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Google powermeter could expand to monitor home gas and water Use
June 29, 2010 11:38 pm | by I-Micronews | CommentsMedia reports reveal that Google is hoping to expand the capabilities of its PowerMeter technology to include the monitoring of water and natural gas use, in addition to the monitoring of home electricity usage.
New hope for victims of stroke
June 29, 2010 11:34 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Manchester) Top British neuroscientist Nancy Rothwell will summarize her team's latest research into both the causes of brain damage in stroke patients as well as future treatment options when she delivers the Physiological Society's annual public lecture on June 30,...
Europe leads the world in assisted-reproduction technology
June 29, 2010 11:34 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Europe leads the world in assisted-reproduction technology with most cycles initiated in the region.
The teeth of cadavers reveal their identity
June 29, 2010 6:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Researchers from the University of Granada have shown that a person's dental patterns can be used as proof of their identity with the same degree of reliability as DNA testing, the method that forensic police use to reveal the...
HealthEdge Software completes $3.5M funding
June 29, 2010 6:37 pm | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsHealthEdge Software Inc., a Burlington developer of an application suite for health-care payors, has closed a $3.5 million financing round, which includes debt and options, warrants or the right to acquire another security.
BCM Neuroscientist awarded McKnight Scholar Award
June 29, 2010 6:36 pm | by Baylor College of Medicine | CommentsDr. Andreas S. Tolias, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine has been honored with the 2010 McKnight Scholar Award from The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. The award, $75,000 per year for three years, will help Tolias study the...
RehabCare CEO says new Medicare rules could hurt
June 29, 2010 4:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsRehabCare Group Inc. CEO John Short said Tuesday proposed changes to the way therapy services are paid under Medicare would not fully cover the cost of care and would hurt operating earnings for the rehabilitation services provider.Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services...
Beating doctor burnout and protecting patients
June 29, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Nottingham) Researchers at the University of Nottingham are part of a new pan-European research study examining whether working conditions in hospitals are contributing to doctor "burnout" and putting patients' lives at risk.
Public health systems compared: Germans more dissatisfied than the rest
June 29, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) One patient in four in Germany is in favor of complete reform of the public health system. Most respondents in other nations are more satisfied. A working group around Prof. Peter Sawicki of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health...
Hebrew University added to Singapore research program
June 29, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The National Research Foundation of Singapore has announced that the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will join other leading world universities that have been selected to participate in research centers in Singapore under the CREATE (Campus for...
SPTS Ships 300mm Sigma® fxPTM PVD System and RVP300 Vertical Furnace to STATS ChipPAC for eWLB Production
June 29, 2010 10:39 am | by I-Micronews | CommentseWLB manufacturing leader selects SPTS as their partner for their 300mm ramp.
PSivida's eye disease drug submitted to FDA
June 29, 2010 10:39 am | by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology | CommentsWatertown-based biotechnology company pSivida Corp. has announced that its diabetic macular edema drug product, Iluvien, has been submitted to the U.S. FDA under a new drug application by licensee Alimera Sciences Inc.
Karolinska Development to Divest Portfolio Company
June 29, 2010 10:38 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSTOCKHOLM , June 29, 2010 /- Today, Karolinska Development has divested Cogmed, one of Karolinska Development's portfolio companies, to Pearson where it will become part of Pearson's Clinical Assessment business. Karolinska Development and other owners will receive an up front payment, as...
NACDS, NCPA Back Senate Medication Therapy Management Bill
June 29, 2010 10:38 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSenator Hagan's legislation would help pharmacists help patients, prevent more costly forms of care ALEXANDRIA, Va. , June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Building on the passage of pharmacy-specific provisions in the new healthcare reform law, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores...
Dr. Harry J. Guttman, Esq. Invited Speaker at 2010 Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
June 29, 2010 10:38 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsDAYTON and CINCINNATI, Ohio , June 29 /- Dr. Harry J. Guttman, Esq. , Of Counsel Attorney with Stipkala LLC, was an invited speaker and panel discussion participant at the 2010 Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (CeRMACS) held in Dayton, Ohio June 16-19, 2010 ....
