ESA at the world's largest medical exhibition
...uccessful technology demonstration in space is the commercial Blood Pressure Measurement Instrument BMI, which was tested on the ISS in various experiments, last time by the ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers during the Dutch Delta Mission in April 2004. ESA offer to the health industry This is just the begi...New sampling method to track HIV-risk behavior
...IDS Program to survey IDUs in Bangkok and IDUs and commercial sex workers in Vietnam. It is also being used by Family Health International, the largest non-profit agency in international public health, in more than a dozen countries and provinces, including Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Egypt, Honduras...Computer reads heart condition from X-ray images
...lts of this research have been incorporated into a commercial software application developed by Medis. The company participated in the study right from the start as a result of which the knowledge could be applied and developed at an early stage. The result is the recently demonstrated measuring software. The ...UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
...ters worldwide," Dr. Turner said. "Since the first commercial unit began treating patients in 2003, thereare 15 facilities worldwide including Moncrief utilizing TomoTherapy." The $3.1 million system is installed at Moncrief's flagship facility at 1450 Eighth Ave. Various personnel, including technicia...Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
... never otherwise be studied because they are of no commercial value but have the promise to help many thousands of lives." Dr. John Kelton, dean of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and dean and vice-president, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, said: "This important study represents one ...Vioxx should have been withdrawn 4 years ago
...f trust that society has established with powerful commercial and governmental institutions. For with Vioxx, Merck and the FDA acted out of ruthless, short-sighted, and irresponsible self-interest."...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for November 2004 (first issue)
...reathing and excessive sleepiness among drivers of commercial vehicles in their country. The investigators meas...k factors in 2,342 respondents who were Australian commercial truck drivers. In addition, another 161 from a group of selected professional truck drivers underwe...Screening for virus RNA could increase safety of organ & tissue transplantation
...nd can be based on standardised, partly automated, commercial techniques and proceduresTechnical flaws currently hinder routine NAT screening of organ donors, but not of tissue and cell donors. Thus NAT techniques should be rapidly adapted to organ donor screening, and implementation should be discussed."...Biopharmaceutical manufacturing efficiencies signal reduced healthcare costs
...nd regulatory compliance issues. It also discusses commercial market dynamics, worldwide capacity factors, demand forecasting, strategic decision-making, intellectual property, capital investment, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing training. Contributing author organizations include Amgen, BD Technologies, Bur...Riverbank filtration pulls pollutants from drinking water
...ering. The team has been studying water drawn from commercial wells located beside the Wabash, Ohio and Missouri rivers near Terre Haute, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; and Kansas City, Mo. In several recent papers published in peer-reviewed journals, Weiss, Bouwer and their colleagues have reported that riverbank fil...Blueberry compound shows promise of lowering cholesterol as effectively as drug
...tudies of lowering cholesterol as effectively as a commercial drug and has the potential for fewer side effects,...tilbene was similar in activity to ciprofibrate, a commercial drug that lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. But ciprofibrate, whose mechanism of actio...Scientists meet to review Envisat results after two and a half years of operations
...bal change, pollution and disaster monitoring, and commercial applications....Chemists honor 'Heroes' for biotechnology achievements in health
...rk that has lead to the successful development and commercial sale of a technological product. The Heroes of Chemistry program, started in 1996 by the ACS, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful products that improve the quality of life. Last year's program honored ...VA beats managed care for diabetes, study finds
...ive VA medical centers and 6,920 patients in eight commercial managed care health plans. They compared how often...ervice to evaluate the quality of diabetes care in commercial managed care organizations and in the VA. Researchers found VA patients were more likely to receive ...First medical test on CD gets good results
...single drop of blood. Lee estimated that the first commercial application of the concept is at least two years away. "This study shows that the technology is very promising, but there are challenges to overcome," he said. "We have been working on designing special valves and other features inside the CD, and be...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...orld medical environments such as hospitals. When commercial machines became available in the early 1980s, medical physicists educated thousands of physicians on how to use MRI through workshops and influential journal articles. They led MRI societies and committees that helped to develop truly useful clinical...Childproof packaging new designs could save lives
...he team now aim to grant manufacturing licences to commercial organisations. Pauline King of the Faraday Packaging Partnership says: "Our objective is to enable these more practical, safer CRC designs to make life easier for a significant proportion of the population". ...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...e received, such products would ultimately achieve commercial success....Compound in salsa may fight food poisoning
...cturing machinery of the cell, as occurs with many commercial antibiotics, bacteria are less likely to develop resistance to it, Kubo says. Whether you choose to eat salsa with your tacos, chips or chicken, keep in mind that there's no substitute for proper storage, handling and cooking of any food in order to ...Specialized care from hospital to home improves the health of elderly with heart failure
...earchers' quality of care and cost findings in the commercial marketplace. The Commonwealth Fund and the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation will fund marketing strategies and product development for the translation of this research into practice and evaluation of the pilot testing in the mid-Atlantic region...