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The technology centre LABEIN participates in the European project Dispower
The technology centre Labein is going to work on the project Dispower. Due to the pollution and integration problems with environment caused by electricity, the project Dispower aims to present another proposal for the creation of electric power. This new system is denominated "Distributed Generation". The main... view more... (2002-08-06)
Mastering chemical data
The Virtual Institute for Chemometrics and Industrial Metrology (VICIM) funded by the European Union has taken up operations. This European network of excellence in chemometrics and metrology enables industrial clients to face the challenges in the analysis of today`s complex chemical measurement data and to ensure the quality of measurement... view more... (2002-04-03)
A New Method For Analysing The Therapy Process
In clinical settings, therapy processes are complex dynamical systems where several variables are constantly interacting with each other. In general, the underlying mechanisms are difficult to assess. view more (2005-03-18)
Managed care is a headache for primary care physicians
Managed care policies really do increase the workload and compromise the quality of the doctor-patient relationship, reports research in the Western Journal of Medicine. Sixteen internists and 10 family physicians in three different regions of California and Arizona took part in an assessment of the impact of managed care policies on their... view more... (2001-03-08)
Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education -- particularly those who did not graduate from high school -- experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center... view more... (2007-04-13)
People of higher socioeconomic status choose better diets -- but pay more per calorie
As people become more educated, studies have demonstrated that they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. view more (2009-05-01)
Penn researchers find emotional well-being has no influence on cancer survival
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that emotional well-being is not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancers. view more (2007-10-22)
For some diabetics, burden of care rivals complications of disease
Many patients with diabetes say that the inconvenience and discomfort of constant therapeutic vigilance, particularly multiple daily insulin injections, has as much impact on their quality of life as the burden of intermediate complications, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the October 2007 issue of Diabetes Care. view more (2007-09-27)
Study shows optimal dose management of warfarin improves anticoagulation control
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have determined the optimal dose-management strategy to derive maximal benefit from warfarin therapy and improve patient outcomes. Results of the study appear online in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. view more (2008-12-23)
Penn study finds ICD devices offer heart patients life-saving benefits
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine have discovered that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) — electric monitoring devices that deliver a lifesaving shock in the event of a cardiac arrest — help patients with heart problems live longer more active lives. view more (2007-04-09)
Study finds women less likely than men to have their cholesterol controlled
Women are significantly less likely than men to have their LDL cholesterol controlled to recommended levels, according to a new study by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). view more (2007-05-16)
Bioinsecticide for controlling plagues in greenhouses
Developing a bioinsecticide that is more effective than pesticides for controlling pests in greenhouses is the aim of the project undertaken by a research team from the Public University of Navarre and commissioned by the Almer'a Fruit & Vegetable Exporters Association (COEXPHAL). Biological efficiaciousness The COEXPHAL Association of the... view more... (2004-06-16)
Patient safety advanced by revised heparin standards
Continuing to help ensure the identity, purity and quality of heparin, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has revised written and physical standards for the widely used blood thinner. view more (2009-07-31)
Effect of diet in cattle on N and P emissions to the environment
Over the last decade the market has had a tendency to value food products that are healthy and safe and encourage healthy lifestyles, with the added parameter that their associated production processes are environmentally sound. In the case of systems of cattle production the current and future aim is the obtaining of a quality product within an... view more... (2003-08-25)
Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure, new study shows
A widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique significantly decreases the severity of congestive heart failure, according to a first-of-its-kind randomized study published in Ethnicity & Disease (Winter 2007). view more (2007-03-02)
Biodiversity conservation - no guarantee for shortcuts
New research from scientists at the University of Sheffield published in the November issue of Ecology Letters has cast doubts on the widely held `rule of thumb` that the conservation of a country`s biodiversity can be guaranteed by focusing on protecting its threatened and endemic species. In a report published this week, Aletta Bonn, Ana... view more... (2002-10-30)
Make or break time for osteoporosis treatment
Women who do not comply with treatment instructions for osteoporosis or who do not respond to treatment are more likely to suffer further fractures, which seriously affects their quality of life. view more (2008-03-11)
A little exercise goes a long way for severely obese
A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. view more (2008-10-06)
Can exercise therapy help breast cancer survivors?
A researcher at Sheffield Hallam University is to carry out the first ever UK study into how exercise therapy (exercise and lifestyle counselling) affects the quality of life of women recovering from breast cancer. Dr Amanda Daley, from the University's Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, has secured £142,000 from Cancer Research UK to... view more... (2002-07-23)
Operation yields best results for severe obesity
Surgical treatment of severe obesity provides long-term wait loss and better quality of life compared with conventional treatment in primary health care. This is shown in a ten-year follow-up of the psychosocial component of the Swedish Obese Subjects project, SOS, at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. Thus far the follow-up... view more... (2005-04-04)
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