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Obesity Risks Add to Complications of Gastric Bypass.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Duke University CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The same health risks that make morbidly obese patients eligible for gastric bypass surgery also leave them susceptible to complications during and after the procedure,...

Researchers Release Terrorism Database to Scholars Nationwide.
December 1, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Arkansas researcher Brent Smith - in collaboration with University of Oklahoma sociologist Kelly Damphousse and the National Memorial Institute...

Major Nanotechnology Hurdle Not So Worrisome, Thanks to Indiana University Chemistry Discovery.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to the classic rules of physics, substances melt at a lower temperature when their sizes decrease. But scientists at Indiana University Bloomington have...

University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers Create Tissue-Engineered Joint From Stem Cells.
December 1, 2003... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have successfully turned adult stem cells into bone and cartilage, forming the ball structure of a joint...

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Seek Men With Prostate Cancer for Study of Experimental Drug.
December 1, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Men with high risk prostate cancer who are candidates for surgery are being sought to test a molecularly targeted experimental drug that may interrupt the signal that is driving their...

Meteor Likely Caused Earth's Greatest Extinction Event.
December 1, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The "Great Dying," a time of earth's greatest number of extinctions, appears to have been caused by the impact of a large meteor, according...

Chromosomes Are 'Nibbled' Before They Fuse, Researchers Report; Discovery May Have Implications for Stabilizing Chromosomes in Cancer Cells.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Overturning 60 years of scientific presumption, new evidence from Johns Hopkins University scientists shows that enzymes nibble away at chromosomes when the...

Glycerin May Help Skin Disease, Study Finds.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Glycerin, commonly found in skin care products because it attracts water and helps skin look better, may have therapeutic value as well, according to researchers...

Self-Management Improves Course of Low Back Pain.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Exercise, behavior and dietary changes have a significant impact on improving mental and physical function in low-income adults with chronic low back...

Temple University Researchers Find Adopted Chinese Children Learn English as Well or Better Than Native Born Peers.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Temple University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- It must be difficult to face an abrupt shift in language when one is just learning to speak--so thought Rena Krakow, the mother of an adopted Chinese girl, and Jenny...

Tamoxifen's Effectiveness May Be Compromised By Hot Flash Drug.
December 2, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The effects of tamoxifen, a therapy used in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, may be limited by the use of a commonly prescribed drug to...

Illinois Wesleyan Physicist and St. Andrews Colleagues Develop New Technique Using Light to Sort Cells.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Illinois Wesleyan University BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Illinois Wesleyan University physicist and colleagues at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have developed a new technique that uses light to...

Growth Hormone Activates Gene Involved in Healing Damaged Tissue.
December 3, 2003... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growth hormone is known to increase lean body mass and bone density in the elderly, but it does something else, too. It activates a gene critical for the...

Some Patients Stop Taking Necessary Medications As Tiered Formularies Shift Costs From Insurers to Employees.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Large increases in co-payments in tiered prescription drug plans increase the likelihood that patients will choose not to pay them and to stop taking...

University of Michigan Researchers Reduce Interference From Microwave Ovens.
December 3, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan College of Engineering ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan College of Engineering have developed an elegantly simple technique that dramatically reduces the...

University of Maryland Physicists Show Nanotubes are Best Semiconductors.
December 3, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland physicists have found that semiconducting carbon nanotubes have the highest mobility of any known material at room...

Surgery Without Radiation Inadequate for DCIS, Study Reveals; Recurrences Significant When Surgery Used Alone to Treat Common Type of Breast Lesion.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that women who chose not to receive radiation therapy following...

Burnham Researchers Discover Molecular Mechanism for Green, Black Tea's Protection Against Cancer.
December 3, 2003... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The Burnham Institute have identified ingredients in green and black teas that are potent inhibitors of a family of proteins implicated in many...

The Evolving Management of Migraine Prevention Can Help Avoid Overmedication.
December 4, 2003... Byline: American Medical Association NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Therapy to prevent migraines can be more effective than attempting to treat pain after the migraine process has begun, according to Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D.,...

Imaging Study of Children With ADHD: MRI Technology Reveals Differences in Neuro-Signaling.
December 4, 2003... Byline: American Medical Association NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have significantly altered levels of important neurotransmitters (biochemicals that carry signals...

Brain Area Identified That Weighs Rewards.
December 4, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- By studying how monkeys choose to look at lighted targets for juice rewards, neurobiologists have identified a still-mysterious region of the cerebral cortex as an area...

'CAT-Scan-Like' Seismic Study of Earthquake Zone Helps Set Stage for Fault Drilling Project.
December 4, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a first-of-its-kind study, seismologists have used tiny "microearthquakes" along a section of California's notorious San Andreas Fault to create unique images of the...

Progress, Promise in Space-Based Earthquake Research.
December 4, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly 10 years after Los Angeles was shaken by the devastating, magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake, scientists at NASA and other institutions say maturing...

Report Urges Focus on Chemical Mixtures in Studies of Environmental Contamination.
December 4, 2003... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Military Waste Cleanup Program (MilWaste) has issued a new report on chemical mixtures authored by MilWaste science director Emily Monosson, visiting...

Researchers Use Crippled Poliovirus to Attack Brain Cancer.
December 4, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a daring yet successful experiment to cure deadly brain tumors, researchers have combined the cancer-killing properties of poliovirus together with a harmless genetic...

Regional Power Grid Could Energize South Asian Nations.
December 5, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- South Asian nations stand to become more prosperous and politically stable by creating a regional power grid and pooling their energy resources, according to a...

Atmospheric Compound Is Double-Edged Sword in Climate Change.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent studies suggest that an atmospheric compound derived primarily from coal combustion may have contradictory effects on the earth's climate. Under many...

Rings Around the Planets: Recycling of Material May Extend Ring Lifetimes.
December 8, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting...

A Less Dusty Future? Computer Climate Simulation Looks to Past for Answers.
December 8, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the first global-scale simulations of dust and climate from preindustrial times to the year 2100 projects a worldwide decrease in airborne...

MBA Job Market on the Upswing, Firms Resume Key Hiring Initiatives.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- After two years of stagnant growth, the MBA job market is signaling an increase in hiring. Referencing an upswing in recruitment activity at Carnegie Mellon's...

Humans Began Altering Global Climate Thousands of Years Ago, Study Shows.
December 8, 2003... Byline: University of Virginia SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new hypothesis suggests that humans began altering greenhouse-gas concentrations and global climate thousands of years ago, long before the 1800s date widely...

Early Treatment Can Prevent Severe Vision Loss in Premature Infants.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and 25 other institutions nationwide for the first time gives eye doctors a precise way to...

UC Irivine Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Social, Economic Mobility of Immigrants, Offspring; Study Will Use Greater Los Angeles to Provide In-Depth Multigenerational Insights on Successes, Struggles of Immigrant Groups.
December 8, 2003... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A UC Irvine-led team of social scientists has received a $1.7 million grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the economic and social mobility of...

Consumers Prefer Locally Grown Food Over Organic in Leopold Center Study.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers who participated in a recent marketing survey were enthusiastic about locally grown food and supportive of the farmers who grow it. The Leopold Center for...

Atkins Diet May Reduce Seizures in Children with Epilepsy.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Along with helping some people shed unwanted pounds, the popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins diet may also have a role in preventing seizures in...

American Black Cherry Tree Overruns Europe by Playing Dirty.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The invasion of Europe by an American cherry tree is helped along by Europeans' own dirt, according to a new study by scientists at Indiana University Bloomington...

University at Buffalo Researchers Use Virtual Reality to Treat Car-Accident Survivors Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress; Technology May Help Accident Survivors Overcome Prevalent But Often Undiagnosed Disorder.
December 9, 2003... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a virtual-reality driving simulator that may help car-accident survivors recover from post-traumatic stress...

Study Suggests Socializing, Reducing Anger Are Allies Against Gum Disease.
December 9, 2003... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you constantly exhibit anger and are a social hermit, such stressors might put your oral health at risk, according to a study in this month's Journal of the...

Unique Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Signs of Efficacy in Early-Phase Clinical Trial; USC Researchers Announce Results at Annual Hematology Meeting.
December 9, 2003... Byline: USC Health Sciences SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have shown that an antiangiogenesis and anticancer drug, Veglin, is safe for use in...

New Hybrid Vehicle Will Enable U.S. Scientists to Reach Deepest Parts of World Ocean Floor.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time since 1960, U.S. scientists will be able to explore the deepest parts of the world's oceans, up to seven miles below the...

University of Iowa Researchers Find Adult-Like Short Term Memory in Infants By Age 1.
December 9, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from the University of Iowa shows that infants' visual short-term memory -- a key element of brain development -- expands significantly in the second...

High Blood-Sugar Levels Indicate Greater Chance of Death for Critically Ill Patients; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Emphasizes Blood Sugar Level Management.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study in the December issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on blood-sugar levels in 1,826 intensive care unit patients showed that hyperglycemia (high blood-sugar levels)...

Carnegie Mellon Researcher Develops Intelligent Technology That Automatically Enhances Underexposed Photographs.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Vladimir Brajovic has developed a tool that automatically improves the appearance of darkened or underexposed...

History of Frog Deformities Suggests Emerging Disease.
December 9, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A historical examination of amphibian deformities - frogs with extra legs growing out of the abdomen, for example - suggests that these aberrations are...

First Experiments on Birds of Paradise Tie Metabolism, Ecology.
December 10, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Birds of paradise, those resplendent, elaborately-shaped birds of the South Pacific, hardly seem like a potential source for ironclad biological fact. In...

Mouse Embryonic Germ Cells, Male Gametes Created in the Lab; Findings Have Implications for Human Stem-Cell Work, Research on Infertility, Embryonic Development, Cancer.
December 10, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pair of achievements in the laboratory offer new tools for better understanding how gametes (reproductive cells) form, and may offer insights to help scientists...

UC San Diego Physicists See Solar Electrons, Auroras Associated with Recent Geomagnetic Storms.
December 10, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using an orbiting camera designed to block the light from the sun and stars, an international team of solar physicists has been able for the first...

Study of Erosion and Precipitation in the Himalayas Presents Surprising Findings, Scholars Say.
December 10, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates...

Companies Should Emulate Rock Stars to Turn Customers Into Fans, Author Says.
December 10, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most companies spend a lot of time and energy trying to find and keep customers. But what they really should be doing, according to Roger Blackwell, is creating...

NCAR Scientists Investigate Air Above Antarctica.
December 10, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are studying the chemistry of sulfur and nitrogen in the air above...

National Center for Atmospheric Research Authors Tackle Desert Meteorology, North Atlantic Oscillation, Climate Affairs.
December 10, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Once again, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have produced some thought-provoking books in time for the holiday...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome's Possible Genetic Link Studied by Mayo Clinic Researchers.
December 10, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic studying irritable bowel syndrome say their study of people with this disorder suggests genetic factors may play a role. Irritable bowel...

Study Shows Synthetic Progestin Damages, Estrogen Protects Blood Vessels in Animal Model.
December 11, 2003... Byline: University of South Florida Health Sciences TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Synthetic progestins may be the major cause of harmful side effects reported with hormone replacement therapy. University of South Florida...

It's As Plain As the Nose on Your Face: University of Maryland Study Discovers Neural Networks Used in Sense of Smell.
December 11, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have discovered a new layer of circuitry in the brain that enhances our sense...

With Nature's Help, a Better Vision System for Smart Weapons.
December 11, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The next generation of smart weapons may "see" targets with a manmade version of that wonder of the natural world, the insect eye. Inspired by the panoramic...

Education Researchers Receive $4.6 Million to Study How At-Risk Children Learn.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Indiana University School of Education will receive $4.6 million from federal agencies to study how poverty, disability and minority status...

Map of Genes in Plant Root Yields New Tool for Exploring Tissue Development.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have created the first detailed map of when and where some 22,000 genes are expressed in each cell of the growing root of the small flowering plant...

Governing Commons Still a Struggle, But Fight Not Without Hope, Says Report.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thirty-five years after biologist Garrett Hardin issued his prophetic essay, "The Tragedy of the Commons," which warned that human beings would ultimately destroy...

NYU Medical Center's Cardiothoracic Surgeons Launch Major Latino Initiative; New Latino Cardiac Surgeon, Spanish Web Site Provide Link to Latino Community in Treatment of Heart Disease.
December 11, 2003... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stephen B. Colvin, M.D., Chief of NYU Medical Center's Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, announced today that Juan B. Grau, M.D., recently appointed Attending Surgeon,...

Amherst College Historian Kevin Sweeney Looks at 1704 Deerfield Raid in New Book.
December 11, 2003... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a new book, "Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield" ($29.95, 408 pp., University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 2003), Kevin Sweeney,...

Expert Forecast: U.S. Growth to Slow in 2004; Unemployment to Stay High.
December 11, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Economic growth will slow to about 3.5 percent and unemployment will remain near 6 percent next year, according to Peter Morici, professor of...

Extremely Cold Molecules Created by Sandia, Columbia University Researchers.
December 12, 2003... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a method usually more suitable to billiards than atomic physics, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Columbia University have created...

Knight Commission Calls for Bowl Game Eligibility Reforms; Under Commission Standards, 26 of 28 Bowl Games Could Not Be Played.
December 12, 2003... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason bowl games should be reserved for football teams...

Alarming Obesity Rate in Chicago Children According to Data Released by Chicago Childhood Obesity Prevention Consortium.
December 12, 2003... Byline: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) released data today indicating that young children in Chicago are nearly two and a half times...

University of Iowa Researchers Find Inflammation a Key in Cardiovascular Disease.
December 15, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- For more than two decades, health professionals and medical researchers have pointed to cholesterol as a major culprit in the fight against coronary heart disease...

Researchers Uncover Pathway That Could Lead to Plant Generation of Human-Like Proteins.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Arizona State University report a major advance in the use of plants to generate human-type proteins. The researchers -- led by Lokesh Joshi,...

Arizona State University Researchers Gage True Costs of Convenience Meals.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a hurry and don't want to spend a lot of time preparing dinner? Before you reach into the freezer for the frozen entrees, you might think more deeply about how...

Marketing Expenditure Report Predicts Spending Upturn, Increased Reliance on Interactive Media.
December 16, 2003... Byline: London Business School LONDON, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Total marketing expenditure across the top national markets will see a strong upturn in 2004, with predicted growth of 3.4 percent, according to London Business School's...

Purdue University Researcher Studies Art of Assessing Student Art.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Art teachers need to look at their students' work with more of an artist's eye, says a Purdue University professor. Robert Sabol, associate professor of art...

University of Michigan Study: Children's Doctors Say Parents' Vaccine Concerns on the Rise.
December 16, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The doctors who treat America's children are hearing more and more concerns from their patients' parents about vaccines, and occasionally...

Star of Bethlehem May Have Been Planets Jupiter and Venus.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Early in the evening of June 17, 2 B.C., the brightest planets in the sky, Jupiter and Venus, merged into a dazzling "star" near the western horizon, according to...

What About the Children? Nursing School Researchers Seek to Learn Fates of Children of Domestic Homicide.
December 16, 2003... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The story is all too familiar: A troubled relationship, an abusive partner, a disagreement, a lashing out, blood spilled. One dead, the other led away in...

Fan Support May Be Attributed to Identification, Need For Affiliation.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- With all the excitement surrounding upcoming football bowl games, it may seem hard to believe, but a Kansas State University professor says collegiate football...

Passive Tobacco Smoke Increases Complications in Children With Sickle Cell Disease.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians and researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center found that children with sickle cell disease who are...

Early Identification of Kidney Disease Cost-Effective Only When Directed at High-Risk Patients, Hopkins Researchers Say.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Routine annual testing for abnormally high levels of protein in the urine - an early marker of kidney malfunction and premature death - should be limited to...

UC San Diego to Construct World's First Bomb Blast Simulator; Technical Support Working Group Contract to Result in Design Manual for Technologies to Harden Buildings Against Terrorist Bomb Attacks.
December 16, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Structural engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering will test the effects of bomb blasts in a new blast...

Down to the Bone: Bears Yielding Clues to Preventing Osteoporosis.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Michigan Technological University HOUGHTON, Mich., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Inactivity is a prime cause of osteoporosis in most animals, including people. A notable exception is the black bear, even though Ursus americanus...

JAMA Study: Children Get Better Care, Parents More Satisfied When Doctors Have Developmental Specialists on Team; Johns Hopkins Evaluation Says Healthy Steps for Young Children Has Made Significant Difference for Children's Early Years.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Burness Communications BALTIMORE, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The nation's first, large clinical trial designed to improve delivery of developmental and behavioral services to young children has improved quality of care, enhanced...

UC San Diego Professor Wins IEEE Award for Work on Data Transmission and Storage.
December 17, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jack Wolf, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has been selected by the Institute...

Bay Area School Reform Collaborative Releases Achievement Gap Study: Data Key to Narrowing Gap; Groundbreaking Study First of Its Kind to Examine Differences in School Achievement Gaps.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Bay Area School Reform Collaborative SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Though testing is sometimes controversial, assessment data on student achievement is instrumental in narrowing the achievement gap, according to a new...

Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap: How Three Bay Area Schools Do It.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Bay Area School Reform Collaborative SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- At Belle Air Elementary School in San Bruno, English language learners were no longer pulled out of their classrooms. At Roosevelt Middle School in...

Time-Sensitive Products Warrant Fresh Look at Returns Process; Vanderbilt Research Shows Centralized 'Reverse Supply Chain' May Not Be Effective for Electronics, Fashion.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Behind every retailer this holiday season is a manufacturer bracing for the inevitable return of merchandise. But using a traditional, centralized returns...

Study Reports Large-Scale Salinity Changes in Oceans; Saltier Tropical Oceans, Fresher Ocean Waters Near Poles Are Further Signs of Global Warming's Impacts on Planet.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tropical ocean waters have become dramatically saltier over the past 40 years, while oceans closer to Earth's poles have become fresher,...

Seismic Record May Have Identified an Unusual Form of Matter: A Massive Strange Quark Nugget.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study published in the December issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America presents seismic evidence for the existence of a...