Risk Assessment: IES Abroad Goes Beyond Mere Preparedness

CHICAGO, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In light of recent episodes involving mass violence on several American college campuses, many colleges and universities have begun work to help close any gap that too often exists in the identification and assessment of students with serious mental heal...

Erase Pain in Mere Minutes

NEW YORK, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- MS -- Constant muscle and joint pain is a problem for millions of people throughout the country. Rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, or even past sports activities or work injuries are all contributors to pain. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/p...

Tackling obesity needs something more than mere laws; self-discipline, need of the hour!

Prime Minister John Howard confirmed that success of previous health campaigns on AIDS and smoking gives them enough inspiration to kick start measures to combat the// growing obesity problem in Australia. He was clear that introducing legislation to curb obesity will not meet the desired result, i...

Presence of Beneficial Bacteria in Probiotic Drinks Mere Tall Claims

United Kingdom: Many of the probotic health drinks are not keeping up to the standards displayed on their labels, say a team of microbiologists//. While established brands keep up their acclaimed standards, nearly 25 products which are advertised and marketed through the online medium seem to be ta...

Multifaceted Stress: Mere thought is stressful!

Stress is as much talked about subject as sex is, perhaps vying with each other for all the attention. The multifaceted impact of stress is well known - responsible //for many diseases, failed pregnancy, miscarriage, etc. Recently stress during pregnancy was thought to lead to a host of problems, l...

Meconium, no mere waste

U.S. researchers have discovered that fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) found in meconium may be able to reliably portray the extent of fetal alcohol exposure//. "There are only a few biomarkers that indicate if an infant has been exposed to alcohol during pregnancy, and most of them are not st...

Employee Wellness Programs Demonstrate Positive Return on Investment for Businesses

...h risk assessments into their employee health and wellness programs. "Health risk assessment can help predict future health care costs beyond mere health claims," Kelly said. Employee productivity can decrease due to emergent medical needs from chronic illnesses or missed work from longer hospita...

Major Study of Malpractice Insurance Finds No Basis to Limit Liability of Unsafe Health Care Providers

...of health care. Medical malpractice premiums are less than one-half of one percent of overall health care costs, and medical malpractice claims are a mere one-fifth of one percent of health care costs. If Congress completely eliminated every single medical malpractice lawsuit, including all legitimate c...

Medica Uses Hallmark Insights to Drive Participation in My Health Manager From Medica(Sm)

... custom gift card of their choosing. Many merchants offer an online gift card through Hallmark Insights, and online fulfillment speeds the process to mere hours. "When our members are happy with their experience, they are more likely to use the portal as a way to identify risky behaviors and ...

Studies shed light on preserving fertility among cancer patients

...nology for the past two decades. Unfortunately, however, eggs rarely survive the freezing and thawing processes required to develop a viable embryo. A mere half of eggs survive and of these, only 20 percent, once fertilized, result in the birth of a baby. According to David Albertini, Ph.D., University of...

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HCPC Calls for Greater Healthcare Savings Through Improved Adherence to Prescription Drug Regimens

... not typically dispensed in special packaging - that have a compliance rate of about 82 percent." If better packaging can improve compliance by a mere 10 percent, Mayberry notes, annual savings should equal about $18 billion. "Over ten years," he pointed out, "that is more than double what the PhRMA...

First Jatropha Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology

...he Genting Group. Over the years, the Asiatic Group had embarked on several significant acquisitions in Malaysia, thus increasing its land bank from a mere 13,700 hectares in 1980 to nearly 66,000 hectares currently in line with its long term strategy, the Asiatic Group had, in June 2005, further expanded...

ACC Concerned Over Reporting of Biomonitoring Results

...cycle helmets, and in so many other products that keep individuals and families healthy and safe. One concern about this segment was its focus on the mere presence of particular chemicals as opposed to whether those chemicals are present at levels that cause harm to human health. According to the Centers...

Rapid Whole Blood Testing for Infectious Mononucleosis Antibodies

... young adulthood, causing infectious mononucleosis in 35 percent to 50 percent of infected individuals. While treatment of IM normally entails mere bed rest and adequate intake of fluids and the disease is typically self-limiting, it can be devastating in immunocompromised patients and occasionall...

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PalmScan AP2000: A-Scan & Pachymeter

Description:...D's PalmScan AP2000 is the world's only battery-operated, fully portable AScan and Pachymeter combination unit on the market today. Each unit weighs a mere 10 ounces and is able to perform multiple functions, namely: auto data capture, advanced pattern recognition, automatic gain control, eye types and ve...
Company:Micro Medical Devices, Inc.

Precision Bar Code Tags

Description:... PDCs computer-generated Thermal Printing Wristbands and Tags print in mere seconds through direct thermal and thermal transfer printers. Direct thermal printers use heat to activate a heat-sensitive thermal coating under the ...
Company:Precision Dynamics Corporation

Thermal Transfer Wristbands

Description:... PDCs computer-generated Thermal Printing Wristbands and Tags print in mere seconds through direct thermal and thermal transfer printers. Direct thermal printers use heat to activate a heat-sensitive thermal coating under the ...
Company:Precision Dynamics Corporation

ScanBand and Sentinel Direct Thermal Wristbands

Description:... PDCs computer-generated Thermal Printing Wristbands and Tags print in mere seconds through direct thermal and thermal transfer printers. Direct thermal printers use heat to activate a heat-sensitive thermal coating under the ...
Company:Precision Dynamics Corporation

CompuBand® Thermal Printing Lanyard Snap Wristbands

Description:... PDCs computer-generated Thermal Printing Wristbands and Tags print in mere seconds through direct thermal and thermal transfer printers. Direct thermal printers use heat to activate a heat-sensitive thermal coating under the ...
Company:Precision Dynamics Corporation

6702W Oversized Wheelchair Scales

Description:...t in pounds and kilos. The oversized platforms are designed to weigh patients in electric and oversized wheelchairs. The platform height is still a mere 2" providing high stability and easy wheelchair access. With its access ramps folded up, the 6702 may also be used as a stand-on or chair scale. Mo...
Company:Scale-Tronix, Inc.

BF-XP40 Fiber Bronchoscope

Description:...able direct inspection of the peripheral bronchi, and is also suitable for pediatric applications as well. Its insertion tube and distal end measure a mere 2.8mm across. As a result, insertion into the peripheral bronchi can be accomplished with greater ease. And since this sophisticated scope offers high...
Company:Olympus America Medical

Orbscan IIz Anterior Segments Analysis System

Description:... Bausch & Lomb's Orbscan IIz is a fully integrated multidimensional diagnostic system that elevates diagnostics beyond mere topography. Unlike current topography systems which scan the surface of the eye at standard points, the Orbscan II acquires over 9000 data points in 1...
Company:Bausch & Lomb Storz

POPmesh™

Features:... Low Mass Density - At a mere 19g/m2, POPmesh is 56.4% lighter than the leading polypropylene mesh Enhanced Patient Comfort - POPmeshs structure creates a pliable scaffold wit...
Company:Caldera Medical

Arrow DecaPolar EP Catheter

Features:... The exceptionally small precision electrodes measure a mere 0.5mm in width, and can pinpoint electrical signals in localized or near field areas of the heart. The small electrode makes the tip of the catheter ...
Company:Arrow International, Inc.

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Pollen

...llergy?. Millions of people suffer from allergies. ... Unfortunately, being allergic to pollen can greatly interfere with your daily ... Can the mere word " pollen " make you start to sniffle, sneeze and reach for the ... Pollen can do more, however, than just make you sneeze. ... Skin t...

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Slotted buses keep passengers cool

...imilar boost can be obtained with adjustable roof vents. These modifications would allow cooling air to increase the comfort zone of the bus from a mere 11% of the interior volume to more than 50%. This means that all passengers will experience some cooling airflow. In addition to improved comfort ther...

LincRNAs serve as genetic air-traffic controllers

...enomic oddities than key players. With these latest findings, which also uncovered an additional 1,500 lincRNAs, it's clear these RNA molecules are no mere messengers they have demonstrated that they can and do play a leading role. "Much work still remains to be done but we could one day envision util...

Why do we choose our mates? Ask Charles Darwin, prof says

... evolutional biologist who has studied Darwin's work for years, says that Darwin's beliefs about the choice of mates and sexual selection being beyond mere chance have been proven correct, as stated in Darwin's landmark book The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. His work has withstood deca...

Promising device snags young inventors coveted spot at IShow

...known as the BlueScale, simultaneously records a variety of patient information, including weight, heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac output, in a mere 10 seconds. When combined, those daily measurements offer a good picture of the health of the patient's cardiovascular system and can be predictive of...

UCSB scientists document fate of huge oil slicks from seeps at coal oil point

...es northwest of Coal Oil Point. In addition, the research reveals that the oil is so degraded by the time it gets buried in the sea bed that it's a mere shell of the petroleum that initially bubbles up from the seeps. "These were spectacular findings," said Christopher Reddy, a marine chemist at WHOI a...

Searching for pollution in the Caribbean

... last few days preparing supplies and equipment for collecting surface and sediment samples on the coastal waters of Puerto Cortes. Puerto Cortes is a mere 55-kilometere drive from San Pedro Sula, where the team was based. But despite their early start, the morning traffic from San Pedro Sula and the unex...

Darwin in a test tube

...lution. Using molecules rather than living species offers a robust way to do this because it allows the forces of evolution to work over the course of mere days, with a trillion molecules in a test tube replicating every few minutes. "We can study things very quickly," says Scripps Research Professor G...

Making a point: Picoscale stability in a room-temperature AFM

...han 40 picometers (1 nanometer = 1000 picometers) over 100 seconds. In imaging applications, they showed the long-term drift at room temperature was a mere 5 picometers per minute, a 100-fold improvement over the best previous results under ambient conditions. Just like photographers use the stability of ...

Final frontier: Mission to explore buried ancient Antarctic lake given green light

...s and how Antarctica has changed in the past which might help us understand more about other places on earth." In such an extreme environment, the mere presence of life in itself would be a major scientific discovery, but there are very strong reasons to expect that such microorganisms would possess s...

UCR scientists identify stem-cell genes that help form plant organs

...n help researchers track how genes give rise to complex tissues. It also will allow researchers to determine the expression patterns of SAM genes by a mere click of a button on a computer. "Development of an organ such as SAM is a complex process in which cells constantly exchange information through ...

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New Scientific Worldview 'Biocentrism' Featured in The Huffington Post - #1 Weblog in the World

...tific experiments -- are forcing a rethink of the world that goes far beyond anything people think is possible. Biocentrism explains how life is not a mere accident of physics, but rather is essential to the existence of the universe. By treating space and time as hard, cold physical objects, rather than ...

Independent U.S. Study Confirms Veritide's Ceeker(TM) Handheld Device Detects Anthrax With Outstanding Accuracy and Reliability

...Anthrax 100% of the Time-- --Provides First Responders with a Simple and Reliable Tool to Help Quickly Distinguish Public Health Emergencies from mere Nuisances-- --Study Data to be Presented by Prof. Lou Reinisch at Biodetection Technologies 2009-- BALTIMORE and CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand,...

Biotechnology Value Fund Urges Stockholders to Remove and Replace Current Board of Avigen, Inc. in an Effort to Protect and Maximize Stockholder Value

...een forced to call a special meeting to finally permit stockholders the opportunity to weigh in. Prior to our intervention, Avigen's stock traded at a mere 33% of the cash in the bank and at a steep discount to its current price. This is a remarkable reflection on how poorly Avigen was and is viewed by th...

Models present new view of nanoscale friction

... force that affects any application where moving parts come into contact; the more surface contact there is, the stronger the force. At the nanoscale mere billionths of a meter friction can wreak havoc on tiny devices made from only a small number of atoms or molecules. With their high surface-to-volume...

SenesTech, Inc. Appoints Susan Airhart to Board of Directors

... dramatically reduce the rice rat population resulting in a significant reduction in the devastation caused by this pest in just one growing season. A mere 10% increase in rice production will feed an additional 380 million people. Airhart's addition to the Board of Directors will support SenesTech'...

Biotechnology Value Fund Delivers Letter to Board of Directors of Avigen, Inc.

...$10/share in cash to shareholders had it been liquidated in 2005. Instead, after opting for a value-destroying merger, that company today trades at a mere 0.09 cents per share - a 99% decline! Avigen's golden parachutes have incentivized management to merge with any company that will take it. Manageme...

Self-powered devices possible, says Texas A&M researcher

...ery life remains a major concern for popular mp3 players and cell phones that are required to perform an ever-expanding array of functions. But beyond mere consumer convenience, self-powering devices are of major interest to several federal agencies. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has in...

Denser, more powerful computer chips possible with plasmonic lenses that 'fly'

... this limitation, the researchers designed an air bearing that uses the aerodynamic lift force created by the spinning to help keep the two surfaces a mere 20 nanometers apart. Air bearings are used to create magnetic tapes and disk drives, but this is the first application for a plasmonic lens. Wit...

Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo

...age of the logo and uniformly printed 15,000 replicas onto a gold substrate using an "ink" of the molecule 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid. (The ink is a mere one molecule thick.) This took less than 40 minutes. The logo is so small that 2,500 of them would fit on a single grain of rice. The letters and n...

Biovail Concerned Shareholders Welcome Glass Lewis Evaluation

...h determines executive pay and identified the new CEO did not affect his appointment as CEO or the generous contracts for him and his predecessor, the mere appearance of corruption could be damaging." Bruce D. Brydon, CEO of Biovail during some of its most successful years, who will return as CEO if the...

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Common descent

...primordial form, into which life was first breathed." "The whole history of the world, as at present known, ... will hereafter be recognised as a mere fragment of time, compared with the ages which have elapsed since the first creature, the progenitor of innumerable extinct and living descendants, wa...

Klinefelter's syndrome

...ender identity among them seems to be higher than could statistically be expected if those cases were indeed, as the current medical opinion assesses, mere coincidences of people having both gender identity disorder and Klinefelter's independently from each other. This observation however is based on th...

Lipid

...e water. This makes them amphiphilic molecules (having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic portions). In the case of cholesterol , the polar group is a mere -OH ( hydroxyl or alcohol). In the case of phospholipids, the polar groups are considerably larger and more polar, as described below. Phospholipi...

Rudolf Steiner

... into the economic process and transform them into mere commodities. Increased separation between ... 'see' spiritual beings as one reads Steiner. The mere content is so to speak thrown up to the surface of...eal and persuasive as the physical world. Whereas mere content can be memorized like recipes, and then pa...