AScribe Medicine News Service articles from May 2004

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from May 2004

Saint Joseph's University to Host National Obesity Conference With Panel of Industry Experts; June 4.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saint Joseph's University's Erivan K. Haub School of Business will host a national conference, "Obesity: Understanding Issues, Seeking Solutions," on Friday, June...

May Medical Science & Health News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, May 5 (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...

Cord Blood Stem Cells Save Children With Hurler's Syndrome.
May 5, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stem cells from a newborn baby's umbilical cord blood can save the lives of children with Hurler's syndrome and can repair much of the progressive brain and organ damage...

Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation, Eric Johnston of LucasArts Launches 'Ben's Game'; Kids Can Battle Cancer With Free Computer Game, 9-Year-Old Leukemia Patient Ben Duskin's 'Wish'.
May 7, 2004... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation presents the availability of "Ben's Game," a new computer game that battles cancer cells. The Beta game will be...

Single Cancer Gene Has Profound Effects; New Model System Mimics Real Tumors.(mutant K-ras oncogene)
May 7, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered that a gene commonly mutated in a wide range of cancers can single-handedly trigger...

Immigrants Outlive the Native-Born in California; Life Expectancies, Infant Mortality Differ Widely Among Racial, Ethnic Groups in State.
May 12, 2004... Byline: Public Policy Institute of California SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most of California's immigrants live longer than their native-born counterparts, according to a study released today by the Public Policy Institute...

Why Youngsters Try to Do Impossible Things: Study Provides Window Into Child's Mind.(children's understanding of scale)
May 13, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- When you see a small child try to fit into or on top of a doll-sized toy, you're likely to laugh. That's exactly what three co-investigators of a new study...

Labs-on-a-chip to Detect Milk Contamination.
May 14, 2004... Byline: The Whitaker Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Department of Homeland Security is backing research on lab-on-a-chip sensors that might guard the nation's food supply better than the current system of...

Researchers Identify Cancer-Causing Gene Involved in Aggressive Leukemia, Lymphoma.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using genetically engineered mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center have identified a gene that functions as a cancer-causing gene (or...

Mammogram? Check. Pap Smear? Check. But Far Fewer Women Get Colon Checks, Study Finds.
May 14, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System CHICAGO, May 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many women who regularly get checked for breast cancer and cervical cancer still don't go for a test that could save them from another big killer -- colon...

No Weak Links: Study Shows University of Michigan Hospital Computer System Makes 'Chain' of Health Care Better, Safer, Timelier, Less Costly.
May 14, 2004... Byline: University of Michigan Health System CHICAGO, May 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like a chain with many fragile links, the care of every hospital patient in America is made up of dozens, even hundreds, of daily interactions and handoffs...

Text Helps Geriatric Care Providers Address Ethnicity, Culture.(Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults)(Book Review)
May 17, 2004... Byline: American Geriatrics Society LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults" (ISBN 0-7637-3338-5), a publication focusing on overcoming the cultural disparities that...

Lung Cancer, Other Minimally Invasive Radiation Therapy Treatments Focus of International Radiation Oncology Conference.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- As leaders in the advancement of stereotactic body radiation therapy, Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology will host...

Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., Honored With Jung Prize for Medicine.(Germany's Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine)
May 18, 2004... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Del E. Webb Center for Neuroscience and Aging at The Burnham Institute, was awarded the prestigious...

BioCDS Could Hit No. 1 on Doctors' Charts.(CD technology used in medical tests)
May 18, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- While-you-wait medical tests that screen patients for thousands of disease markers could be possible with compact-disk technology patented by Purdue University...

Bates College Receives $1.2 Million in Fifth Hughes Medical Institute Grant.
May 18, 2004... Byline: Bates College LEWISTON, Maine, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced today that it has awarded Bates College a grant, Bates' fifth from HHMI, for $1.2 million to support science education. ...

McLean Hospital Researcher Receives Presidential Award.(Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers)
May 21, 2004... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- During a recent White House ceremony, McLean Hospital researcher William A. Carlezon, Jr., Ph.D., received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and...

Insight Into Transplant Rejection Might Lead to Novel Prevention Therapies.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Duke University ORLANDO, Fla., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly discovered means by which the body attacks transplanted organs might lead to novel methods of preventing the rejection response, research by Duke University...

Researchers Identify Avian Counterpart to Mammalian Antibody Receptor.
May 24, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have isolated a protein receptor in chickens that is responsible for transferring antibodies from...

University of Maryland School of Medicine Recruits Powerhouse Research Team to Study Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases; Move Brings $10.5 Million in Annual Funding From the National Institutes of Health.
May 25, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the largest single recruitment in the history of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the school has hired a team of 23 biomedical scientists...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Scientists Find a Key to Cell Division; Discovery May Lead to Insights Into Cancer, Birth Defects, Fertility, Neurological Disorders.
May 27, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A cellular structure discovered 125 years ago and dismissed by many biologists as "cellular garbage" has been found to play a key role in the process of...

'Noisy' Genes Can Have Big Impact.(randomness in gene expression)
May 27, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiments by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have revealed how it might be possible for randomness in gene expression to lead to...

Geriatrics at Your Fingertips for PDAs Debuts.(Brief Article)
May 27, 2004... Byline: American Geriatrics Society NEW YORK, May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is proud to announce the release of Geriatrics at Your Fingertips(tm) (GAYF) for personal digital assistants. Since it was...

Institute of Medicine's Report on Mold, Damp Indoor Spaces and Health is Focus of Presentation at Harvard Environmental Symposium, June 7.
May 27, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- David Butler, Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and study director of a recent IOM report on the health...

To Be Effective, Anti-Drug Ads Should Focus on Thrill-Seeking Teens.
May 27, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Expensive government advertising campaigns, which play an important part in the national drug strategy, do little, if anything, to dissuade teenagers from using...