AScribe Health News Service articles from August 2005

AScribe Health News Service archives from August 2005

Packing a Student Off to College? Give Them a Parting Shot to Prevent Deadly Meningococcal.
August 1, 2005... Byline: Camino Medical Group SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- You can't protect your college-bound child from everything, but you can immunize them against one particular threat: meningococcal. Every year there are news...

Top Tips to Make Sure Pets Get Good Dental Care.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pets need dental care and special attention, and Lorraine Corriveau, a wellness veterinarian from Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine, recommends...

Making Residence Hall a Home Starts With Building, Maintaining Relationships.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- As students return to universities this fall, they should start turning their residence hall rooms into their new homes right away, a Purdue expert says. ...

Schulz Challenge Grant Spurs Campaign for New Center for Assistance Dogs For People With Disabilities.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Canine Companions for Independence MEDFORD, N.Y., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jean Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, has offered a $500,000 challenge grant to the Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) Northeast...

Molecular Partners Required for Appropriate Neuronal Gene Repression.
August 3, 2005... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In their efforts to understand the complex biology of life, scientists often seek to isolate individual elements of the puzzle for study, to break the problem down to...

Groundbreaking Study of 5,700 Women Finds Not Enough Exercise Means Serious Risk for Heart Problems, Death; All Current Exercise Guidelines Based on Study of Only 224 Men, No Women.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Rush University Medical Center CHICAGO, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a groundbreaking first of its kind study, researchers studied over 5,700 women's fitness levels relative to age and lifestyle, and found that women who score...

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Develops Task Force to Combat ADHD In Children; Answers Community's Cry for Help.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati CINCINNATI, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has teamed up with local pediatricians and family practitioners to treat children with attention...

Leading Microbicide Developers Announce Research and Development Partnership to Create New HIV-Prevention Technology for Women; IPM and NIAID Will Collaborate and Share Information to Develop Promising Microbicides.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Global Health Strategies SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National...

Your Tap Water: Will That Be Leaded or Unleaded? Lead May Pose Greater Leaching Risk Than Standard Tests Show.
August 4, 2005... Byline: National Science Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In critiquing a common safety standard for brass used in plumbing, researchers have found the regimen may be flawed. As a result, they say, some of the lead...

New Technology Shows Our Ancestors Ate -- Everything!
August 4, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a powerful microscope and computer software, a team of scientists from Johns Hopkins, the University of Arkansas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and...

Cal State University Stanislaus Professors Publish Revealing Report on Methods for Treating Autism.
August 5, 2005... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A California research team that includes a pair of California State University, Stanislaus psychology professors has taken a significant step in...

American Medical Association Teen Drinking Polls Show Need for Community-Based Response; Watchdog Offers Solutions to Community Alcohol Problems.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Marin Institute SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Marin Institute, an alcohol industry and policy watchdog, is calling for a nationwide, community-based response to our country's underage drinking epidemic in...

Hopkins Researchers Use Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technique to Monitor Ultrasound Uterine Fibroid Treatment.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have, for what is believed to be the first time, used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique called diffusion-weighted MRI...

Absence Really Does Make Heart Grow Fonder, Expert Says.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaving your significant other behind while you attend college could actually bring you closer together, says a Purdue University romantic relationship...

Latest Advances on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Will Be Highlighted at Conference to Be Held on Sept. 11; Three Day Conference at Mount Sinai Medical Center to Begin on Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks.
August 9, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- From survivors of the London bombings to Iraq war veterans to those who witnessed the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, post-traumatic stress...

How the Brain Understands Pictures.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The figure is famous: a deceptively simple line drawing that at first glance resembles a vase and, at the next, a pair of human faces in profile. When you look at...

Dentists, Pediatricians Urge Mouthguard Use as Kids Head Back to School; Completing Health, Dental Exams, Immunizations Emphasized in Annual Back-to-School Health Promotion.
August 9, 2005... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Each year, more than 3.5 million children, age 14 and under are injured while playing sports or participating in recreational activities. As part of the American...

Clinical Practice Guidelines May Not Apply to Older Patients With Several Chronic Illnesses; Many Focus on One Disease, Exclude Coexisting Conditions.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a Johns Hopkins study suggests that doctors who follow current clinical practice guidelines when caring for an older person with multiple...

University of Illinois at Chicago Team Physician With U.S. Men's Basketball at World Championships.
August 9, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Mark Hutchinson, professor of orthopedics and sports medicine and head team physician at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is in Argentina the first...

Canine Companion Inducted Into Animal Hall of Fame.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Canine Companions for Independence SANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) inducted Jeannie II into its California Animal Hall of Fame during its recent Annual...

Mayo Clinic Study Demonstrates Patients' Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Type Dictates Effective Treatment; Plasma Exchange Treatment Shown Most Helpful for Severe Attacks in Subtype of MS Patients.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic study demonstrates that only those multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with evidence for antibody deposition or complement activation -- immune cells that can...

Infusion Nurses Examine Need for Standards of Practice in Immunoglobulin Therapy; As Use of Life- Saving Therapy Expands, Need Arises for Consensus on Treatment Protocol.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Edelman Public Relations KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A review article published in the July/August 2005 Journal of Infusion Nursing examines the need for established treatment guidelines to support doctors...

Vanderbilt Experts Available for Back-to-School Stories on Childhood Obesity, Bullying, Managing Stress, More.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVIULLE, Tenn., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University experts are available for comment on back-to-school stories. Marsha Davis: Tips for helping kids stay healthy and prevent childhood...

Therapist Helps Kansas State Veterinary Students Understand Grieving Process.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine has hired a new doctor, but he's not a veterinarian. Mac Hafen is the college's mental health...

Johns Hopkins-Led Center Will Study, Develop Voting Technologies; Technology, Public Policy Issues, Election Booth Behavior Will Receive Scrutiny.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federally funded center dedicated to improving the reliability and trustworthiness of voting technology, drawing on experts in computer science, public policy and...

Hopkins Nurse Researcher Named Institute of Medicine Scholar-in-Residence.
August 15, 2005... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) professor Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD RN FAAN, has been named the American Academy of Nursing...

Mayo Clinic to Treat Uterine Fibroid Tumors With New Outpatient Treatment Called Focused Ultrasound; Safe Alternative to Hysterectomy.
August 15, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women whose lifestyles are severely limited by heavy bleeding, pain, pressure symptoms, and embarrassing spotting caused by uterine fibroid tumors - and who do not want to...

Women Who Cohabit Have Daughters Who Do the Same, Study Shows.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to living together with a man, daughters often follow the lead of their mothers, according to a new study. Research showed that young adult women...

Students Live in Retirement Center to Better Understand Aging Issues.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- If graduate students are going to study issues facing older adults, then the average 20- to 30-year-old has a lot to gain from living in a retirement center,...

Gene Loss Accelerates Aging.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered that the loss of a gene called p63 accelerates aging in mice. Similar versions of the gene are present in many...

Emergency Medical Supplies Arrive in Mumbai, India; California-Based Direct Relief International Responds to Flood Emergency; Public Health Department to Distribute 5,000 Pounds of Drugs to Treat Disease Outbreaks.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Direct Relief International SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- India has not formally requested international assistance, but may be facing a catastrophic shortage of the medications needed to treat...

Purdue University Research Shows Added Calcium Benefits Women on the Pill.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women who take oral contraceptives can counteract bone loss by making sure they have enough calcium in their daily diet, especially early in life, according to...

Back to School Special Report: Michigan State University News Tips.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a new year at Michigan State University fast approaching, students, faculty, staff and families await a wide variety of new academic, social and...

University of Colorado at Boulder Study Suggests Strong Family Support Helpful in Treating Teen Bipolar Disorder.
August 18, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bipolar adolescents, saddled with biochemical imbalances that make mood swings far more severe than the raging hormones and mood changes common to healthy...

Harvard Researchers Gather More Evidence Implicating Menthol in Health Disparities Between White, Black Smokers; Analysis of Menthol Cigarettes, Favored by Black Smokers, Finds More of the Additive in Brands Labeled 'Light'.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- In two papers appearing in the August 2005 issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Harvard University researchers describe new evidence for the role of mentholated...

NHPCO Applauds AHA/American College of Cardiology for Comprehensive Guidelines for Heart Failure; Quality of Life an Important Factor in Guidelines.
August 19, 2005... Byline: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines about heart failure that stress early...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Child Development Lab Studies Misunderstood World of Kids' Imaginary Companions.
August 22, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's a phenomenon that has confounded the most respected parenting gurus even Dr. Benjamin Spock. What exactly is the effect of imaginary friends on the...

McLean Hospital Study Finds Neural Abnormalities Are Same in Animal Model, Postmortem Schizophrenia Brains; Findings Pave Way for Developing New Treatment Strategies for Schizophrenia.
August 23, 2005... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital report being able to produce cellular changes in rats' brains similar to those seen in humans with schizophrenia by...

Alcoholism, Autism, Breast Cancer Storylines Are Among Finalists for Hollywood, Health & Society's Sentinel for Health Awards; Spanish-Language Telenovelas Are Recognized for First Time.
August 23, 2005... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hollywood, Health, & Society, a joint project of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...

Better Screening Test for Infant Iron Deficiency?; Earlier Detection, Treatment Could Prevent Impaired Mental Development.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new blood test detects iron deficiency in infants earlier and more accurately than the commonly used hemoglobin screening test, according to a study in the August...

Thinking the Pain Away? University of Michigan Brain-Scan Study Shows Body's Own Painkillers May Cause 'Placebo Effect'.
August 23, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Just thinking that a medicine will relieve pain is enough to prompt the brain to release its own natural painkillers, and soothe painful...

Community Technology Foundation of California Grants Awarded to Benefit California Service Organizations Serving People With Disabilities.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Community Technology Foundation of California SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) awarded grants to increase awareness and participation in the Ticket to Work...

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Launches Life of Science Book List.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you can't pick the brain of a Nobel laureate, the next best thing is to read the same books as he or she does. Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer...

USDA Yields in Battle Over Access of Personal Care To National Organic Program; Organic Non-Food Products Qualify Says USDA.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Organic Consumers Association WASHINGTON, Minn., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the eve of a deadline requiring the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) to respond to a federal court complaint filed in June by the Organic...

Specific Part of Brain Says 'Cool It' When in Control of Stressful Events, CU-Boulder Study Finds.
August 24, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder believe they have an answer as to why some people can quickly bounce back from a terrible event,...

Neurotransmitter Orexin Associated with Pleasure, Reward Pathways in Brain, in Addition to Functions in Sleep, Appetite; Newly Discovered Role Could Be Basis for Novel Drug Addiction Treatments.
August 24, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that the recently identified neurotransmitter orexin (also known...

Small Online Brokers Outperform Established Players in Latest Ratings by Consumer Reports Money Adviser; Firstrade, Trading Direct, BrownCo Top List of Best Online Brokers; Fidelity, TD Waterhouse, Vanguard Ranked Near Bottom.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The September issue of Consumer Reports Money Adviser assesses 21 online brokers and mutual fund supermarkets to find out which firms offer the best deals on stock and...

Mayo Clinic Study Finds Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients treated with six sessions of acupuncture experienced significant symptomatic improvement compared to a group given simulated acupuncture sessions...

Consumer Reports Medical Guide Provides Information on Seasonal Allergies, Hay Fever, Antihistamines; New Online Allergy Resource Available Now at www.ConsumerReports.org/mg/allergies.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the millions of people dealing with seasonal allergies, hay fever and all those annoying and often serious allergy symptoms, Consumer Reports Medical Guide...

New Dye Could Offer Early Test for Alzheimer's.
August 25, 2005... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- MIT scientists have developed a new dye that could offer noninvasive early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, a discovery that could aid in monitoring the progression of the...

States Fail to Meet Lead Testing Duty to Children Served by Medicaid.
August 26, 2005... Byline: Alliance for Healthy Homes WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- New data confirm that states are failing to test children served by Medicaid for lead poisoning as required by federal law. Efforts to improve lead screening...

Blocking a Premature Aging Syndrome With Anticancer Drugs.
August 29, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A class of anticancer drugs currently being evaluated in phase 3 clinical trials may also be an effective treatment for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria...

Three New Books Provide In-Depth Assessment of New York City's Recovery From 9/11 Attack on World Trade Center.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Russell Sage Foundation NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, altered the political, social, and economic landscape of the United States and the world. On that day, thousands of lives...

After Katrina: James Madison University Expert on Psychology of Disaster Survivors.
August 31, 2005... Byline: James Madison University HARRISONBURG, Va., Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's easy to see the physical damage inflicted by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. The psychological effects of such an event on the people...

Purdue Expert Urges Families to Talk About Hurricane Trauma.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- If parents have had a conversation with their children about the tragedies surrounding Hurricane Katrina, they need to remember once is not enough, says a child...

Learning Disabilities School Expands to High School on Holy Names University Campus Sept. 6.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Holy Names University OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Raskob Day School, starting its 32nd year on the Holy Names University campus, will expand its program to include its first high school class on Sept. 6. ...