Schneider Introduces APO-Xenoplan 2.0/24mm Lens, Specially Designed for Kodak 4 MP Sensors Having Microlenses
The new Schneider APO-Xenonplan 2.0/24mm lens is optimized for cameras with sensors sizes up to 1.3 - inch format.
Van Nuys, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2009 -- Schneider Optics, a worldwide market leader in high-quality lenses for industrial applications, has just introduced th...
Fathers' Concern Rises When Teens Start Having Sex
Dads become more motivated to intervene and keep kids safe, study finds
FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that family togetherness can be a tool to prevent teens from engaging in risky sexual behavior and provides surprising insight into the role played by father...
More Single Women Are Having Babies
In U.S., 40 percent of new moms aren't married, CDC reports ,,,,,,
WEDNESDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- The number of unmarried women
having children has risen sharply in the United States and several other countries, according to U.S. health officials.
In the United States, 40 pe...
$12 Million New Jersey Medical Malpractice Verdict for Wrongful Death of a 21-Year-Old Man After Having Wisdom Teeth Removed
A New Jersey jury awarded a verdict of $10.2 million in a medical malpractice case against an oral surgeon whose negligence resulted in the death of his patient. With interest, the total verdict will exceed $12 million. The verdict was achieved by New Jersey medical malpractice lawyer David Maz...
Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms
CDC reports decline in two-thirds of the country,,
TUESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography use has declined this decade in nearly two-thirds of the states, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC's data analysis showed that ...
'The Two Martini Diet': How Author Lost 100+ lbs While Eating Well and Having a Drink
LITTLETON, N.H., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerry Sorlucco, author of "A Good Stick" and "Facing Fascism," has written of his recent battle of the bulge. "The Two Martini Diet" ( published by AuthorHouse ) tells readers after facing a world of pain, he made the decision to lose weight.
Jerry had...
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Do You Know You're Having a Stroke?
Symptom awareness can improve recovery
Audio and Web Video Resources to accompany this story are available on the Mayo Clinic News Blog. Please see the bottom of this release for details
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Mayo Clinic study shows a majorit...
Gaining Too Much Weight During Pregnancy Nearly Doubles Risk of Having a Heavy Baby
Heavy babies have more birth complications; they are also more likely
to become overweight or obese children and adults
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A study by the Kaiser
Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their
babies found that women who gained m...
Quark Pharmaceuticals Announces First RNAi Drug Candidate Having a Novel, Proprietary Structure Covered by Quark Intellectual Property
Data Validates Neuroprotective Effect of Quark's New RNAi Product on
Dying Retinal Ganglion Cells, a Cause of Blindness in Glaucoma
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
a development-stage pharmaceutical company discovering and developing novel
RNA interfere...
New Localized Cancer Treatment for Advanced Retinoblastoma Saves Children From Having Eyes Removed, Restores Vision in Some Cases
Interventional Radiologist Delivers Chemo Drug Directly to Eye via
Ophthalmic Artery
WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new interventional
radiology treatment successfully treats advanced retinoblastoma -- a
deadly, inherited cancer of one or both eyes in children -- and oft...
Cancer Centers of North Carolina Offers HDR Brachytherapy for Treatment of Cancerous Tumors
...is technique delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the area of disease," according to Dr. Reilly. Dr. Sidhu adds, "Cancer patients benefit by
having more treatment options. There is also the potential benefit for a shorter course of treatment, particularly for breast cancer patients being treated ...
Telik Announces Publication of Positive Phase 1 Results of a Multicenter Study of Ezatiostat Hydrochloride (TELINTRA(R), TLK199) Tablets In Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome
...more of the red cell, white cell or platelet lineages and with MDS patients
having a variable risk of progression to leukemia. There remains a need for effective, well tolerated therapies for MDS
having novel mechanisms of action. TELINTRA has a novel mechanism of action that ...
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Midmark 622 Barrier-Free™ Examination Tables
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Archimedes
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KeyChart®
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able to add more appointments to the schedule without
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Based on the exam documentation created by the technician and physician, KeyChart® will recommend the appropriate E&M
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PT Medical
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E-Holder™ Platform
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Company:Invitrogen
QuickVue Advance® G. vaginalis test.
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Allopathic medicine
...om homeopathy" [4] . The Compact Oxford English Dictionary likewise defines it as "the treatment of disease by conventional means, i.e. with drugs
having effects opposite to the symptoms. Often contrasted with homeopathy." [2]
Other sources define allopathic medicine more in accord with the meaning...
Babies switched at birth
... In real life, the occurrence of such a thing is highly improbable, with it
having occurred, or
having been asserted to have occurred, in a few cases. However, it is an idea that...
Breath-holding spells
...s type generally begins as either a cyanotic or pallid spell that then is associated with seizure like activity. An EEG taken while the child is not
having a spell is still generally normal.
The diagnosis of a breath holding spell is made clinically. A good history including the sequence of events, lack...
Body shaping
...t recent year for which statistics are available, there were 177,600 such operations . Usually, by 18 months after the surgery , patients report
having lost anywhere from 45 to 136 kg (100 to 300 pounds).
Body lifting
Food restriction operations to the stomach have several onerous side ef...
Canadian Health Libraries Association
...g of the Medical Library Association which was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The Canadian Group of the MLA met there (it was its second meeting,
having been founded the year before) on June 2 and established an “Ad hoc committee to study the organisational status of Canadian health librarians.”
The ...
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
...promotes tissue healing. The second theory is that in chronic pain, the brain has "forgotten" about the pain and is doing nothing to heal the area. By
having shock wave therapy a new inflammatory process is created and the brain can react to it by sending the necessary body nutrients down to the area to pro...
Having in Medical Dictionary
Yew
... n. Any of several poisonous evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus,
having Pacific yew n. A yew (Taxus brevifolia) of western North America
having bark that is a natural source of the drug ... Yew ... use pacific yew ...
Wry neck
...a condition in which the head is tilted toward one ... wryneck ( ) n. Either of two small Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis),
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Wilson disease
...ms, and diagnosis of Wilson disease and summarizes treatment options. ... Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that prevents the ...
having Wilson disease increase if one or both. parents have it. ... Wilson disease cannot release copper from. the liver at a normal rate, due to a...
Walleye
... the more advanced fisherman. walleye ( ) n. pl. walleye or -eyes . A freshwater food and game fish (Stizostedium vitreum) of North America,
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Walking
...helpful information and motivation for healthy walking and losing weight. walking adj. Able to walk despite injury or illness. Regarded as
having the capabilities or qualities of a specified object: a teacher who is a Advice and articles on walking and related activities for all ages and f...
Vitreous humor
... eyeball between the retina and the ... Clumps in the vitreous humor are actually muscae ... vitreous adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or
having the nature of glass; glassy. ... n. The vitreous humor . [From Latin ... v. humor — 1. vitreous body. ... Described is the vitreous humo...
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Immigrant women may be at higher risk of having a baby with a birth defect
TORONTO, Ont., April 16 2009 Immigrant women are less likely to use folic acid supplements before pregnancy to prevent spina bifida, particularly those who recently immigrated to the country, according to a new study led by a St. Michael's Hospital physician in collaboration with Statistics Canad...
Gaining too much weight during pregnancy nearly doubles risk of having a heavy baby
(PORTLAND, Ore.) October 31, 2008 A study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their babies found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during their pregnancies were nearly twice as likely to have a heavy baby. Published in the November issue of O...
The penalty of having a sister -- why sibling sex matters for male saiga antelopes
Having a twin sister could put male saiga antelopes at a reproductive disadvantage, says new research published today. The study shows that male twins with a sister are born lighter than those with a brother, making them smaller than the optimal size for males. The research also shows that saigas a...
Planning ahead: Having the healthiest baby possible
Women who improve their own health before pregnancy have a better chance of delivering a robust, healthy baby. Three important measures include:
Managing conditions such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, inherited disorders, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases, and oral health;
Protecting on...
Study finds that a woman's chances of having twins can be modified by diet
An obstetrician well known for his care of and research into multiple-birth pregnancies has found that dietary changes can affect a woman's chances of
having twins, and that her overall chance is determined by a combination of diet and heredity. By comparing the twinning rate of vegan women, who co...
One in 14 men having a heart attack drive themselves to hospital
Seven per cent of men
having a heart attack drove themselves to hospital and only 60 per cent went by ambulance, according to research published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.
The study, which looked at 890 heart attack patients admitted to six major teaching hospitals in Dublin, So...
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World Sight Day - Britons at Risk of Losing Their Sight by Not Having Regular Eye Tests
Glaucoma Leading Cause of Preventable Blindness in the UK(1) Though Awareness of Symptoms and Risk Factors Remains Low
WALTON OAKS, England, October 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today on World Sight
Day leading experts aim to raise awareness of the eye disease glaucoma. It
is estimated that t...
Sigma-Aldrich Recognized by BioInformatics, LLC as Having the Most Useful and Easiest to Use Online and Print Catalogs
Catalog serves as definitive source for life science researchers
ST. LOUIS, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq:
SIAL) is pleased to announce that BioInformatics, LLC, a leading market
research company for the life science industry, reports that the Company's
online prod...
InterMune Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Business Highlights
... Marketing. Mr. McGrath has nearly 30 years of experience in the industry,
having held leadership positions in sales, marketing and business development at G...engthy and expensive clinical development and regulatory process, including
having no unexpected safety, toxicology, clinical or other issues; (vii) risks rel...
OncoGenex Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...rcialization of new therapies that address unmet needs in the treatment of cancer. OncoGenex has a deep oncology pipeline, with each product candidate
having a distinct mechanism of action and representing a unique opportunity for cancer drug development. OGX-011, the lead candidate that has completed five ...
PharmatrophiX, Initially Funded by the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, Announces Exclusive Global Collaboration with Elan
... drug discovery.
Using this "venture philanthropy" model, the foundation has supported more than 250 drug discovery programs, with 40% of these
having advanced forward at least two key stages in the drug development process.
"This work we are supporting at PharmatrophiX is truly revolutionar...
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...alizing our discussions with the FDA regarding the U.S. Phase 3 program for Zerenex shortly, at which time Keryx will be in the compelling position of
having two Phase 3 compounds." Mr. Bentsur added, "I am excited by the opportunity to transform Keryx into a late-stage development company and maximize sha...
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Guava EasyCyte from Guava Technologies
Description:...ampling (with tube options). Now you can screen plates of cells and compounds quickly and easily, without the hassle of manipulating multiple tubes or
having the carryover issues found with other detachable microplate methods. In addition, Guava has streamlined fluorescent cell-based assays and made them si...
Company:Guava Technologies
LS Series Microarray Laser Scanner from Tecan
Description:...arrays call for highly flexible scanning technology that allows researchers to automatically scan many different samples on the same equipment without
having to switch scanners or make extensive adjustments to a single scanner every time the format type or size changes.
An example of this integrated...
Company:Tecan
Clarion mounting medium - DAB NBT TNBT Vega Red and Fuchsin from GeneTex
Description:... an environmentally responsible product containing no toluene, xylene, benzene or petroleum pollutants. It is formulated with non-hazardous copolymers
having high tenacity to glass and exhibiting remarkable non-yellowing and non-cracking characteristics. Specimens mounted with Clarin can be considered perma...
Company:GeneTex
Gene Inspector™ 1.6 Demo (OS 10.2.x or later) from Textco, Inc.
Description:...erform many sophisticated DNA analysis and protein analysis tasks, but this software is much more than just another sequence analysis product. Imagine
having the ability to define an entire suite of analyses to be performed each time you have a new sequence, and to design custom style sheets which specify e...
Company:Textco, Inc.
hKvLQT1/hminK-CHO K1 Recombinant Cell Line from Upstate
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Ion channels are well known for
having a critical role in nerve and muscle function and consequently have a key function in pain, CNS and the heart. Drugs that modulate ion channels have be...
Company:Upstate
hNav1.6-HEK293 Recombinant Cell Line from Upstate
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Ion channels are well known for
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Company:Upstate
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Albinism
...n four chance of receiving two albinism genes, and
having albinism. The child will have one in four chances of getting neither albinism gene,
having normal pigment, and not being a carrier. The child...ances of getting one normal and one albinism gene,
having normal pigment but being a carrier. The incidence ...
Alfred Russel Wallace
...oul or not, or whatever may be our state after death, I can have no fear of
having to suffer for the study of nature and the search for truth...."
In 1864 ...92 ) and the Linnean Society's Gold Medal ( 1892 ).
He is also honored by
having craters on Mars and the Moon named after him.
References
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Alga
...e typical dinoflagellate chloroplast has three membranes, but there is considerable diversity in chloroplasts among the group, some members presumably
having acquired theirs from other sources. The Apicomplexa , a group of closely related parasites, also have plastids though not actual chloroplasts, whi...
Anatomy
...be exact and available in moments of emergency.
From the morphological point of view, however, human anatomy is a scientific and fascinating study,
having for its object the discovery of the causes which have brought about the existing structure of humans, and needing a knowledge of the allied sciences...
Antibiotic
...d by an accidental fungal contamination. Rather than discarding the contaminated plate, Fleming noticed a clear zone surrounding the colony of mold .
having previously studied the ability of the enzyme lysozyme to kill bacteria, Fleming realized that the mold was secreting something that stopped bacter...
Antigenic shift
... Antigenic shift is the process by which two different strains of influenza combine to form a new subtype
having a mixture of the surface antigens of the two original strains. Because the human immune system has difficulty recognizing the new influenza strain,...
Having in Biological Dictionary
Vertebrates
... Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies and English movies, comic strips, activity pages and school homework help for kids. vertebrate ( ) adj.
having a backbone or spinal column. Of or characteristic of vertebrates or a vertebrate ... Vertebrates are members of the subphylum ... Vertebrate...
Vectors
...nitude and a direction ... These are vectors . ... vector space n. A system consisting of a set of generalized vectors and a field of scalars,
having the same rules for vector addition and scalar Vectors - Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions. Momentum and Its Conservation ... Vectors can be...
Urine
... kidneys perform several functions that are essential to health, the most important of which are to filter blood and produce urine . Is your child
having a urine culture or urinalysis performed? ... Sometimes, when the urine contains white blood cells or protein, or the test ... In Roman time...
Untranslated RNA
... ... sequence within viral 3' untranslated RNA pseudoknots regulates translation. ... ... whose products are small RNA molecules apparently
having major roles ... These genes produce untranslated RNA molecules that are processed into short (17 ... ... acid ( RNA ) is a ... RNA . 2.1 Untr...
Unicellular
...ciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. unicellular adj.
having or consisting of one cell; one-celled: unicellular organisms. ... How are...ution ... Information about unicellular in the free online English ...
having or consisting of one cell; one-celled: unicellular organisms. ... Deve...
True-breeding
... A true breeding organism, sometimes also called a pure-bred, is an organism
having certain biological traits which are passed on to all subsequent generations when bred with another true breeding organism for the same traits. In ot...