Detection of major depressive disorder in Chinese Americans in primary care.
Abstract Objective: To assess the prevalence of major depressive disorder in Chinese Americans in the greater Boston area. Patients and Methods: Chinese American participants were recruited through 10 primary care clinics in greater Boston. Depression was determined by assessment on 2 screening instruments, the Mental...

Global Broadband Wireless Industry Leaders, Regulators, Users Converge at WCA 2001.
Who: 2,500+ telecommunications executives and regulators from 60 nations. What: Largest-ever event focused exclusively on broadband wireless access (BWA) -- the high-speed, high-capacity services that deliver Internet and related telecom services. 14th annual show for industry's leading non-profit association...

Magnetic material for military radar systems.
Researchers at Northeastern University, USA, have developed a ceramic magnet that they say will enable radar technology used by the US military to be smaller, lighter and cheaper without compromising on performance. Many of the radar technologies used by the US Navy and Air Force require magnetic...

Elastomeric nanocomposites with electromechanical properties.
US researchers have devised a method to obtain aligned and patterned multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) embedded in a soft polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix. The resulting nanocomposite is described by the researchers as an extremely flexible thin film with valuable electromechanical properties. The work was carried out...

NMT Medical sells neurosciences unit to Integra LifeSciences. (Industry News).
As part of its strategy to focus exclusively on its cardiovascular business unit, NMT Medical Inc is selling its neurosciences business to Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp for US$5.4 million in cash. The company's neurosciences business includes a range of implantable, single-use products, including cerebral spinal shunts and...

Collagen biomembrane for skin wounds wins US market clearance.
A collagen biomembrane for the management of skin wounds, trademarked DressSkin, recently gained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The product emerges from TEI Biosciences Inc's core technologies. These include collagen biomembranes, capable of being remodelled, with broad applications for the repair and regeneration...

Umbilical cord blood useful for adults, says study.
Umbilical cord blood (UCB) from unrelated donors is a feasible alternative source of haematopoietic stem cells for use in adults, to treat certain diseases such as haematological cancer and other non-malignant diseases, reports the New England Journal of Medicine (Laughlin et al, 14 June 2001). The Journal...

NMT Medical accuses Cardia of patent infringement.
NMT Medical Inc and its partner, the Children's Medical Center Corp (CMCC), recently filed a civil complaint against Cardia Inc for infringement of a patent owned by CMCC and licensed to NMT. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleges that...

NMT medical settles arbitration.
US company NMT Medical Inc said it has settled outstanding arbitration with Bio-Tech Engineering Inc, Ferenc Schmidt and the estate of Kevin Maughan (BTE). The original demand for arbitration was filed by BTE on 1 June 2002. The company sought US$ 10 million for alleged breach of...

NMT Medical's septal occluder wins humanitarian approval.
Some ventricular septal defects located at the base of the heart are particularly difficult to close because they are hard to see. However, a cardiac implant that closes holes in the heart can now be used under humanit-arian guidelines devised by the US Food & Drug Administration. ...