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EHSI: Stem Cell 'On Switch' May Have Been Found Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:15 AM PDT HOUSTON----Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was energized Monday by news that researchers in North Carolina may have identified the gene activator that allows stem cells to reproduce and become any type of cell in the body. News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Sept. 27, 2010 Medical News Today Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:08 AM PDT IMMUNOLOGY: Defective immune cells in patients with type 1 diabetes Studies in mice have defined a subset of immune cells known as HLA-E-restricted CD8+ suppressor (or regulatory) cells as having a role in ensuring that the immune system responds to invading microbes but does not turn on the body to cause autoimmune disease. Now, Hong Jiang and colleagues, at Columbia University, New York, have ... Blood Pressure Unaffected By Pine-Bark Extract Medical News Today Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:40 AM PDT Add pine-bark extract to the list of dietary supplements that don't live up to their promises of improved health. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that pine-bark extract had no effect in lowering blood pressure or reducing other risk factors for heart disease. Senior author Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, said the findings are part of a growing body of evidence that ... CYPHER(R) Sirolimus Drug-Eluting Stent Remains Unsurpassed In Terms Of Safety And Efficacy Medical News Today Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:38 AM PDT Investigators reported results of SORT-OUT IV, comparing Cordis Corporation's CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent and Abbott's XIENCE V ® Everolimus-eluting Stent in the primary endpoint of MACE (major acute coronary events) at nine months. These findings were presented at the TCT annual meeting, (TCT 2010)held last week in Washington DC. This study adds to the unmatched body of safety ... AOAC Approves FoodChek(TM)-E. coli O157 TEST for Beef Carcass Sponge Samples Marketwire Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 28, 2010) - FoodChek Systems Inc. ("FoodChek"/"the Company") is pleased to announce that the AOAC Research Institute/Gaithersburg, Maryland, a globally-recognized approval body for Food Safety diagnostic tests, has approved the FoodChekT-E. coli O157 test for use with Beef Carcass Sponge samples. This additional AOAC-approval, is consistent with USDA ... Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff The Mercury Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:29 AM PDT LONDON (AP) â€" All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport. Nutrition and Bodybuilding Supplement Company Brings Big BOOM to Stage with Athlete Philip Ricardo Jr. at Team USA ... PRWeb via Yahoo! News Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:00 AM PDT The Body Evolution, leading nutrition and bodybuilding supplement company, stole the show at the Team USA Natural Bodybuilding Championships with wins from Team Athletes Philip Ricardo Jr., Heather Hansen, and more. More research needed to fill nanotech knowledge gaps Food Production Daily Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:35 AM PDT The food safety body also called for the development of a comprehensive code of guidance to evaluate the safety of the technology in food. MANCHESTER: Suit up eyes for sports safety The Manchester Enterprise Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:31 AM PDT Shin guards for soccer. Shoulder pads for football. Batting helmets for baseball and softball. Almost every sport has its own unique safety equipment. But according to Dr. Julie Marvin-Manders, therapeutic optometrist, many participants in sports forget to protect one of the most important parts of the body: the eyes Christmas diet girl who died of anorexia ‘didn’t get proper help’ Evening Standard Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:16 AM PDT A public school pupil who died after anorexia “ravaged” her body was failed by the health system, her family said today.

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