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Friday, 04 April 2014

Tweet New York, April 4 (IANS) Summer is here, so are watermelons. Do not miss to pick one today as a new research has found that watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress. "The pressure on the aorta (largest artery in the human body) and on the heart decreased after consuming watermelon extract," said Arturo Figueroa, an...

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(Source: Escalon Medical Corporation) ARDMORE, Pa. , April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Escalon Medical Corp. (Nasdaq: ESMC) today announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its new tablet-based ultrasound imaging system, the Sonomed Escalon VuPad™. The...

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(Source: Amyris Inc) EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 4, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMRS), a leading synthetic biology innovator and renewable products company, today announced it has begun selling Biofene®, Amyris's brand of farnesene, a long-chain branched hydrocarbon, online at...

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Scarlet fever cases in England reach record weekly high The Guardian

Health officials warn of significant increase in highly contagious disease and urge people with symptoms to see GP Scarlet fever is treated with antibiotics which must be taken for 10 days, though most people recover after four or five. Photograph: Nitschkefoto/Alamy The number of cases of the...

US 'black box' detector joins MH370 ocean search The Times of India

PERTH, Australia: A US Navy "black box" detector made its much-anticipated debut in the oceanic hunt for flight MH370 on Friday but Australia's search chief warned it was crunch time with the box's signal set to expire soon. As the extensive search wore on, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim...

New centre of excellence at Stellenbosch University Business Day

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Bloodhound Diary: Coping with volcano conditions BBC News

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