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Going To Extremes To Improve Human Health

A new research tool will allow University of Oregon scientists to replicate an extreme range of environmental conditions in their quest to test and understand the human body's response to everyday stresses. The instrument, called an environmental chamber, is a 12-foot-square room capable of simulating altitude up to 18,000 feet, holding temperature constant at a set point between 14 and 12...

Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems, Inc., Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland FES Center today announced that they have been awarded a five-year, $4.4 million contract from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), a component of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). According to the contract, Cyberkinetics will receive up t...

Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

In his recent State of the Union speech President Bush said technology is the best way to break the nation's addiction to oil. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) is directing the technology of DNA sequencing to scan the environment for processes that will lead to cheaper and easier to produce biofuels. "Through DNA sequencing and the tools of molecular biolog...

African amphibians make extreme parental sacrifice: The skin off their backs

Just as baby mammals depend on their mothers' milk, the young of the African amphibian Boulengerula taitanus nourish themselves by stripping off and eating the fat-rich outer layer of their mothers' skin, according to an international team of researchers that includes University of Michigan biologist Ronald Nussbaum. The findings are reported in today's issue (April 13) of the journal Natu...

Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds

If you think dinosaurs are hot today, just think back to about 110 million years ago when they really ran hot and heavy. That is a 118-degree Fah...

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Quantitation of Cabergoline at Extremely Low Plasma Concentrations with a Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

Nicola Hughes, Jean-Jacques Dunyach, 1Biovail Contract Research,Toronto,Ontario,Canada; 2Thermo Finnigan,San Jose,CA,USA; 3Therm...

Extreme Entrepreneur Tour coming to Fox Valley

To fill this need, will host a "bus load of young, millionaire en...

Extreme Engineering Introduces High-Speed Network Accelerator

MADISON, Wis. - XPedite2000 is a high-speed network card that can process up to 2Gbps of IPs...

Mike Rosen Reviews - eXtreme Networking in Madison

I recently traveled to an event in Madison, Wis. that was organized by Now ePrairies third eX...

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Developmental, neurologic problems common in extremely preterm infants

Extremely preterm infants born before 25 weeks' gestation often have severe neurologic and developmental disabilities, researchers report in the August 10th issue of The New EnglandJournal of Medicine.The EPICure Study Group identified 308 children born at the gestational age of 25 weeks or earlier in the UK and Ireland. Of these, 283 were assessed for neurologic function Based on their l...

Autism nothing more than an extreme form of male brain development

A recent research conducted on the brain pattern of autistic individuals has revealed that it is nothing more than an exaggeration of the normal male brain. The study has been conducted by researchers //at the Cambridge Autism Research Centre who believe that a deep insight into the above mentioned theory would help in better understanding of the disease process. Boys' brains grow more...

ADHD Risk Pronounced in Children with Extreme Personality Traits

A novel study by the Florida State University has thrown light on certain personality traits in children that presage a risk of an attention// deficit hyperactivity disorder or conduct disorder. Children with personalities that show up as aggressiveness, undue mood swings, aloofness, and a constant need for excitement are said to be under high risk. FSU psychology professors Jeanette...

Women see merits of surgery over extreme delays in cancer test results.

London: ‘Breakthrough Breast Cancer’ has released a report that speaks of the elaborate waiting time for test results of breast cancer patients, going up //to two years, and this has prompted some women with a family history of breast cancer, to choose surgery rather than wait for confirmation of the risk. It is possible to have genetic tests done on women in the risk category due to fa...

Bacteria Can Survive In Extreme Heat

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department conducted a study to examine how bacteria and other microorganisms manage to survive in diverse climates like Antarctica and hot springs.// The team led by Prof. Avigdor Scherz found that only two amino acids made a difference in the ability of the bacteria to survive at moderate temperatures or high degree of heat. The study appe...

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Xtrem Dynamic electrophysiology catheter

Description:Xtrem Dynamic is a line of steerable diagnosis catheters with micro handle. These catheters have been designed to provide pacing and recording during invasive electrophysiology procedures....
Company:ELA Medical, Inc.

TiMAX Pe.R.I. Small Fragment Lower Extremity Plate

Description:The advanced performance benefits of TiMAX material have been applied to a new Pe.R.I. (Periarticular Reduction Implants) system. Greater strength and an ultra-low profile combine to provide a complete set of periarticular plates for the lower extremity. This complete set of periarticular plates consists of:...
Company:DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

TiMAX Pe.R.I. Small Fragment Upper Extremity Plate

Description:The advanced performance benefits of TiMAX material have been applied to the ACE Pe.R.I. (Periarticular Reduction Implants) Upper Extremity Plates. Greater strength, less rigidity combine to provide a complete set of periarticular plates for the upper extremity....
Company:DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

3M™ Steri-Drape™ Extremity Drapes

Description:All-in-one procedure drape made of 3M™ Steri-Drape™ Absorbent Impervious Material and an elastic aperture, to create a sterile field during procedures on extremities. All-in-one drapes make draping quick and convenient by eliminating the need for multiple drapes. This is a range of extremity drapes with elastic apertures suitable for surgical procedures on legs, feet, arms an...
Company:3M Worldwide

Bohn™ Extremity Drape

Description:The Bohn™ Extremity Drape is economically sound - this single extremity drape replaces two large antimicrobial impregnated "Vi-Drapes" ...the traditional "shower curtain"...and your current "extremity drape". A reduction of three drapes per case....
Company:Biomet Orthopedics, Inc

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Breaking Multi-Center Study: Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Technology Shown to Significantly Lower Instances of Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Study released at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual MeetingThis Month in Toronto Shows That Switching to Masimo SET PulseOximetry Technology Can Reduce the Risk Associated with ROP by 40% IRVINE, Calif., May 30, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo, theinventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Read-Through Motion and LowPerfusion pulse oximetry, reported that a new independent studypresented at the...

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