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Oncologists From Leading Academic Treatment, Research Centers Available to Address Advances in Lung Cancer Prevention, Treatment; November National Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Edelman Public Relations NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The scenario is all too common: A former smoker finally seeks help from her physician about symptoms she has had for some time. After all, it's easy to dismiss...

Indiana University's Advanced Visualization Lab Develops, Licenses, Deploys 'John-e-Box' Stereo Display Systems.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Indiana University's Advanced Visualization Lab is deploying its first eight John-e-Boxes, which it developed and licensed. The John-e-Box is a portable,...

Genomics and Medicine: Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Syndrome Linked to Inherited Birth Disorder.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a genetic syndrome -- an inherited birth disorder characterized by learning disabilities, facial malformations, impaired organs and...

Activity Detailed for Sirtuins, Involved in Metabolism, Aging, Gene Expression.
November 4, 2003... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recent years, scientists have learned that members of a family of enzymes known as sirtuins play critical roles in a wide array of vital life processes, including...

Global Warming Means More Snow for Great Lakes Region.
November 4, 2003... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global warming has had a surprising impact on the Great Lakes region of the U.S. - more snow. A comparative study of snowfall records in and outside of the Great Lakes...

University of Michigan Researchers to Present Key Findings on Heart, Vascular Disease at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions; Lead Authors Available for Comment.
November 5, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- From a surprising discovery on women's heart health to an innovative procedure for atrial fibrillation, researchers from the University of Michigan...

Saint Joseph's Biologist Copublishes Landmark Study on Presence of Previously Undiscovered Tissue in Octopus.
November 5, 2003... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered the first documented presence of erectile tissue in a nonvertebrate. The findings, concerning a species of octopus, were reported in a...

Cellular Problem Discovered Behind Syndrome of Obesity, Learning Disabilities.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Johns Hopkins scientists has discovered a potential new contributor to obesity -- faulty cilia. Many a high school biology...

Indiana University's Business Outlook Panel Forecasts National Economic Expansion in 2004; Job Growth Still a Concern in Indiana.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite reports to the contrary, there have been clear signs of a sustained economic recovery in the United States, which is expected to continue through 2004, according...

Sex a Necessary Evolutionary Commodity, Study Shows.
November 6, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a species of worm where males seem glaringly superfluous, a new study shows that sex may indeed be a beneficial strategy for survival. Writing in...

November News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis: Medical Science & Health.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

November News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis: Science & Technology.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

Scripps Research Institute Scientists Link Ozone to Atherosclerosis; Detection of Toxic 'Atheronal' Molecules May Lead to New Diagnostics.
November 6, 2003... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of investigators led by The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) President Richard A. Lerner, M.D., and TSRI Associate Professor Paul Wentworth, Jr.,...

Understanding Developmental Code of the Spinal Cord.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered some of the basic control signals that govern the organization of the spinal cord in the developing embryo - findings that...

Hoosiers Continue to Support Condom Education in High Schools, Indiana University Study Says.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the midst of an ongoing national debate about condom education in schools, nearly eight out of 10 Hoosiers agree that Indiana public high schools should educate...

Researchers Pinpoint Possible Cause of Chronic Bladder Disease.
November 6, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research in cats suggests that the cause of some cases of interstitial cystitis (IC) - a chronic and incurable inflammatory bladder disease that affects at least...

High Rate of Blindness in Women Will Be Focus of First International Conference in Boston, Nov. 7, 2003.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A call for public health action, increased funding for research, and creative educational programs in both the developing and developed worlds may be an outcome...

Despite Ongoing Job Losses in Rest of State, the San Fernando Valley Is Experiencing Growth.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite ongoing job losses in the rest of Los Angeles County and the state of California, the San Fernando Valley experienced growth in 2002,...

Pesticides May Help Rather Than Harm Brown Recluse Spider, Says University of Kansas Researcher.
November 7, 2003... Byline: University of Kansas TEXT LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jamel Sandidge once entered a house in Lenexa, Kan., and found more than 80 brown recluse spiders in less than an hour. In the three years he has studied the...

McGill University Designated Canadian Research University of the Year by Research Infosource Inc.
November 7, 2003... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- McGill University has been declared Canadian Research University of the Year (Medical/Doctoral category) by Research Infosource Inc., University officials announced this...

Schools Need More Than High Test Scores, Say Panelists at School Leadership Conference at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
November 7, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Raising standardized test scores is a laudable goal, but if a school really wants to thrive in the long term, it needs to pay close attention to its...

Don't Always Believe What You See, Suggests Study on False Memories.
November 8, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- People can easily be swayed into believing that they have seen something they never actually did see, say researchers at Ohio State University. Participants in a...

Genetic Aberration Helps Explain Variation in Cystic Fibrosis.
November 8, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- At the annual meeting of the Americal Society for Human Genetics in Los Angeles, Hopkins researchers will reveal the existence of specific short repeats of...

Region of Chromosome 1 Important in Blood Pressure Regulation.
November 8, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists are closing in on genetic contributors to high blood pressure and other causes of heart and cardiovascular disease. At the American Society for...

Yucca Mountain Site Must Make Use of Geological Safety Net, Say Indiana University, Los Alamos Scientists.
November 9, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A proposed federal repository near Yucca Mountain, Nev., for the long-term storage of 70,000 metric tons of high-level radioactive waste must take advantage of the...

Major Differences Seen Between Women, Men in Heart Disease Traits, Treatment.
November 10, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study shows just how different men and women really are - when it comes to their hearts, that is. It also helps solve several mysteries about...

Panel: Clinical Use of Embryonic Stem Cells Jeopardized by Bush's Policy on Federal Funding.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The human embryonic stem cell lines currently eligible for research with federal funds are not suitable for use in future clinical trials, nor would they...

Wichita State University Researchers Link Spelling With Word Study.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Phil has his book out on weight management, and now Dr. Kenn has a program on spelling. Spelling is something we all do every day, but many adults and...

Golfing Toward a Greener Environment.
November 10, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- As mountains of scrap tires continue to rise above the landscape, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found an environmentally...

Skin Cholesterol Indicates Presence of Plaque Build-Up in the Heart.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The amount of cholesterol found in skin cells may be a good indicator of the presence of plaque build-up in the heart, a Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions...

Rhythm vs. Rate Control: Similar Outcomes for Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Congestive Heart Failure.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center cardiologists have shown that patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, and who also have congestive heart...

Indiana University Fruit Fly Scientists Capture $20 Million Grant.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, Harvard University, Cambridge University (U.K.) and the University of California at Berkeley have been told by the...

'Dog-on-a-Chip' Could Replace Drug-Sniffing Canines.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Police dogs across the country could soon be out of work, replaced by an electronic "dog-on-a-chip" that sniffs out cocaine and other narcotics. Scientists at...

Daily Vitamins Could Prevent Vision Loss Among Thousands.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- If every American at risk for advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) took daily supplements of antioxidant vitamins and zinc, more than 300,000...

Herpes Research Uncovers Possible Clue to Alzheimer's Disease.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Brown University and the Marine Biological Laborratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Mass., have found a physical connection between the herpes...

Protein Identified May Play Central Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
November 10, 2003... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered that a protein expressed by the immune system, called TL1A, is linked...

UCSB Climate Experts Help Predict Rainfall Patterns in Central America and Africa to Avert Famine.
November 10, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America too little or too much rainfall can cause famine. Scientists at the University of California,...

Stereotactic Lung Cancer Study Produces Positive Initial Results.
November 10, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The initial phase of a clinical trial for treatment of early stage lung cancer has produced positive results, according to an article appearing Nov....

Clinical Trial Patients Don't Care About Study Sponsors or Physician Conflicts of Interest, Says Johns Hopkins Medical Institution Study.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many patients will volunteer for a clinical trial if asked, even if the physician who inquires is a stockholder in the sponsoring company or has other...

Researchers Study Decline of Iowa Freshwater Mussels.
November 11, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two researchers, one from the University of Iowa and the other from Iowa State University, have received a $20,000 seed grant from the UI Center for Global and...

Formal Screening May Better Identify Depressed Heart Attack Survivors.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A formal screening program for depression among heart attack survivors might help health care providers better identify and treat the condition in this...

Newer Formulation of Heparin Improves Outcomes for Suspected Heart Attack Patients.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newer, more convenient formulation of the blood thinner heparin appears to improve outcomes with fewer complications -- when combined with a platelet receptor blocking...

Drug Proven to Benefit Heart Attack Victims Vastly Underused.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Duke University ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- After analyzing data of more than 56,000 U.S. patients who arrive at emergency rooms with heart attack symptoms, researchers from a Duke University Medical Center-led...

Multi-Hospital Angioplasty Effort Cuts Deaths, Complications, Yields Valuable Risk Data; Detailed Database From Michigan Hospitals Reveals Ways to Improve Quality of Care.
November 11, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Angioplasty patients in Michigan are getting far better care - and suffering far fewer complications - than they used to, thanks to a cooperative...

Bold, Young Hedge Fund Managers Post Strong Returns, But Fail More Often.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University finance professor's research shows that hedge funds' best results come when managers incur more risk and that this risk-taking behavior is...

Holiday Hint: New Research Explains Why You Shouldn't Whine About Cloudy Wine Glasses.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you notice a cloudy ring around your wine glasses at Thanksgiving dinner, don't blame yourself or your dishwashing detergent. In all likelihood, a force of...

Stents Combined With Clot-Busting Drugs Effective in Limiting Impact of Deadly Form of Stroke.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small but promising study suggests that coupling the insertion of stents with injections of clot-busting tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) directly into...

American Students Underwhelmed by Homework Assignments, Says Carnegie Mellon Study.
November 11, 2003... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- American kids aren't doing very much homework, and what little homework they are doing may not be helping them learn, according to a study co-authored by Carnegie...

One in Four Patients at Risk If Surgery Delayed After Failed Angioplasty.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Duke University ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke Clinical Research Institute and Canadian cardiologists have estimated that 25 percent of patients who unexpectedly require emergency heart surgery after a failed...

Heart Failure Consumes Significant Health Care Resources.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Duke University ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first such analysis of the costs of heart failure, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that elderly patients with the debilitating heart disorder...

Women Treated More Aggressively for Hypertension, Yet Results Similar to Men.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have found an interesting paradox about gender differences in heart disease: women have a greater burden of hypertension than...

Transparent Fish Provide Window on Blood Formation, Marrow Transplantation.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have developed powerful new techniques to see in unprecedented detail how blood-forming cells develop in zebrafish. The scientists have used...

Binghamton University Hearing Aid Research Gets Federal Boost.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A four-year, $6.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health to support the biomimetic acoustic sensor research of Binghamton University Professor Ron...

Binghamton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Infotonics Center Team Up to Form National Packaging Power.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- An alliance between Binghamton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Infotonics Technology Center will help speed the commercialization of...

Photochemistry Research Could Lead to Cleaner Environment, New Sensors; Alistair Lees Spends Much of His Research Time Hoping to See the Light.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using tools that improve by several orders of magnitude on the accuracy of microscopes and stopwatches, Alistair Lees is working at the molecular level to...

Binghamton University Professor's Research Helps Teachers Use Keys to Vocabulary Building.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research shows that a large vocabulary is vital to reading comprehension and communication ability. It even affects how we perceive one another. But Karen...

Binghamton University Faculty Honored by SUNY for Research, Scholarship; Patents Issued to Two University Professors.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four Binghamton University faculty received awards at the Chancellor's Recognition Dinner honoring faculty research and scholarship at the SUNY Plaza on Oct. 20....

Sexual Orientation Among Men Is Connected With Brain Metabolism, University of Chicago Research Shows.
November 12, 2003... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown for the first time that strong sexual orientation among men appears to be connected with brain metabolism. The results...

Atrial Fibrillation Procedure Shown to Cure Majority of Patients With Abnormal Heart Rhythm; Radio Waves 'Zap' Tiny Areas of Heart Muscle, Fixing Electrical Rhythm.
November 12, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- An innovative procedure completely cures the overwhelming majority of patients with the most common form of irregular heartbeat, by stopping haywire...

New Memory Device Could Offer Smaller, Simpler Way to Archive Data; Discovery of New Property in Commonly Used Plastic Leads to Invention.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers at Princeton University and Hewlett-Packard have invented a combination of materials that could lead to cheap and super-compact electronic memory devices...

Graduation Rates Increase at University of California; Underrepresented Students See Strong Gains.
November 12, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California graduation and persistence rates are at an all-time high, improving over the past decade even as UC accommodated unprecedented enrollment...

Soybean Oil Developed at Iowa State Eliminates Need for Hydrogenation, Cuts Trans Fats; Major Food Companies Will Test New Oil in Products This Year.
November 12, 2003... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- New soybean varieties developed at Iowa State University hold promise for food manufacturers scrambling to remove unhealthy trans fats from their products. The new...

Scientific American Names Two Professors at UC Berkeley As Among Year's Top 50 Innovators.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two professors at the University of California, Berkeley, are among the top 50 innovators of 2003 chosen by Scientific American magazine. The...

University of Michigan Partners with Columbia University on $7.5 million Child Care Research Archive.
November 13, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parents and policy makers will soon be able to tap into a new federally funded online archive to find the latest and most trustworthy academic research on child...

Mount Holyoke College Enrollment Chief Available to Comment on Sarah Lawrence SAT Announcement.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In light of Sarah Lawrence College's decision to make the submission of SAT scores optional for admission, Jane Brown, vice president for enrollment and...

Blocking Immune Response to Spinal Cord Injury Can Improve Chances for Recovery; UC Irvine Researchers Develop Antibodies That Lessen the Severity of Spinal Cord Injury.
November 13, 2003... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who suffer spinal cord injuries may have a greater chance of recovery if treated with drugs that block the body's own immune response to the...

Search for Dark Matter Intensifies.
November 13, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today scientists announced that the search for dark matter is on -- it has been launched from a laboratory half a mile below ground. Two...

Major Public/Private Autism Research Partnerships to Be Announced; National Alliance for Autism Research, National Institutes of Health Collaborations Focus on Genetics, Behavioral Science.
November 13, 2003... Byline: National Alliance for Autism Research WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Alliance for Autism Research today released the following advisory. WHO: Secretary Tommy Thompson, U.S. Department of Health and...

'Detroit South' Clemson University Research Campus Will Make South Carolina an Automotive Research Hub; BMW, IBM Join Clemson University Automotive Research Campus.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Clemson University GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A 400-acre automotive research campus, to be developed by Clemson University, promises to make South Carolina a hub of the nation's automotive and motorsports...

$2 Million Instrument Will Be One of Few in Country Used to Study Mental Illness.
November 13, 2003... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Colo., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center's Department of Psychiatry has been awarded $2 million from the National Institutes of...

Discovery Could Lead to New Ways to Create Nano-Fibers, Wires.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by engineers at Purdue University and physicists at the University of Chicago has made a discovery about the formation of drops that could...

Stanford Business School Research Finds Lowering Switching Costs Makes the Market More Competitive.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- On November 24, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to implement measures to ensure portability of cellular phone numbers. This move...

Major Prostate-Cancer Prevention Study to Launch Awareness Campaign in Churches Nationwide; Motivational Speaker Les Brown Lends His Name to the Cause, Which Kicks Off Sunday.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Sunday, Nov. 16, the nation's largest-ever prostate-cancer prevention study, the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial - or SELECT for short -...

Light Emitting Diodes Bring Relief to Young Cancer Patients; NASA Technology Used for Plant Growth Now in Clinical Trials.
November 13, 2003... Byline: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A nurse holds a strange-looking device, moving it slowly toward a young patient's face. The note-card-sized device is covered with glowing red lights,...

Tell Me Your Feelings...Or Else! California State University, Northridge Psychologist Says Desire for Verbal Communication May Have Gone Too Far.
November 13, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Tell me what you're feeling?" It's a phrase heard common enough in today's society. There are even classes to help people get in touch with...

Genes Control Severity of Heart Failure, Study Finds.
November 14, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- By screening the genomes of mice with heart failure, Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered multiple stretches of DNA containing genes that modify the...

Survey Shows Many Wireless Phone Consumers Dissatisfied With Their Service.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Almost one-fourth of all cellular phone users have stayed with their original providers even though they are dissatisfied with their service, according to a new...

Financial Problems Linked to Depression Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women with breast cancer are most likely to suffer from symptoms of depression if they also have other sources of stress in their lives -- particularly financial...

Study Sheds Light on Why Some Infants May Develop Permanent Heart Damage.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The study is the first to show that for some infants born to women who produce antibodies commonly found in lupus, maternal circulating cells can migrate...

1993 Nobel Laureate Dr. Russell Hulse to Join University of Texas at Dallas as Visiting Professor; Princeton Physicist to Focus on Science and Mathematics Education.
November 17, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Russell A. Hulse of Princeton University, the discoverer of the first binary pulsar and co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physics, will...

National Institutes of Health Awards Grants to Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
November 17, 2003... Byline: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital BOSTON, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Led by Paolo Bonato, PhD, director, Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network (SRHN), researchers at the hospital will contribute...

More Doctors Favor National Health Insurance, Study Reveals.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly half of physicians in the United States favor governmental legislation to establish national health insurance, with the strongest support...

Indiana University Medical School, Merck Take Shot at Vaccinating Kenya Kids.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Half of the children born in sub-Saharan Africa each year do not receive routine vaccinations to protect them from debilitating or deadly diseases. An...

First Drug/Treatment Targets Source of Wet AMD Vision Loss; Study Results Discussed at AAO Annual Meeting.
November 18, 2003... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- New hope may be on the horizon for some people with the wet form of macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease in which abnormal blood vessel growth causes loss...