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New Thinking Needed to Help Kids Avoid or Cope With Homesickness, Experts Say; Report Gives Children's Doctors and Parents Specific Guidance for Helping Kids Deal With Summer Camp, Hospitalization, Other Separations.
January 1, 2007... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report urges parents and children's doctors to change their thinking about homesickness among children, to see it as a nearly universal but...

Some Unconventional Wisdom About Marriage ... and a Call for 'Community Friendly Families'.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The conventional wisdom: Marriage improves social ties and builds community bonds. The latest research: Modern marriage often reduces couples' involvement...

Interviewing Technique Reduces Risk for Binge Drinking, Unplanned Pregnancies.
January 2, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Virginia Health System researcher and colleagues have just published findings showing that just a few targeted counseling...

Movements, Spirituality of Ancient Central Americans Tracked Using Satellites, Video Game Technology.
January 2, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Satellite imagery meshed with video-game technology is allowing University of Colorado at Boulder and NASA researchers to virtually "fly" along footpaths...

Hybrid Molecule Causes Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct; Lab Tests of Sugar and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Combo Point to New Strategy to Combat Disease.
January 3, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- By joining a sugar to a short-chain fatty acid compound, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a two-pronged molecular weapon that kills cancer cells in lab tests....

Brain Studies Reveal Mechanisms of Voluntary Control of Visual Attention.
January 3, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Neuroscientists at Duke University have mapped the timing and sequence of neural activations that unfold in the brain when people focus their attention on specific...

University of Florida Study: Teacher Merit Pay Boosts Student Standardized Test Scores.
January 4, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A carrot for teachers helps students stick to the books, according to a new University of Florida study that finds merit pay for instructors equates to better...

Renegade RNA: Clues to Cancer and Normal Growth.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a tiny piece of genetic code apparently goes where no bit of it has gone before, and it gets there under...

Study Reveals Dynamic Interface of Molecular Clutch in Cell Migration; New Technology Allows First-Time Measurement of Inner Cellular Interactions.
January 4, 2007... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a remarkable new technology, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have identified a number of key protein interactions that allow cells to...

Study: Age, Gender Major Factors in Severity of Auto-Accident Injuries.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries, said researchers in a new study...

Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Researcher Finds Parents Don't Think Their Methods of Discipline Are Working.
January 5, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE Tenn., Jan. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Almost a third of parents say they don't think their methods of disciplining children are working very well, and many of those report using the same discipline...

55 Percent of Online Teens Have Created Online Profiles.
January 7, 2007... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than half (55 percent) of all of online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of...

University of Chicago Flash Center to Perform Grueling Supernova Simulations Using Millions of Hours of Supercomputer Time.
January 8, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Chicago's Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes will perform the world's most advanced simulations of exploding white dwarf stars with an...

Nutrition Studies' Conclusions Tied to Funding Source; Analysis of Beverage Studies Shows Pervasive Bias.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Jan. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent analyses have documented bias in pharmaceutical studies funded by industry. Now, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston finds a similar phenomenon in...

Study Shows Narrowing Gap in Nursing Shortage Due to Influx of Older First-Time Nurses; Projects Shortage of 340,000 RNs by 2020.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Large numbers of people entering the nursing profession in their late 20s and early 30s are helping narrow the nursing shortage, according to a new study...

Lung Association Report Shows Poor Grades for California's Cigarette Tax Rate, Tobacco Control and Prevention Spending; California Tobacco Tax Ranked 26th in Country; Public Not Adequately Protected.
January 9, 2007... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite the fact that more than 40,000 people die in California from smoking-related diseases each year (about 118 every day), the state is falling far short...

New Scientific Studies Identify Causes of Mercury Pollution Hotspots; Results Suggest EPA Analysis Inadequate and Clean Air Mercury Rule Could Perpetuate Biological Mercury Hotspots.
January 9, 2007... Byline: Syracuse University HANOVER, N.H., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists released the results of two new studies that identify five known and nine suspected biological mercury hotspots in northeastern North America and for the...

2004 Sumatra Earthquake Defied Assumptions.
January 9, 2007... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Jan. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 2004 is the best recorded large earthquake in history and has revealed the extent of study still necessary to...

As Congress Considers Medicare Drug Plan Changes, New Study Finds Considerable Variation in Seniors' Drug Costs.
January 10, 2007... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Soon, Congress may vote on whether to require the Medicare system to negotiate lower prices for medicines taken by millions of seniors enrolled in...

Some eBay Users Abuse Auction Site's Feedback System, Professor Finds.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some eBay users are artificially boosting their reputations by buying and selling feedback on the Internet auction site, according to John Morgan,...

New Standard of Care Recommended for Advanced Kidney Cancer.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Newly published results from a randomized, Phase III trial show that the drug sunitinib malate (Sutent(r)) is more effective than the conventional...

Newly Released Prisoners at High Risk for Death, Study Finds.
January 10, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Prisoners who have been recently released from prison have a high death rate, especially in the first two weeks after release, a new study...

Wheat Can Fatally Starve Insect Predators.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly identified wheat gene produces proteins that appear to attack the stomach lining of a crop-destroying fly larvae so that the bugs starve to death. ...

Novel Regulation of the Common Tumor Suppressor PTEN.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- PTEN is one of the most commonly mutated tumor suppressor genes. It is an antagonist for many cellular growth, proliferation and survival processes. When...

A New Target for the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Berkeley Scientists Find Potential New Way for Stopping Tumor Proliferation.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The active ingredient in a drug currently being tested to treat rheumatoid arthritis might also one day serve as an effective means of treating...

Dr. Anita Clayton of University of Virginia Health System Writes the Book on a Painful Secret Many Women Share.
January 11, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do women have a secret so painful that they even keep it from themselves? According to Dr. Anita H. Clayton of the University of Virginia...

Harvard Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Find U.S. Latinos Are Underutilizing Mental Health Services.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance BOSTON, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a research alert from Cambridge Health Alliance. A new study finds that U.S. Latinos are underutilizing mental health services. - - - - - Study...

Harvard Researchers at Cambridge Health Alliance Identify Key Factors in Psychiatric Disorders Across Latino Subgroups.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance BOSTON, Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a research alert from Cambridge Health Alliance. A new study examines the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Latinos in the U.S. - - - - ...

Brookhaven Lab Scientists Discover Gold Clusters Stabilize Platinum Electrocatalysts for Use in Fuel Cells.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Jan. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Platinum is the most efficient electrocatalyst for accelerating chemical reactions in fuel cells for electric vehicles. In reactions during the stop-and-go...

Scientists Discover a New Genetic Risk Factor for Alzheimer's.
January 14, 2007... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar Peter St George-Hyslop have identified a new genetic risk...

Discovery of SIDS Heart Gene Could Save Lives.
January 15, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly 10 percent of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) victims have mutations or variations in genes associated with potentially lethal heart rhythms...

Study Suggests Hip Fractures Not Caused by Benzodiazepine Use After All; Policies Developed to Limit Sedative Prescriptions Based on Older Studies May Need Examining.
January 15, 2007... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Jan. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Benzodiazepine use was not shown to be associated with hip fractures after all, according to a new study from the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention...

Women Aren't 'Opting Out' of Work Force, Simmons Study Finds; Women Leading the Way to New Career Model, Authors Say.
January 15, 2007... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Contrary to numerous reports that imply women are "opting out" of the work force in large numbers, a study of professional women released today finds that the great majority of...

Exploring the Molecular Origin of Blood Clot Flexibility: Well-Known Protein Structure Acts as a Molecular Spring.
January 16, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- How do blood clots maintain that precise balance of stiffness for wound healing and flexibility to go with the flow? Researchers at the University...

High Rate of Overweight, Obesity Found in Children Having Surgery; Extra Weight Can Increase Complications; University of Michigan Health System Study Finds Nearly One-Third of Children Having Surgery Are Overweight or Obese.
January 16, 2007... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A very high proportion of children who are having surgery are overweight or obese, and because of the excess weight have a greater chance of...

So-Called Anomalies in NASA-Hubble 3D Dark Matter Map Are Explained by Astro-Cosmology Author Jerome Drexler.
January 16, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent 3D mapping of the dark matter of the universe is a major astronomical accomplishment of NASA and the Hubble telescope. However, the...

Study Finds Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus and Are Valuable in Managing Seasonal Flu in Households.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir, are highly effective when given as a preventive measure to reduce the spread of the influenza virus,...

Johns Hopkins University Nursing News and Research Briefs January 2007.
January 16, 2007... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are research briefs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. - - - - Intern Program Reduces Job Turnover for Recent...

Universal Education Achievable and Affordable, American Academy Study Finds.
January 17, 2007... Byline: American Academy of Arts & Sciences CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Educating All Children: A Global Agenda," a new book from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, examines the impact of providing high-quality...

Built-In Molecular Brakes Curb the Sniffles.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered how our anti-infection machinery turns itself down and limits the sniffles, congestion and fevers that are a...

NASA Funds University of California, Santa Barbara Researcher to Develop Instrument to Search for Past Life on Mars.
January 17, 2007... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Santa Barbara organic chemist Luann Becker will receive a grant of $750,000 from NASA to further develop the Mars...

January-March 2007 California Agriculture Journal: Fenced Blue Oak Seedlings Survive, Thrive in Grazed Woodlands.
January 17, 2007... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fencing placed close to blue oak seedlings can prevent them from succumbing to grazing by deer and livestock while limiting rodent...

Astronomers From Swarthmore Discover New Star in Southern Cross.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Swarthmore College SWARTHMORE, Pa., Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team at Swarthmore College discovered a previously unknown companion to the bright star, beta Crucis, in the Southern Cross. As a prominent member of the...

Conceptualizing a Cyborg: New Ideas From Penn Scientists on Developing a Thought-Controlled Artificial Limbs.
January 18, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine describe the basis for developing a biological interface that could link a...

University of Central Florida Scientists' Molecular Discovery Could Help Drugs Target Unhealthy Cells.
January 18, 2007... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Central Florida and University of California Riverside professors are a step closer to being able to deliver life-saving drugs through tiny...

Statin Plus Cancer Drug Deliver Combo Punch to Brain Cancer Cells; Drugs Play on Output of Genes Linked to 'Cell-Signaling' Proteins.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Building on newly discovered genetic threads in the rich tapestry of biochemical signals that cause cancer, a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center team has...

Most Fertility Clinic Websites Do Not Conform to Ad Guidelines.
January 18, 2007... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The majority of fertility clinic Web sites do not adhere to their own association's advertising guidelines, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago...

High-Speed Images of Interaction Between Individual Raindrops and Soil Particles Provide New Insights Into Physics of Water Erosion.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is a dark side to even the humble raindrop. A single drop is harmless, but when billions of raindrops fall from a cloudburst onto bare soil they strike...

Experts Provide Model Language to Help Clinical Researchers Disclose Financial Conflicts of Interests.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Berman Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Facing a wide range of practices on how financial conflicts of interest are disclosed to potential clinical research participants,...

Treatment for Homeless Youth Pays Off in Long Run, Study Finds.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the few studies examining methods to help homeless youth found that a comprehensive intervention program can indeed dramatically improve their life...

Researchers Create New Class of Compounds; Findings May Have Applications in Solid Rocket Fuel and/or Hydrogen Economy.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have synthesized a new class of aluminum-hydrogen compounds with a unique chemistry that could lead to the development of more powerful solid rocket fuel...

Researchers Observe Superradiance in a Free Electron Laser; Technique Paves Way for Generating Ultra-Short Pulses In Future Light Sources.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Jan. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has generated extremely short light pulses using a new...

Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy in Mice; Clinical Promise Grows Out of New Twists on Marfan Syndrome Research.
January 21, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan...

NIH-Funded Case Study: Research Ethics Committees in Africa Report Inadequate Funding, Staffing, Training.
January 22, 2007... Byline: Berman Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Throughout Africa, the number of people participating in health research is on the rise, yet surprisingly little is known about how...

'Terror Bird' Arrived in North America Before Land Bridge, Study Finds.
January 23, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Florida-led study has determined that Titanis walleri, a prehistoric 7-foot-tall flightless "terror bird," arrived in North America from South...

Rx for Wrong-Site Surgery: Two Minutes of Conversation.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study of Johns Hopkins surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses suggests that hospital policies requiring a brief preoperation "team meeting" to make sure...

Should Humans Give Overheated Species a Lift?
January 23, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the Earth warms up (2006 was the hottest year on record in America and the hottest in Britain since 1659), ecologists expect many plants and animals to...

Vanderbilt Study Shows U.N. Sanctions Against Iraq Impacted Pediatric Leukemia Survival Rates.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by Vanderbilt's Haydar Frangoul, M.D., associate professor in Pediatric Hematology, shows an increase in the death rate among Iraqi children who were...

Coated Nanoparticles Solve Sticky Drug-Delivery Problem; Researchers Take Cues From Viruses to Get Treatment Through Body's Protective Mucus.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome this...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Collaboration Suggests New Strategy to Treat Resistant Cancers; Nature Publishes 'Senescence and Tumour Clearance Is Triggered by p53 Restoration in Murine Liver Carcinomas'.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The latest research shows that continuous inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor pathway is also required to maintain tumors in later stages of...

UCLA, Caltech Chemists Report Creation of Large-Scale Molecular Memory, an Important Step Toward Building Molecular Computers.
January 24, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of UCLA and California Institute of Technology chemists reports in the Jan. 25 issue of the journal Nature the successful demonstration of a large-scale, "ultra-dense" memory...

Duke University Geologist's Book Assails Unrealistic Mathematical Models.
January 25, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using equations to forecast the specific behavior of complex natural processes such as beach erosion and long-term nuclear waste storage creates a false sense of security,...

Skin Color and Salary: Lighter and Taller Equals a Bigger Paycheck for Immigrants.
January 25, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by a Vanderbilt University professor of law and economics found legal immigrants in the United States with a lighter skin tone made more money than...

How Does Your Brain Respond When You Think About Gambling or Taking Risks? New UCLA Study Is First to Compare Brain Responses to Potential Gains and Losses While Making Decisions.
January 25, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not...

New Joslin-Led Study Uncovers Role of Appetite-Related Melanin Concentrating Hormone (MCH) in the Brain to Beta Cell Growth and Insulin Secretion; Findings May Lead to Treatments That Stimulate Insulin Production.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that a neuropeptide, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), found in the brain and known for its role in...

Automatic Protections Don't Make You Safer Online, Say Michigan State University Researchers.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Threats to online privacy and security continue to plague Internet users, and the protections from Internet providers are only part of the answer,...

Coastal Residents of Marin County, Calif., Unprepared for Tsunami, Social Psychologist Warns.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Dominican University of California SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Residents of coastal communities in an area of Northern California vulnerable to tsunami are largely uninformed about the correct actions to take...

Joslin Researchers Discover Protein That Causes Blood Vessel Leakage, Swelling in Eyes With Diabetic Retinopathy; Discovery One Day Could Lead to New Treatments for Eye Diseases, Brain Swelling Caused by Head Injury, Stroke, Other Conditions.(Medical condition overview)
January 29, 2007... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although health professionals have had success in treating diabetic retinopathy, two forms of the disease -- proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema...

Relativistic Dark Matter May Solve Big Bang Enigma, Says Astro-Cosmology Author Jerome Drexler.
January 29, 2007... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a surprising manner, the Big Bang may have satisfied the Second Law of Thermodynamics. An understanding of this phenomenon is helped by an excerpt...

University of Virginia Lung Transplant Program Achieves Nation's Highest Patient Survival Rate; Additional Organ Donors Will Be Key to Program's Growth.
January 29, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Changes to the medications given to recuperating organ recipients have helped the lung transplant program at the University of Virginia Health...

HIV Dementia Alarmingly High in Africa; Johns Hopkins Study Suggests Rates Challenge Alzheimer's, Stroke Dementia Worldwide.
January 29, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international study led by Johns Hopkins suggests that the rate of HIV-associated dementia is so high in sub-Saharan Africa that HIV dementia along with...

State-of-the-Art CRTs Track University of Mississippi Medical Center Cardiology Patient's Progress From Home.
January 29, 2007... Byline: University of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cardiologists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center are among the first to use radio frequency technology to monitor the cardiovascular...

University of California, Santa Barbara Researchers Led by Shuji Nakamura Achieve Major Breakthrough in Laser Diode Development.
January 29, 2007... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara led by Shuji Nakamura, winner of the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize,...

Researchers Probe Health and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology.
January 30, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Florida engineering student Maria Palazuelos is working on nanotechnology, but she's not seeking a better sunscreen, tougher golf club or other...

RAND Study Shows That Chronically Ill Patients Have Better Outcomes When They Receive Higher Quality Outpatient Medical Care.
January 31, 2007... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The quality of outpatient medical care received by people with chronic health problems has a direct impact on the quality of their daily lives, according to a...

'Electric' Fish Shed Light on Ways the Brain Directs Movement; Research Could Lead to Improvements in Prosthetic Limbs, Robots.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Jan. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple, everyday act...

U.S. Protections for Working Families Worst of All Affluent Countries; New Study Finds U.S. Lags in Leave, Sick Days, Other Worker Protection.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. policies to ensure decent working conditions for families still lag dramatically behind those of all high-income countries and many middle- and low-income...

First National Survey on Eating Disorders Finds Binge Eating More Common Than Other Eating Disorders.
January 31, 2007... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first national survey of individuals with eating disorders shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. The...

Study of Work Policies in 180 Countries: U.S. Compares Well With Others in Protecting Individual Workers Against Discrimination, but Ranks Low in Protecting Workers' Family Lives.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following briefing paper was prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Drs. Jody Heymann (McGill University, Harvard University), Alison Earle...