Now Available: Bayer Diabetes Care's CONTOUR(R) Meters in Midnight Blue and Orange Burst
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer Diabetes Care announced the introduction of two bold new colors to their line of CONTOUR(R) Color blood glucose meters -- Midnight Blue and Orange Burst -- that will provide people with diabetes more color options so their meter fits their own style. ...Cholesterol Can Cause Burst Arteries
Researchers from Michigan State University had reported in the latest edition of Clinical Cardiology that cholesterol deposits could cause bursting of arterial walls that may lead to heart attacks, stroke or any number of cardiovascular diseases.// The study finds that cholesterol that has bui...Clazosentan May help to Improve Blood Circulation after Brain Hemorrhage due to burst Aneurysm
A study published in the July edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery suggests that Clazosentan can reduce the // number and severity of cases of constriction of blood vessels (called vasospasm) following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Normally constriction of blood vessels occurs...'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature Four-Time World Series Champ Darryl Strawberry
...onal stories of real patients. Sharing Miracles airs every Sunday morning on more than 300 television stations nationwide. Darryl Strawberry burst onto the baseball scene at a young age, joining the New York Mets at only 21 years old and earning National League Rookie-of-the-Year honors. During ...A Drug-Dispensing Contact Lens
...s have developed drug-releasing contact lenses, none have been able to achieve a constant, steady release of substantial amounts of drug; typically, a burst of drug is delivered in the first few hours, followed by rapidly dwindling amounts that are too low to be therapeutic. Kohane, collaborator Joseph Cio...Neutrophil Oxidative Burst Assay (DHR)
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' client...Digistim 2 Plus Nerve Stimulator
Description:... Modes of Operation: Standby: All toggle switches at off (center position) Double burst : 2 60-ms bursts of 50 Hz separated by .75 s; repeats every 10 s Twitch: 1 s (1 pulse/s); single or repeat Tetanus: 50 Hz (50 pulses/s) or 100 Hz...Digistim 3 Plus Nerve Stimulator
Description:... Modes of Operation: Standby: A standby switch maintains power to the instrument without generating stimulus pulses. Double burst : 2 60-ms bursts of 50 Hz separated by .75 s; repeats every 10 s Twitch: 1 s (1 pulse/s); 2 Hz (2 pulses/s) Tetanus: 50 Hz (50 pulses/s) or 100 H...MicroStim Plus Nerve Stimulator
Description:... Modes of Operation: Double burst : 2 60-ms bursts of 50 Hz separated by .75 s. Twitch: 1 s (1 pulse/s) Tetanus: 50 Hz (50 pulses/s) or 100 Hz (100 pulses/s) Train-Of-Four: Sin...Ancestral genome of present-day African great apes & humans had burst of DNA sequence duplication
The genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA, according to a study to be published in Nature Feb 12, the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday. "The new study shows big differences in the genomes ...Explosive growth of life on Earth fueled by early greening of planet
...But one of the biggest moments in Earth's lifetime is the Cambrian explosion of life, roughly 540 million years ago, when complex, multi-cellular life burst out all over the planet. While scientists can pinpoint this pivotal period as leading to life as we know it today, it is not completely understood...American Chemical Society weekly presspac -- June 10, 2009
...e, the new microbes can be loaded with medicine or vaccine, and deliver that beneficial cargo by "infecting" cells. After entering cells, the bacteria burst and die, leading to Pouton's term "suicidal strain" for the microbes. The researchers demonstrated that engineered bacteria containing a test protein ...University of Florida study provides insight into evolution of first flowers
... used to fight disease or developing more drought-resistant crops. The flower is one of the key innovations of evolution, responsible for a massive burst of evolution that has resulted in perhaps as many as 400,000 angiosperm species. Before flowering plants emerged, the seed-bearing plant world was dom...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- April 22, 2009
...rld, including hydrates containing methane. Methane hydrates are a potential new source of natural gas, and are renowned as the "ice that burns." They burst into flame when ignited. To test their idea, the scientists used a special reactor to produce tiny pellets of carbon dioxide hydrates in the labo...Wetlands likely source of methane from ancient warming event
... general way the fact that the largest impacts of future climate change may be on water resources and drought, rather than temperature per se." The burst of methane took place immediately after an abrupt transition between climatic periods known as the Younger Dryas and Preboreal. During this event, tem...A drug-dispensing contact lens
...s have developed drug-releasing contact lenses, none have been able to achieve a constant, steady release of substantial amounts of drug; typically, a burst of drug is delivered in the first few hours, followed by rapidly dwindling amounts that are too low to be therapeutic. Kohane, collaborator Joseph Cio...Laser technology creates new forms of metal and enhances aircraft performance
...ergy," he said. The key to creating this super-filament is an ultra-brief, ultra-intense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse. The laser burst lasts only a few quadrillionths of a second. That intense blast forces the surface of the metal to form nano-structures and micro-structures that dram...Scientists create metal that pumps liquid uphill
...n even control the direction in which the liquid flows, or whether liquid flows at all." Guo and his assistant, Anatoliy Vorobyev, use an ultra-fast burst of laser light to change the surface of a metal, forming nanoscale and microscale pits, globules, and strands across the metal's surface. The laser, c...Regular light bulbs made super-efficient with ultra-fast laser
...b's energy usage." The key to creating the super-filament is an ultra-brief, ultra-intense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse. The laser burst lasts only a few quadrillionths of a second. To get a grasp of that kind of speed, consider that a femtosecond is to a second what a second is to abou...ev3 Inc. Receives FDA Clearance to Market EverCross and NanoCross Peripheral Angioplasty Balloons
... lesion entry and a broad range of sizes, including the only 200 mm length .035" balloon available worldwide. The EverCross balloons also offer Rated burst Pressures that compete in the high pressure balloon market without compromising ease of use. About ev3 Inc. Since its founding in 2000...Gold nanostar shape of the future
...ts, a dye would be attached to the nanostars and mixed with the sample to be tested. The sample would then be placed under a microscope and hit with a burst of laser energy. Sensors would pick up the Raman scattering and interpret the unique optical fingerprint. Khoury said that nanostars are small enou...PDS-1000 He System from Bio-Rad
Description:... The biolistic PDS-1000 He system uses a burst of high-pressure helium gas to accelerate micron-size nucleic acid-coated gold or tungsten microparticles to velocities necessary to transfect cells, ...