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Seismological Society of America Scientists Quantify Tsunami Hazard for Southern California Coast, Investigate Anza Segment of San Jacinto Fault.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Seismological Society of America SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The southern California coast is at risk from tsunamis due to a variety of sources, including both submarine landslides and near-shore earthquakes....

Some Investors Really Can Beat the Market, Study Suggests.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maybe some stock market investors really are smarter than the rest of us. Financial advisors and researchers have long argued that it is nearly impossible for...

Stanford Business School Launches Journal on Social Sector Issues.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global unrest. Growing unemployment. Rising poverty. Disappearing natural resources. Economic recession. Budget cuts. Shrinking endowments. Impending...

Web-Based Attacks Could Create Chaos in Physical World; Computer Security Researchers Suggest Ways to Thwart New Form of Cybercrime.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most experts on computer crime focus on attacks against Web servers, bank account tampering and other mischief confined to the digital world. But by using little more...

University of New Hampshire Study Examines Factors That Impact Long-Term Survival of Kidney Transplantation Grafts.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of New Hampshire DURHAM, N.H., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A joint study by the University of New Hampshire and the Washington University School of Medicine has been awarded a grant exceeding $400,000 by the National...

Fossilized Fish Act as Ancient Thermometer.
May 1, 2003... Byline: St. Lawrence University CANTON, N.Y., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fossilized fish bones may help scientists to reconstruct the temperatures of 65 million years ago, according to a paper in this week's Nature, co-authored by...

Is There a Fulbright in Your Future? International Graduate Study and Research Grants Now Available.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Institute of International Education WASHINGTON, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Institute of International Education (IIE), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, is...

Common Gene Variant Increases Risk of Atherosclerosis.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A common version of a gene has been identified as a potent risk factor for early-onset atherosclerosis, report the Johns Hopkins scientists who first linked...

Inter-Cultural Relationships Work Best When Both Sides Treat Each Other as Equals.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Pennsylvania State University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Why can't we all get along" is the often-cited phrase when national discussions focus on race relations, class divisions or gender differences. But...

Imaging Technique May Help in Confirming, Monitoring Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind study, Johns Hopkins researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure sodium concentrations in...

New Center Will Develop Language Capabilities Critical to Nation's Security.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland is teaming with the federal government to create a new and unprecedented research facility that will support the nation's...

Switch That Makes Blood Clots Sticky Found Within Platelet Membrane.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Integrin receptors allow cells to attach to other cells and to connective tissue which is necessary to form tissues, organs, or even people, for that...

New Look at Satellite Data Supports Global Warming Trend.
May 1, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new analysis of satellite data collected since the late 1970s from the lowest few miles of the atmosphere indicates a global temperature rise of...

University of Minnesota Poised for National Leadership in Microbial and Plant Genomics.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Minnesota is poised for national leadership in microbial and plant genomic research with the Monday, May 5, opening of the Cargill Building...

Diagnostic Method Tests Integrity of Composite Military Materials.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just as a spider strums specific fibers of its web and listens for returning signals to detect prey, a technique developed at Purdue University uses vibrations to...

Joslin Diabetes Center's Quest for Diabetes Cure Gets Boost With City Approval of Research Expansion Plans.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The search for a cure for diabetes - a disease that affects at least 17 million Americans and costs the nation an estimated $132 billion annually in healthcare costs and...

USC Study Shows Tsunamis Threaten Southern California Coast.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of Southern California LOS ANGELES, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University of Southern California say that the known earthquake faults and the offshore topography could place the Southern California...

Poet Kevin Young Finds Success in Music, People That Provide Soundtrack of America.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- "I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street... (Those songs) had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going." -- Langston Hughes...

Babson College and Swiss Students in Joint Consulting Experience.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students from Babson College and Switzerland's St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences have joined together to consult for the marketing division of two East...

Bryn Mawr College Awarded $445,000 Grant for New Russian Language Curriculum, Tests.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Bryn Mawr College BRYN MAWR, Pa., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bryn Mawr College, the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) and the College Board have been awarded a three-year $445,000 grant from the National Security...

Study Offers New Insights Into Leptin's Role in Humans' Reproductive, Thyroid Functions.
May 1, 2003... Byline: Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study in the May 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) demonstrates for the first time that the hormone leptin plays a key role in...

University of California Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement With Clerical Union.
May 1, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California announced today (Thursday, May 1) that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Coalition of University Employees on a new...

Anti-Psychotic Drugs May Reduce, Not Increase, Risk of Diabetes in Mentally Ill Patients, University at Buffalo Studies Show.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two related University at Buffalo studies examining the incidence of diabetes and related conditions among patients suffering from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder...

Seismological Society of America Scientists Foresee Earthquakes With Fatality Counts Exceeding One Million; Examine Natural Disaster Costs in U.S.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Seismological Society of America SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The annual death toll from earthquakes has increased fourfold between the 17th and 20th centuries and is likely to increase dramatically in the 21st...

Seismological Society of America Scientists Highlight Earthquake Potential in Central, Eastern U.S.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Seismological Society of America SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The history of the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, the most famous historical earthquake sequence in the central United States, may need to be...

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Research Sheds Light on SARS.
May 2, 2003... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. William Gallaher, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, with...

New Course Introduces Future Librarians to Data-Rich World of Sports; Jobs in Sports Reference an Intriguing Niche.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- What may be the nation's first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the...

Earthquake Alarm System May Ease Risk for Southern Californians.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Capitalizing on the low-energy waves that invariably precede major earthquakes, scientists have designed and demonstrated the feasibility of an...

Construction Begins on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's New Coastal Vessel.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the press of a computer button and the plasma cutting of a sheet of aluminum, construction began earlier this month on the Woods Hole...

'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Stakes Claim to American Slang, Duke Professor Says.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- As "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" counts down to its May 20 finale, it should be remembered as more than a quirky TV show about a former cheerleader who slew demons and saved...

Growing World Urban Populations Threatened by Massive Earthquakes.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by a University of Colorado at Boulder geological sciences professor suggests one earthquake causing up to 1 million fatalities on Earth each...

Florence Nightingale Suffered From Mental Illness; Diagnosis Announced at Historical Conference at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Known to many as "The Lady with the Lamp," and the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale dedicated her life to caring for the sick, reforming the...

Argonne National Laboratory Research Offers Clues to Alzheimer's Plaques.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Argonne National Laboratory ARGONNE, Ill., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have developed methods to directly observe the...

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Students Develop High-Tech System That Telephones When Laundry Is Done.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- College students may no longer be able to complain about not having time to do their laundry, thanks to a high-tech Laundry Alerter System developed...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientist Honored by Japanese Government.
May 2, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of Japan's highest honors, the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, will be bestowed on Dr. Susumu Honjo of the Woods Hole Oceanographic...

University of California Beijing Program Suspension Continues Through Summer.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California announced today the continued suspension of its Education Abroad Program academic programs in Beijing through this summer due to...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Bestows Honorary Degrees, Spanning Three Countries.
May 2, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) will award honorary degrees this month to three people who have made ground-breaking contributions to their...

Study: Racial, Economic Differences Seen in Kids' Eye Care; Uncorrected Vision May Impair Performance in School.
May 4, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System SEATTLE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kids who wear eyeglasses may get teased for having "four eyes", but seeing clearly can make a big difference in school. Now, a new study by University of...

Cultural Sensitivity Important to Designing Clinical Trials for African Americans.
May 4, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers say clinical trials that promote behavior modification to prevent cardiovascular disease may challenge African Americans' ethnic...

Common Pain Relief Drug May Make Skin Cancer Treatment More Effective.
May 4, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from Ohio State University found that a common pain relief medication seems to increase the effectiveness of a drug used to treat skin cancer. ...

Students at Davidson College and in Baghdad Will Re-Engage for Post-War Discussion.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Davidson College DAVIDSON N.C., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students at Davidson College and citizens of Baghdad will re-engage in discussion about the relationship between their nations via a live videoconference on Thursday, May...

Ground-Breaking $2.2 Million Collection Given to Quilt Center.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Nebraska at Lincoln LINCOLN, Neb., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1971, Jonathan Holstein and the Whitney Museum of American Art turned heads with an exhibition of something new that ignited a renaissance. "Abstract...

Parental Conflict May Harm Infant Development, Brigham Young University Study Says.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Brigham Young University PROVO, Utah, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study suggests marital conflict harms children as young as six months by hindering their development of emotional control and their ability to handle stress....

America Today Reflects Health Reform Movement of 100 Years Ago.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The clean living movement popular in America today reflects many of the characteristics of the health reform movement 100 years ago, according to an Indiana...

What Makes a Difference in Mom's Life? Study Finds That It's Whether It's a Boy or Girl.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Washington SEATTLE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom's life are...

Study Finds Language Barriers Result in High Error Rates in Pediatric Medical Emergency Rooms.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a follow-up to a recent study of interpreter medical errors, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers have shown a high rate of translation errors in two...

Without Enzyme Catalyst, Slowest Known Biological Reaction Takes 1 Trillion Years.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in...

Commencement at Bowling Green State University Will Be Shown on Internet.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- This year, for the first time, friends and family members of Bowling Green State University's spring graduates will be able to see the commencement...

Study to Assess Risks, Benefits of Continuous Oral Contraception to Eliminate Monthly Menstruation for Pill Users.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center HERSHEY, Pa., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Given a choice, many women would probably opt out of the monthly cramping, bloating, bleeding and general discomfort that accompanies...

Scientists to Probe Giant Storm Clusters Across Midwest; BAMEX Media Day Set for May 19 near St. Louis, Missouri.
May 5, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- From the air and the ground, scientists this spring and summer will examine some of the world's largest thunderstorm complexes, behemoths that can...

University of Maryland Study Finds It's Best to Wait a Month After Heart Pump Implantation to Get Heart Transplant; Survival Much Lower If Transplant Is Less Than Four Weeks After Heart Pump Insertion.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The timing of a heart transplant after a person receives a heart pump can make the difference between life and death. Cardiac surgeons at the University of...

NYU Medical Center's Cardiac Surgeons Prove Decreased Mortality, Stroke for High Risk Patients When Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Is Used.
May 5, 2003... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- NYU Medical Center's cardiac surgeons Eugene Grossi, MD, and Aubrey Galloway, MD, announced new study findings demonstrating significantly lowered mortality, stroke, and...

Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Create Digital Video Archive of World Music.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new world of music from around the globe will soon be available to students and scholars. A research team from Indiana University and the University of Michigan has...

Intervention Effective in Reducing Teen Drinking and Driving, Use of Hard Drugs; 'Motivational Interviewing' Found to Work With Adolescents.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston SEATTLE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians who screen adolescents for drug and alcohol use and intervene with at-risk teens may have a dramatic effect on the incidence of teens drinking and driving...

Book Explores Challenge of Aging, Ailing School Facilities.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tight school budgets that have led to crumbling buildings that threaten the learning environment for millions of children. The problem is a national...

New University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Program Developing More American Indian Teachers.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students in a new University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee program to develop more American Indian teachers are looking forward to serving as role models, breaking...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Faculty Member Appointed Mexican State Ambassador.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Javier Tapia, assistant professor of educational policy and community studies in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education has been named an...

New Book Offers Legal Answers for Librarians.
May 5, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can federal security agencies look at a suspicious individual's library records? Do librarians have the right to filter the content on public internet...

Purdue Biologists Crystallize Technique to Expand Protein Research.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University scientists have managed to crystallize a particularly troublesome type of protein, an accomplishment that could overcome a 20-year hurdle in...

Hyperglycemia May Increase Risk of Eye Disorder in Premature Infants.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Premature infants with hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, may be at an increased risk in the first month of life for retinal detachment and blindness, say...

Afghan Faculty Learn at Purdue University, Receive Donated Computers, Texts.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four members of the faculty of Kabul University will share the latest in teaching techniques with their colleagues in Afghanistan after spending a few weeks on the...

Big Red Jelly Surprises Scientists.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MOSS LANDING, Calif., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In photographs, it looks like a big red spaceship cruising the ocean depths. But it's actually a new species of jelly that was discovered and...

International Mental Health Survey Finds U.S. Has High Rate of Mental Illness, Low Rate of Treatment Compared to Other Countries; In All Countries, Young, Poorly Educated Males Least Likely to Receive Treatment.
May 5, 2003... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The United States has a higher prevalence and lower treatment rate of serious mental illness than a number of other developed countries, according to a study...

Council for Advancement and Support of Education Announces Media Fellowships Program; Journalists Eligible for Mini-Fellowships at Colleges, Universities.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Council for Advancement & Support of Education WASHINGTON, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 200 journalists are participating this spring in a series of short-term seminars on college and university campuses through the Council...

Dr. Reza Dana of Schepens Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School Receives Prestigious Cogan Award.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reza Dana, MD, MPH, an associate scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, is the recipient of the 2003...

Government's Marriage Promotion Policies Likely to Fall Short Without Emphasis on Reducing Unwed Childbearing, Study Suggests.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Government policies that promote marriage as a way to boost disadvantaged women out of poverty and off welfare are likely to have mixed results at best, according to...

Study: Kids Who Get Prescription Asthma Drugs Visit ER Less Often; But Black, Urban Kids Make More Frequent Emergency Visits.
May 6, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System SEATTLE, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- An ounce of prevention may really be worth a pound of cure for children with asthma, a new University of Michigan Health System study shows. Children who...

Study Probes Use of Antiepileptic Drugs in Nursing Homes; Surprising Number Placed on Medications After Admission.
May 6, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 10 percent of residents in nursing homes are taking antiepileptic drugs, though only 5 or 6 percent suffer from epilepsy. This discrepancy has raised some...

Brookhaven Lab, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Team Jointly Win Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Toshifumi Sugama of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Keith Gawlik of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...

Brookhaven Lab Physicist William Willis Wins 2003 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- William Willis, a senior physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the American Physical Society's (APS) 2003 W.K.H....

Hong Kong Announces Matching Grant Program for Universities.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Council for Advancement & Support of Education WASHINGTON, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Hong Kong government recently created a fund of one billion Hong Kong dollars (equivalent to $128.4 million in U.S. dollars) to match private...

Johns Hopkins University Researchers Devise Methods to Evaluate Disaster Drills.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Loma Linda universities have published what is believed to be the first peer-reviewed set of standards for planning and...

Good News: Cognitive Decline After Bypass Surgery Mostly Temporary, Reversible.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than two thirds of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass surgery may experience problems with their ability to think, remember and learn, and are...

Anthropologist Pleads for Fewer Humans, More Saved Species.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ask Jeffrey McKee whether the planet would be a better place without humans and he'll qualify his answer: "It certainly would be better with fewer humans."...

Veteran Marine Biologist Named Cal State Fullerton Outstanding Professor.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Steven N. Murray, a longtime researcher of marine life in coastal waters, particularly in Orange County, is this year's recipient of the Outstanding...

World-Renowned Stem Cell Researcher Irving Weissman, M.D., Awarded Joslin Diabetes Center's Elliott P. Joslin Medal.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Irving Weissman, M.D., Director of the Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Stanford University, has been awarded the Elliott P. Joslin Medal by Joslin...

UC Davis, State Wildlife Agency Identify Troubling Trends in Sea Otter Deaths.
May 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of California, Davis analysis finds that adult sea otters in California in 1998-2001 died in unusually high numbers from newly recognized...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Breaks Ground for New Research Campus.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- "We have been developing the concept of this unique research campus for some time, and it is gratifying to see it come to life," says HHMI President...

Spelman College Appoints New Provost; Dr. Sharon Washington Joins Leadership Team.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Spelman College ATLANTA, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, President of Spelman College, has appointed Dr. Sharon J. Washington as Provost. This appointment follows Dr. Washington's tenure as Interim Provost....

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientists Respond to Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Off Massachusetts Coast.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists from diverse disciplines have responded to the April 27 spill of nearly 15,000 gallons of...

Delay, Dissatisfaction of Primary Care Results in Inappropriate Use of Emergency Rooms for Sick Children.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has found that dissatisfaction with previous visits to a...

World-Renowned University of Kansas Medical Center Kidney Researcher Wins International Prize.
May 6, 2003... Byline: Kansas Univ. School of Medicine KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pioneer in the research of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) at the University of Kansas Medical Center has received an international honor. Jared...

Colonoscopy More Cost-Effective Than Drugs in Preventing Colon Cancer, Study Predicts.
May 7, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study gives Americans over 50 one more reason not to put off having a colonoscopy to check for colon cancer and its forerunners. Not only is...

Parents Who Quit Smoking When Their Children Are Young Reduce the Chances of Their Kids Becoming Teen Smokers.
May 7, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- New findings from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center may provide a compelling reason for smoking parents of young children to kick the habit....