Posts Categorized: Healthcare

ZenPlugs Custom Moulded Earplugs Can Prevent Tinnitus and Noise Induced Hearing Loss

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Tinnitus, often described as ringing or buzzing in the ears, is associated with noise-induced hearing loss and deafness caused by repeated or prolonged exposure to loud noise.  It may be permanent and when severe it can have devastating effects on people’s lives, resulting in depression, anxiety, insomnia, relationship breakdown and loss of employment.  ZenPlugs Custom… Read more »

Verizon Awards $5,000 Domestic Violence Grant To Westchester NY Business Woman

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A Verizon Wireless Domestic Violence Entrepreneurship Grant has been awarded to Margie Nugent, owner of Making Faces Parties Inc. The grant provides funding to entrepreneurs in New York State who have escaped the cycle of violence and gone on to launch small businesses.  Recognizing that survivors have  “a strong incentive to be self-sufficient and violence-free”… Read more »

Astrid released its free, comprehensive biobank guideline

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Astrid, a Vienna-based bioinformatics and biobank-software company, today announced that it has released its free biobank guideline (BioReq), a comprehensive study which covers the full range of activities related to biological repositories or biobank development. In recent years there has been an increasing need to automate many of the error-prone and time-consuming tasks such as… Read more »