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How Much Does the Public Know About the Life-Saving Capabilities of Aspirin?
February 1, 2002... Byline: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- National Heart Month in February annually aims to educate Americans about the prevention of the number-one killer of people over the age of 45 --...

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Researchers Map 'Zip Codes' in Human Blood Vessel System.
February 1, 2002... Byline: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center are one step closer to creating the first molecular map of the human vasculature (blood vessel)...

Despite Bizarre Goings-On, Rural Illinois Writers Colony Spawned James Jones, Other Successful Authors.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new book of previously unpublished writings details daily life at one of the weirdest creative writers' colonies ever to operate in the United...

Wall Street: To Beat Earnings Expectations, First You Have to Lower Them, Says Study.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- You needn't cook the books to make yourself look good on Wall Street. A safer approach is to talk down your company's fortunes to analysts before...

'Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American': Book Focuses on School Response to Japanese-American Internment.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sixty years ago this month - shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor - an executive order was signed that imprisoned Japanese-Americans until...

Gill Foundation Awards Eight InCommunity Program Grants to LGBT Organizations Across United States.
February 1, 2002... Byline: The Gill Foundation DENVER, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Select communities throughout the United States will soon benefit from free nonprofit and organizational development training, as a result of an annual commitment from the...

Good Oral Health Begins in the Womb.
February 1, 2002... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In observing National Children's Dental Health Month this February, the American Dental Association (ADA) says pregnant women can help ensure their children get a...

Research Finds Coaches Can Bias Athlete Performance.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- When coaching athletes, what you believe is what you get, says a researcher at California State University, Sacramento. In several studies of...

University of Iowa Study: Aggressive Melanoma Cells Form Blood Vessels in Tissue That Requires Blood Supply.
February 1, 2002... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer researchers at the University of Iowa and Loyola University in Chicago have demonstrated that aggressive human melanoma cells form new blood vessels when...

Coaches' Post-Game Talk Predictable, Purposeful, Wake Forest University Professor Says.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Wake Forest University WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Whether they win or lose a game, coaches follow a predictable pattern of talk in post-game media interviews, according to a Wake Forest University professor....

Leo P. Krall, M.D., a Founder of Joslin Diabetes Center and Beloved International Diabetes Leader, Dies at Age 87.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leo P. Krall, M.D., an international leader in the field of diabetes for half a century and one of the original founders of Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, died...

Hormone Replacement Therapy Found to Improve Blood Flow to Heart in Postmenopausal Women and May Help Prevent Coronary Artery Disease.
February 4, 2002... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study appearing in the Jan. 29 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association shows that use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women with no...

Costa Rica Throws the Book at Pirate Fishing in Marine National Park; International Scientific and Conservationist Community Urged Trial Board of Puntarenas to Enforce Costa Rica's Laws to Fullest Extent.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Turtle Island Restoration Project SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an historic ruling, the Trial Board of Puntarenas convicted the captain and owners of a longline vessel of fishing illegally in the marine...

Racial Diversity of Old West Offers Lessons for Today.
February 4, 2002... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Americans think about history and race, their focus usually turns South. But as president of the Western History Association, a University of Arkansas...

Food Security, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Remain FAO's Priorities in Africa.
February 4, 2002... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Food security, poverty reduction and sustainable use of natural resources will continue to be the major thrusts of the UN Food and...

Meg Whitman to Support New Residential College at Princeton; Gift From Whitman and Family Allows University to Expand Student Body and Provide New Living Options.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of eBay, Inc., a Princeton University trustee and member of the class of 1977, is making a gift of $30 million...

National Education Assessment Expert to Direct Annenberg Institute's 'Rethinking Accountability Initiative'.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Annenberg Institute for School Reform PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dennis Palmer Wolf, a national expert on standards, accountability, school reform and cultural policy, has been appointed co-director of the...

Dr. George 'Pinky' Nelson, Three-Time Shuttle Astronaut, to Speak at 2002 Harvey Mudd College Commencement.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Harvey Mudd College CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. George "Pinky" Nelson, a Harvey Mudd College alumnus and space shuttle astronaut, will speak at the 44th commencement of Harvey Mudd College, 1:30 p.m., May...

University of Washington Researchers Try an Old Trick to Battle Common STD.
February 4, 2002... Byline: University of Washington Health Sciences SEATTLE, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Washington are testing to see if a mainstay of human health - the body's immune system - can better battle one of the...

While Most Immigrant Teenagers in U.S. Stay in School, Dropout Rate for Mexican Immigrants Is 28 Percent.
February 4, 2002... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- School dropout rates among immigrant teenagers are most severe among Mexicans, particularly those who migrated to the United States after starting school in Mexico....

Cave Men Diets Offer Insights to Today's Health Problems, Study Shows.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eat meat. That's the dietary advice given by a team of scientists who examined the dietary role of fat in a study that combined nutritional analysis with...

Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Sought for Unique Study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Testing Two Biologic Compounds.
February 4, 2002... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women with advanced breast cancer are being sought to participate in an early phase study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center that will test two biologically targeted compounds that seek...

Public Health, Environmental Coalition Sues EPA for Allowing Corporate Agriculture in California to Evade Clean Air Act.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A coalition of medical and environmental groups filed suit today against the US Environmental Protection Agency in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

Garment Workers Injured on the Job Are at Risk for Permanent Disability, Says Report by Asian Immigrant Women Advocates and UC San Francisco.
February 4, 2002... Byline: University of California, San Francisco OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Garment workers injured on the job are at substantial risk of permanent disability, according to a report to be released February 6, 2002 by the...

FAO Regional Conference for Africa Concerned Over Impact of HIV-AIDS on Rural Development.
February 5, 2002... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The need to strengthen the fight against the HIV-AIDS pandemic which threatens the lives and livelihood of millions of rural dwellers and...

Journal of Travel Research: College Spring Break Destinations Have Different Lures for Males, Females.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Pennsylvania State University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's more to spring break than sun, surf and sex. Male and female college students have significantly different hopes for both how they'll spend...

Colonel Reports No Problems With Openly Gay Cadets; General Encouraged Openly Gay Student to Join Corps.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first openly-gay cadet at the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets finished his semester without experiencing any...

7,000 Computers Go to Waste Every Day in California, Future 500 Study Shows; Father of State's Recycling Programs Calls for Expansion to Computers.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Axioun Communications International SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- "More than 7,000 computers go to waste in California every day, and the state's overall electronic waste could grow four-fold in the next few years,"...

African NGO/CSOs, Fearing Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs, Adopt Cairo Declaration for Food Security.
February 5, 2002... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Heads of 30 African non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGO/CSOs) concluded a two-day consultation held in parallel to the...

Enron Debacle May Reverse Downsizing Trend in Corporate Ethics Programs, Says Business Ethics Expert.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Penn State, Smeal College of Business Administration UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many researchers in the ethics arena have been seeing the downsizing or dismantling of some ethics programs in big firms in...

Bright Future for Montreal's Photonics Industry; McGill University Professors Set the Pace.
February 5, 2002... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Montreal's photonics industry is getting a boost, thanks in part to the work of two young McGill engineering professors, David Plant and Andrew Kirk. Three years ago their...

2002 Little 500 Bicycle Races Will Establish New Scholarships to Memorialize Indiana University Victims of 9-11 Attacks; Public Contributions Invited.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Indiana University students competing in this year's running of the Little 500 bike races will be riding for much more than glory and being part of the history of a...

Former Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Purdue Engineers Planning Orbiting Hotels Cruising Between Earth and Mars.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is leading a team of researchers, including engineers at Purdue University, to design a new class of spacecraft...

Computing's Highest Honor Awarded to Inventors of Dominant Programming Style; Norwegian Team Developed Concepts for Software Now in Home Entertainment Devices.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has presented the 2001 A.M. Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," to Ole-Johan Dahl and...

A Few Drinks A Day Do No Harm to the Alcoholic Heart, Says Study.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- For alcoholics who suffer from alcohol-related heart failure, cutting back alcohol consumption to a few drinks does not cause any further damage. In fact, the...

Bad Kids or Bad Coaching? Arizona State University Professor Aims to Change the Way Your Child Plays Sports.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- When your son or daughter swings a bat, shoots a basket, kicks a ball or slaps a hockey puck down the ice, are they becoming a better moral being? According to...

'Link Rot' Hampers World Wide Web's Usefulness in Education.
February 5, 2002... Byline: University of Nebraska at Lincoln LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The use of Internet resources in college classes has blossomed in the last several years. But as the practice has grown, so too has an accompanying...

HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Intensifies Economic Downfall.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The economic decline caused by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in one of Africa's hardest hit sub-Saharan countries, Mozambique, may translate into even more dramatic...

Public Interest Law Survey Shows Diversity Among Field's Brightest Stars; Fellowships Class of 2001 Mirrors Population Served.
February 5, 2002... Byline: National Association for Public Interest Law WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The seventy-five public interest lawyers in the most recent class of National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL) Fellows reflect the...

Immigration Law and Enforcement to Be Focus of Emory Law School's Thrower Symposium.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Emory University ATLANTA, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The interplay between immigration and criminal law -- and related issues raised in the wake of Sept. 11 -- will be the focus of the 2002 Thrower Symposium Thursday, Feb. 21 at...

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres Issues 'Top Ten' List of the Year's Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) today issued its fourth annual list of what...

Enron Expert: Forced Diversification of 401(k) Plans Would Prove Harmful, Says Vanderbilt Professor.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Politicians are rushing to do something without considering the costs when it comes to the Enron matter and whether it should prompt regulation with regard to...

Climate Change Study Projects Faster Rate of Carbon Dioxide Buildup Due to Decline in U.S. Carbon Sink.
February 5, 2002... Byline: University of New Hampshire DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a new study, scientists suggest that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide could increase over the next century at an even faster rate than previously...

Honing the Tools to Identify Clues To Surviving Cancer.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do some individuals survive cancer while others with the same cancer succumb to their disease? A key to survival is buried deep within the...

UC Riverside Conference to Focus on World Attitudes Toward Sexuality.
February 5, 2002... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The AIDS epidemic, imprisoned homosexuals in Romania, and sex tourism in the Caribbean are among the topics of the "Sexualities and Knowledges...

Fox Chase Cancer Center Experts Find Elderly Lung Cancer Patients Fare as Well as Younger Patients When Given Aggressive Chemotherapy Regimens.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Fox Chase Cancer Center PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a newly published study by researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, fit elderly patients are able to tolerate aggressive chemotherapy regimens as...

Top S.F. Bay Area Chefs Announce They're Taking Chilean Sea Bass Off Their Menus; National Campaign Launched in San Francisco.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Fenton Communications West SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chefs, fishermen, and scientists came together today to announce their joint effort to save from extinction a delicacy whose overnight trendiness has proven to...

New York Daily News's Evans & Saltonstall Win 2002 Selden Ring Award: Reports Led to Removal & Indictment of Harlem Non-Profit CEO.
February 5, 2002... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recognition of "classic investigative reporting," Heidi Evans and David Saltonstall of the New York Daily News have won the 2002 Selden Ring Award...

Brief Exercise Improves Mental Performance in People With Chronic Lung Disease.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study suggests that a single, short burst of moderately intense exercise gives a mental boost to people with a serious lung disease. Immediately after 20...

Boston University Announces Study Abroad Joint Venture.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Boston University BOSTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe News) -- Boston University and London-based Practicum Europa have announced a joint venture to develop and broaden academic internship opportunities in Europe for American college students....

Women More Likely to Get Regular Cancer Screening if Primary Care is Well-Organized, Study Finds.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Low-income, inner-city women -- shown in previous studies to be less likely to get regular screenings for cancer and more likely to die from late-stage...

Medical Education Lacks Emphasis on Adverse Drug Reactions, Georgetown Research Finds.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although studies have reported that adverse drug reactions may cause more than 100,000 deaths annually in the United States, only a small percentage of...

2002 WINTER OLYMPICS: Experts Available to Comment on Being a Spectator, Athletes & Memory, Olympic Spirit in Education.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Grinnell College GRINNELL, Iowa, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following experts are available for tips on how to get in shape to be spectator at the Olympics; on memory and the Olympics -- the importance of "memorizing the...

Fire Ants Could Cost Urban Households Millions of Dollars a Year.
February 6, 2002... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- If red imported fire ants become established in California, they could cost from $387 to $989 million a year, with approximately 90...

Growth Hormone May Boost Production of Disease-Fighting Cells in Elderly.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growth-hormone therapy in elderly patients increases lean body mass and reduces body fat, helping them maintain fitness. Now, scientists say, the...

Genomic Technology Sheds Light on Ecological Role of Microbes in Ocean.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MOSS LANDING, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genomic technologies are now being taken to sea, and are helping researchers discover the identity -- and more importantly -- the ecological...

First Genetic Evidence Uncovered of How Major Changes in Body Shapes Occurred During Early Animal Evolution.
February 6, 2002... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have uncovered the first genetic evidence that explains how large-scale alterations to body...

Duke University Researchers Identify Mechanisms by Which Drug Combinations Kill Fungal Infections.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Molecular biologists in the Mycology Research Unit at Duke University Medical Center have traced cellular pathways that are targeted to enhance the action of drugs used to...

Surgeons Report Decreased Length of Stay, Shorter O.R. Times in Largest Trial of Mitral Valve Repairs Using Robots.
February 6, 2002... Byline: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University GREENVILLE, N.C., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cardiac surgeons at East Carolina University are reporting encouraging research data on the largest number of patients who have...

Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Sought for Unique Study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Testing Two Biologic Compounds.
February 6, 2002... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women with advanced breast cancer are being sought to participate in an early-phase study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center testing two biologically targeted compounds that seek to block...

Researchers Find Key Molecular Clue to Inherited Deafness; Study Also Identifies Strategy for Discovering Other Gene Functions.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Virginia Health System have identified the role of a protein molecule that may be critical for normal hearing...

National Science Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to Four Universities for Climate Change Research in Lake Malawi in East Africa, One of Oldest Lakes on Earth.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Syracuse University SYRACUSE, N.Y., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Syracuse University, University of Minnesota-Duluth, University of Rhode Island and the University of Arizona will study past climates through...

Atmospheric Research Team Based at Colorado State University Discovers Information About 'Missing Sink'.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A multinational research group led by atmospheric scientists at Colorado State University has uncovered new information regarding the Earth's carbon...

Gene Therapy Method Used in Mice Could Increase Effectiveness of Stem Cell Transplants for Cancer Treatment.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of Nebraska Medical Center OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by a University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher has shown that gene therapy can kill tumor cells that otherwise are returned to cancer...

Purdue Center Aims at Preventing, Detecting Food Contamination in Nation's Food Supply.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to protect the nation's food supply from biological and chemical contaminants, Purdue University and U.S. Department of Agriculture engineers and...

Wake Forest University Class Looks to Bible, Other Ancient Texts for Answers About Love.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Wake Forest University WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wake Forest University professor Fred L. Horton Jr. has students wrestling with age-old questions in his course, "Love in the Bible and other Ancient Texts."...

Workshop Promotes Industry/Academia Alliances in Research and Development of Pharmaceutical, Biotech Therapeutic Agents.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Cook College, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A January 29 workshop at Cook College and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station has set the stage for increased...

Women, Minority Network TV News Correspondents Still Struggling to Regain Peak Visibility of 1990s.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women and minorities reporting for the network television evening news programs of ABC, CBS, and NBC are still struggling to regain the peak visibility they...

UCLA Researchers Encouraged by Results of Stroke Pilot Study; Field Administration of Stroke-Therapy Magnesium May Protect Brain, Trial Shows.
February 7, 2002... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since "time is brain" when treating stroke victims, UCLA Medical Center researchers are encouraged by a pilot study showing magnesium sulfate administered early in the field by...

Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers New Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy With Fewer Side Effects.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Fox Chase Cancer Center PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Incontinence and impotence are two major complications feared by men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, since the bladder and the rectum are the two organs...

When the Earth Dried Out: Geologist's Theory Has Continents Emerging Rapidly From Ocean About a Billion Years Ago.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- About a billion years ago, the continents emerged relatively suddenly from an ocean that covered 95 percent of the Earth's surface, according to a new...

Police Officers Who Experience Panic During Traumatic Event Have Greatest Risk Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of California, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Police officers are more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if they experience high levels of emotional distress, including...

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Investigators Contribute to National Diabetes Studies.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of the largest diabetes prevention study to date were published Feb. 7 in The New England Journal of Medicine, but researchers...

UC Davis Scientists Find Unexpected Chemical Behavior That Could Point Way to New Class of Nano-Sized Catalysts.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Catalysts made of small particles of metals such as platinum are widely used in the chemical and refining industries, as well as in catalytic converters in...

University of Florida Researchers Regenerate Heart Tissue in Mice by Using Transplanted Human Adult Stem Cells.
February 7, 2002... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study that may eventually provide hope for millions suffering from disease-damaged hearts, University of Florida researchers have transformed adult bone...

Rutgers University's National Marriage Project Releases Top 10 Myths of Marriage.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Valentine's Day is an incredibly romantic holiday, one many couples choose to mark with engagement rings and wedding bells. In an...

Conservationists Laud On-the-Ground Protections for Montana's Bitterroot Burned Area; Comprehensive Settlement Between Conservationists, Forest Service, and Loggers Reached While Safeguarding Public Appeal Process.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The entire controversial Bitterroot logging plan was settled early Thursday morning after two long days of court-ordered mediation by conservation groups,...

Argonne, NEC Research Institute and Bell Labs Discover Antiferromagnet Imaging Technique; Process Could Lead to Advanced Magnetic Recording Materials, Technologies.
February 8, 2002... Byline: Argonne National Laboratory ARGONNE, Ill., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Bell Labs, NEC Research Institute, Inc. and Argonne National Laboratory have created an image of antiferromagnetism within a solid material,...

Research Breakthrough: Glaucoma Gene Discovered.
February 8, 2002... Byline: U. Conn. Health Center FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center have discovered a gene that causes adult onset primary open-angle glaucoma - the most common form of...

African Countries Urge World Leaders to Attend 'World Food Summit: five years later'.
February 8, 2002... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Agriculture Ministers and delegates from 45 African countries today urged world leaders to attend the World Food Summit : five years later,...

Developing Countries Must Be Given Greater Opportunities to Participate in International Trade, Warns FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.
February 8, 2002... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Globalization and liberalization of trade for agricultural products, movement of capital and transfer of technology must enhance the living...

Latin American Business Association at Columbia Business School Presents Its 2002 Conference.
February 8, 2002... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Latin American Business Association at Columbia Business School Presents Its 2002 Conference: Latin America's Economic Trends and Their Impact Outside the...

University of Chicago Economist Quantifies the Unquantifiable: Artistic Genius.
February 8, 2002... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new book by a University of Chicago economist could profoundly influence the study of art history by making the case that creativity follows a pattern--even among modern...

UC Riverside Professor Michael Clegg Elected Foreign Secretary of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
February 8, 2002... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Last week, Michael T. Clegg, distinguished professor of genetics at the University of California, Riverside was elected to the office of Foreign...