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Breastfeeding Rates Unaffected by Changes in Hospital Length of Stay: Good News for Health of New Mothers, Babies.
March 2, 2003... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New mothers' rates of breastfeeding remained unchanged despite two policy reversals regarding hospital length of stay within an eastern Massachusetts HMO,...

Testicular Self-Exams Often Not Done, Study Shows.
March 2, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A self-exam for testicular cancer takes maybe a minute to do and about that much time to teach but most often, neither happens, according to a study published in...

Study Shows Young Children With Serious Head Injuries Whose Parents Report No Trauma or Low-Impact Trauma as Cause of Injury Are Highly Likely to Be Victims of Abuse.
March 2, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers in the Emergency Department at Children's Hospital Boston have found that infants who present for medical care with a serious head injury and no mention...

Joslin Study Shows Insulin Resistance Is Poor Predictor of Type 2 Diabetes in Those With No Family History of the Disease.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although insulin resistance has been shown to predict the development of type 2 (adult onset) diabetes in people at high risk for the disease -- including those whose...

Wheeling Jesuit University Programs Lead Coal Slurry Impoundment Pilot Project.
March 3, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) and officials at Wheeling Jesuit University and its Appalachian Institute are the lead on a pilot...

Association for Computing Machinery Student Research Competition Produces More Winners; Microsoft Funding Expands Opportunities for IT Graduate, Undergraduate Students.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jing Li, a graduate student at the University of California - Riverside, and Michael Elder, a senior at Furman University in South Carolina, captured first...

NASDAQ's Hardwick Simmons, Former SEC Chief Arthur Levitt Available to Media at Indiana University Business Conference.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arrangements have been made for media covering Wednesday's (March 5) Indiana University Business Conference, "Who Do You Trust? The Crisis in Corporate...

Nannerl O. Keohane to Step Down as Duke University President in June 2004.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nannerl O. Keohane, the eighth president of Duke University, informed the Board of Trustees Saturday, March 1, that she intends to step down from the office in June 2004....

Leadership for Women Subject of Kennesaw State University Graduate-Level Business Course.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University KENNESAW, Ga., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Above and Beyond: The Leadership Lab for Women," a unique educational experience to help women learn leadership skills, is being...

Green Tea Is Not an Effective Anticancer Treatment for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although the benefits of green tea are widely touted, a study conducted by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and North Central Cancer Treatment Group shows green tea is not an...

New Book Explores Health Reform Movement in Early 20th Century.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Health reform in America in the early 20th century is explored in a new book by Indiana University faculty member Ruth Engs. "The Progressive Era's Health Reform...

Open Your Heart to Diversity: Day of Celebration at John F. Kennedy University.
March 3, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University CAMPBELL, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University's Diversity Affairs Council is sponsoring an interactive diversity celebration at its Campbell campus on Friday, March 28, at...

New Stent-Assisted Coiling Procedure Means Some Patients With Wide Neck Aneurysms May Avoid Brain Surgery; University of Maryland Is First in Baltimore-D.C. Area to Perform Procedure.
March 3, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center are among the first in the country to perform a new procedure involving a stent, combined with...

Davidson College Undergraduates Study Philanthropy With $10,000 to Give Away.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Davidson College DAVIDSON, N.C., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ken Menkhaus' class at Davidson College in "Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector" has a $10,000 bank account attached to its syllabus. The thirty undergraduate...

Babson College Honors Ben Cohen, Founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and TrueMajority.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ben Cohen, founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. and TrueMajority is dipping into more than ice cream these days. On April 8th at 2:30 pm in Olin Hall, the...

UC San Diego Biologists' Study Links Human Impacts Along Coast to Size Declines of Marine Snails in Southern California.
March 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The average size of marine snails and limpets along the Southern California coast has declined significantly over the past century and collection by...

Medical College of Wisconsin Researchers Find Light Therapy Reverses Eye Injuries in Rats; Research May Lead to Treatment of Eye Injuries, Blindness.
March 3, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Mar. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee has shown that patients with eye diseases and injuries could benefit from treatment with...

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International Elects Board Members.
March 3, 2003... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ST. LOUIS, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- AASCB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business has elected officers and...

St. Jude Scientists Show Evolution Boosted Anti-Cancer Prowess of Primordial Gene by Linking It to More Efficient Set of Genes; Arf Gene Became More Effective in Stemming Cell Growth When It Joined Forces With P53.
March 3, 2003... Byline: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have looked back in evolutionary time and identified what may be a gene that was once only...

Need Is Growing, But Little Funding Available to Provide Long-Term Care at Home; Field Poll Reveals Inability of Families to Afford Care.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new Field poll, 28 percent of Californians aged 40 and older needed in-home care for themselves or a family member in the past year. Of those,...

Hibernating Black Bears Shed Light on Treatments for Osteoporosis; Unlike Humans, Bears Seem to Recover From Bone Loss Caused by Inactivity.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center HERSHEY, Pa., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wild black bears may hold some secrets to preserving bone in humans. Researchers at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Researchers Identify Source of Preeclampsia.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have identified a protein that leads to the development of preeclampsia, a serious and...

'Highway 61': University of Florida Professor's Book a Father-Son Look at American Life.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some might call it a classic road trip, a father-and-son bonding experience, an odyssey through America's heartland, a pilgrimage in honor of blues and...

Discovery Refutes Current Theory on Cause of Kidney Stones.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research into the origin of kidney stone formation published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation may well change the...

Diamond Film May Enable Critical New Sensors For Detecting Biological Weapons.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In this time of the chronic threat of terrorism and the possibility of war with an adversary who may be armed with biological weapons, high on the wish...

Convio 'Makes the Grade' With Alumni Association at Nation's Largest University.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Convio AUSTIN, Texas, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Texas Exes -- the alumni association for the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), the nation's largest university as measured by enrolled students -- will bolster its...

People Are Happier When They Feel Grateful.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A ground-breaking series of experiments at UC Davis suggests that counting your blessings makes you happier. "When people consciously practice...

Study: It's Not Just Who You're with, It's Who You Are.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- From adolescence on, people's personalities tend to predict the type of experiences they will have in their love life, a new study from University of...

How Regions Can Grow in Age of Technology: Study Offers Rare Look Inside Global Business Revolution.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The high-tech industry may be mired in a slump but it continues to stoke a business revolution that could leave some regions behind, University of Washington...

Juliet Garcia Joins Ford Foundation Board of Trustees.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Ford Foundation NEW YORK, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The election of Dr. Juliet V. Garcia to the Ford Foundation Board of Trustees was announced by Paul A. Allaire, chairman of the Board. Dr. Garcia, who will join the Board at...

University of Indiana at Bloomington Conversations on Race Program Receives National Award.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 4 (AScribe News) -- They take place late in the evening. In the dorm room. At the club. In the lounge. Late-night conversations -- about real issues and concerns. A chance to say...

A Cancer Diagnosis Can Spark a Cascade of Health-Related Lifestyle Changes in Diet, Exercise, Supplement Use.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 65 percent of adult cancer patients in western Washington report making one or more health-related lifestyle change in response to their cancer...

Bisexuals Very Unpopular, National Study Says.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- American heterosexuals dislike bisexuals more than they dislike most religious, ethnic or racial groups, according to a national opinion survey conducted...

UC Davis Introduces Minor in Technology Management.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- An undergraduate minor in technology management -- designed to give engineering and science graduates an edge in today's high-tech business arena -- will...

Children's Hospital Boston Researchers Uncover Potential New Therapy for Painful Crises in Sickle-Cell Disease; Inhaled Gas May Offer Novel Approach to Treatment.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study from Children's Hospital Boston gives intriguing preliminary evidence that inhaling the gas nitric oxide may relieve the vaso-occlusive pain crises suffered by...

California Needs Reliability Professionals to Keep the Lights on in Case of Terrorist Attack, Energy Crisis; Mills College Experts Release Report on Statewide Electricity.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Mills College OAKLAND, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In case of an energy crisis or future terrorist attack, California policymakers must understand what keeps the electricity flowing - more important than the money, it's...

New Hints on Development of Osteoporosis: How Key Proteins Interact to Affect Bone-Cell Development.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Defects in a protein called alphaV beta3 ntegrin appear to contribute to the development of osteoporosis, and these effects can be reversed by enhancing a...

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology President Samuel Hulbert to Retire June 30, 2004.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Samuel Hulbert, the longest serving president in the history of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, has announced that he will retire on June 30,...

University of Texas Dallas Is Going for 'Three-Peat' As Underdog in This Year's 'Final Four' of Chess in Miami; Rival University of Maryland-Baltimore County, With Four Grandmasters, Is Favored.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas DALLAS, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), dramatic, come-from-behind winners of the first two "Final Four" of Chess competitions, will go into this year's...

Top National Researchers Scheduled for Molecular Medicine Symposium.
March 4, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several world leaders in medical researcher will be among the presenters at the 3rd Annual Days of Molecular Medicine symposium March 13-15, sponsored by...

Mills College Launches Environmental Science Program; Young Women Scientists Studying Nature to Solve Global Problems.
March 4, 2003... Byline: Mills College OAKLAND, Calif., March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mills College has initiated a new undergraduate degree program in environmental science to prepare women scientists to protect the earth and its resources. The new...

Medical Devices Lead UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition for 2003.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Medical devices have emerged as the leading product developed by semifinalists in the fifth annual University of California, Berkeley Business Plan...

National Technology Transfer Center Elects Three New Members to Advisory Board.
March 5, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va, March 5 (AScribe News) -- Three high-profile executives with extensive experience in technology management have been named to the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC)...

Ethical Executive Leadership Study Points to Value of Communication.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Penn State, Smeal College of Business Administration UNIVERSITY PARK, Penn., March 5 (AScribe News) -- To be perceived as ethical leaders within their organizations, and to avoid being labeled "unethical" or "ethically neutral,"...

Preventive Wars Are Rare In American History.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Pennsylvania State University UNIVERSITY PARK, Penn., March 5 (AScribe News) -- The Bush administration's claim that it is fighting a preventive war with Iraq now to forestall a more dangerous war later is a virtually unprecedented...

Fulbrighters Examine Causes and Seek Remedies for Civil and International Conflicts.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Council for International Exchange of Scholars WASHINGTON, March 5 (AScribe News) -- Thirty top scholars from around the world will work collaboratively over the next year to better understand how and why conflicts occur within and...

Fulbright Scholar Program Offers Grants in 140 Countries for Faculty and Professionals.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Council for International Exchange of Scholars WASHINGTON, March 5 (AScribe News) -- The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing/research awards in some 140 countries for the 2004-2005 academic year. Opportunities are...

Target for New Lung Cancer Therapy Found in Embryonic Cell Pathway.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- New work by researchers in the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins may allow them to halt the smoking-induced cellular events that lead to 99 percent of...

Wind's Energy Could Help Resolve Serious Problems in Oceanography for First Time; Breakthrough Could Help Resolve Serious.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University Problems in Oceanography and Climate Research BALTIMORE, Mar 5 (AScribe News) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the University of California-Irvine have finally been able to field-test...

Building Knowledge Interaction Communities Essential Within Nonprofit Sector; Study Shows 25-Fold Increase in Volunteer Email-Generating Communities Served by Kintera in 2002, Compared to 2001.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Kintera SAN DIEGO, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- What is the importance of knowledge interaction communities in the nonprofit sector? According to Dr. Harry Gruber, CEO and founder of online solutions provider Kintera Inc.,...

Researchers Sort Matter With Tiny Fingers of Light.
March 5, 2003... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Chicago physicists can use multiple beams of light to selectively sort microscopic particles, biological cells and large molecules, they will report today...

CSU Northridge Alumna Leaves University $850,000 in Will.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Barbara Ann Ward, who graduated from what was then known as San Fernando Valley State College, has left more than $850,000 to Cal State...

USC Conference Sums Up Asia-Pacific Business Outlook for U.S. Firms.
March 5, 2003... Byline: USC Marshall School of Business LOS ANGELES, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Learn about the changing business markets in Asia, Mexico, and India at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business, March 17-18,...

National Trial on Women With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Gets Underway.
March 5, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center has announced the launch of a new research study for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)...

Researchers Discover Cell Receptor That Repairs Damaged Nerve Tissue.
March 5, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered a cellular pathway that promotes the repair of damaged nerve tissue. In an article published in...

Researcher at UCLA'S Jonsson Cancer Center Wins Prestigous International Research Award for His Efforts to Fight Cancer.
March 5, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Renowned UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center researcher Dr. Dennis Slamon, whose work led to the development of the molecularly targeted breast cancer drug Herceptin, has been chosen to...

UC Riverside Biochemists Develop Technology to Increase Vitamin C in Plants.
March 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biochemist Daniel R. Gallie at the University of California, Riverside and his research team of Zhong Chen, Todd Young, Jun Ling, and Su-Chih Chang...

Receptor Could Be Target for Cancer Therapy; Blocking Prostaglandin Might Restore Immune Response to Tumors.
March 5, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tumor cells have evolved a crafty scheme for protecting themselves from the killing power of the host immune system; in part, they disable the immune...

Forest Cover Critical to Freshwater Supplies, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Warns.
March 5, 2003... Byline: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The loss of forest cover and conversion to other land uses can adversely affect freshwater supplies, threatening the survival of millions of...

Kaiser Family Foundation to Open Washington, D.C., Public Affairs Center; New Building Features Barbara Jordan Conference Center and Broadcast Studio Designed to Assist Non-Profit Organizations.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- On March 27, the Kaiser Family Foundation will officially open its new Washington, D.C., building and Public Affairs Center, creating a new philanthropic tool for...

Does Aspirin Reduce the Risk of Colon Cancer?
March 6, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Americans take 29 billion aspirin tablets each year. Could aspirin have an anti-cancer effect and reduce the risk of colon cancer, the second leading...

UC San Diego Biologists Discover Key to Blocking Inflammation.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that eliminating the ability of white blood cells to respond to low oxygen...

Michigan State University Center for Great Lakes Culture Announces Winners of Third Annual Awards Competition; Outstanding Books, Museum Exhibition, Web Site Celebrate Unique Culture of Region.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Great Lakes Culture at Michigan State University has announced the winners of the third annual Great Lakes Culture Awards. The awards...

Researchers Solve Ballistic Mystery in Ceramic Armor; High-Velocity Impacts Trigger Nano-Scaled Glassy Transformation.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ballistics experts in recent years have puzzled over a troubling loss of impact resistance in an extremely hard and lightweight ceramic material called boron carbide,...

University of California Farm Advisor Aims to Quell Dust in Southern California's Antelope Valley.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growing mustard plants on farmland destined for carrot and onion crops could suppress dust on windy days, according to Grant Poole, the UC...

Mothers' Moves From Welfare to Work May Not Hurt Children.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new, three-city study that will be published in the March 7 issue of Science offers a significant boost to the modest body of research that has looked at the...

New Mouse Virus May Help Scientists Better Understand Cruise Ship Epidemics.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A close relative of a common little-understood human virus that causes an estimated 23 million episodes of intestinal illness, 50,000 hospitalizations and 300...

National Social Venture Competition Draws Record Interest; 95 Teams From 40 Business Schools Present Novel Business Plans With Double Bottom Line.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entries to the 2003 National Social Venture Competition have reached an all-time high this year despite the difficult climate for business startups, according to the...

Genetic Testing Is Welcome Tool for Women With High Risk of Breast Cancer; Penn Study Contradicts Prior Research Conclusions That Testing Threatens Women's Mental Health.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many health care professionals believe that women with family histories of breast cancer live with anxiety day-to-day, that the prospect of genetic...

CU-Boulder Researchers Propose Answer to Basic Atmospheric Chemistry Question.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder have proposed a long-sought answer to how atmospheric sulfate aerosols are formed in the...

Civil Rights Pioneer, NAACP Chair Julian Bond to Deliver March 26 Inaugural Lecture of University of Pittsburgh's Center on Race and Social Problems.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Longtime civil rights activist and NAACP Chair Julian Bond will deliver the inaugural lecture of the University of Pittsburgh 's Center on Race and Social Problems...

Psychology Professor Maps Choice-Making in Brain.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The next time you are frustrated by someone who says, "I'm of two minds about this," at least you will know why. The latest research conducted by Kip Smith, an...

Homeland Security Is Faculty Member's Focus.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, Rahul Bhaskar envisioned the massive effort ahead for law enforcement officials to not only track down those...

'One-Stop' Approach Works Well for Cervical Cancer Prevention; Testing, Treatment in Same Visit Improves Compliance.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Treating women for precancerous cervical lesions the same day they are discovered could reduce cervical cancer rates in developing nations, according to a...

UC Davis Sources on War's Impact at Home.
March 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of California, Davis, faculty are available to comment on impacts of a pending war at home. If you need assistance on similar...

More Powerful, Longer-Lasting Lithium Batteries on Horizon With Sandia-Developed Materials Breakthrough; Silicon, Graphite: Materials Match Made in Battery Heaven.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a new class of composite anode materials...

Tea Complements Drugs in Fight Against Colon Cancer.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study has found that consumption of moderate amounts of green or white tea might provide a protection against colon tumors about as well as a prescription...

NASA'S Newest Maps Reveal Continent's Grandeur, Secret.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- From Canada to Central America, the many grandeurs of North America's diverse topography star in a just-released high- resolution map from NASA's Shuttle...

California State University Prepares Top-Quality Teachers.
March 6, 2003... Byline: California State University LONG BEACH, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eighty-three percent of the graduates of California State University teaching credential programs received high marks from their supervisors for their...

Scientists Say Mars Has a Liquid Iron Core.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New information about what is inside Mars shows the red planet has a molten liquid iron core, confirming the interior of the planet has some similarity to...

Space Infrared Telescope Facility Arrives At Kennedy Space Center.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Space Infrared Telescope Facility arrived today at the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for its launch next month aboard a Boeing Delta II...

Rising Storms Revise Story of Jupiter's Stripes.
March 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pictures of Jupiter, taken by a NASA spacecraft on its way to Saturn, are flipping at least one long-standing notion about Jupiter upside down. Stripes...

Expert and Author of Only Book on Greek Revolutionary Group 'November 17' Available for Comment.
March 7, 2003... Byline: NYU Press NEW YORK, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- George Kassimeris's "Europe's Last Red Terrorists: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November" (NYU Press) is the only book that details the history of this shadowygroup....

University of Arkansas Research Shows Senior Citizens Who Don't Want to Fall May Need a Fitness PUSH; April is National Injury Prevention Month.
March 7, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- One out of three seniors who break a hip this year will die as a result of complications from the fracture. But simple fitness measures can greatly reduce a...