New Online Solution for Food Allergy Sufferers. Allergiesandme.com Provides Needed Resources
Allergiesandme.com is a website focused on providing products and resources for children and adults suffering from Food Allergies and Food Intolerance issues. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) August 4, 2009 -- Food Allergies affect up to 6 percent of young children and 3.5 percent of ...Higher drug doses needed to defeat tuberculosis, UT Southwestern researchers report
DALLAS July 30, 2009 The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said. The finding, reported online and in the August edition of Antimicrobial Agents...Earlier Testing Needed for Fragile X Syndrome
Delay in diagnosis could be prevented with better screening, study finds,, FRIDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment of a rare genetic disorder that inhibits a child's learning could improve if pediatricians diagnosed the syndrome earlier, researchers say. The disorder, known as...New family-focused model of depression care needed to minimize risks
WASHINGTON -- Health and social service professionals who care for adults with depression should not only tackle their clients' physical and mental health, but also detect and prevent possible spillover effects on their children, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute o...New direction needed for obesity research, Deakin health expert claims
Most of the current obesity research is not proving helpful in finding solutions to the growing international epidemic, according to a Deakin University public health expert. Professor Boyd Swinburn believes that research funding would be better directed at testing possible solutions rather tha...Researchers Say More Aggressive Vitamin D Supplementation Needed in Obese Cancer Patients
CHICAGO, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Body mass index (BMI) should be taken into account when assessing a cancer patient's vitamin D status, according to researchers at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), who found that obese cancer patients had significantly lower levels of vita...New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 2, 2007-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the "Critical Path Opportunities for Generic Drugs " report identifying many of the unanswered scientific questions th...Tiny Cup Attached to Eye Improves Drug Delivery For Retinal Diseases
...y for retinoblastoma, a cancer affecting one in 15,000 children, must now be given intravenously. This requires relatively large doses of the drug are needed to achieve a therapeutic concentration in the retina. The chemotherapy destroys the bone marrow and depresses the child's immune system, often leading...NOVAVAX Achieves Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Production Milestone
...even if the data from preclinical studies or clinical trials is positive, the product may not prove to be safe and efficacious; regulatory approval is needed before any vaccines can be sold in or outside the US; Novavax's pilot plant facility is subject to extensive validation and FDA inspections, which may...MAXWELL Optical Wavefront Aberrometer
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Using a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds that are resistant to a popular herbicide. Excess usage of glyphosate-resistant crops has led t...New crops needed for new climate
Global food security in a changing climate depends on the nutritional value and yield of staple food crops. Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia have found an increase in toxic compounds, a decrease in protein content and a decreased yield in plants grown under high CO 2 and dr...New crops needed for new climate
Global food security in a changing climate depends on the nutritional value and yield of staple food crops. Researchers at Monash University in Victoria, Australia have found an increase in toxic compounds, a decrease in protein content and a decreased yield in plants grown under high CO 2 and dr...Drugs needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages
AUGUSTA, Ga. Cryoprotectants needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages, albeit rapid ones, say scientists who have developed a mathematical model that predicts optimal time for loading and unloading these drugs. Their studies in Rhesus monkey eggs, which are very simi...Conference tackles technology needed to address climate change
We have the will but do we have the technology? The second Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC 2009) is being held May 13 to 15, 2009 at McMaster University to look at developing practical engineering and administrative responses to climate change and global warming. Among the guest spe...Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert
Stanford, CA Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, increasing the danger that without aggressive action to reduce emissions the climate system could cross a critical threshold by the end of the century, warns a leading member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergove...No Blood Needed Thanks to Innovative Medical Technology
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- A non-invasive blood monitoring device that removes the need to draw blood to monitor patients has won the 2008 Kerrin Rennie Award for Excellence in Medical Technology. The award was presented to Masimo Corporation on 24 September at the Medical Tec...Improved governance needed to realize nanotech's benefits
WASHINGTON - Without an improved governance structure, the benefits of nanotechnology may be difficult to fully realize because the public will not trust the cutting-edge technology, says David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN). Rejeski testifies on Thursday, Apri...Standards Needed for Advances in Healthcare Technology
MILWAUKEE - Patient record standardization was one of the hottest topics among both attendees and presenters at the Evolving Healthcare Technology Conference held Friday at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) . I have seen innumerable decisions made without the right info at the right time i...More than ideas needed to make profits, experts say
Whitewater, Wis. Even the most innovative thinker has a lot of hard work to do before successfully bringing a new product to market, attendees learned at the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center s Ideas to Profits conference this weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Industry l...New facility giving API needed room to grow
Hartford, Wis. - A new 75,000-square-foot facility in the Dodge Industrial Park here is providing needed growing room for an expanding healthcare technology company. The company, API Inc., built the facility on 28 acres in the industrial park to replace two offices that were in separate loca...TempliPhi 100 Amplification Kit from GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences
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