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Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Cell Cue for Destroying Tumors; Advances Opportunity for Cancer Treatments.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified and characterized an important signal used by the human immune system to help destroy tumors. When this signal is generated inside...

Airline Performance Declines; Jet Blue Still No. 1 in Airline Quality Rating.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the third consecutive year, Jet Blue was the best performing airline according to the 16th annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) study. However, 15 of...

Worm Procreation: 50 Ways to Become Your Lover.
April 3, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to love among worms, thexre's more than one way for a gal to leave her lover and still keep the worm population booming. In a...

Researchers Identify Genes in Fruitflies That May Shed Light on Human Cancer Spread.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- By searching through all the genes in the fruitfly genome, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified those required for a certain type of cell migration and...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Zero in on Diagnosing Sometimes Fatal Heart Rhythm Disorder.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A clinical test developed at Mayo Clinic unmasks a potentially lethal syndrome known as long QT syndrome (LQTS), particularly concealed type 1 LQTS (LQT1), according to...

Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center to Unveil Futuristic Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles April 28.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), part of the Robotics Institute in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, will unveil "Crusher,"...

Soy's Cancer Prevention Properties in Doubt, Study Review Says.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 18 epidemiologic studies revealing that women who eat soy products may have...

Epilepsy Surgery Successful for Alleviating Seizures Over the Long Term.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In one of the largest epilepsy surgery studies ever conducted, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that 81 percent of patients with intractable epilepsy become totally or...

Johns Hopkins Study Suggests Commercially Available Antibiotic May Help Fight Dementia in HIV Patients; Clinical Trials Not Yet on Horizon.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- An antibiotic commonly used to treat a variety of serious infections may also help prevent dementia in HIV patients, according to a test-tube study of human...

Harvard Study: Strong Link Between Fluoridated Water and Bone Cancer in Boys; Department Chair With Industry Ties Misrepresented Results to Federal Authorities.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Boys who drink water with levels of fluoride considered safe by federal guidelines are five times more likely to have a rare bone cancer than boys who drink...

Experts to Discuss Myths, Facts About High School Dropouts; Dropouts Show Surprising Persistence in Drive to Complete Education, Says New Report.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Jobs for the Future BOSTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The authors of a new Jobs for the Future report to be released Thursday that debunks some of the popular myths about high school dropouts will discuss their findings and...

NASA's Spitzer Finds Hints of Planet Birth Around Dead Star.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. The infrared telescope surveyed the...

Study Finds Two Supermassive Black Holes Spiraling Toward Collision.
April 5, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pair of supermassive black holes in the distant universe are intertwined and spiraling toward a merger that will create a single super-supermassive black...

Power of Speech Drives Military Vehicles; VoxGen, Rochester Institute of Technology Play Key Role in System That Oversees Vehicle Maintenance.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Speech recognition specialist VoxGen has been selected to add speech interface technology to a system, developed for the Department of Defense by...

Commonly Used Blood Pressure Medication Prevents Aortic Aneurysm in Mice With Marfan Syndrome, Johns Hopkins Study Shows; Research Advances Likelihood of Clinical Treatment for Inherited Vascular Condition, Affirms Promise of Genetic Research.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins have used a commonly prescribed blood pressure medicine, losartan (Cozaar), to prevent a potentially fatal weakening of arteries...

War Between the Sexes Influences Evolution in Some Species, Say Scientists.
April 6, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Competition and conflict between males and females start inside the egg in some species, say scientists. Birds, butterflies, and...

Contaminants May Play Role in Apparent Decline of White Sturgeon in Columbia River.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- White sturgeon populations in the Columbia River may be declining due to the presence of elevated amounts of foreign chemicals including DDT and polychlorinated...

Controversial Findings Help Explain Evolution of Life.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., April 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at Oregon State University have pioneered a controversial theory about how supposedly-stable DNA bases can be pushed into a "dark state" in which they...

What Helps African-American Boys Succeed in Mathematics?
April 7, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although the National Assessment of Educational Progress last year reported a slight narrowing of the achievement gap between black and white students in...

New Study Finds That High-Achieving Teens Choose Colleges More on Quality of Specific Majors Than Institutional Reputation; Rankings Matter Less Than Quality of Academic Programs, Tuition, Collaboration With Faculty; Availability of Aid a Crucial Factor in Enrollment Decision.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. WASHINGTON, April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- High-achieving college bound seniors, now eagerly awaiting their college acceptance letters, are likely to choose a college that offers an outstanding academic program...

Shock Wave Therapy for Kidney Stones Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Hypertension.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers are sounding an alert about side effects of shock wave lithotripsy: In a research study, they found this common treatment for kidney stones to...

Altering Genetic Blueprint of Receptors in Brain Could Help Stroke Victims Avoid Brain Damage, University of Central Florida Research Shows.
April 10, 2006... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Central Florida researcher has discovered that altering a receptor that mediates communication between nerve cells in the brain...

Discovery by Danforth Center Researcher Provides Greater Detail About Plant Cell Wall Formation; Research Results Have Important Implications for Understanding How Plants Gain Architectural Strength.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine wood that is stronger yet lighter, or ethanol that is cheaper due to more efficient production processes. The current edition of The Journal of...

Study: Paramedics Save More Lives When They Don't Follow the Rules.
April 10, 2006... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Survival rates following the most common form of cardiac arrest increased three-fold when emergency medical personnel used a new form of CPR developed at The...

Consumer Reports Reveals the Truth About Outlet Stores: Goods of High Quality but Not Always Rock-Bottom Prices; Strategies for Saving Big Bucks.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shoppers who visit stores at outlet malls expecting to scrounge through bins of mediocre merchandise should give their perceptions a makeover, according to the May issue...

No More Broken Antennas at the Carwash: Clark School Engineers Create Flexible Antenna Material.
April 11, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a trip to the carwash without that feeling of panic when you realize you've left your radio antenna up. That worry could become a...

Seismic Data From Hydrophones Indicates Tectonic Plates off Pacific Northwest Coast Migrating.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore., April 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The three major tectonic plates off the Pacific Northwest coast are undergoing a gradual shift, and the area in which they converge - popularly known as the...

Skills of Immigrants Rising, Say Colgate and University of Iowa Experts.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Apr. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- With Congressional immigration legislation pending, a new study published in the Southern Economic Journal found that changes in immigration policy that control the...

Principal Leadership, School Climate Critical to Retaining Beginning Teachers, Duke Study Finds.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Apr. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Beginning teachers are more likely to remain in the profession if they are satisfied with the principal's leadership and school climate, according to a new Duke University...

Paleontologists Learn How Not to Become a Fossil: Findings Identify How Preservation Distorts History of Life on Earth.
April 12, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The best way to avoid becoming a fossil is to be small and live in deep, tropical waters. So say four paleontologists who have published a detailed, global study of clam...

Dropout Rates in U.S. Continue to Endanger High School Success.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Carnegie Corporation NEW YORK, April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Time magazine's current cover story on "Dropout Nation," along with two days of programming on the Oprah Winfrey Show, has put renewed focus on the dropout problem...

New Lunar Rock Ages Indicate Cataclysmic Meteorite Bombardment of Moon, Earth.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- New age measurements of lunar rocks returned by the Apollo space missions have revealed that a surprising number of the rocks show signs of melting about 3.9...

Walrus Calves Stranded by Melting Sea Ice.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have reported an unprecedented number of unaccompanied and possibly abandoned walrus calves in the Arctic Ocean, where melting sea ice...

Study Shows Vegan Diets Healthier for Planet, People Than Meat Diets.
April 13, 2006... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The food that people eat is just as important as what kind of cars they drive when it comes to creating the greenhouse-gas emissions that many scientists have linked to...

Dispelling the Graduation Myth: Why High School Graduation Rates Are Much Higher Than Believed, Especially for Blacks, Hispanics; National Conference Call April 19.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Economic Policy Institute WASHINGTON, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent reports that only half of minorities and two-thirds of all students end up with a high school diploma have been accepted as gospel, with a new Manhattan...

Purdue Creates Simpler Alternative for Chemical-Analysis Method.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a relatively simple alternative to sophisticated techniques now used to ionize materials, a critical step needed...

Climate-Change Model Shows Global Warming Poses Major Threat to Ski Industry By 2050; State of Rockies Report Projects Snowpack Losses Of 37 to 70 Percent In Region.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Colorado College COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Apr. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global warming may spell disaster for much of the Rocky Mountain West's ski industry by the year 2050, according to a climate-trends model showing dramatic...

Rocky Mountain Region's Non-Whites and Poor Live Closest to Toxic Places; Annual State of The Rockies Report Points Out Cities' Environmental Justice Issues.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Colorado College COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Apr. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In most major metropolitan areas of the Rocky Mountain West, non-whites and the poor live closest to toxic areas, according to the Colorado College 2006 State...

New Maps Provide Clues to Historic 2005 Red Tide Outbreak In New England and Hints for 2006.
April 14, 2006... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Apr. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have completed two extensive survey and mapping efforts to better understand why the...

Lizard 'Third Eye' Sheds Light on Evolution of Color Vision.
April 14, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lizards have given Johns Hopkins researchers a tantalizing clue to the evolutionary origins of light-sensing cells in people and other species. ...

New Mechanism for Essential Genome-Wide Gene Silencing Identified.
April 14, 2006... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most of the time in most cells of the body, the great majority of genes are silenced, locked away within the compacted but orderly material that makes up...

New Gene Reduces Retinal Degeneration in Fruit Flies.
April 14, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a gene in fruit flies that helps certain specialized neurons respond more quickly to bright light. The study,...

Bush Plan Would Hide Data on 1.5 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals in California; State Legislation Would Protect Californians' Right to Know About Pollution in Their Communities.
April 17, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Bush administration proposal to roll back Americans' right to know about chemical hazards in their neighborhoods would let California industries...

University of Virginia Health System Tests New Device for Mitral Valve Disease.
April 18, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The mitral valve is an essential part of your heart. Matter of fact, you wouldn't exist without it. The valve is essentially a small, round...

Hantavirus Found in African Wood Mouse.
April 18, 2006... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered the first African hantavirus, a type of rodent-borne virus that can cause life-threatening infections in humans when it is...

Will 'Smart' Pillbox Help Older Adults Stay at Home Longer?
April 18, 2006... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, April 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can a "smart" pillbox and regular nursing visits help fragile older adults stay healthier and remain in their own homes longer? Karen Marek, a...

Mayo Clinic Finding May Double Genetic Screening Effectiveness for Sudden Death Heart Condition.
April 19, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that distinctive features of the heart muscle as seen with a common imaging technique known as an echocardiography can be used to...

Fruitfly Study Shows How Evolution Wings It.
April 19, 2006... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the frantic world of fruitfly courtship, the difference between attracting a mate and going home alone may depend on having the right wing spots....

In New Study, Ancient and Modern Evidence Suggests Limits to Future Global Warming.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Instrumental readings made during the past century offer ample evidence that carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere are warming Earth's climate, a...

Sociologist Asks What It Means to Be American.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- How would you define an American? According to a new Purdue University study, more than 94 percent would say that having United States citizenship makes...

Danforth Center Scientist Identifies Key Element That Affects Drought Tolerance in Plants; Discovery Provides Greater Insight Into How Plants Open and Close Stomata.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery published in the April 14 edition of Science magazine sheds new light on how plants can be genetically enhanced to use less water. Dr. Xuemin...

Daughters of Deep Impact: Two University of Maryland-Proposed Missions Could Help Clear Suddenly Clouded Comet Picture.
April 20, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Over the past five years, three space missions -- Deep Impact, Deep Space 1 and Stardust -- have provided unprecedented information about comets....

Geologists: Opening of Passage May Be Tied to Antarctic Cooling.
April 20, 2006... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ancient fish teeth are yielding clues about when Antarctica became the icy continent it is today, highlighting how ocean currents affect climate change. ...

A Peanut's Taste Has a Lot to Do With When It's Harvested, Says University of Georgia Professor.
April 21, 2006... Byline: University of Georgia STATESBORO, Ga., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A peanut that can muster a "roasted peanutty" taste is the creme de la creme of the peanut butter industry, which most Georgia peanuts are grown to supply, said...

Newly Introduced Gene Chip for Detecting 'Boy in the Bubble Disease' (SCID) in Newborns to Be Presented at New York Academy of Sciences Conference on Primary Immunodeficiencies; One-Day Conference Scheduled at Rockefeller University April 25.
April 21, 2006... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first gene chip ever to be developed for detecting SCID (primary immunodeficiency) in newborns will be presented to researchers for the first time at the New...

Events of Past Year Revealed Certainty of Climate Change.
April 21, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University PORTLAND, Ore., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The year 2005 may be seen as the "tipping point" for the debate over global warming, one expert says - the time when a series of global events and solid studies...

Joslin Diabetes Center-Led Study Reveals New Findings on How Insulin-Producing Beta Cells Grow and Function; Findings One Day May Lead to Advances in Treatments for People With Diabetes.
April 23, 2006... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that two receptors in the insulin-producing beta cell do not affect developmental growth, refuting a...

Photo Release: Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Space Telescope.
April 24, 2006... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- To celebrate the NASA-ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies are releasing a mosaic image of the magnificent...

Discovery Prospects at the Large Hadron Collider.
April 24, 2006... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory DALLAS, April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Will scientists ever find the elusive Higgs particle, the last of the fundamental particles predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics and postulated to...

Quiet, Old Black Holes Actually Rumble With Roar of Particle Jets.
April 24, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Older supermassive black holes that were once thought to be quiet, actually generate high energy jets of particles powerful enough to put a brake...

Boosting Newborns' Immune Responses; Researchers Identify Agents That May Make Vaccines Effective at Birth.
April 24, 2006... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines,...

2006 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award Winner Announced.
April 25, 2006... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The winner of the 2006 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award is freelance science writer Bijal Trivedi. She won for her article in the October 1 issue of New...

Hybrids and Hydrogen: Cures for the Gas Pump Blues? Alternative Fuels Researcher Says Alcohols, Hydrogen May Have Automotive Future.
April 25, 2006... Byline: Texas Tech University LUBBOCK, Texas, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Hydrogen has a future, but it will be a few years before hydrogen production, distribution and on-board storage are really available. Hydrogen fueled engines...

Penn Researchers Discover Gene That Creates Second Skeleton; Pinpointing Cause of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Will Accelerate Development of Treatments for FOP and Common Bone Disorders.
April 25, 2006... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have located the "skeleton key," a gene that, when damaged, causes the body's...

MIT: Mini Satellites Rocketing to Space Station.
April 25, 2006... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Russian rocket launched Monday, April 24, is carrying the first of three small, spherical satellites developed at MIT to the International Space Station -- a major step toward...

MIT Chemist Discovers Secret Behind Nature's Medicines.
April 26, 2006... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists have just learned another lesson from nature. After years of wondering how organisms managed to create self-medications,...

New Book Argues for 1999 Seattle Protests as Cultural Dividing Line; 'What Democracy Looks Like' Co-Edited by Cecelia Tichi of Vanderbilt University.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 1999 protests in Seattle against world trade policies were a dividing line in our culture, and humanities educators need to adjust their approaches or risk...

'Banana-Jawed' Fossil Mammal Linked to Rare Sound-Producing Skill.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Paleontologists at the Duke Lemur Center have assembled a new picture of a 35-million-year-old fossil mammal -- and they even have added a hint of sound. By...

Historian LeRoy Ashby's New Book Traces History of American Popular Culture.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- American popular culture isn't a distraction from the serious issues of our time. It is inseparable from them, and always has been. LeRoy Ashby,...

More Evidence for 'Stripes' in High-Temperature Superconductors; Supports Earlier Controversial Finding, May Help Explain Superconducting Mechanism.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international collaboration including two physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has published additional...

Like Mother, Like Cubs: Hyena Alpha Moms Jumpstart Cubs With Hormonal Jolt.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., April 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Among spotted hyenas, being a supermom is less about packing lunches, and more about packing a hormonal punch that gives her cubs a powerful head start....

New Clinical Team Approach Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Nearly 20 Percent for Obese Metabolic Syndrome Patients.
April 28, 2006... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Obesity researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee found that a multidisciplinary clinical approach to caring for obese patients with...

National Study Reveals Distinctive Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Medical/Oral Health Status and Care for Minority Children.
April 29, 2006

Whole-Genome Study at Johns Hopkins Reveals New Gene Associated With Abnormal Heart Rhythm; Heart Rhythm Disturbances Are Target for Preventive Treatment.
April 30, 2006