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  • Study: 4.5 Million Americans Had Knee Replacement Surgery

    Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston calculate that more than 4.5 million Americans have had a total knee replacement (TKR), becoming one of the most common conditions affecting people in the U.S. age 50 and over. The team led by Elena Losina of the hospital’s Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, presents…

  • NSF Supporting Research to Reduce Fertilizer Use in Maize

    Researchers at three universities, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have received a $1.3 million grant from National Science Foundation for research on reducing the amount of fertilizer to grow maize. The three-year project is led by the ARS’s Ivan Baxter, who also serves on the Danforth Center’s faculty in…

  • Report: Asia Closing Gap in U.S. R&D Leadership

    National Science Foundation’s new report on global research and development (R&D) trends, Science and Engineering Indicators 2012, shows in the last decade, U.S. leadership in research and development has come under severe challenge from China and other countries in Asia. The report from NSF’s policy-making body, the National Science Board, shows between 1999 and 2009,…

  • Fatigue, Poor Sleep Linked to EMS Safety, Work Quality

    Fatigue and poor sleep affect many emergency medical services (EMS)  workers, which appear linked to higher rates of injuries and medical errors, according to a study by researchers at University of Pittsburgh. The findings, with contributions from colleagues at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina and National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare…

  • Intentional Poisonings Result in 14K+ Emergency Room Visits

    A study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows intentional poisonings — purposeful attempts to drug other people without their knowledge — resulted in 14,720 hospital emergency room visits in 2009. The report by SAMHSA, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, indicates most victims were female (63%)…

  • Canadian Corporate R&D Spending Drops for 5th Straight Year

    Industry market research company Research Infosource in Toronto, Ontario says total corporate R&D spending in Canada dropped for the fifth year in a row in the 2010 fiscal year, despite an increase in revenues for these companies. The top R&D spenders among Canadian companies in 2010 were found in the information technology, engineering, and aerospace…

  • Math Model Detects Financial Asset Bubbles

    Statisticians in the U.S. and France have devised a mathematical model that they say can detect asset bubbles, such as vastly over-valued stocks, in real time. Robert Jarrow of Cornell University and risk management company Kamakura Corp. in Honolulu, Younes Kchia at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and Philip Protter of Columbia University published their findings…

  • U.S. Venture Investments Up in Q3, Science Companies Mixed

    Dow Jones VentureSource reports that venture capital (VC) investment in the U.S. rose in the third quarter of 2011 compared to 2010, including the number and size of deals and investment volume. Among science-based companies, medical device and energy companies gained in investment deals and volume. Among biotech and pharmaceutical companies, the number of deals…

  • Pharma, Technology Lead Worldwide Corporate R&D Rebound

    Research and development spending by the largest 1,400 corporate R&D spenders worldwide increased by more than 4 percent to €465 billion ($US 630 billion) in 2010, reversing a nearly 2 percent decline in 2009. The data are compiled in the European Commission’s EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released today. Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology, technology hardware, and automotive companies…

  • Survey: VCs Pulling Back from Biopharma, Devices Companies

    A survey of venture capital (VC) companies investing in health care enterprises says they have shifted funding away from businesses that develop drugs and medical devices toward less regulated services and information technology firms. The survey, conducted by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) from July to September 2011, covers 156 of its members with…