Press releases
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30th May 2013
National Lipid Association Issues Statement on the Relationship Between Increased Body Fat And Abnormal Blood Cholesterol / Lipid Levels
Following a National Lipid Association (NLA) Consensus Conference held September 16, 2012, national leaders in the field of lipidology authored a consensus statement representing the most comprehensive review yet published on the impact of disturbances in calorie balance on lipid... Read more
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30th May 2013
Twitter a Popular Source for Vaccination Information, Debate
Twitter is a popular source for receiving and sharing new information about vaccines, and also a basically reliable one, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the... Read more
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28th May 2013
Elsevier Publishes Fourteen New Book Titles for the Petroleum Geology Industry
Books provide geoscientists new foundational content for oil and gas exploration
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced publishing fourteen new book titles for the petroleum geology industry. The new publications provide geoscientists with additional high-quality, foundational content that supports oil and gas... Read more
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27th May 2013
Reproductive Health Matters Announces Publication of its Latest Themed Issue: Young People, Sex and Relationships
Young people are demanding information and education about their bodies, sex, their sexuality and sexual health, as well as access to services that will support them to stay safe and healthy. Papers published in the latest themed issue of Reproductive... Read more
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27th May 2013
Elsevier Launches New Open Access Journal: Translational Proteomics
First articles now available online on ScienceDirect
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of Translational Proteomics, an online-only, open access journal devoted to transferring fundamental discoveries in the field of proteomics to clinical applications,... Read more
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22nd May 2013
Elsevier’s Journal Computers & Graphics Includes First Executable Papers Published Online on ScienceDirect
Special issue 3D Object Retrieval captures executable codes within online article framework ensuring easy reproducibility
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce that its journal Computers & Graphics for the first time has published executable papers in its special issue on 3D Object Retrieval within... Read more
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22nd May 2013
Elsevier Welcomes Dr. Tommaso Falcone As New Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, welcomes Dr. Tommaso Falcone, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG), official journal of the AAGL,... Read more
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22nd May 2013
Elsevier and Hanser Announce Plastics Engineering E-Book Collection Now Available on ScienceDirect
New books complement Elsevier’s engineering, chemistry and materials science collections
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and Hanser Publishers, the premier publisher of plastics technology and applied materials titles, today announced the companies will offer plastics researchers and engineers a new plastics e-book... Read more
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20th May 2013
Elsevier Launches Genomics Data App in Collaboration with Illumina
Genomics Data App now available in BaseSpace Apps
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, medical and technical products and services, announces the launch of the Genomics Data app in collaboration with Illumina, a sequencing and array-based solutions provider for genetics research. The app allows researchers to share large... Read more
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20th May 2013
Elsevier and Russian Ministry of Education and Science Announce 2013 Scopus Award Winners
Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science announced the winners of the 2013 Scopus Awards Russia. The Scopus Award program, first held in Russia in 2005,... Read more
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20th May 2013
Apex Affinity Selects Elsevier’s Gold Standard Drug Database
Elsevier will provide Apex with essential drug information in a streamlined database solution
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, medical and technical information products and services, today announced an agreement with Apex Affinity, provider of innovative prescription discount programs for uninsured and underinsured families nationwide. Apex has selected Elsevier’s Gold Standard Drug Database... Read more
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17th May 2013
New Study Pinpoints Biochemical Mechanism Underlying Fibrosis Following Glaucoma Surgery
Findings suggest VEGF inhibition via TGF-β1 may be beneficial, reports The American Journal of Pathology
The most common cause of failure after glaucoma surgery is scarring at the surgical site, so researchers are actively looking for ways to minimize or prevent scar formation. Previous work had suggested that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activates fibrosis,... Read more
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17th May 2013
Elsevier Announces Collaboration with The Geological Society of America To Add Over 60,000 Maps to Geofacets Research Tool
Addition of maps from prestigious journals and books dating back to 1934 brings total number of Geofacets maps to over 300,000
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, medical and technical information products and services, today announced its collaboration with The Geological Society of America (GSA), one of the largest and most prestigious societies serving geosciences professionals worldwide. The collaboration will formally... Read more
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17th May 2013
New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming (“Exergaming”) to Improve Children’s Health
Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, using active console... Read more
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16th May 2013
Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia is Connected to Reduced IQ
Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry
The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence (IQ) has not been clear. Schizophrenia is commonly associated with cognitive impairments that may cause functional disability. There are clues that reduced IQ may be linked to the risk... Read more
