Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers

... Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Researchers have found evidence that chronic disease in either a mother or father can create unfavourable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in daughters. In another study, researchers foun...

Transatlantic Regulatory Integration of Drug Approval Process Vital for the Global Pharmaceutical Industry, Notes Frost & Sullivan

...of drug price approvals and their processes are not always transparent, making it difficult for drug manufacturers to do business in Europe. "The unfavourable regulatory environment, varying price controls across member states, and parallel trading hinder the growth of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe,"...

Acupuncture 'probably ineffective' in treatment of hot flushes

..., Busan (South Korea) and Exeter (UK), published in the current edition of the peer-reviewed journal Climacteric . Many women are concerned by the unfavourable publicity given to HRT use, but still have to deal with the symptoms which can occur during and after the menopause. A significant minority of women l...

Risk of aggressive breast cancer subtype 3 times higher for black women

...erg adds, "The higher prevalence of triple negative breast tumours in black women in all age and weight categories likely contributes to black women's unfavourable breast cancer prognosis." ...

QLT petition for rehearing of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary litigation is denied

...to, the ultimate outcome of the litigation against QLT is uncertain, any further legal review may be unavailable or may result in a decision even more unfavourable to QLT, QLT may choose not to pursue further legal review of the decision, and other factors as described in detail in QLT's Annual Information Form a...

QLT announces that it is named as a defendant in an action

...EEI and MGH litigation against QLT is uncertain, any further legal review of the MEEI verdict may be unavailable or may result in a decision even more unfavourable to QLT, and other factors as described in detail in QLT's Annual Information Form and Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and o...

QLT Announces Appeal Court Decision on Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Litigation

...to, the ultimate outcome of the litigation against QLT is uncertain, any further legal review may be unavailable or may result in a decision even more unfavourable to QLT, and other factors as described in detail in QLT's Annual Information Form and Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and o...

New evidence for homeopathy

...s better than conventional trials. This reconstruction casts serious doubts on the review, showing that it was based on a series of hidden judgments unfavourable to homeopathy. An open assessment of the current evidence suggests that homeopathy is probably effective for a number of conditions including allergi...

21st Congress of the College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2008, Spain

...n higher, with 50% of the population being affected (Wittchen et al., 2005). Mental disorders are often characterized by an onset early in life and an unfavourable long-term course of the illness, with adverse effects on school performance and academic career, social functioning and somatic health throughout life...

MDS Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

...ions. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $1 million compared to nil last year as unfavourable revenue mix, foreign exchange and investments in growth offset productivity...f 2007 to the second quarter of 2008 of approximately $3 million offset the unfavourable impact of the $3 million on the revaluation of certain assets and liabiliti...

Unfavourable in Medical Technology

DuoCort AB: DuoCort announces Phase I Data Presentation at the European Congress of Endocrinology

... Recent research on adrenal insufficiency patients taking currently available glucocorticoid replacement therapy demonstrates reduced bone density and unfavourable cardiovascular risk profiles. Recent data also suggest an almost 3-fold increased mortality. Chronic adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease that affe...

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TECNALIA investigates advanced biomaterials to make more reliable and hardwearing medical implants

...equence, will give rise to enhanced competitiveness amongst the participating companies, thus reducing excessive external dependence, readdressing the unfavourable situation of our country as regards the transfer of research results by OPIs and CITs to companies in this field of advanced biomaterials, and improvi...

The bonsai effect: Wounded plants make jasmonates, inhibiting cell division, stunting growth

... It is well known that plants growing under unfavourable conditions are generally smaller than those growing in stress-free conditions: indeed it is estimated that in the US, abiotic stress reduces the yield...

Research could lead to better drugs and whiter whites

... and Manchester colleagues, Professor Michael Sutcliffe and Dr David Leys. Together they have shown, now in unprecedented detail, how enzymes avoid unfavourable energy barriers caused by the resistance to a reaction by allowing matter to 'flow through' the barrier ?a process known as quantum mechanical tunnell...

Fungus-farming termites descend from an African rain forest Eve

...tion, agriculture has later spread to other regions, including to much more unfavourable areas. This occurred either by the adoption of an agricultural lifestyle by...festyle has allowed both humans and their domesticated organisms to exploit unfavourable areas more effectively and to reach far higher population densities than ea...

Research shows smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients

...6% of non-smokers. Overweight women also fared badly with a 33% lower chance of a live birth from their first treatment cycle. As with smoking, the unfavourable effect of overweight was largest in women with unexplained subfertility. Only 14% had a live baby compared with over 18% for normal weight and nearly ...

Unfavourable in Biological Technology

First step to converting solar energy using 'artificial leaf'

...light antennae of bacteria chlorosomes are the fastest of all. They have to be capable of harvesting minimal quantities of light particles in highly unfavourable light conditions, such as deep in the sea. These chlorosomes are made up of chlorophyll molecules. The art is to imitate these systems very precisely....

Frost & Sullivan: Lower Import Duties and Rising Customer Demand to Boost Russian Electronics Manufacturing Market

... LONDON, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Russia has been looked upon as an unfavourable market for electronics manufacturing by foreign electronics manufacturers in the past. This negative perception has been in spite of the country's cos...

Shire begins the year with a strong performance

...y 7% on a CER basis mainly due to competition from other HIV treatments. The balance of the decline in Shire's royalty revenue is predominantly due to unfavourable exchange rate movements. ZEFFIX - Chronic hepatitis B infection Royalties from sales of ZEFFIX for the three months to March 31, 2009 we...

Lorus Therapeutics Announces Publication of a Clinical Study Demonstrating Encouraging Results with LOR-2040 in Combination with Cytarabine in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

...te responses were able to progress to a successful transplant, a desired outcome of successful salvage therapy. Notably, the study population included unfavourable patients with at least one adverse prognostic characteristic. The clinical study also measured intracellular uptake of LOR-2040 in the bone marrow l...

DuoCort Hosts Adrenal Insufficiency Symposium at the 10th European Congress of Endocrinology in Berlin

... Recent research on adrenal insufficiency patients taking currently available glucocorticoid replacement therapy demonstrates reduced bone density, unfavourable cardiovascular risk profiles and compromised quality of life and well-being.  Recent data also suggest an almost 3-fold increased mortality. Impr...

ExonHit Therapeutics - 2007 Financial Results

...ive management of our cash as well as an increased cash balance over 2007 leads to higher financial gains in 2007 at EUR 1.3 million. Nonetheless, the unfavourable evolution of the euro/dollars exchange rate between the two year years has led to a currency rate loss of EUR 0.7 million during 2007, compared to a l...