Menopause Symptoms May Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Women who take soy or herbal supplements, such as black cohosh, red clover and ginseng, should do so with care, says a Cornell University expert affiliated with the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell, the land-grant institution of New York state. "Although there is no direct evidence that any herbal medicines can increase or decrease breast cancer ri...Flies on speed offer insight into the roles of dopamine in sleep and arousal
Methamphetamine, the drug of choice for long-distance truckers and college students pulling all-nighters, appears to do a similar trick for fruit flies, too. This finding is one of several in a new study that demonstrates a critical role for the neurotransmitter dopamine in the modulation of sleep, wake, and arousal states. The work is reported by Dr. Ralph Greenspan and colleagues at The...Spousal illness can trigger partner death
In the largest study ever to quantify caregiver burden and the widower effect, researchers found that for people aged 65 and older, hospitalization of a spouse can harm the wellbeing of his or her partner and significantly contribute to that partner's death. This risk also varies with the ill spouse's diagnosis. The study appears in the Feb. 16 New England Journal of Medicine. "Our study shows th...Computer scientist sorts out confusable drug names
Was that Xanex or Xanax? Or maybe Zantac? If you're a health care professional you'd better know the difference--mistakes can be fatal. An estimated 1.3 million people in the United States alone are injured each year from medication errors, and the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has been working to reduce the possibilities of these errors, such as a documented case in which a patie...Ultra low-dose estrogen shown safe for post-menopausal women
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has shown that extremely low doses of estrogen had no ill effects on the cognitive abilities or general health of older women over the course of two years. "This is exciting. It shows that women can take estrogen safely," observes lead author Kristine Yaffe, MD, chief of geriatric psychiatry at SFVAMC and associate professo...S. cerevisiae Direct Transformation Kit from Wako Chemicals USA, Inc.
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Description:This kit is designed for easy transformation of the budding yeast, Saccharoyces sp.. The protocol allows for successful transformation simply by mixing a plasmid DNA and the kit reagents with cultured yeast cells. No complicated steps, such as centrifugation or cell washing, are required. The kit is particularly well suited for high-throughput transformation of a large number of yeast strains gro...AccuSampler Large Animal from DiLab, Inc.
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Biochemical & Molecular Allergology, Research Center Borstel, Germany By using Stratagenes BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL cells * withextra copies of E. coli, argU, ileY, and leuW tRNA genes,it is possible to attain high-level expression...Wisconsin to host technology BarCamp USA
Wisconsin has the honor of hosting the national BarCamp, which will be held August 23-26 on the Jeffe...University, business leaders convene in Wausau
During the meeting, to be held at the Wausau Business Development Center, business executives and owners throughout north...Wausau start up secures $560K for GPS maps
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While the primary responsibility of child rearing was that of a mother and father, the extended family (frien...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD
Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausal women with existing coronary artery disease (CAD). In the PHASE trial (Papworth HRT Atherosclerosis Study), researchers randomized 255 postmenopausal women with angiographically proven coronary artery disease to receive either transdermal HRT--17-beta-estradiol with or without cy...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease
Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausal women with existing coronary artery disease (CAD). In the PHASE trial (Papworth HRT Atherosclerosis Study), researchers randomized 255 postmenopausal women with angiographically proven coronary artery disease to receive either transdermal HRT--17-beta-estradiol with or without cy...Usage of coil better in brain haemorrhage
According to researchers in UK inserting a coil into a weakened blood vessel offers a survival benefit over surgery in brain haemorrhage. The death rate from subarachnoid haemorrhage// - caused by a bursting of a weakened blood vessel in the brain - is up to 40 per cent in the first 24 hours after the event. The standard treatment is an operation to insert a clip to prevent further ruptur...Oxygen Usage During Exercise Could Indicate Heart Problems
During the first few minutes of exercise, the amount of oxygen per heartbeat increases and continues to rise as the heart carries the oxygen to the blood.// A new study shows less oxygen to the body after the first few minutes of exercise could signal heart trouble. Researchers studied nearly 100 patients between ages 55 and 75 who had mild hypertension. Researchers measured...Aspirin usage linked with pancreatic cancer
The surprising finding worried doctors, who say women will now have to talk seriously with their physicians about the risk of taking a daily aspirin.// Pancreatic cancer affects only 31,000 Americans a year, but it kills virtually all its victims within three years. The study of 88,000 nurses found that those who took two or more aspirins a week for 20 years or more had a 58 per...Mayfield Reusable Adult Skull Pins
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Description:Darkfield Quebec Colony Counter allows the user to quickly and accurately count bacteria colonies. A choice of models allows for digital counting or manual counting. An optional 1.5X auxiliary lens fits over the standard lens increasing magnification to 3.0X. The adjustable focusing rod allows the 1.5X standard lens to be raised or lowered. The lens also rotates a full 360 for ready access to cul...Sosei Announces Successful Completion of AD 923 Pharmacokinetic Study in the USA
TOKYO, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sosei GroupCorporation , a biopharmaceutical company, today announces thesuccessful completion of a study of its fentanyl sublingual spray(AD 923), an opioid analgesic for the treatment of cancerbreakthrough pain. This was a pharmacokinetic Phase I single centre, open-label,single dose, cross-over, randomised study of AD 923 versus Acti...