Experts gathering to discuss tapping into $40-$50 billion natural products market
...rning session. Talks will cover successful natural product businesses in North Carolina, controlled trials of botanical effectiveness and evaluating the agricultural potential of N.C. herbs. After welcoming remarks by Houpt and a talk by the Graedons, three concurrent afternoon work sessions will focus on ...Researchers devise ways to reduce noise, improve sleep in nursing homes
...ined. Bringing the materials together to create a product available on the market may take some time. The researchers' immediate focus is on creating design rules for retrofitting existing nursing homes and designing new ones to mitigate noise....Bridge Medical shares expertise at Washington Patient Safety Conference
... first BPOC system to combine medication and blood product administration verification with laboratory specimen identification--in the Symposium Exhibit Hall.] Moderated by John Gosbee, MD, MS--director of patient safety information systems at the VA National Center for Patient Safety--the session features a...Innovative process reduces energy consumption and improves product quality in the food industry
...sequent pasteurization temperature, while ensuring product safety. "This project reflects leadership in innovation and dedication to the highest standards of food safety and quality that truly characterize the vision of the Agricultural Policy Framework," said Lyle Vanclief, Minister of Agriculture and Agri...Study exposes dangers of snuff for smokers wanting to quit
...oncern should be that the promotion of a dangerous product as less harmful than another undermines the effort...educe the risk of disease. This new era in tobacco product development and promotion should be approached with caution, research and paramount concern for publ...Bacterial protein kills tumors
... appears to work by stabilizing the p53 protein, a product of the p53 gene, known as a tumor suppressor because it prevents the formation of cancers through a cascade of molecular events that either stops cells from dividing or induces a process called programmed cell death. Normally, the p53 protein is shor...Fortified orange drink eases 'hidden hunger' in 3rd world
...and Bangladesh and the successful marketing of the product in Venezuela (under the brand name Nutri Star), which is likely to be expanded in Latin America," Latham says. The drink is made by mixing about two tablespoons of a powder fortified with 11 vitamins and minerals in a glass of water. It supplies 30 p...Georgia Tech researchers developing biomechanic device to grow arteries for bypass surgery patients
...e team hopes to receive FDA approval and bring the product to market within five years or less. The work recently caught the attention of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, which will award Vito with the 2002 Coulter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 1. The award recognizes a technical achie...U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves effective new tool to help smokers quit
..., plans to communicate the availability of the new product through extensive advertising, consumer and event promotion, as well as public relations initiatives. The Commit Lozenge is yet another option for stopping smoking available from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, the providers of original, mint-...Amid food safety concerns, K-State professor believes consumers ready for irradiated meat products
...ed for irradiating meat. One involves exposing the product to a beam of electrons that destroy the bacteria, while the second involves exposing the product to radioactive cobalt, which emits gamma rays that penetrate the product in the same manner an X-ray...Genetic variant may impact smoking cessation
...an. In previous research, the CYP2B6 enzyme (the product of this gene) has been found to affect both nicotine metabolism and bupropion metabolism. Lerman and her colleagues speculate that the effect of the genetic variant on cessation may be due to inherited differences in nicotine metabolism. "Brain con...Treatment helped reduce dose of inhaled corticosteroids while maintaining asthma control
...thma control. Advair Diskus is the first and only product to effectively treat the two main causes of asthma symptoms -- inflammation and bronchoconstriction -- in one easy-to-use2 device. Advair Diskus does not replace fast-acting inhalers to treat sudden symptoms. In this study, Advair Diskus 100/50 twice...Physicians offer new solution for blood transfusions
The successful transfusion of a cell-free blood product on a 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness may offer a solution for patients opposed to blood transfusions due to religious or personal beliefs. "This was the first successful use of a human cell-free hemoglobin solution in a pediatric patient to manage life...Pain may come with gain in childhood exercise
...uch of these changes in signal levels are a normal product of development." Cooper's team reported in the Pediatrics study that after 11 healthy teenage boys had a 90-minute strenuous wrestling practice session, levels of cell messengers called IGF-I and insulin, both indicators of growth, decreased at the s......s." The group's next study involved testing a new product on the market, "soccer head protection" headbands, to determine whether or not they actually reduce either linear or angular acceleration. Trials took place at BJC's Human Performance Lab in St. Louis, where engineer John Standeven arranged magnesiu...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet Nov. 19, 2002
...r CAM therapies in the United States lack adequate product quality control. 5. Task Force's Recommendations for Postmenopausal Therapy Appear in Annals The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against the use of combined estrogen and progestin therapy for preventing cardiovascular disease and ...New method of delivering chemotherapy using ultrasound works in BYU lab
...e effects," said Wheeler. The experiments are the product of years of work on ultrasound drug delivery by Pitt combined with that of Natalya Rapoport, a professor of bioengineering at the University of Utah, who has been studying the physics and chemistry of drug delivery using water-soluble plastics called...Surface treatments could make ready-to-eat products safer
COLLEGE STATION A new product called acidified calcium sulfate is showing promis...steurized and the Listeria is killed. Assuming the product is cooked adequately, the risk of contamination comes from the surface, he said. If the product...American Chemical Society plans national meeting in New Orleans March 23-27
...se of a rice milling byproduct as a healthful food product Uncovering the mysteries of pigments in red wine Food safety challenges: microbial and chemical toxins The use of electrical fields to clean up contaminated soils, sediments and groundwater New techniques to strengthen homeland security A look a......e years later- they might well be left with an end product that has to be measured at the milligram level, ba...molecules that are going to react and form the new product molecule and help this reaction to proceed efficiently. They can be costly to work with and because ...