yet Lacking Knowledge About Current Treatments, New Survey Finds

-- CancerCare offers five questions to help womenlearn about breast cancer therapy advances -- NEW YORK, June 12, 2007 – According to a newGfK Roper Public Affairs survey sponsored by CancerCare, a nationalnonprofit cancer support organization, while the majority (76percent) of women surveyed said they know at least a fair amountabout breast cancer...

Waismann Method Survey Reveals Dependency Risk for People Using Suboxone

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2007 - The WaismannMethod today announced findings from an online survey of Suboxoneusers, indicating that 66 percent of individuals currently takingSuboxone, also known as Subutex or Buprenorphine, believe theycannot stop taking the drug without assistance, indicating aphysical dependency. Suboxone is often prescribed to treatdependency to op...

Hypertension Education Foundation Survey Results Announced At American Society For Hypertension Annual Meeting Suggests Improved Control Of High Blood Pressure, But Misconceptions Still Exist

Findings Show Compliance with Medication Instructions butUnderscore Need for Improved Patient Communication, LifestyleManagement and More Healthcare Provider Efforts to Control ElevatedBlood Pressure NEW YORK, May 19, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of a surveyconducted by Harris Interactive(R) for the Hypertension EducationFoundation (HEF) were presented at the American Society ofHypertens...

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