The robot will see you now (Boston Globe)

BEVERLY - The robot glides past the beeping heart monitor, past a row of patients supine on their electric beds, past the beehive of the nurses’ station. The sleek, metallic body, dusky blue, stops outside Room 9 and slowly rolls through the doorway.

Major Japanese Robot Developer Seeks Discussions With U.S. Mobile Robot Co. (Marketwire)

CONYERS, GA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : GCKO ) announced today that a major Japanese mobile service robot developer has expressed interest in licensing GeckoSystems' "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security, and Service"T for manufacturing and distribution in Japan. Martin Spencer, President/CEO of GeckoSystems stated: "As all of us here at ...

Risk of breast cancer and a single-nucleotide polymorphism (PhysOrg)

The single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) known as 2q35-rs13387042 is associated with increased risk of estrogen receptor (ER) -positive and -negative breast cancer, according to a study published online July 1 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men (PhysOrg)

Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.

Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same (PhysOrg)

Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is titled "Adolescent Smoking: Who Matters More, Good Guys or Bad Guys?"

Swine flu cases reach over 77,000 worldwide: WHO (PhysOrg)

Some 77,201 people worldwide have caught swine flu, with 332 having died from it, latest statistics posted Wednesday by the World Health Organisation showed.

Researchers find clear difference in quality, type of lung cancer info available in US and Japan (PhysOrg)

A study published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology revealed that internet-based lung cancer information was of a higher quality in the United States (US) than in Japan. Dr. Yasushi Goto of the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo and his team of researchers from both the US and Japan evaluated 150 Web sites and determined noticeable differences in the quality and ...

Bad medicine: Health care can cause harm when focus is on providing services instead of improving health (PhysOrg)

Are individuals, families, communities and employers getting their money's worth from US healthcare? That's the big question in the news today, pushed further into the spotlight by the Obama administration.

Researchers discover new fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (PhysOrg)

Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells.

Major Intl. German Mfg. Seeks Discussions With U.S. Mobile Robot Co. (Marketwire)

CONYERS, GA--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : GCKO ) announced today that a major, multi-billion dollar German manufacturer has extended an important request to GeckoSystems to meet with their senior management at their corporate headquarters in Conyers, GA. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot industry revolutionizing their ...