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Dana-Farber Launches Cancer Vaccine Center to Expedite Research and Development of Novel Cancer Treatments.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, July. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the goal to accelerate the development and testing of therapies that harness patients' own immune system to attack cancer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has...

Young, Energetic Platelets Start Thrombosis, Zebrafish Study Indicates.
July 1, 2005... Byline: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young blood platelets are "first responders" to injuries in blood vessel walls, plugging the site of bleeding, while more mature...

Iowa State Scientists Win R&D 100 Award for Discovery That Improves Jet Engines.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Brian Gleeson and Daniel Sordelet of Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have won national recognition for a coating that helps...

Urine Test May Help Monitor Disfiguring Birthmarks; Study Raises Hope of Treating Aggressive Vascular Malformations With Anti-Angiogenesis Drugs.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vascular anomalies - birthmarks caused by abnormal development of arteries, capillaries, veins or lymph vessels - can sometimes begin to progress, requiring aggressive...

Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision With Comet.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early Monday, July 4, between comet 9P/Tempel 1 and an 820-pound projectile released by...

Improved Storm Forecast Capability Demonstrated.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center PITTSBURGH, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a multi-partner spring program led by NOAA, the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center generated the...

Growing Nuggets Without the Chicken? Paper Says Edible Meat Can Be Grown in a Lab.
July 5, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiments for NASA space missions have shown that small amounts of edible meat can be created in a lab. But the technology that could grow...

Study: No Single PSA Level Ensures Safety From Prostate Cancer Risk.
July 5, 2005... Byline: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ian M. Thompson Jr., M.D., professor and chair of urology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, is...

Cutting-Edge Biodiesel Pilot Plant Set to Begin Production.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University NEVADA, Iowa, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The main projects for a recent workday were computer programming and more work on the methanol distillation tower. But the list of projects needed to finish a...

Wisconsin's Embattled Curtis Prairie a Test Bed for New Restoration Techniques.
July 6, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- To the ordinary eye, the world's oldest restored tall-grass prairie is an idyllic postcard picture. Long, slender grasses sway in the breeze, and playful...

Notch Protein Signaling Directs Early T-Cell Development; Better Grasp of Immune Cell Lineages May Improve Outcomes for Transplant, Other Immunosuppressed Patients.
July 6, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have recently clarified the role of the Notch protein in T-cell development. T...

Cancer Comes Full Circle: Discovering the Pathways by Which the Same Factors That Disrupt the Structure of Breast Tissue Cause Cancers to Develop.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers in the Life Sciences Division of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a key molecular...

Nerve Protector Could Make for New Stroke Treatments; Novel Inhibitor Offsets Neurotoxic Effects of tPA.
July 6, 2005... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team lead by the Burnham Institute has synthesized and tested a new series of inhibitors that can prevent the type of nerve cell injury and death...

University of Texas at Dallas High Energy Physics Researchers Behind Discovery of Mysterious New Particle; Work Part of BaBar Experiment at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
July 7, 2005... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists from The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) High Energy Physics (HEP) Group were instrumental in a discovery disclosed to the scientific...

Ancient Diets of Australian Birds Point to Big Ecosystem Changes.
July 7, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A shifting diet of two flightless birds inhabiting Australia tens of thousands of years ago is the best evidence yet that early humans may have altered the...

Deep-Sea Jelly Uses Glowing Red Lures to Catch Fish.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MOSS LANDING, Calif., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As successful fishermen know, if you want to catch fish, you have to use the right bait or lure. This is true even in the deep sea, where...

Genomics Researchers Discover Protein Deficit That Causes Drug Toxicity.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered an inherited structural mechanism that can make drugs for some diseases toxic for some patients. The mechanism decreases a protein...

Gene for Immune Deficiency Syndromes Found; Finding May Yield New Test to Explain Recurring Infections.
July 10, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly discovered gene mutation may account for many cases of immune deficiency, in particular two syndromes known as immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and Common...

Structure of Biological 'Transistor' Detailed in Higher Organisms.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are unveiling the first detailed view of the architecture of a natural "transistor" that ensures the proper...

Study: Nose Doesn't Smell Like the Eyes See.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have uncovered new details of how smelly things create signals in the nose that eventually go to the brain. The findings raise...

Supercomputer Installed at RIT Among World's Fastest; Professor David Merritt Built Computer to Study Galaxies.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the fastest supercomputers in the world and the first ever designed specifically to study the evolution of star clusters and galaxies is now in...

Purdue Findings Support Earlier Nuclear Fusion Experiments.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have new evidence supporting earlier findings by other scientists who designed an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound...

Why Do Aneurysms Form? New Studies Suggest Leading Role for White Blood Cells; Two New Studies Point to Neutrophils, Immune System's 'First Responders'.
July 13, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Each year, 200,000 Americans find out that the largest blood vessel in their body, the aorta, may burst open at any time. About 20,000 die suddenly...

Software Learns to Recognize Spring Thaw.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Spring thaw in the Northern Hemisphere was monitored by a new set of eyes this year -- an Earth-orbiting NASA spacecraft carrying a new version of software...

Experts Discuss Use of Human Stem Cells in Ape, Monkey Brains; Panel Publishes Recommendations to Minimize Risk of Altering Animals' 'Moral Status'.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- An expert panel of stem cell scientists, primatologists, philosophers and lawyers has concluded that experiments implanting, or grafting, human stem cells...

Trypanosome Genomes May Reveal New Drug, Vaccine Targets; HHMI International Research Scholars Work to Prevent, Treat Tropical Diseases That Threaten Their Countries.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of international scientists has sequenced the genomes of three species of parasites responsible for causing diseases that kill or cripple...

Brain Size May Depend Upon How Neural Cells Are Cleaved.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a novel way in which the brain size of developing mammals may be regulated. They have...

Building Evidence That the Synapse 'Shotguns' Neurotransmitters.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have constructed a new detailed map of the three-dimensional terrain of a synapse -- the junction between neurons which are critical for...

UCLA Chemists Create Nano Valve.
July 15, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- UCLA chemists have created the first nano valve that can be opened and closed at will to trap and release molecules. The discovery, federally funded by the National Science...

Teens Drinking More Soda Then Ever Before, Study Finds.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study released by the Center for Science in the Public Interest calls on the Food and Drug Administration to require health warnings on sodas as teenage...

Chemical 'Band-Aid' Prevents Heart Failure in Mice With Muscular Dystrophy; Could Be First Step Toward Treatment to Prevent or Limit Heart Damage Caused by the Disease, But Clinical Trials in Patients Are Still Years Away.
July 17, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A common chemical used in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries can repair damage to cardiac muscle cell membranes and prevent heart...

Are Some Medicines So Good They Should Be Free? In Diabetes, Study Finds, the Answer Can Be Yes; Lives, Money Could Be Saved If Co-Pays for ACE Inhibitors Were Eliminated; Result Has Implications for Medicare Drug Plan That Begins in 2006.
July 18, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nothing in life is free, the old saying goes. But maybe some things should be, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study. ...

UC Santa Barbara's Fundamental Discovery About Fracture of Human Bone: It's All in the 'Glue'.
July 18, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A startling discovery about the properties of human bone has been made by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ...

Students Steer Blimp to Test Near-Space Military Technology; Helium-Filled Airship Allows Tryout for Guidance, Navigation and Control System.
July 19, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins undergraduates have built a model airship that will aid...

Rare Astronomical Alignment Observed by MIT, Williams College.
July 19, 2005... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a feat of astronomical and terrestrial alignment, a group of scientists from MIT (Cambridge, Mass.) and Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) recently succeeded in observing...

International Computer Science Institute Releases FrameNet 1.2 Semantic Lexicon and Annotated Database.
July 19, 2005... Byline: International Computer Science Institute BERKELEY, Calif., July 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- FrameNet Release 1.2 is now available for licensing. FrameNet is a semantically rich, machine-readable lexicon of English and a corresponding...

U.S. Gets More Asian Air Pollution Than Thought.
July 19, 2005... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., July 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Air pollution blows across the Pacific Ocean from Asia to North America far more regularly than was previously thought, says a new UC Davis study. The...

Pittsburgh Unveils Big Ben the Supercomputer; Newest, Most Advanced Cray Inc. System Is Up and Running at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Where It Will Support Research Nationwide as Part of NSF TeraGrid.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center PITTSBURGH, July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has switched sports, but its newest and most powerful system, the Cray XT3, is another black-and-gold superstar,...

Dust-Enshrouded Star Looks Similar to Our Sun, May Have Witnessed 'Cosmic Catastrophe,' Astronomers at UCLA, Gemini Observatory, Carnegie Institution Report.
July 20, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Astronomers report tremendous quantities of warm dusty debris surrounding a star with luminosity and mass similar to the sun's, but located 300 light-years from Earth. The...

University of California Scientists Find Herbicide-Resistant Horseweed in California.
July 20, 2005... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A weed that five years ago was seen only occasionally in California is now growing prolifically on irrigation canal banks, vacant lots,...

Machines, Software Model Helping to Create Better Spinal Implants.
July 20, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mechanical and biomedical engineers at Purdue University have developed specialized hydraulic machines and software to help industry create better and longer...

UW-Madison Scientists to Mimic Nature for Newest Cancer Drugs.
July 20, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wisc., July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The natural world has been medicine's most effective arsenal, providing life-saving antibiotics and our most potent anti-cancer drugs. Now, with...

To Make Stronger Platinum Jewelry, Add a Little Chromium; Student's Testing Identifies Metal Mix With Superior Mechanical Properties.
July 22, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a high-tech but low-cost technique, a Johns Hopkins undergraduate has tested tiny samples of four metal alloys to find the best blend for use in platinum...

University of Virginia Professor's New Book Lauds Virginia's Fairfax Public School System as 'Education Empire'; Why Fairfax County Public School System Is Best in Nation.
July 22, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fairfax County, the largest school system in Virginia and the 12th largest in the country, educates more than 166,000 students in 205 schools. University of...

Scientists Discover That Three Molecules May Be Developed Into New Alzheimer's Drugs.
July 22, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of scientists has discovered three molecules - from a search of 58,000 compounds - that appear to inhibit a key perpetrator of...

The Genetic Origins of Corn on the Cob: New Gene Plays Central Role in Plant Architecture, Crop Domestication.
July 24, 2005... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1909, while harvesting a typical corn crop (Zea mays) in Illinois, a field worker noticed a plant so unusual that it was initially believed to...

New Study Reveals Potential New Treatment of Paralysis, Brain Disease; Research From Brain Laboratory at University of Helsinki Suggests Wide-Ranging Treatment Applications for Millions With Spinal Cord Injuries, Alzheimer's Disease, ALS, Other Debilitating Illnesses.
July 24, 2005... Byline: Edelman Public Relations HELSINKI, Finland, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study released today could reveal the key to treating nearly 140 million people worldwide who suffer from spinal cord injuries, Alzheimer's disease, ALS...

Fluorescing Lab Worms Signal Longer Life Spans, Reports Colorado University at Boulder Team.
July 24, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder scientists have used a fluorescent marker to predict the individual life spans of identical worms that were genetically...

Stem Cell Therapy Successfully Treats Heart Attack in Animals; Two Patients Enrolled in Phase I Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Final results of a study conducted at Johns Hopkins show that stem cell therapy can be used effectively to treat heart attacks, or myocardial infarction, in...

New Method Proves It Is Possible to Grow Bone for Grafts Within a Patient's Body.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of biomedical engineers has demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to grow healthy new bone reliably in one part of the body...

Cassini Reveals Saturn's Eerie-Sounding Radio Emissions; Saturn's Radio Emissions Could Be Mistaken for a Halloween Sound Track.
July 25, 2005... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- That's how University of Iowa researchers Bill Kurth and Don Gurnett describe their recent findings in the July 23 issue of the journal Geophysical Research Letters....

Corn Fungus Is Nature's Master Blaster.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists have discovered that a common corn fungus is by far nature's most powerful known cannoneer, blasting its spores out with a force of 870,000 times the force of...

Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Study Says Population in Crisis.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are threatening the survival of the North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered whales...

A Gold Mine for Science.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- It is the deepest mine in the United States and was the site of the single largest gold deposit ever found in the Western Hemisphere. What has,...

Study: Well-Known Protein Helps Stem Cells Become Secretory Cells.
July 26, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein regulates secretion levels in the fruit fly's salivary gland and its skin-like outer layer....

First Measurement of Geoneutrinos at KamLAND Underground Detector in Japan.
July 27, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results from KamLAND, an underground neutrino detector in central Japan, show that anti-electron neutrinos emanating from the earth, so-called...

Generalists Succeed as Entrepreneurs, According to Stanford Business School Research.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entrepreneurs must be generalists. To start a company, whether it specializes in building construction or Internet services, requires a variety of...

Malaria Mechanism Revealed: Molecular 'Handshake' of Key Parasite Protein Seen as Target for Drug Design, Vaccine Development.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- By determining the molecular structure of a protein that enables malaria parasites to invade red blood cells, researchers have uncovered valuable...

Depression Linked to Previously Unknown Dopamine Regulator; Finding Advances Hope for Potential New Target for Antidepressants.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Harvard Medical School have found a molecule that is unexpectedly involved in dopamine signaling, and in a manner that supports the potential...

Study Peers Behind Scenes at Federal Funding of Faith-Based Groups.
July 28, 2005... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study concludes that Bush administration efforts to expand faith-based contracting via targeted initiatives are changing the nature of social services supported...

Cause of Chronic Sinus Infection Lies in Mucus, Not Tissue, Mayo Clinic Scientists Show; Findings Call for Radical Change in Treatment for the Disease, Researchers Say.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that the cause of chronic sinus infections lies in the nasal mucus, not in the nasal and sinus tissue targeted by standard treatment....

Critical Step Traced in Anthrax Infection; Pore Protein Plays Active Role in Toxins' Entry Into Cells.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Harvard Medical School (HMS) have revealed details of a key step in the entry of anthrax toxin into human cells. The work, which grew out of an...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Ultrasound to Describe Subtle Heart Muscle Motions; Possible 'Early Warning System' for Heart Problems.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- By using sound waves, Mayo Clinic researchers have described subtle changes in the motion of the heart that are measurable by ultrasound and may improve understanding of...

Stanford Business School Research: A True Expert Knows What Question to Ask.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- We're bombarded with opinions from so-called experts on everything from the weather to economics and politics. But how do we, as non-experts,...

Scientists Discover Global Pattern of Big Fish Diversity in Open Oceans; First Global Map Reveals Rapidly Shrinking Hotspots for Tuna, Marlin, Swordfish; Diversity Has Declined by up to 50 Percent Over 50 Years Due to Fishing.
July 28, 2005... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study released today in Science (via Science Express http://www.sciencexpress.org) reveals a striking downward trend in the diversity of fish in the open ocean - the largest...

Immune System's Distress Signal Tells Bacteria When to Strike Back.
July 28, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago Hospitals CHICAGO, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The human opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, has broken the immune system's code, report researchers from the University of Chicago, enabling the...

RPE Meets EPR: Studies Shed Light on Role of Melanin on Preventing Eye Disease Macular Degeneration.
July 28, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago Hospitals CHICAGO, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two studies from an unusual research partnership at the University of Chicago appear to have resolved a long-standing dispute about the role of melanin in the...

Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young Universe.
July 28, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the ingredients for life all the way back to a time when the universe was a mere youngster. Using Spitzer,...

Cassini Finds Active, Watery World at Saturn's Enceladus.
July 29, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's tiny icy moon Enceladus, which ought to be cold and dead, instead displays evidence for active ice volcanism. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has...

NASA Schedules Media Call to Annouce Major Finding.
July 29, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A media teleconference will be held today to announce major findings regarding the detection of a new planet in our solar system. Dr. Michael Brown,...

Many Body-Conscious Teens Use Supplements to Improve Physique; Media Exposure Strongly Influences Use.
July 31, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A nationwide survey of more than 10,000 adolescents, published in the August issue of Pediatrics, reports a high rate of concern about body image in both boys and...

Older Americans With New-Onset Diabetes Have High Risk of Pancreatic Cancer.
July 31, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a groundbreaking population-based study, researchers in Mayo Clinic Cancer Center found that new onset of hyperglycemic diabetes in adults age 50 or older may be a...