Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...s. Simple, inexpensive do-it-yourself radon test kits are available at local hardware stores. EPA recommends that houses with radon levels of 4 picocuries per liter or higher of radon should and can be fixed to prevent accumulation of radon gas indoors. To learn more about how to receive a discounted ra...Cancer cell detection technology wins Kaye Award for Hebrew University researchers
...s. Further development is also expected to lead to kits for detecting colon cancer and leukemia in stool and blood samples, respectively....Direct mailing of blood test kits increases colorectal cancer screening
Direct mailing of fecal occult blood test (FOBT) kits combined with follow-up reminders increases adhere...ived FOBT kits, and 23.2% among those who received kits with reminders. The percentage who reported that they followed any of the screening guidelines incre...Irrigation may produce arsenic-tainted rice in Bangladesh
...est Bengal, India, and found that the arsenic test kits used by field workers are frequently inaccurate, p... [Ed. note: A press release about the arsenic test kits can be viewed at ACS News Service site.]...Inaccurate arsenic test kits jeopardize water safety in Bangladesh and India
... and West Bengal, India, suggests the arsenic test kits used by field workers are frequently inaccurate, p...oint, the researchers emphasize, is that the field kits appear to be random and qualitative not appropriate for large-scale testing initiatives with such i...Is there a neurologist on this flight?
...ptic drugs should be included in emergency medical kits aboard commercial jets. Researchers at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, analyzed medical air-to-ground consultations of a major U.S. airline that flies 50 million, or 10 percent, of all U.S. passengers per year. Mayo routinely provides real-time...Most child care is provided by 'informal' providers, study finds
...etings, child development and parenting workshops, kits for activities and home safety, mobile resources and consultation. A $300,000 fund to test these strategies in Seattle and King County will be announced today by the Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund, a public-private funding partnership for childr...Supplements that target fat loss … metals that protect themselves …
...eive badges needed for admittance to events. Press kits will include a complete set of meeting abstracts, news releases on selected technical papers, and a schedule of news briefings. For more information, email Charmayne Marsh at y_marsh@acs.org or call her at the telephone numbers listed on the leftha...New tests for blood clots, lung cancer use NIDCR patented technology
...ciences, according to Robey. "These two diagnostic kits are just the tip of the iceberg," he said. "This isan 'enabling technology' whose research and clinical applications are virtuallylimitless." Already, Phase II clinical trials are underway using AcuTectä toimage acute clots in the carotid arter...Advances in 'On the Spot' tests have huge public health implications
...tory in London, predicts that near patient testing kits of the future will be able to make a diagnosis and...iving force behind the development of near testing kits has been the search for life in space and the military's need to detect biological warfare agents sa...