Friday, April 19, 2024

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"THE MESSAGE that warfarin is not safe in pregnancy, but that heparin, in its various formulations, is, is pretty well disseminated among physicians," said Dr. Raymond O. Powrie, an obstetric internist and senior vice president for quality and clinical effectiveness at Women & Infants Hospital. /

Five Questions With: Dr. Raymond O. Powrie

Anticoagulants – drugs that stop blood from clotting – are widely used in medicine, including in some women of childbearing age. But while they...

AP peers honor 6 local TV, radio stations

BOSTON – Cranston-based WJAR-TV NBC 10 and Providence-based WPRI-TV CBS 12, news and talk radio 630 WPRO-AM, talk radio 920 WHJJ-AM, and public...

Memorial designated as primary stroke center

The Stroke Center at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island has been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, designating the facility...

Textron Financial adds special-assets EVP

PROVIDENCE – Textron Financial Corp. today announced it has hired Stewart L. Cohen, a finance veteran with more than 20 years experience in asset...
RESEARCHERS have found a way to better catalyze energy-producing reactions in a fuel cell by using palladium (Pd) nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have 40 times the surface area of the usual palladium particle, and last four times longer, they found. /

Brown study may mean cheaper fuel cells

PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University chemists appear to have overcome a key challenge to the use of palladium as a less-expensive catalyst in fuel...
Jim Van is CEO and founder of the Providence-based IT services firm Logicomm. /

Five Questions With: Jim Van

Jim Van is CEO and founder of Logicomm, a Providence-based IT services firm that focuses on the small business sector – in many cases,...

Carcieri to speak at R.I. biotech forum

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri will discuss the role of state government in fostering Rhode Island’s biotechnology and life sciences industry at a...

Atrion founder publishes new IT book

WARWICK – Charles L. Nault, founder and chairman of Atrion Networking Corp., has published a new book offering advice on how to make computer...

Deepwater starts Block Island studies

NEW SHOREHAM – Deepwater Wind, the New Jersey company chosen by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to build a $1.5 billion wind farm in federal...
A BALLOON CATHETER and optical fiber are inserted through a tiny incision, in the IlluminOss Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System. A light-sensitive liquid is used to fill the balloon (in images 2 and 3), then light is used to activate and rapidly harden the compound. /

IlluminOss system gets CE mark

EAST PROVIDENCE – IlluminOss Medical Inc. today announced it has been granted a CE mark for its minimally invasive Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System, allowing...
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