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More Girls Than Boys Benefit From Breast-Feeding, Hopkins Children's Research Shows; Gender Differences Illuminate New Strategies for Future Therapy.
June 1, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center...

Scientists Edge Closer to Unlocking Secrets of Mysterious Crab Pulsar.
June 2, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like a celestial top, the spinning neutron star known as the Crab Pulsar is slowing, a phenomenon that astronomers have yet to fully understand. Now,...

Mom's Behavior Key to Dad's Involvement in Child Care.
June 2, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mothers play an important role in determining how much fathers get involved in taking care of their infants, according to new research. A study of 97 couples...

Big Quakes Cause Temblors Worldwide; University of Texas at El Paso Seismologist Leads Study With Far-Reaching Implications.
June 2, 2008... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have agreed that strong earthquakes produce aftershocks within the region, but many did not believe that temblors of magnitude 7 and above could...

New Method of Managing Risk in Pregnancy Leads to Healthier Newborns, Better Outcomes For Moms.
June 2, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An alternative method for obstetric care has led to lower neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rates, higher uncomplicated vaginal birth...

Variety-Seekers Most Likely Entrepreneurs, But Seldom Strike It Rich, Says New Study From University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
June 3, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A passion for variety and a range of different skills are the best predictors of those who will go into business for themselves. But prospective entrepreneurs need to...

Penn Experts to Present at the International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting, June 11 - 14.
June 3, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will be presenting at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem...

Penn Physiologist Selected in Most Recent Round of Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards.
June 3, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Zhe Lu, M.D., Ph.D. (http://www.hhmi.org/news/luz_bio.html), Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was...

Making Time for Work and Family: Got Data? For Family Social Scientists, American Time Use Survey Provides Valuable Information on Work, Family, and How We Endure the Conflict Between the Two; In Mid June, Congress Will Reconsider Funding for the ATUS.
June 4, 2008... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families CHICAGO, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mothers do more paid work - 14 hours more - than they did 40 years ago. They do less housework - exactly 14 hours fewer - too. But they do 4 hours more of...

New Superconductors Present New Mysteries, Possibilities.
June 4, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors,...

University of Virginia Law Professor Outlines 'Early Offer' Reform Plan for Injury Claims Against Business.
June 4, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- There are strong advantages to a system in which businesses facing personal injury lawsuits could promptly pay injured parties for out-of-pocket medical...

Only 1 Percent of Religious Congregations Close Each Year, Study Finds.
June 5, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Religious congregations in the United States have one of the lowest closure rates ever observed for any kind of organization, with only 1 percent on average going out of...

Visiting the South's 'Stroke Buckle' Increases Risk of Stroke Death.
June 5, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- It might not only be the state of your health but also the state you visit that increases the chances of dying from a stroke, a new University of Florida study...

Andes Mountains Grew in Rapid Spurts, Not Slowly, University of Florida Researcher Says.
June 5, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mountain building may occur in faster fits and spurts than previously realized, according to a new study tracking the uplift of a central portion of the massive...

University of Colorado Cancer Center Leading New Clinical Trial Researching Latest Treatment for Recurrent Prostate Cancer; Study Offers Hope to Prostate Patients Whose Cancer Returns Following Radiation.
June 5, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Each year approximately 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States and according to estimates from the National...

Highest Resolution View Ever From Mars Comes from NASA Lander.
June 5, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory TUCSON, Ariz., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A microscope on NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has taken images of dust and sand particles with the greatest resolution ever returned from another planet. The...

Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists; Study Findings Promise to Help in Treatment of Brain Diseases.
June 6, 2008... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem...

International Diabetes Federation Urges Healthcare Providers to Address Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes, Sleep Apnea; Treating These Closely Related Conditions Requires New Clinical Practices, Research to Reduce Personal and Public Health Costs.
June 7, 2008... Byline: Edelman Public Relations SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) warned today that recent research demonstrates that type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are closely...

Video Game Technology May Help Surgeons Operate on Beating Hearts; Pediatric Cardiac Surgeons See Better With Stereoscopic Glasses.
June 8, 2008... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgery has been done inside some adults' hearts while the heart is still beating, avoiding the need to open the chest, stop the heart and put patients on...

Credibility Gap: Are New Food Packaging Chemicals Any Safer?
June 8, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- DuPont and other chemical companies have promised to phase out a cancer-causing chemical found in grease-resistant coatings for food packaging. But the new,...

Surprising Graphene: Honing in on Graphene Electronics With Infrared Synchrotron Radiation.
June 9, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Graphene is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon: a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons, like a sheet of chicken wire with...

Essential Dental Treatment Safe for Pregnant Women, Says New Study in American Dental Association Journal.
June 10, 2008... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pregnant women can safely undergo essential dental treatment and receive topical and local anesthetics at 13 to 21 weeks gestation, says a study published in the...

'HiCy' Drug Regimen Reverses MS Symptoms in Selected Patients; New Approach to Immunosuppressant Treatment Tested in Nine Individuals Shows Promise.(Clinical report)
June 10, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A short-term, very-high dose regimen of the immune-suppressing drug cyclophosphamide seems to slow progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) in most of a small...

Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, NCAR/NSIDC Study Finds.
June 10, 2008... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during extended episodes of rapid sea ice loss,...

Staying Sharp Into Your Sixties, Seventies, and Beyond: The Art & Science of Successful Aging - A PENN Medicine Media Seminar.
June 11, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- As a nation we are living longer than ever before, but are we living better? Can we afford what a longer life expectancy brings us? Declining...

Pigs Raised Without Antibiotics More Likely to Carry Bacteria, Parasites.
June 11, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry bacteria and parasites associated...

Adopting American Habits and Behaviors May Be Harmful to Immigrant Health.
June 11, 2008... Byline: Smith College NORTHAMPTON, Mass., June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Immigrants who move into neighborhoods settled largely by others from their country of origin may stave off the pounds that newcomers typically gain after migrating to...

Wrestling With Rudeness: Advice for Addressing Incivility; Professor's Book Helps You Become Someone 'People Are Less Likely to Be Rude To'.
June 11, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rude behavior can make you want to scream, but confronting a rude person can make you squirm. Given the choice between standing up to a bully and seething in silence,...

The Shape-Shifting Mechanics of Cells.
June 12, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how tiny molecular motors within cells work together with other structural players to coordinate critical...

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples.
June 13, 2008... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory TUCSON, Ariz., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provide the most magnified view ever seen of Martian soil, showing particles clumping together even at the...

How Montezuma Gets His Revenge: Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Clue to How Dysentery Parasite Might Evade Immune System.
June 14, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Every year, about 500 million people worldwide are infected with the parasite that causes dysentery, a global medical burden that among infectious diseases...

New Index Explains Why Some Drugs Work Better Than Others Against HIV.
June 15, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins has found a simple mathematical equation that accurately explains how well each of 25 anti-HIV drugs in five...

A Record-Breaking 46 Percent of Americans Have Already Used the Internet for Politics This Election Season; Obama Backers Have an Edge.
June 15, 2008... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fully 46 percent of all Americans have used the Internet, email or cell phone text messaging to get news about the campaign, share their views and...

Cities Can Get Long-Term Affordable Housing Through Community Land Trusts, Lincoln Institute Report Says; Report Recommends Coordinated Policies to Stretch Subsidies, Shift Stewardship, Protect Against Foreclosures.
June 15, 2008... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Community land trusts provide long-term affordable housing, stretch subsidies and protect against foreclosure, according to The City-CLT Partnership:...

University of Virginia Engineers Develop Novel Device to Help Treat Ear Infections.
June 16, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVIILLE, Va., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the most common surgeries performed on pediatric patients could become faster and safer thanks to a new surgical tool developed by a team of...

Groundbreaking New Survey Asks American Workers, Ages 44-70, About Longer Working Lives; Findings Indicate Millions Now Work in Jobs Combining Means and Meaning; Tens of Millions More Want Similar Work.
June 16, 2008... Byline: Civic Ventures WASHINGTON, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Civic Ventures today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: At a press event and telephone media briefing, Civic Ventures and MetLife Foundation will...

Lou Gehrig's Disease Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons.
June 16, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two years ago researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that misfolded proteins called TDP-43 accumulated in the...

Michigan Tech Scientist Models Molecular Switch.
June 16, 2008... Byline: Michigan Technological University HOUGHTON, Mich., June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michigan Technological University physicist Ranjit Pati and his team have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy...

Teens From Religious Families Engage in Less Risky Behavior; Parent and Friend Relationships Are Key.
June 16, 2008... Byline: Child Trends, Inc. WASHINGTON, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Teens from more religious families wait longer before having sex; this is due, in part, to higher levels of family cohesion in more religious families and teen...

Effective Treatment for Sickle Cell Underused by Doctors.
June 17, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Uncertainties about proper use and possible long-term effects of hydroxyurea in the treatment of sickle cell anemia may be wrongly influencing doctors to...

Latrines Trounce Toilets in the Global Fight Against Poor Sanitation.
June 17, 2008... Byline: Michigan Technological University HOUGHTON, Mich., June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- While Americans may consider flush-and-forget-it indoor plumbing to be the pinnacle of sanitary science, the lowly latrine could be a far better...

Penn Researchers Find Key Developmental Pathway Activates Lung Stem Cells; Pathway Could Hold Promise for Lung Tissue Repair.
June 17, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that the activation of a molecular pathway important in stem cell and...

Stay or Go? Hopkins Researchers Discover One Controller of Cell Movement; May Shed Light on Cancer Spread.
June 18, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A zebra's stripes, a seashell's spirals, a butterfly's wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. The formation of patterns is a puzzle for...

Newly Born Identical Twin Stars Show Surprising Differences.
June 18, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even...

'Startling New Reality' of Cybercrime Revealed in Rochester Institute of Technology Research; Children Frequently Utilize Technology to Prey on Friends and Classmates Online.
June 18, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's a new cyber enemy for parents to worry about - and it's not the stereotypical middle-aged stranger that has long been feared. This new threat...

Study: Breast Cancer Patients With Greater Need Seek More Information Online.
June 18, 2008... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patients with more concerns about their breast cancer are heavier users of online information, according to a new study conducted by the University of...

Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End of Last Ice Age.
June 19, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the...

Fainting Linked to Bariatric Surgery.
June 19, 2008... Byline: University of Toledo TOLEDO, Ohio, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Over the last several decades the prevalence of obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions resulting in increased risk of health problems such as...

Web Site Following Archaeologists to the Bottom of Mut Temple's Sacred Lake Is Online at http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/.
June 19, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Follow along online as Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her team of graduate students, artists, conservators and photographers expand their...

RAND Study Shows Creative Collaborative Approaches Work to Maintain, Extend Arts Education in Six U.S. Urban Areas.
June 19, 2008... Byline: The Wallace Foundation NEW YORK, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Amid cutbacks in school arts education funding, public and private organizations in six urban regions have collaborated to expand access to arts learning for children...

To Look Good, Follow Something That Looks Bad, According to Stanford Business School Research.
June 20, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entertainers, politicians, and public speakers instinctively know that a good act is tough to follow. As reported in this month's Stanford...

New Source of Heart Stem Cells Discovered; Finding Offers Hope of Recapitulating Developmental Events to Regenerate Tissue.
June 22, 2008... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of...

Our Genome Changes Over Lifetime, Johns Hopkins Experts Say; May Explain Many 'Late-Onset' Diseases.
June 24, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that epigenetic marks on DNA - chemical marks other than the DNA sequence - do indeed change over a person's...

Diversity Among Bird Populations Found to Reduce Threat of West Nile Virus to Humans.
June 24, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A biologist and undergraduate student have discovered that what's good for an area's bird population is also good for people living nearby....

Drug Treatment for Marfan Syndrome Looks Promising, Johns Hopkins Researchers Say.
June 25, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small study in 18 patients assessing the effectiveness of the drug losartan for treating Marfan syndrome in children has yielded encouraging results....

MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism, UC Santa Barbara Scientist Reports.
June 25, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California,...

Study: After Bankruptcy, Americans Need 10-20 Years to Recover.
June 26, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who file for bankruptcy eventually recover financially compared to those who never had to file - but it takes a long, long time. A new study found that...

UC Santa Barbara Psychology Professor Michael Gazzaniga Awarded Prestigious German Research Prize for Lifetime Achievements in Science.
June 26, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michael Gazzaniga, professor of psychology at UC Santa Barbara and director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind, has received the...

Quantum Computing Breakthrough Arises From Unknown Molecule.
June 26, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. ...

University of California, Santa Barbara Professor's Paper on Safety of Large Hadron Collider to be Published in Physical Review D.
June 27, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Particle colliders creating black holes that could devour the Earth. Sounds like a great Hollywood script. But, according to UC Santa...

New Electrostatic-Based DNA Microarray Technique Could Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics.
June 30, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The dream of personalized medicine in which diagnostics, risk predictions and treatment decisions are based on a patient's genetic profile may...

New Standards Needed for Elderly, Disabled to Remain in Homes.
June 30, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Build it and they will stay" would be wise policy with today's growing number of elderly and disabled people who want to remain in their own homes, a new...

Zinc Finger Proteins Put Personalized HIV Therapy Within Reach; Penn Researchers Modify T-Cell Receptor Gene to Develop New Type of AIDS Treatment.
June 30, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc...

Spiritual Effects of Hallucinogens Persist, Johns Hopkins Researchers Report; Related Report Gives Safety Guidelines for Hallucinogen Research.
June 30, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins...