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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- OrthoDynamix LLC today announced the US introduction of its new enabling technology that will address joint pain issues from sports injuries, genetic damage and pre-arthritis. ArthroSteer significantly improves access in hip and other arthroscopic ...Drug Limits Stomach Trouble in Patients Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Study found famotidine effective at curtailing ulcers MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- The drug famotidine prevents stomach and upper-intestinal ulcers in people taking low-dose aspirin, often to reduce the risk of heart attack, a new British study finds. The phase III trial inclu...Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Drug-Injury Lawsuits
Case involved Vermont musician who lost her arm to anti-nausea drug WEDNESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- In a long-awaited legal decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that patients who are injured by a drug can sue the drug's manufacturer for damages, even if the drug has ...Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Opposes Limits on Charitable Tax Deductions
WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) today issued the following statement regarding limits on tax deductions for charitable donations proposed in the Obama Administration's budget: The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) op...Experts Urge Limits on Use of Cardiac CT Scans
Radiation-linked cancer risks are small, but need to be considered, AHA panel says MONDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Certain kinds of heart imaging tests should be used cautiously to minimize patient exposure to ionizing radiation, which has been linked to cancer. That's the conclu...HIPAA Privacy Rule Limits America's Promise in Research
AAHC Report Recommends Reexamination and Revisions WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) continues to have a significant negative impact on the scope, pace, and costs of research, according to The ...VaporTrode® Vaporization Electrodes
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Quebec City, January 27, 2009A research team including Serge Rivest of University Laval's Faculty of Medicine has demonstrated the existence of a type of cells that limits brain damage after a stroke. The study was recently published in the online version of Nature Medicine . Laboratory experi...Researchers push nature beyond its limits to create higher-density biofuels
For the first time, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have successfully pushed nature beyond its limits by genetically modifying Escherichia coli , a bacterium often associated with food poisoning, to produce unusually long-chain alcohols essential in...New and revised limits ensure safety in the workplace
The Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) submitted the annual list of MAK and BAT Values to the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs at the beginning of July. These constit...Everglades phosphorus limits on the right track, but more is needed
DURHAM, N.C. State and federal standards for phosphorus releases into the Everglades seem sufficient to protect the huge wetlands resident plants and animals from damage, but pollutant levels still reach double or triple safe levels near some of the Everglades outer edges. A six-year study led...A Jekyll and Hyde of cytokines: IL-25 both promotes and limits inflammatory diseases
The same signal responsible for promoting the type of immune responses that cause asthma and allergy can also limit the type of inflammation associated with debilitating diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and multiple sclerosis, according to researchers from the University of Penns...Lifting federal limits on stem cell research would speed search for cures
MADISON Suppose you were asked to swing a golf club with one arm, or to write a one-fingered essay on your word processor. You wouldnt get much accomplished, would you? Or, at the very least, progress would be painfully slow. So it is for researchers in the field of human embryonic stem cells, ...Is outsourcing reaching its limits or simply pausing for breath?
Outsourcing is a management tool that is taking the business world by storm, or so it would seem from reading much of the dedicated coverage of outsourcing topics featured in business and IT publications and websites. Thus it was very surprising to me to come across two recently released studies ...Is outsourcing reaching its limits or simply pausing for breath? - Part II
In my last column, I reviewed some of the key findings of a study conducted by Deloitte Consulting of the experiences of 25 of the largest practitioners of outsourcing in the world. In this article, I discuss the findings from another study conducted by the consulting firm DiamondCluster of over ...Critics say tax limits could handcuff tech investment
Opponents of the new Taxpayer Bill of Rights proposal are aiming directly at the heart of its main justification: that revenue limits on state, county, and municipal governments are necessary to improve Wisconsin's business climate. TABOR, they say, places economic development, and by extension ...Executives hear about promise, limits of RFID and nanotech
Wisconsin business executives gathered in Milwaukee to hear how radio frequency identification and nanotechnology can make their businesses more competitive, but while several applications are tantalizingly close, barriers remain. The technologies were outlined during a session of the Wisconsin ...TC-512 Thermal Cycler from Barloworld Scientific Ltd
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