Sentences with phrase «blood than blood»

Not exact matches

That means Theranos is using full blood draws, from patients» arms, rather than a few drops of blood from pricking patients» fingers, which up to that point had been one of the company's key competitive advantages.

Designers of an app that alerts the user to low blood - sugar levels, for instance, might think about how technology can transmit its feedback to the body in ways that are more direct than displaying information on a smartphone screen.

CBS All Access users have access to the network's library of more than 7,500 episodes of programming, including full seasons of current shows like Big Brother and Blue Bloods, as well as classic CBS programs.

In addition, optimists had significantly better blood sugar and cholesterol levels, exercised more, and had healthier body mass indexes, and were less likely to smoke than pessimists.

Because ordinary lab equipment requires more blood than that, the accuracy of Theranos» blood test results were called into question.

Some 29 million Americans have some form of diabetes — and an additional 86 million of us (over the age of 20) have prediabetes, meaning that we have higher - than - normal levels of blood sugar.

«We can perform hundreds of tests, from standard to sophisticated, from a pinprick and tiny sample of blood, and we have performed more than 70 tests from a single tiny sample,» a representative for the company told Tech Insider in April.

That sometimes allows small amounts of blood to pool in the chambers rather than being pushed through.

Holmes and Theranos made waves in Silicon Valley and the diagnostics industry two years ago, when investors lined up to boost the valuation of a company that claimed it would soon offer more than 1,000 varieties of blood diagnostics tests without the need for a syringe.

According to CAS International, the largest anti — bullfighting organization in the world, every year more than 250,000 bulls and cows are left at the blood sport's mercy.

A 2003 study in New Zealand indicated people who travel for four or more hours have three times the risk of developing blood clots in their limbs than those who do not travel.

The blood - testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes had a big year — racking up more than $ 400 million in investment.

This is not news; the city's decay — the slow letting of its industrial heart's blood, the fleeing of more than half its citizens, the blight that has shuttered tens of thousands of homes and businesses — has been covered extensively by the media.

The minimum requirements for an employee to reach the bronze level (for a 22 % discount) are a cholesterol count less than 195, a blood pressure of 140/90, and a BMI of less than 30.

CNBC reports that after more than two decades of bad blood and legal wrangling between states and the online giant, Amazon will collect sales tax in all states that have such a levy.

According to a Wall Street Journal story, Theranos uses machines made by Siemens for many of its blood tests, rather than its own machine, dubbed Edison.

It sounds outlandish, but Seppälä insists that, according to one study at least «lack of social connection is a greater detriment to health than obesity, smoking and high blood pressure.»

Victims included 12 members of Carter's crew and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who financed the excavation and died of blood poisoning less than a year later.

In fact, they showed no more risk of developing metabolic syndrome [high blood pressure, high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol and excess waistline fat] than the average non-workaholic employee,» reports Knowledge@Wharton.

COPENHAGEN, Oct 2 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest insulin producer, said its insulin degludec had shown 43 percent lower rates of night - time low blood sugar levels than glargine from rival drugmaker Sanofi.

The results were pretty shocking, even to the researchers: Those who saved the bread for later had far more stable blood sugar levels (an average, peak blood sugar levels were as much as 30 % lower, a very significant change) than the volunteers who are the bread first.

Now for some more caveats: The sample, while large, was overwhelmingly made up of white people, and the measure of vitamin intake was based on surveys rather than blood draws (which could potentially lead to some misleading results).

Outside of some blood splatters going across the screen there really isn't much to it, other than the basic plot, which is that the story is set in post-Civil War Wyoming during a blizzard.

This method has proven most effective in blood cancers (rather than solid tumors) such as leukemias and lymphomas.

And, as a result, many people with diabetes check their blood glucose less often than they should.»

Despite performing more than six million blood tests over the past couple of years, Theranos, the embattled Silicon Valley startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, somehow managed to blow through nearly $ 700 million without generating any revenue, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Rather than leaving class to go to the nurse's office multiple times a day, he discreetly monitors his blood sugar on his Apple Watch.

A California company called Dexcom connected a continuous glucose monitor (a device that had been around for more than a decade) wirelessly to a smartphone (or smart watch), allowing the user to read, plot, and share blood sugar levels with anyone, at five - minute intervals, all day long — and sending an alert when patients were at risk.

A recent study published by Northern Kentucky University suggests that mixing alcohol with diet soda results in higher blood alcohol levels than mixing with sugary sodas.

But these women have a higher risk of preeclampsia, a condition involving high blood pressure, and their babies tend to be smaller than average.

But what we often forget is that serving our existing customers is more profitable than constantly pursuing fresh blood.

Founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos is now valued at more than $ 9 billion (soon possibly more) based on its push to create blood tests that require just a few drops of blood from a finger prick.

Agios Pharmaceuticals shares plunged more than 18 percent after the company discontinued development of an experimental drug for rare blood disorder due to side effects seen in a study.

Multiple outlets published stories yesterday reporting that results from finger blood tests by medical startup Theranos showed greater irregularities than more conventional tests (according to the first published independent assessment of the company's tests).

«We need red blood cells to live (the same way a business needs profits to live), but the purpose of life is more than to make red blood cells (the same way the purpose of business is more than simply to generate profits).»

Xarelto, from Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson, and Eliquis, sold by Bristol - Myers Squibb and Pfizer, were approved as safer and more convenient alternatives for preventing blood clots and strokes than warfarin.

While there is little doubt that oil is the metaphoric blood of the economy, we can not forget that there over 58 other elements that are critical to sustaining the consumer - industrial complex - and many of these are on target to be economically depleted within less than thirty years.

It could save you a bit of blood, as it requires a bit more patience and a different technique than those dull cartridge or disposable razors you're used to.

Fasting will help stabilise blood sugar levels and force your body to draw on its own fat reserves for energy, rather than being dependent on a constant stream of food.

«Theranos's technology is both transformative and transparent: Our blood tests are faster, less expensive and require less blood than traditionally required.»

Theranos, a privately held company founded by Ms. Holmes, 31, after she dropped out of Stanford at age 19, has been trying to swat down suspicions that the capability it has promoted — being able to do a wide range of medical tests cheaply and quickly using only a finger prick of blood — is more hype than reality.

We'll use smartphones to scan for risk factors of high blood pressure or type - 2 diabetes, «visit» with specialists remotely at medical kiosks — and when we do go for an in - person exam, we'll spend the bulk of time seeing the doctor rather than reading old magazines in the waiting room.

It is more like: «Look, I don't know if you're a pyramid scheme or what, but some people think you are, so I want my money back,» which is less an assertion of fraud on Herbalife's part than it is an assertion of red - blooded American litigiousness on the plaintiffs» part.

Like pregnancy, combination hormonal birth control methods increase the risk of serious blood clots (see graph below), especially in women who have other risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, or age greater than 35.

The Red Cross supplies our hospital partners in Puerto Rico with blood products collected in the continental U.S. With local blood collections on the island significantly impacted by Hurricane Maria, the Red Cross has provided more than 1,000 blood and platelet products to help hospitals the Red Cross does not typically supply.

The regulator says that the blood - testing company raised more than $ 700 million from investors by making false and exaggerated statements about its technology and performance.

Now, thanks to the UPS - supported Zipline drone delivery program, blood is delivered directly to the patients whose lives depend on it in less than 30 minutes, and sometimes even faster.

If children and infants were killed it was quick and better than a life of live sacrifice in red hot arms or growing up blood thirsty and wicked.

No greater rivers of blood & misery have been spilled than in the name of religion & «God».

Numerous studies have shown that religious people donate more time, more money, and donate more blood than any other group of people.