CDC Shifts Swine Flu Focus to Likely Impact in the Fall
U.S. tally exceeds 2,600, officials say, and most cases remain mild MONDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- As the swine flu continues to spread across the United States -- and most cases continue to be mild -- federal health officials said Monday that they're shifting their focus from indi...Photos: Traveler Interest Shifts From Mexico to the Caribbean in Light of Swine Flu
TripAdvisor.com Shows 50% Drop in Mexico Hotel Search but 30% Increase in Caribbean Hotel Search this Week Compared to Last Site Poll Says Nearly One in Four Consider Safeguarding with Mask NEWTON, Mass., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor(R), the world's most popular and largest t...New Study by BioTrends Highlights Practice Management Shifts Among Canadian Nephrologists
EXTON, Pa., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, Inc. released its first TreatmentTrends(TM): Canadian Nephrology Report . This report runs parallel to two ongoing studies BioTrends conducts -- TreatmentTrends(TM) : US and European Nephrology . The report is based on the results ...Scientific Publications Strategy & Delivery Shifts from Marketing to Medical
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The landscape of scientific publications strategy, planning and delivery is changing with the advent of transparency guidelines. Half of global publications groups are fully located in the marketing function, but publications leaders expect to see a ...Working in shifts may cause damage to your health
In a report prepared for the Health And Safety Executive, a UK government body looking after the health and safety interests of the employees,// researchers had found out that working in shifts can be damaging to one’s health. When people work during nights, the levels of melatonin, or the sl...Prospective Clinical Advantages of Trabecular Metal(TM) Technology Highlighted in Comparative Study
...ur products and services caused by demographic changes or other factors; dependence on new product development, technological advances and innovation; shifts in the product category or regional sales mix of our products and services; supply and prices of raw materials and products; control of costs and expe...Physicians Reconsider Implications of Enhance Trial
... a large group of physicians continued to have negative reactions to the ENHANCE trial. "There has been considerable speculation about the potential shifts in prescriptions of Vytorin and Zetia as a result of the ENHANCE trial results. But ultimately, it is the attitudes and treatment intentions of practi...New Data From Large Safety Analysis of MYCAMINE Shows Favorable Clinical Safety Profile
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Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the human brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers from Denmark and The Netherlands published in the October 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, the brain, just like muscles, works harder during strenuous...DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts
HOUSTON (June 21, 2009) Rearrangements of all sizes in genomes, genes and exons can result from a glitch in DNA copying that occurs when the process stalls at a critical point and then shifts to a different genetic template, duplicating and even triplicating genes or just shuffling or deleting p...Study links success of invasive Argentine ants to diet shifts
The ability of Argentine ants to change from carnivorous insect eaters to plant sap-loving creatures has helped these invasive social insects rapidly spread throughout coastal California, according to a new study, displacing many native insects and creating ant infestations familiar to most coasta...Evolutionary shifts in olfactory sensitivities in fruit flies
How do an animal's senses change as it evolves to occupy a new ecological niche? By comparing the olfactory system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, which feeds from multiple fruit types, with that of its sibling species D. sechellia, a specialist particularly drawn to a single fruit type, ...Great (taste) expectations: Study shows brain anticipates taste, shifts gears
As the prism of our senses, the human brain has ways of refracting sensory input in defiance of reality. This is seen, for example, in the placebo effect, when simple sugar pills or inert salves taken by unwitting subjects are seen to ease pain or have some other beneficial physiological effect. ...Scripps scientists find potential for catastrophic shifts in Pacific ecosystems
Opening the door to a new way of understanding ocean processes and managing and protecting marine resources, a group of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a groundbreaking analysis of the North Pacific Ocean and how dramatic ...August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
...the Namib Desert has experienced highly variable climates, marked by abrupt shifts in moisture availability. These shifts include events such as the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period, and th...Ecological Society of America announces 2009 award recipients
... papers, the special feature explores central factors that contribute to global change, including deforestation, land fragmentation, ecological regime shifts and the loss of ecosystem services. Turner's synthesis lays out the advances and challenges in the field of land change science. ...NYC science symposium marks Gruber Prize program 10th anniversary
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EXTON, Pa., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of TreatmentTrends(TM): European Nephrology Study II. The report is based on the results of an on-line survey completed by 203 clinical nephrologists in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spai...Zimmer Launches New Medical Education and BioSkills Training Program
...ur products and services caused by demographic changes or other factors; dependence on new product development, technological advances and innovation; shifts in the product category or regional sales mix of our products and services; supply and prices of raw materials and products; control of costs and expe...New Report Just Published: World Endoscopy Systems Market Report
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...nd their caregivers." The Envision E700 Wound Surface has multiple layers of 3-D fabric (crush resistant channels) encased in a shear liner that shifts along with the patient, minimizing shear and friction during patient movement. It is combined with a unique algorithm that automatically adjusts the s...Internet can warn of ecological changes
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...olecules from the environment. When the array was submerged in a T5 containing fluid, the researchers detected the virus binding to FhuA by measuring shifts in the vibrational frequency of the cantilevers. Commenting on the significance of the discovery, Professor Hegner said: "These findings could lead...