BurrellesLuce White Paper Gives Advice on Turning Twitter Connections Into Community Building Blocks
A white paper just issued by BurrellesLuce, the leader in media relations services, explains how PR professionals can add a vital dimension to their Twitter activity by regularly conducting interviews on Twitter (Twitterviews), and hosting or attending offline meet-ups of Twitter followers (Tweet...Feeding Feelings: Survey Reveals Americans Are Turning to Junk Food When Stressed
Fitness and Diet Expert Bob Greene's Solution to Cope - Eat Healthy, Crunchy Foods and Exercise More CHICAGO, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- As financial insecurity mounts and stress levels rise, Americans are paying more attention to their bottom lines than their waistlines. In fact, a recent survey...Video: Turning Hope Into Reality - Vision Research at the VA
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Vision loss is a high priority area for VA Research. Among VA's research projects in the exciting domain of vision restoration for Veterans are the development of an artificial retina to restore vision to those affected by macular degeneration and retinitis...Video: Turning Hope Into Reality - Traumatic Brain Injury Research at the VA
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a complex type of injury to the brain's structure, is common among Veterans and has been called one of the "signature injuries" of modern combat. VA's research related to TBI is wide-ranging. Among its goals: shedding light on ...Video: Turning Hope Into Reality - Genomics Research at the VA
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- VA's Office of Research and Development is at the forefront of developing safer, more effective treatments based on new knowledge about the role of genes in health and disease. VA is superbly fitted to study genomics--the use of patients' individual genetic p...Surgeon General's 'Call to Action' to Prevent DVT/PE Praised by NATT as Turning Point
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (NATT) praised Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH for issuing an historic "Call to Action" (CTA) to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism ...Fat Kills Cancer: Turning Stem Cells from Fat Tissue into Personalized, Cancer-Targeted Therapeutics
PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007 ? Researchers in Slovakia have been able to derive mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose, or fat, tissue and engineer them into “suicide genes” that seek out and destroy tumors like tiny homing missiles. This gene therapy approach is a novel way to atta...Study Confirms Effectiveness of Innovative Prism Glasses For Hemianopia Patients
..., patients turn to look, or, if their brains are fully adapted (remapped), perceive quickly where the objects are and automatically avoid them without turning their eyes and head. (In earlier designs by other scientists, the prism was in the middle of the lens and caused double vision.) "The best case ...Scientists Discover Why Teeth Form in a Single Row
...een biochemicals that induce teeth formation, and others that restrict it, to result in the correct pattern. Specifically, researchers discovered that turning off a single gene in mice resulted in development of extra teeth, next to and inside of their first molars. While the study was in mice, past studies ...HumaPen® MEMOIR Insulin Pen with Memory
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Description:...Lux® Digital Video Recorder gives you an entirely new way to visualize, edit, share and store your surgical cases. THE DVR is the perfect tool for turning real-life surgery into life-like presentations. With its convenient mouse and footswitch, you can record only the parts of the procedure you need - no...The Avanta Soft Skeletal Hand Implant System
Description:... Arthritis of the hand can make simple motions such as gripping an object or turning a key painful, if not impossible. The Avanta Soft Skeletal Hand Implants can help alleviate the disabling effects of this disease. By incorporating a...Pregnancy not turning minds to mush: Study
Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush, according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University. The study conducted by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at ANU suggests that despite fears mothers...NIH EUREKA award funds research at WPI aimed at turning adult skin cells into stem-like cells
WORCESTER, Mass. A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a three-year, $900,000 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a project aimed at developing a novel way of transforming adult skin cells into stem-like cells. If successful, the research could r...Pacific coast turning more acidic
CORVALLIS, Ore. An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, raising concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexic...Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel
An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cows stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists. The enzyme that allows a cow to digest grasses and other plant fibers can be used to turn other plant fibers into simple sugars. These simple...Montana State University researcher finds renewed interest in turning algae into fuel
BOZEMAN -- The same brown algae that cover rocks and cause anglers to slip while fly fishing contain oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University microbiologist. Drivers can't pump algal fuel into their gas tanks yet, but Keith Cooksey said the idea holds promise. ...Seals protect brain, conserve oxygen by turning off shivering response on icy dives
Seals shiver when exposed to cold air but not when diving in chilly water, a finding that researchers believe allows the diving seal to conserve oxygen and minimize brain damage that could result from long dives. The researchers presented the study at The American Physiological Society's conferen...Video: Turning Hope Into Reality - VA Research to Restore Veterans' Abilities
WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- VA Research is dedicated to restoring injured Veterans to their greatest possible functional capacity in their families, communities, and work places. For those who lost limbs from combat traumas or because of complications such as diabetes, VA researchers are ...Powered by olive stones? Turning waste stones into fuel
Olive stones can be turned into bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel. This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and ...Specialists Are Turning to Biologics Earlier in the Treatment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Managed Care Organizations Aggressively Control Access to Biologics, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds...Sonic closer to turning profit corner
Madison, Wis. - Following the announcement of increased quarterly revenues, Sonic Foundry, Inc. , a provider of rich-media technology, once again projected cash flow break even for the fourth quarter of 2006, with full year profitability projected for 2007. Chairman and CEO Rimas Buinevicius ...Biotech Hot in July Driven by Positive Drug Data and Acquisitions
...ing to maintain their operations, almost half of US public biotechs have market caps below $100 million and we are seeing companies still consistently turning off their lights for the last time. It is important to remind ourselves that the biotech industry is undergoing a major transition, a process that wil...Moticam 2300 from Motic Instruments, Inc.
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