Archive for March 4th, 2010

• (AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-04 22:52 UPDATE 1-Rambus says two patents affirmed in Nvidia fight (Interactive Investor)

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 684] SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) – Memory chip designer Rambus Inc said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had affirmed two of three patents at the center of a legal dispute over whether graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp infringed on Rambus technology. Rambus’ stock rose 6.82 percent to close at $23.19 on [...]

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• Acacia Buys 49 Storage Patents (socalTech.com)

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 685] Newport Beach-based Acacia Research, which aggressively acquires and licenses patents, said today that it has acquired two patent portfolios, made up of 24 U.S. patents, 7 U.S. patent applications, and 18 foreign patents, from a “major” technology company. The firm said the patents cover storage networks and disk array systems. Name of [...]

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• Island Intellectual Property Awarded Additional Patents for FDIC Cash Sweep Technology (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 692] NEW YORK—-Island Intellectual Property LLC , which owns and manages the intellectual property for Double Rock Corporation, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, is pleased to announce that on March 2, 2010, the U.S.

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• Study suggests vitamin D supplements may decrease insulin resistance, fight depression

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 674] A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). This nutrient lifts mood during cold weather months when days are short and more time is spent indoors.

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• Older women with suspected ovarian cancer often not referred for investigation as quickly as younger women

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 675] Older women with suspected ovarian cancer are often not referred for investigation as quickly as younger women, new research suggests.

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• In-depth report on nourishment, health product manufacturing industry in China

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 676] Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0ae476/china_nourishment) has announced the addition of the “China nourishment, health product manufacturing industry, 2010″ report to their offering.

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• Androxal Type C meeting: Repros Therapeutics receives FDAs version of minutes

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 677] Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company has received the FDA’

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• Women who participate in sorority rush display body dissatisfaction and eating disorder behaviors

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 678] Undergraduate women who join a sorority are more likely to judge their own bodies from an outsider’s perspective (known as self-objectification) and display higher levels of bulimic attitudes and behaviors than those who do not take part in the sorority’s recruitment process.

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• PCF: PSA screening remains valuable tool for identifying potential prostate disease

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 679] Responding to continued debate over PSA screening, and today’

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• Wasteful medical spending clogs health care industry

  March 4, 2010

  [Story ID: 680] CNN: “Consider this: For every dollar the nation spends on health care, 50 cents is wasted. According to a 2008 report by Pricewaterhouse Cooper’s Health Research Institute, wasteful spending accounts for $1.2 trillion of the $2.2 trillion spent on health care in the United States.” CNN says the waste includes “costs associated [...]

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