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Computerized order entry/decision support systems: Effective solution to managing imaging utilization

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to managing imaging utilization, ...


New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money ...


Expert advises automakers to take it slow on road to recovery

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis says it's time for the auto industry to go through a period of capacity rationalization.


Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.


iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.


No need to fast for cholesterol test

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major study has found.


Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by ...


Black Friday LCD-TV prices down 22 pct, sales up

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A research firm says decisive price cuts are helping sales of LCD flat panel TVs rise after Thanksgiving.


Where are the female scientists in research articles?

Where are the female scientists in research articles?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A recent research article published in the journal Scientometrics by a team from the University of Extremadura (UEX) has proved something that was already obvious to its scientific community - the extreme imbala ...


GSK swine flu drug approved in US: company

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has announced that US regulators have approved its swine flu vaccine for adults in the United States.


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AOL to log additional $200M in restructuring costs

Technology / Business

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- New regulatory filings suggest many more layoffs could be coming at AOL LLC as it separates from Time Warner Inc. by the end of the year.


New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ON ...


Lizards change their diet to avoid predators

Lizards change their diet to avoid predators

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A scientist from the University of Salamanca and another from Yale University have shown that the presence of predators affects the behaviour of Acanthodactylus beershebensis, a lizard species from the Ne ...


Despite some benefit, drug ads can be harmful to your health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While the debate over prescription drug advertising persists, a new study released online in the American Journal of Public Health offers guidelines for improving drug ads in order to minimize potential harm and maximize ...


Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Gene increases effectiveness of drugs used to fight cancer and allows reduction in dosage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have found a suicide gene, called 'gene E', which leads to the death of tumour cells derived from breast, lung and colon cancer, and prevents their growth. ...