(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device that automatically sanitizes in 30 minutes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in the highly trafficked hospital emergency department. The novel device can sanitize and disinfect equipment of all shapes and sizes, from intravenous line poles and blood pressure cuffs, to pulse oximeter wires and electrocardiogram wires, to computer keyboards and cellphones.
July 30th, 2009
By PAUL ELIAS AP Biotechnology Writer
Jan 7, 2007 (AP)— Scientists reported Sunday they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that cushions babies in the womb and produced a variety of tissue types from these cells sidestepping the controversy over destroying embryos for research.
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January 8th, 2007
Jan. 6, 2007 —
For Susie Neubaur, part of being a good Christian means trying to be physically fit.
She works out at the Lord’s Gym in Clermont, Fla., beginning her day with Bible study and a program called “Body by God.”
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January 6th, 2007
Jan. 6, 2007 —
An unidentified 67-year-old woman in Spain is believed to be the oldest new mother in the world after giving birth to twin boys this week. She’s part of a trend that has some people asking if science is going too far.
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January 6th, 2007
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The marketers of four weight-control pills have agreed to pay a total of at least $25 million to settle allegations of deceptive advertising, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday
The four are Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, TrimSpa and One-A-Day WeightSmart.
The FTC alleged that the companies’ weight-loss and weight-control claims were not supported by evidence.
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January 4th, 2007
