A recent visit to Western Australia got me thinking about the impact of the tall poppy syndrome in innovation. While walking along the unique 40-metre-high platform in the Valley of the Giants (400-year-old Tingle Trees, some of the world's largest), I was impressed with the innovative...
Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS. The objective of this study is to determine the frequency of these symptoms and explore their relationship with objective radionuclide studies of upper GI function. Thirty-two (32) patients with CFS and 45 control subjects completed a questionnaire on upper...
Paget-Schroetter syndrome is an acute subclavian vein thrombosis that usually develops secondary to heavy arm exertion. This case study illustrates a venous anomaly identified in a 26-year-old male with an acutely swollen left arm. The study was negative for DVT but positive for subclavian vein stenosis and abnormal flow which...
This paper studies a variant of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome associated with tissue fibrosis, poor prognosis, and imatinib responsiveness. Since serum tryptase levels are elevated in some patients with myeloproliferative disorders, this paper examined their utility in identifying a subset of patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome HES and an underlying myeloproliferative disorder....
The focus of this article is not the realm of accounting and business practices that is normally associated with corporate wrong-doing; rather, it is the exploration of a psychological syndrome that greatly impacts business conditions. It therefore is necessary to use psychological theory, research and terms when explaining it,...
http://www.mapnp.org/library/misc/founders.htm This syndrome occurs when, rather than working toward its overall mission, the organization operates primarily according to the personality of a prominent person in the organization, for example, the founder, board chair/president, chief executive, etc. The syndrome is primarily an organizational problem -- not primarily a problem of the person...
The article says that with time, you stop believing in your employee and a cycle starts that revolves around low morale, low performance and deterioration of performance.A chain reaction begins to happen with your employees once your mentality changes toward them. First they might turn in a project that has...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad secretly conducted genetic testing on a number of employees who submitted claims of work-related carpal-tunnel syndrome. The EEOC also said the company broke the Americans with Disabilities Act by treating employees with carpal-tunnel syndrome as disabled and...
On Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 4:00 pm CDT, ORLive.com will broadcast a panel discussion entitled, "Access to SurgicalIntervention for Metabolic Syndrome and Other Diseases." Dr. HenryBuchwald, Professor of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,Minnesota, will serve as moderator. The panel will include Dr. NeilHutcher, Commonwealth Surgeons, St Mary's Bon Secours...
Study Better Positions EKR to Advance the Development of Ularitide for AHFS BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on providing novel products for the acute-care hospital setting, today said that its prospective, observational study of heart failure patients showed that early evaluation of...
The Largest Theater Event of the Year! SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a one-day free extravaganza of 100 shows on 14 stages and the largest live theater event of the year, will be held Sunday, July 27th, 11:00 am-5:00 pm. The festival presents...
Applied Biosystems Hosts First Symposium on Sudden Death in Football Players and Other European Athletes MADRID, Spain & FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Leading cardiovascular research scientists and a number of prominent football figures from Spain recently convened at the world's first symposium focused on the molecular analysis of...
Novel Approach to Creating Therapeutic Vaccine ALLENDALE, N.J. -- Energex Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been granted approval from the Federal Food and Drug Administration FDA to utilize its experimental HemoModulation[TM] therapy in a clinical trial of HIV infected patients. The purpose of the study will...
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have received much attention lately, some of it unwanted, such as mistaken association with polygamous groups that have made recent headlines. A group of Mormon scholars, however, hopes to focus positive attention on LDS issues in an upcoming conference sponsored...
Jerusalem As ever, the great disappointment of Jerusalem is the lack of swivel-eyed loons wandering around believing themselves to be Jesus. Or Solomon or David or Mohammed. Or Elvis, even. You come to Jerusalem, you want to see Jerusalem Syndrome. Isn't that part of the deal? It's like Amsterdam without...
Survivors of Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes SADS, doctors and noted climbers gather at Mount Rainier for a three day event and climb to the summit SALT LAKE CITY -- The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes SADS Foundation launched an awareness campaign through the second annual Climb to Conquer SADS...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/631407/competitor_analysi) has announced the addition of the "Competitor Analysis: Integrin Antagonists" report to their offering. The Competitive Intelligence Report Integrin Antagonists as of June 2008 provides a competitor analysis in the development pipeline of novel treatments of a series of indications such...
I have just returned from a five-month sabbatical in the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. For a time, I shared office space with Reid's health policy adviser where a knock on the door signaling a visit by a lobbyist was a daily occurrence. ...
Biologists are stumped by a plague that has killed tens of thousands, and perhaps hundreds of thousands, of bats this year in Northeastern states. The cause of "white-nose syndrome," so named because of the white fungus that appears on bats' noses and wings, remains a mystery. And the...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/490602/cardiology_acute) has announced the addition of the "Cardiology - Acute Coronary Syndrome, Anticoagulants" report to their offering. This report provides in-depth analysis of the market and pipeline from the perspective of global thought leaders. This report is based on a...
