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Mon, 12 May 2008

Correlation among 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D Assays
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Objectives: We investigated the current agreement of 25(OH)D measurement in clinical laboratories and explored the possibility that simple calibration would ...
 

Planned interruption of highly active antiretroviral therapy does ...
Aidsmap - UK
Blood samples were collected for the determination of plasma drug concentrations, measurement of viral load, and genetic drug resistance testing on day 0, ...
 

New analysis shows DAYTRANA offered ADHD symptom control for 12 months
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
In clinical studies, side effects were generally mild to moderate. The most common side effects reported with DAYTRANA were decreased appetite, ...
 

Breast cancer tumors grow faster in younger women
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The researchers applied their model to cancer incidence and tumour measurement data from 395188 women aged between 50 and 69 years old. ...
 

Focus on the World Gas Chromatography Systems Markets
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
II-31 Measurement of VOCs II-31 Detection of Atrazine in Water and Soil II-32 Analysis of Styrene Concentrations in Water and Soil II-32 Determination of ...
 

NJIT Applauds Students For Studies On Brain Injury, Glaucoma And More
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The measurement is challenging and requires the supervision of an ophthalmologist. Milczarski, however, is part of an NJIT research team conducting a ...
 

Device to 'revolutionise' inhaled drug testing
In-PharmaTechnologist.com - London,UK
Cambridge Consultants claims the device is as effective as current laboratory laser diffraction measurement machines but for one-hundredth of the cost. ...
 

 

Leading Experts Investigate Shaken Baby Syndrome - Incidence And ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The symposium participants who convened to address these measurement issues were very cognizant of these challenges. Presentations addressed two main ...
 

Corgenix Announces FDA Clearance for IgG Anti-AtherOx(R) Test Kit
Earthtimes - London,UK
Studies published in The Journal of Clinical and Developmental Immunology (2003) and The American Journal of Pathology (2004) showed that by testing serum ...
 

Arthritis Research: Methods and Protocols, Vol 1 Arthritis ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
These chapters include quantitative study of cartilage histomorphometry; measurement of glycosaminoglycan release from cartilage; and assessments of the ...
 

 

Free Job Alert
FierceBiotech - Washington,DC,USA
Agilent Technologies is the world’s premier measurement company. Agilent provides core electronic and bio-analytical measurement tools to engineers, ...
 

Helicos BioSciences Reports 2007 Financial Results
StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Birmingham,MI,USA
This important milestone marks an inflection point in genomic analysis and represents a major leap forward in measurement science. ...
 

Performance in Practice: Sample Tools for the Care of Patients ...
Focus (subscription) - USA
To facilitate continued clinical competence, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology are implementing ...
 

Warnings over DIY health tests
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
The Sense About Science report which was compiled in collaboration with the Association of Clinical Biochemistry, the PHG Foundation charity and the Royal ...
 

Reinventing Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
This interpretation was soon confirmed with the development of techniques for precise measurement of insulin action on glucose metabolism, 8 and along with ...
 

Scientists urge more regulation of DIY kits for health checks
Guardian - UK
The call for better regulation comes also from the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, the PHG Foundation, Sense about Science and the Science Council. ...
 

Thermo Fisher Scientific's New Nicolet iN10 FT-IR Microscope
Pharmaceutical Online (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
The technique requires a high degree of skill, as it adds several steps over and above those required for a simple FT-IR measurement. ...

 

 

Cognitive–behavioural therapy v. mirtazapine for chronic fatigue ...
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription) - UK
Fatigue and clinical global impression of severity were the primary outcome measurements in this trial; depression, quality of life, general health, ...
 

What's New in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription) - USA
It includes clinical and basic science articles from The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British ...
 

Self-harm in first-episode psychosis
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription) - UK
Descriptive statistics for the whole sample were obtained using proportions, means or medians according to the measurement type and distribution, ...
 

Simulated Joint Infection Assessment by Rapid Detection of Live ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription) - USA
In addition to permitting measurement of the amount, as opposed to the simple presence or absence, of a given sequence, real-time quantitative polymerase ...
 

Correlation of Procalcitonin and Cytokine Expression with ...
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription) - USA
The primary clinical outcome measure was wound-healing. For the purposes of this study, failure of wound-healing was defined as a return to the operating ...
 

Perceptions of disadvantage, ethnicity and psychosis
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription) - UK
Patients were interviewed using the World Health Organization (WHO) Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) version 2.1. ...
 

Are Antidepressants Faith-Based Treatment?
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
Why does the FDA allow measurement bias and other dice loading that favors antidepressants? Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of the New England Journal ...
 

Antidepressants not totally ineffective
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New Zealand
The results showed that on a 21-point diagnosis measurement known as the Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression (HRSD), the antidepressants improved patients’ ...
 

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 26 February 2008
Space Ref (press release) - USA
The CDR set up the camcorder equipment for taking video of Leo Eyharts' first PFE-OUM (Periodic Fitness Evaluation - Oxygen Uptake Measurement session on ...
 


 

Common Sense & Evidence – Many years of passing gas
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados
Anonymous JUST TWO WEEKS AGO , the School of Clinical Medicine and Research continued its 40th anniversary celebrations with a professorial lecture ...
 

Cytometer for high-throughput cellular analysis
Laboratory Talk - UK
The system delivers important measurement data for monitoring and process optimisation in drug discovery and development applications. ...
 

Inexpensive Portable Detection System For Rapid, Accurate Analysis ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The device can provide an accurate blood sample measurement from a simple finger prick, which is particularly important when sampling children. ...
 

CT radiation dose report released by American Association of ...
Eurek Alert (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
The report was generated by a committee of medical physicists with special expertise in CT technology and its clinical uses. It can be downloaded from the ...
 

Comparison of Autograft and Allograft Fixation in Pemberton Osteotomy
Ortho Super Site - Thorofare, NJ, USA
... University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, K4/7 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-7375.
 

Roth 2008 OC Conference Presenter Profiles
Centre Daily Times - Centre, PA, USA
Barrier has other product candidates in various stages of clinical development for the treatment dermatological conditions, including onychomycosis, ...
 

EMD lanceert eerste bead-based multiplex testen
Netherlands Corporate News (persbericht) - Netherlands
About Epitome Biosystems, Inc. Epitome Biosystems is applying its protein measurement platforms to increase the productivity of drug discovery and ...
 

1st EMEA application filed for product using innovative ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The Company serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. ...
 

Blood Pressure Technology Firm Donates Equipment, Software to Wake ...
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
The combination of basic science research on the physiology of hypertension and clinical research of new treatments at centers such as the Hypertension and ...
 

How high hopes ultimately hurt Vytorin study
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
Interviews with 10 of the leading research scientists and clinical trial experts, as well as the companies, suggest the study was ill-conceived and poorly ...
 

 

 

2/8/08 ISO/IEC Updates Metrology Vocabulary Guide
Quality Magazine - Bensenville,IL,USA
Furthermore, an attempt has been made to meet conceptual needs of measurement in fields such as biochemistry, food science, forensic science and molecular ...
 

Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate in the Assessment of the ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Design and Patients: In 70 consecutive patients, insulin tolerance test was accompanied by measurement of basal DHEA-S. Assessment of HPA axis was based on ...
 

L-Thyroxine Requirement in Patients with Autoimmune Hypothyroidism ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Patients: We studied 391 patients with clinical or subclinical hypothyroidism from autoimmune thyroiditis who had achieved normal serum TSH concentration ...
 

The Science of Botanical Supplements for Human Health: A View from ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
(A) In vitro measurement of superoxide anion formation in aortic ring segments. The assay was calibrated by monitoring the chemiluminescence signal of known ...
 

Screening Scientist
Nature.com (subscription) - London, England,UK
To understand and ensure the correct procedures in the handling of blood, serum, plasma and urine for the measurement of particular analytes. ...
 

ABC of science
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Measurements and mathematics matter a lot in science. (See D for more.) C is also for change. Scientific knowledge is ever changing. It is provisional. ...
 

Illumina Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Birmingham,MI,USA
The Company expects full year total shares outstanding for the measurement of pro forma amounts to be approximately 62 million. Our conference call will ...
 

NanoString Technologies Announces Early Access Agreements with ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The nCounter Analysis System uses a novel digital technology that enables direct multiplexed measurement of gene expression and offers high levels of ...
 

 
 
 
 
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