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LabVantage Solutions, Inc., a global provider of laboratory IT solutions and services, today announced the release of LabVantage CORTEX, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI), analytics and automation platform. The launch represents a strategic evolution of the company’s laboratory IT portfolio, integrating advanced artificial intelligence and smarter automation into the core LabVantage LIMS experience to help laboratories operate with greater accuracy, efficiency and confidence. LabVantage CORTEX is built to support the growing demand for intelligent, automated laboratory environments across industries, including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, food and beverage, oil and gas, forensics and more. LabVantage CORTEX provides a customer-centric artificial intelligence and…

Search and rescue (SAR) teams in US national parks respond to lost hikers, injured climbers, stranded boaters, missing children, and emergency medical emergencies. Their work ranges from relatively simple trail searches to high-angle rope rescues, rapid water retrievals, helicopter evacuations and multi-day backcountry operations.The National Park Service (NPS) has its own search and rescue capability. Many parks employ licensed law enforcement rangers and specialist rescue rangers who are trained in technical rescue, emergency medicine and incident management. Some large or high-risk parks maintain dedicated SAR teams consisting of full-time personnel.At the same time, NPS often collaborates with volunteer and partner…

Are you “not redoing” your recovery? If your recovery doesn’t meet the same standards you’ve set for your performance in the gym, you’re short-changing your results. It’s time to improve your templates with these tips We are all obsessed with standards – fitness standards, movement standards, performance standards, regulatory standards and physiological standards are just a few that guide their approach. But all too often, recovery is the standard missing from this list. If you train like a pro but recover like an amateur, you’re essentially “not repeating” your training. So why do we often treat our recovery as if…

How it happens and what you can do. From Dr. Haider Najjar, MBChB, FRANZCOG, Fertility Specialist and Co-Founder, Create Fertility and Create Health and Kerryn Boyle, BExSci, Prenatal Exercise Specialist and Women’s Health Specialist, Co-Founder of PregActive. In today’s busy world – with jobs, family, money worries and everything else – stress is something that almost everyone feels. As people who help women (and couples) on their fertility and pregnancy paths, we see how constant stress can really hinder trying to conceive. It’s not the only factor, but it’s a big one that’s easy to overlook. Dr. Najjar puts it…

I have been a trainer in the fitness industry for over two decades and recently did something for the first time in my professional career.No, I did not recommend a juice cleanse to a client.No, I didn’t do my first bike pull.And no, I didn’t not Play Wu-Tang Clan on Wu-Tang WednesdaysI joined a commercial gym.Who cares? And why?Admittedly, I can understand why some of you reading might be thinking to yourself, “ooooo, Tony.”It’s too stupid to announce.I mean people go to commercial gyms all the time. Like brushing their teeth in the morning, making a grilled cheese sandwich, or,…

After a heart attack, the heart struggles to regain and maintain energy. One-third of patients develop heart failure as a result ⎯ a condition that affects 6.8 million Americans and carries a high lifetime risk, with 1 in 4 US adults expected to develop the condition in their lifetime. This makes finding a lasting cure a medical priority.Because heart failure is basically an energy crisis for the heart, mitochondria, the organelles that live inside most cells and produce the energy cells need to function, could be a critical ally in recovery. Using a CRISPR-based technique, researchers at Rice University and…

I woke up this morning with the words of a song running through my head: What the world needs now is love sweet love. Written in 1965 by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and made famous by Dionne Warwick. It was the year I graduated from college and began my career as a marriage and family counselor. If you visit my website, MenAlive.com, you will see the welcome video Confessions of a Twice Divorced Marriage Counselor. I write an article every week that I hope will help people who, like me, are interested in sex, love, intimacy and marriage. Let…

Let’s talk about stress first Before we talk about resetting the nervous system, it helps to understand what stress actually does inside the body. Anxiety is often treated as an emotion or mood, but it is actually a biological reaction that starts in the brain. When the brain senses a threat or a challenge, it activates the body’s stress response. Hormones like cortisol and adrenaline move quickly through the bloodstream and prepare the body to react. Your heart rate increases, blood pressure increases and your muscles prepare for action. The system is incredibly effective and has helped people survive dangerous…

This story originally reported by Jennifer Gerson of The 19th, and republishing via Rewire News Grouphis collaboration with the 19th News Network. One of the most commonly used forms of menopause hormone therapy is hard to come by right now. This is true of estradiol patches, as two of the largest manufacturers report being in want. Estradiol is a form of estrogen and these patches are a way to release the hormone transdermally or through the skin. Transdermal estrogens are often prescribed by menopause specialists because the delivery prevents the liver from processing estrogen and therefore does not increase the…

Need a quick kid-friendly dinner? These 10 picky-eater-friendly 3-ingredient dinners are quick, practical, and ready in about 20 minutes—perfect for busy nights. It’s 5 in the afternoon. Everyone is hungry. You are tired. And the last thing you want is a dinner plan that requires 14 ingredients and three separate pans. This post is about those nights. Here it is 10 kid-friendly, picky-eater dinners this usage only 3 basic ingredients (seasonings don’t count!) and it can be on the table about 20 minutes—because real life doesn’t always leave room for “from scratch.” My 3-Ingredient Dinner Rules (So This Stays Easy)…