Aflex Hose today launch Corroline, an innovative new PTFE lined flexible hose product which not only supersedes but also improves upon the wide variety of alternative Chemical Hose designs currently available.

The use of heat to promote health and well being is well known. Now lipotherme , a technique to harness the power of heat-generating lasers, is being used to selectively break up unwanted body fat and reshape the body. Developed

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a new device to heat body tissue in a controlled manner by using carbon dioxide lasers. This technique, called 'laser welding', can be used by surgeons to seal wounds inside as well as

A groundbreaking new study shows that eaters of lower energy dense breakfast have improved diet quality, and may have a better ability to maintain a healthy weight.The study, published in the November 2008 issue of the American Journal of Clinical

Saint Louis University researchers have identified a novel way of getting a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease and stroke into the brain where it can do its work."We found a unique approach for delivering drugs to the brain," says William

Naturally produced sex hormones may influence the risk and progression of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a recent study. The findings may help explain the increased risk men have of developing heart disease, which

A University of South Carolina study of children's dental health has found that nearly one-fourth of the nation's children have had no dental care in at least a year.Conducted by researchers at the S.C. Rural Health Research Center at the

They based their conclusion on an analysis of data on 173,000 Medicare beneficiaries. The overall average age of the beneficiaries was 70.7 years, while the average age for those with heart failure was between 76 and 77 years.

So say U.S. researchers who analyzed data on 18,240 patients who received a heart transplant between 1998 and 2007.

Those numbers might be similar for Americans, one expert said. "Data in the U.S. are likely comparable and, given prevailing policies with regard to contraception, may be worse," said Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at

The challenge of air pollution is that what people are exposed to and what most studies talk about . . . rarely represent the micro environment of what's in your house," explained American Heart Association spokesman Dr. Russell Luepker, Mayo

That's the sobering conclusion of the March of Dimes' first annual Premature Birth Report Card , released Wednesday. Not a single state earned an "A." Only one -- Vermont -- received a "B," and 23 states were given a "D."

The 31-year study of almost 14,000 Danish men and women found a direct association between higher triglyceride levels and risk of ischemic stroke, the most common kind that occurs when a clot blocks a brain blood vessel, said the report

During that period, ending in 2006, there were 3,299 children waiting for a heart transplant. Of those, 58 percent were white, 20 percent were black, 16 percent were Hispanic, 3 percent were Asian, and 3 percent were listed as other.

They're also much more likely to claim they are "A" students with high IQs -- even though other research shows that today's students do less homework than their counterparts did in the 1970s.

A battle between proteins to turn a breast cancer gene off or on determines if tamoxifen works or not, the scientists report. The finding could be used to spot those women who won't respond to the drug, and it may

African-Americans have been shown in some studies to be nearly twice as likely to not take their medicines when compared to Caucasians," study lead author Dr. Olugbenga Ogedegbe, an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine,

Researchers reporting at the American Heart Association's (AHA) annual scientific sessions in New Orleans found that adding angioplasty to optimal medical therapy improved angina-related symptoms in some patients but "at a cost generally considered to be prohibitive as a routine