| Focus Diagnostics Launches Laboratory Test For Chikungunya Virus
Focus Diagnostics, Inc., the infectious disease diagnostics company of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), today announced the first laboratory developed test in the U.S. for detecting the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Commercial availability of the molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test will enable physicians in the U.S. to test patients who may have contracted the virus, such as individuals returning from regions in Africa and Asia where chikungunya is endemic. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has suggested that the chikungunya virus, which caused an outbreak in Italy in 2007, has the potential to enter and spread in the U.S.
"The availability of our chikungunya virus PCR test will give healthcare providers in the U.S. an important option for identifying patients, particularly travelers, who may be infected with this potentially disabling virus," said Dr.
The Healthy way to make profits
Eat healthy and snack smart, is the mantra of busy consumers today. Health food is in and junk is fading out. In tune with global trend, Indian FMCG companies are focussing on the health & wellness food segment to bring in the moolah, finds out Chanda P Kumar. .
Dogs Could Be a Diabetic's Best Friend
SUNDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Irish researchers hope to prove that a dog's keen sense of smell gives it the ability to watch over the blood sugar levels of diabetics. Canines have already shown themselves capable of leading the blind, alerting the deaf, and helping the physically disabled with daily tasks. But researchers at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, are taking the "helpful companion" idea one step further by gathering scientific evidence that could verify dogs can reliably detect dangerous blood sugar level drops in diabetics. "Anecdotal reports suggest that some dogs can perform early warning of hypoglycemia by using their sense of smell to 'sniff out' if their owner's blood sugar levels are dropping," said lead researcher and psychology professor Deborah Wells.
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Amul launches high calcium milk
Anand, Jan 22: With the introduction of Amul CALCI+ High Calcium Milk, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, Amul is all set to strengthen its Ultra Heat Treatment (UHT) milk portfolio.
Amul CALCI+ is targeted at helping pregnant woman, growing kids and young adults to meet their daily calcium requirement and helps in preventing osteoporosis.
Amul CALCI+ contains 100 per cent natural milk calcium and does not contain any preservatives. It is simply subjected to a special sterilisation process called Ultra Heat Treatment and stays fresh for 120 days at room temperature. The
one litre aseptically packed Tetra Pack Amul CALCI+ is available at all Amul Preferred Outlets (Amul APOs), leading super markets and major 'A' class outlets across India.
No Republican anchor in sight
He took this money from a slum lord that he himself has said is a friend of over 15 years, but somehow only performed 5 hours of work for during this time? The person is a known slumlord and influence peddler under indictment and is a recipient of over $43 million in taxpayer's dollars in Obama's area for repair of the slums of the poor. And Kennedy and Obama are supposed to be supporters of the poor. Kennedy is no supporter except of Kennedy. He is anti-everything that he could not have (real political power) and pro-anything he thinks he can stir up. Stirring up can be a good thing, I like change, but change to inexperience and a willing recipient of gold from the corrupt are not qualities of a President. We have the responsibility to elect the best representative, not the one that tickles our fancy or might throw a dart at the establishment.
What's Happening for Feb. 16
Crafters are needed for the annual Feather Fiesta Days craft faire held in Sank Park. There are 60 spaces open and all proceeds go to the docents. Come sell your crafts, meet friendly people, and have fun! To obtain a space, pick up an application at the Chamber office or call Carol at 589-1299. The fee is $35 per space. Reunions OHS Class of 1977 looking for classmates for our 30 Onederful reunion June 28, 2008. Please e-mail Robyn (Wood) North at rjnorth1@netzero.net or call 990-2615 if you know the addresses or phone numbers of our classmates. LPHS Class of 1998 is looking for classmates for our 10 year reunion Aug. 9. Please e-mail lp98isgreat@yahoo.com if you know the e-mail addresses or contact info of our classmates. We would like to be sure everyone receives the E-vite, that will be coming soon.
In the Mideast, faint rays of hope
They are, in a delicious twist, becoming the best de facto allies of the West...." Missing from Wright's account, however, is the international community's influence. In 2005, Lebanese protesters gathered in unprecedented numbers to demand that Syria end its 29-year military presence. Within months, it did. Wright cheers "the first broad popular movement to demand sweeping change and get it." But she doesn't mention the immense pressure the United Nations put on Syria to withdraw during that time, even though in this and other cases, foreign powers partly set the parameters for local activists' success. Wright's real interest remains the region's home-grown reformers. "What is most inspiring is not the dreams the outside world has for the people of the Middle East," she writes.
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