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South Cameron Memorial Hospital and Calcasieu Oaks Psychiatric Hospital Discontinue Operations as Result of Impending Hurricane Gustav

MIAMI, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to mandatory evacuations and the approaching Hurricane Gustav, Pacer Health Corporation has discontinued operations at its two Louisiana medical facilities: South Cameron Memorial Hospital (Cameron, LA) and Calcasieu Oaks Psychiatric Hospital (Lake Charles, L...

Health Care Workforce Experts Available to Comment on IOM Report on Aging Baby Boomers and Impending Medical System Crisis

Physician Assistants will play a role in addressing the problem ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the only national organization representing physician assistants (PA) in all medical and surgical specialties, has ex...

Now, Cellphones That Alert Against Impending Lightning Strikes

Scientists at Nokia have developed software that transforms a cellphone into a signal receiver and warns the user of an approaching lightning strike. A lightning bolt is an electric current that emits radio waves, with each bolt producing frequencies between 10 hertz and five gigahertz. Ho...

3-D Ultrasound Identifies Women at Risk for Impending Preterm Birth

To help physicians non-invasively identify women at risk for preterm birth, 3-D ultrasound was used to measure the size of fetal adrenal glands//, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference in San Francisco. ...

India warned of Impending AIDS Disaster

India is on the brink of an AIDS disaster and should get a control over the HIV epidemic by next year or risk seeing it spiral out of control //warned Ashok Alexander, the director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a senior United Nations official. According to Ashok Alexander who dir...

A Vaccine for the impending pandemic Avian Influenza

All influenza viruses of the type A, including those causing seasonal epidemics of human influenza//, are genetically labile and well adapted to elude host defenses. The tendency of influenza viruses to undergo frequent and permanent antigenic changes necessitates constant monitoring of the global ...

A 'super sensor' for cancer and CSIs

...sensitive seismographs that can pick up tremors of impending earthquakes long before they strike, a similar inv...n operating room to give a physician warning of an impending attack during a procedure. It could be fitted into...aker or another future device to alert the user to impending dangers, thus preventing sudden death. Prof. R...

North American Spine Society Expresses Concern Over Proposed Federal Health Care Reform Legislation

...rove quality of care, or increase access to care for patients. NASS is also concerned with the adoption of a public plan option that does not address impending primary and specialty care workforce shortages or clearly reduce costs over the long term. NASS is equally troubled by the proposed creation o...

Top-Five Global Pharmaceutical Company Names NewCardio as its Provider of Automated Thorough QT Solution

...lts in its TQT studies. "NewCardio is excited to work with a major pharmaceutical company and we believe this is the clearest signal yet of the impending transition to fully automated cardiac testing in drug development as sponsors look for ways to improve quality while simultaneously reducing expenses,...

Need for At-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Underscored by High-Profile Cardiac Deaths

... monitoring their blood pressure at home - a preventive measure highly recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA)(3) since it can help signal impending cardiac distress caused by high blood pressure. High blood pressure increases the workload of the heart and arteries in order to maintain ...

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CEL-SCI to Present Data from Multikine Clinical Trials at National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Seminar Series

... NIH collaborative study will use samples collected from patients with advanced primary Head and Neck cancer (Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma) during the impending Multikine Pivotal Global Phase III trial and these samples will be tested by the NIH, NCI using Genomic Microarray technology, developed at the NIH, N...

Plasma Products Safe Despite Swine Influenza Outbreak, Assures International Biopharmaceutical Company Octapharma

...erland, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company Working With Authorities to Ensure Adequate Supply of Virally Inactivated Plasma Derivatives The impending influenza pandemic will have implications for global stocks of life-saving blood and blood products, warns Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical compan...

Do You Know You're Having a Stroke?

...* Confusion or problems with memory, spatial orientation or perception In such cases, a stroke gives no warning. But one possible sign of an impending stroke is a TIA. The signs and symptoms of TIA are the same as for a stroke, but they last for a shorter period -- several minutes to a few hours -- a...

First Molecular Tem-PCR Test to Identify Multiple Forms of Staph and MRSA Obtains CLIA Certificate

...than 5 percent of total hospital infections. Massive attention is being paid to all infections, whether hospital or community acquired, because of the impending Medicare regulations. In addition to MRSA, healthcare facilities across the country are inundated with other infections, all of which can be more cost...

BioLineRx Presents Data on BL-1040 at Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies Conference Demonstrating Potential to Reduce Deterioration of Infarcted Heart Tissue and Maintain Functionality

...bust pipeline of promising therapeutics for unmet medical needs. The Company's current product pipeline consists of 10 compounds, 3 of which are in or impending clinical trials. Its lead product, BL-1020, for the treatment of schizophrenia, successfully completed Phase 1 clinical trials; and BL-1040, for the t...

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OMNI~MAX Heliox Rescue Continuous Nebulizer

Description:...pitals across the nation. Combine high performing continuous nebulization with Heliox therapy and you have a potent non-invasive tool to combat severe impending respiratory failure....
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

Hope Nebulizer™ With Medication Reservoir

Description:...izer into an inexpensive alternative to a tube and ventilator. With or without helium, the HOPE nebulizer is the best product you will find to reverse impending respiratory failure, severe asthma, pneumonia, and COPD....
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

OMNI~MAX Heliox Rescue Kit

Description:...pitals across the nation. Combine high performing continuous nebulization with Heliox therapy and you have a potent non-invasive tool to combat severe impending respiratory failure....
Company:B&B Medical Technologies, Inc.

Biomet Low Profile Tibial Nail

Description:...omet Low Profile Tibial Nail is primarily indicated in the treatment of unstable fractures, tibial nonunion, and metastatic disease with pathologic or impending fractures but particularly useful in the treatment of very distal tibial fractures....
Company:Biomet Orthopedics, Inc

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Sunstroke

...ild sunstroke . ... Sunstroke , also known as heat stroke, occurs when the body's ability to keep ... Headaches, dizziness and dullness signal impending sunstroke . ... Sun Stroke Symptoms. Sunstroke , also known as heat stroke or hyperthermia, ... Home " Health " Conditions & Treatments ...

Amaurosis fugax

...the blood ... Amaurosis Fugax . Fleeting blindness. Emboli (blood clots) travel from the ... Amaurosis Fugax may be a warning sign for an impending stroke, or may be a sign ... Transient monocular blindness Amaurosis fugax is thought to result from a clot of plaque in t... Amaurosis ...

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Stanford researchers say climate change will significantly increase impending bird extinctions

Where do you go when you've reached the top of a mountain and you can't go back down? It's a question increasingly relevant to plants and animals, as their habitats slowly shift to higher elevations, driven by rising temperatures worldwide. The answer, unfortunately, is you can't go anywhere. H...

Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction

Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries may trigger a new mass extinction event, where over 50 per cent of animal and plant species would be wiped out, warn scientists at the Universities of York and Leeds. The research team has, for the first time, discovered a close associatio...

3-D ultrasound identifies women at risk for impending preterm birth

To help physicians non-invasively identify women at risk for preterm birth, 3-D ultrasound was used to measure the size of fetal adrenal glands, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 8 in San Francisc...

Scientists report first remote, underwater detection of harmful algae, toxins

...ublic health monitoring program is one of the many groups that can benefit directly from the ESP technology and ability to provide an early warning of impending bloom activity and toxicity," said Gregg Langlois, director of the state of California's Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program. "This is critical informa...

Wood stoves -- a viable home heat source?

...e - 128ft3 ). This was a yearly savings of $50 at market fossil fuel prices of 2005-2007 without taking into account rising fossil fuel prices or the impending carbon tax. Should these variables come into play Dr. Grogan estimated that the domestic heating costs would be reduced by 25%. This translates into...

Happier, healthier, more productive hens on omega-3?

...pplemented with omega-3, found in fish and flax seed oils, breakages could be substantially reduced. Dr Tarlton said: "The EU ruling represents an impending welfare crisis in which millions more laying hens may suffer bone breakage or fractures in the UK each year. "Fractures vary in severity and often...

Hurricane Katrina: Phone home

...the rainfall distributions and were able to accurately estimate the size of impending floods before they struck. This was demonstrated in post-analysis of two ca...s and residents alike to more accurately gauge the danger they face from an impending flood. Because hundreds of thousands of cell phone towers are already i...

Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy

... traditional peoples are rarely considered in academic, policy and public discourses on climate change, despite the fact that they will be impacted by impending changes. Their livelihoods depend on natural resources that are directly affected especially by climate change, and they often inhabit economically an...

Heart attacks: The tipping point

...tack victims. By looking at the electrical activity coupling two types of heart muscle cells, Dr. Zlochiver has discovered a new way of identifying an impending attack. Dr. Zlochiver can not only predict when a heart attack will occur, but he can also help doctors ― and patients ― buy time befo...

American Institute of Physics announces awards for best science writing

...ing monster chunks of space debris. They routinely estimate the odds of these objects colliding with the Earth, and they figure out ways to avoid such impending disasters -- an asteroid strike is perhaps the only natural disaster we might be able to prevent. As Cort was producing "Asteroid," NASA was contin...

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Nile Therapeutics, Inc. To Raise $3.4 Million in Private Placement

...r heart failure patients," said Joshua Kazam, Chief Executive Officer. "We believe these funds will provide us with sufficient capital to complete our impending Phase 2 clinical study of CD-NP and we look forward to generating meaningful clinical data." Under the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement, ...

Dozens of New Clean Technology and Nanotech Products Unveiled at TechConnect World Expo in Houston, Texas, May 5-6

...on membranes and selective air filters; and coatings for gas separation membranes. NanoTox (booth 908): is discussing recent policies, and impending regulations surrounding nanotech product safety. Parabon Computation & NanoLabs (booth 1408) : is showcasing recently developed nano-...

Video: Turning Hope Into Reality - VA Research to Restore Veterans' Abilities

... of artificial limbs to meet Veterans' lifestyle and medical needs," says Joel Kupersmith, M.D., VA's Chief Research and Development Officer. The impending three-year "optimization study" of the artificial arm is the first large-scale clinical trial to play an integral part in the final design and develop...

Frost & Sullivan Award Highlights Opportunity for 'Main Street' Biotech

...he biggest contributors to our healthcare crisis. Preventive care programs could significantly reduce the human and financial costs of diabetes. The impending shift to preventive care has opened the door for a small company like Epinex to make a big difference in the healthcare system and in the lives of d...

STALLERGENES: 2008: Strong Performance

...2009 pollen season and the European mutual recognition procedure for registration of the product has been set in motion. In anticipation of the impending marketing of Oralair(R) in these countries, Stallergenes established a subsidiary to run its operations in Austria and took over its current distribut...

'Museomics' yields new insights into extinct Tasmanian tiger

... a female that died in the London Zoo in 1893. In addition to refining the place of this unusual animal in evolutionary history, genetic clues to the impending extinction of the thylacine became apparent. "What I find amazing is that the two specimens are so similar," said Dr. Anders Gtherstrm of Uppsala...

Ultrasound Transducer Disinfection in Many Cases Insufficient

...l sector, to guarantee the safety of each and every patient", explained David Radford, Director and CEO of Nanosonics Limited, Australia, prior to the impending market launch. The product technology has been validated by major OEM's (e.g. Philips Healthcare and Siemens Medical Solutions) and dealer com...

Discovery Channel to Feature Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC

... in any diesel application - cars, trucks, aircraft, farm equipment and furnaces that use home heating oil. With the current financial crisis and impending fear of global warming, industries across the world are fervently seeking ways to cut energy costs and reduce harmful carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxi...

Michigan Company Founded upon What Could Be History's Most Important Breakthrough in AI and Robotics

...Nets™ that freely contemplate their world, think new thoughts, and develop their own sense of consciousness and self-esteem. Based upon this impending patent a Michigan LLC, Imagitron, was formed on June 27, 2008. The intent of this company is to first create myriad projects based upon this newly iss...

A New Way to Predict Outbreaks: Replikin Peptide Concentration in H5N1 Influenza Virus Genome as a Marker for Lethal Outbreaks

...is was proven to be correct in 2006-07. So Replikins have demonstrated that tracking replikin counts not only works historically, but it can predict impending human mortality. Sequence the virus and you can tell whether it's relatively benign or likely to cause a pandemic -- the first time this has been poss...

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Diabetes mellitus

...ion and lethargy). The most dangerous form of altered consciousness is the so-called "diabetic coma" which produces unconsciousness. Early symptoms of impending diabetic coma include polyuria, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain , with lethargy and somnolence a later development, progressing to unconsciousnes...

Nervous system

...he autonomic nervous system is then divided into the sympathetic division and parasympathetic division . The sympathetic nervous system responds to impending danger or stress, and is responsible for the increase of one's heartbeat and blood pressure, among other physiological changes, along with the sense o...