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GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The city of Watsonville, California is continuing to defy the state's decree that all cities with a population over 10,000 fluoridate their water supply if an outside entity is willing to provide funding for the installation and operation of the facilities necessary. The voters in that city passed a ban on water fluoridation in 2002 and while the ban was narrowly passed by the city council, one of the city's largest employers is considering moving...

In a step toward more efficient, smaller and higher-definition display screens, a University of Michigan professor has developed a new type of color filter made of nano-thin sheets of metal with precisely spaced gratings.The gratings, sliced into metal-dielectric-metal stacks, act as resonators. They trap and transmit light of a particular color, or wavelength, said Jay Guo, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. A dielectric is a material...

RIVER EDGE, N.J., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nephros, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NEPH), a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, announced today financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2010. Increased revenues by 54% to approximately $809,000 from prior year period.Reduced loss from operations by approximately $228,000 or 38% from prior year period."In the second...

Two specific types of vena cava filters, devices used to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, appear to have evidence of fracturing inside the body, with some fractured fragments traveling to the heart and causing potentially life-threatening complications, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the November 8 print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Venous thromboembolism, or the formation of blood clots in the veins,...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tiffen Company, a Long Island-based leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, motion picture and broadcast markets, announced an update to the popular Photo fx Ultra, a photo enhancement software application for the Apple iPad. The Photo fx Ultra v2 is available at the Apple iTunes store for $5.99 and free update to current Photo fx Ultra users. What's new. The added Paint filter to the Image group...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tiffen Company, a Long Island based leading manufacturer and distributor of photographic accessories, announced an update to its award-winning Photo fx(TM) digital image effects software for Apple® iPhone® and iPod Touch® owners. Tiffen Photo fx v4 software is currently available as a free update for current Photo fx owners and is available from the Apple iTunes app store for only $2.99. "We listened to what users asked for with our...

RIVER EDGE, N.J., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nephros, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NEPH), a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, today reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a formal response to the company's 510(k) application. On June 30, Nephros received a final decision letter from the FDA for the company's 510(k) submission which stated that the FDA could...

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Crux Biomedical®Inc. announced today that it has successfully enrolled the first patient in its Retrieve 2 pivotal U.S. IDE trial. The trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Crux's new Vena Cava Filter (VCF). The Crux VCF is a retrievable, implantable filter which is designed to trap blood clots that can lead to a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). It is the first VCF to be developed that is bidirectional and thus permits...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer in full swing, a refreshing glass of water is -- or should be -- on all consumers' daily regimen. But with concerns over water contaminants and backlash against bottled water, consumers need to be reassured they are making the right choice when it comes to their drinking water. Whirlpool Corporation's "Change Your Refrigerator Water Filter" month reminds consumers that fresh filtered water is the best way to quench summer thirst and...

CARSON, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With longer days, warmer temperatures, long holiday weekends and, for many, more leisure time, summer tends to bring out the fixer-upper and DIYer in all of us. So, the team of expert mechanics at AutoMD.com (www.automd.com) has released a ranking of the "easiest car repair jobs you can (and should) do yourself" - designed to send even the most timid DFM'er (Do-it-for-Me!) under the hood to save money and time. If the thought of replacing...