Evaluating risk factors of sporadic colorectal cancer – Health News Article

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in China. Although the association between the epidemiological factors and sporadic colorectal cancer is not known and still remains uncertain. So it is important to investigate the role of these factors in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer. Chinese researchers studied the relation between smoking, … Read more

Biometric Technology Firm Joins the Austin Technology Incubator

Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 04, 2011 Tactical Information Systems (TIS), an innovator in complex and emerging biometric technologies, joins the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a unit of the IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin, in its IT focus area. Tactical Information Systems becomes part of the incubator after having won the … Read more

A+ Rated Acupuncture Clinic Opens In Sugar Land

Sugar Land, Texas (PRWEB) September 08, 2011 Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to treat various ailments, from back pain to infertility to nausea relief in chemotherapy patients. Acupuncture is the use of sterilized, fine needles inserted into specific body points to help regulate the flow of energy (qi). According to the National … Read more

Stroke clinical trial finds intensive medical treatment better than brain stent – Health News Article

Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. Read more Stroke clinical trial finds intensive medical treatment better than brain stent Health News

KCF Technologies Awarded Phase II SBIR Contract for Opportunistic Energy Harvesting for Submarine Wireless Sensors

State College, PA (PRWEB) August 07, 2011 On April 22, 2011 KCF Technologies was awarded Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to tap waste electromagnetic energy on the U.S. Navy?s most modern class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines and ?harvest? it instead to perform other crucial functions on these state-of-the-art ships. … Read more

Skin cells converted to beating heart cells – Health News Article

Adult skin cells are converted into beating heart cells efficiently without generating embryonic-like stem cells, revealed by researchers. Scripps Research Institute scientists have converted adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells efficiently without having to first go through the laborious process of generating embryonic-like stem cells. The powerful general technology platform could lead to … Read more

Talent Acquisition Specialist Named at OveractDev Technology Partners

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) July 28, 2011 OveractDev Technology Partners the leading technology partner in the software development industry has named Carri Dinsmore as Talent Acquisition Specialist to assist with recruitment and development initiatives to support the company?s future growth. ?Over the last six months we have actively been searching for qualified candidates to … Read more

Meharry Medical College Physician Named President-Elect of the National Medical Association

Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 27, 2011 Dr. Rahn Kennedy Bailey, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Meharry Medical College, has been named President-Elect of the National Medical Association (NMA). NMA represents more than 30,000 African-American physicians and is the largest and oldest national organization representing African-American physicians and the patients … Read more

Mild memory loss and thinking problems may impact life expectancy – Health News Article

Cognitive impairment, especially at the moderate to severe stages has an impact on life expectancy similar to chronic conditions such as diabetes or chronic heart failure, revealed by Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University researchers in a study “Cognitive Impairment: An Independent Predictor of Excess Mortality. A Cohort Study” published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Read … Read more

Aerisa and Bissnuss, Inc Align to Remove Odors in Waste Water Treatment Plants and Lift Stations Using Energy Savings Cold Plasma Technology

Tempe, AZ (PRWEB) July 24, 2011 PEP Aerisa has signed BissNuss Inc (http://www.bissnussinc.com/) as their exclusive sales representatives for Waste Water Treatment Plants in Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and Northern Kentucky. BissNuss, Inc has been awarded this region represent Aerisa (http://www.aerisa.com) technology that removes common odors from waste water treatment plant process like Hydrogen … Read more