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Cohabiting Couples Not Likely to Marry, Study Finds.
February 2, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study suggests that couples who live together before marriage may be less likely to eventually marry than previously believed. Only about 40 percent of...

Children's Dental Health Month Finds Too Many Youth Still Suffering From Too Much Dental Disease.
February 2, 2004... Byline: Children's Dental Health Project WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- February 2004 is Children's Dental Health Month, a good time to reflect on the continuing high rate of dental disease in the nation's uninsured and...

Drugs for Depression May Trigger Suicidal Thoughts, Acts in Children at Risk for Bipolar Disorder, Says Parent Group.
February 2, 2004... Byline: Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation WILMETTE, Ill., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) today, on behalf of its 17,000 member families, called for the federal Food and Drug Administration...

Studies Find Benefit in Stop-Smoking Programs Targeted for Working-Class Groups.
February 3, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute suggests that a person's occupation is a distinct and significant factor - in addition to education, income,...

Most Men Over 40 Take Steps to Try to Prevent Prostate Cancer, Jefferson Medical College Survey Shows.
February 3, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new survey by researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center shows that most men over 40 attempt to protect themselves against prostate cancer. The steps...

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Says State Terrorism Preparedness Dollars Critical; Cuts in Proposed FY05 Budget Worrisome.
February 3, 2004... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Administration's proposed FY05 budget reflects a commitment to continued support of important public health programs but comes up...

The Sixth Grade Conundrum: a Parent's Guide.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Southwestern University GEORGETOWN, Texas, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some of them weigh 200 pounds, stand six-feet high and wear size 11 shoes. Others are barely tall enough to reach over the lunch counter at school. Most are...

In Honor of Black History Month, Glaucoma Research Foundation Salutes Dr. Percy Lavon Julian.
February 4, 2004... Byline: Glaucoma Research Foundation SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- To honor Black History Month is to honor African-Americans who have made history. Dr. Percy Lavon Julian fits that description exceptionally well. Dr....

MIT Student Dances With Robots.
February 4, 2004... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The bubbly clarinet solo that opens a 1940s swing classic begins, setting a pair of dancers in motion. They move in constant rhythm, varying their steps to the song's changing...

Author of New Report on Bioterrorism Preparedness Dollars, Public Health Says Ricin Incidents Demonstrate Urgency of Better Coordination.
February 4, 2004... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent ricin toxin mailing, which has forced all three senate office buildings to shut down for two days so far, illustrates the urgency with which we need to...

Valentine's Day: Experts Available.
February 5, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University experts can talk about a variety of topics related to Valentine's Day, such as romantic relationships and friendships. 1. Best friends...

Dr. Weil's University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine Hosts Nutrition, Health Conference March 11-13.
February 5, 2004... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona today released the following advisory. CONFERENCE NUTRITION AND HEALTH: STATE OF THE SCIENCE...

Pesticide Exposure Among Agricultural Workers Varies by Job Task, According to Fred Hutchinson Study; Children of Orchard Thinners Face Higher Risk for Pesticide Exposure in Home.
February 5, 2004... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Agricultural workers who perform thinning - removing young buds from orchard trees to increase the size of the remaining fruit - face a greater likelihood...

A New Approach to Halting HIV Infection.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Tulane University NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Tulane National Primate Research Center are making strides in the fight against HIV infection, taking a new approach to halting the HIV epidemic. In the...

Sociological Study Examines Importance of Hair.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- You are your hair. Throughout this season of democratic primaries, candidates have worried what their hairstyles say about them and pundits have discussed...

Press Statement: American Jewish World Service's Reaction to Federal Budget, America's Role in the World.
February 6, 2004... Byline: American Jewish World Service NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- This week, President George Bush submitted his budget to Congress. The president's budget is more than a list of spending priorities; it is a moral document by...

Johns Hopkins Researchers Report From This Month's Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Meeting.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following news tips are based on abstracts or posters to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 24th Annual Meeting, held Feb. 2-7...

Breast Cancer Vaccine Study Supported by Unique 'Progress for Patients' Grant From Avon, National Cancer Institute; Study Evaluates Immune Response to Telomerase Tumor Antigen as Possible Vaccine.
February 9, 2004... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have begun a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a...

Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Unveils First Online Library on AD/HD; User-Friendly Resource Increases Public Access to Science of AD/HD.
February 9, 2004... Byline: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder LANDOVER, Md., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) has unveiled the first and only online library...

How Well Do Babies See? Eye Focusing Influences Infant Brain Development.
February 10, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first few months of life, a baby sees the world very differently than an adult does. But exactly how well do babies see? More specifically, how well are...

Researchers Find Association between C-Reactive Protein, an Inflammatory Marker for Cardiovascular Disease, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
February 10, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a burden to the elderly population, and its consequences are increasing because treatment options are limited....

Extroverts Experience More Positive Work-Family Connections.
February 10, 2004... Byline: Wake Forest University WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Extroverts may have the edge when it comes to balancing work and family, according to a new study by two Wake Forest University professors that looks at the...

National Panel Challenges Payers to Improve Quality of Addiction Treatment; Panel Chair, Former Drug Czar, to Testify Before Congress.
February 11, 2004... Byline: Join Together BOSTON, Feb. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A national panel of experts has called for a fundamental change in the payment system for treating drug and alcohol disorders. The group, chaired by Dr. Jerome Jaffe, the nation's...

February Science & Technology Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
February 11, 2004... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11 (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...

February Culture & Living Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
February 11, 2004... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11 (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...

February Medical Science & Health Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
February 11, 2004... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11 (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...

Scholar of Single Lifestyles Has Little Love for Valentine's Day.
February 12, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- An empty mailbox on Valentine's Day - could anything be sadder? Actually, yes - many things - according to Bella DePaulo, a visiting...

UC Irvine Study Reveals Why Some People May Be 'Born to Smoke'; Nicotine Study Provides First Results Showing Personality Traits, Brain Activity and Cigarette Addiction Link.
February 12, 2004... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why are some people hopelessly addicted to cigarettes, while others seemingly can quit at will? A UC Irvine College of Medicine study reveals for the...

Roanoke College Psychologist Helps Define 'Indecency'.
February 12, 2004... Byline: Dick Jones Communications SALEM, Va., Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Janet Jackson's Super Bowl bust-out turned the family-friendly football telecast into a broadcasting controversy and societal debate. While some experts believe...

Adjusting Biological Clocks for Space Travel; Future Human Mars Missions to Carry Circadian Knowledge.
February 13, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- President George W. Bush recently set two goals for the nation's space program: humans will return to the moon by 2020, and land on Mars by 2030. But...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Hold High-Tech Conference for Small Business.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 16th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on March 2 and 3, 2004, at the...

UCLA Study Finds a Low-Fat Diet Slows Prostate Cancer Growth, Increases Survival Times in Laboratory Models.
February 15, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A low-fat diet may help men with aggressive prostate cancer better fight their disease and live longer, according to researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center who showed that a diet...

Scientists Uncover How Excess Salt Leads to Hypertension; Studies by University of Maryland Scientists and Others Suggest New Treatment Approaches.
February 16, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Collaborating scientists in the United States and Japan have identified, by uncovering key steps in the physiological process, how excess salt in the...

Relearning to Hear: Gradual Adaptation System May Improve Cochlear Implant Success.
February 16, 2004... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine SEATTLE, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cochlear implants can provide a return to the world of sound for some deaf patients, but learning to "hear" with them can require much effort. Scientists...

Purdue Study Shows Men, Women Share Same Planet.
February 17, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- It turns out men and women aren't from different planets after all, according to research from a Purdue University interpersonal communication expert. For...

Ratings of Teen-Rated Video Games Do Not Always Fully Describe Content.
February 17, 2004... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The only rigorous, independent, and quantitative analysis based on actual play of Teen-rated video games shows that industry ratings do not always fully describe the...

Seniors' Insurance Coverage, Not Need, Bigger Determinant for Prescriptions Of Costly Pain Relievers for Arthritis.
February 17, 2004... Byline: Health Affairs BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Seniors with the most generous drug coverage were more likely than those with no or limited coverage to use the most costly prescription pain medication for...

$4.2 Million MRI, Brain Imaging Facility to Be Used for Drug Abuse Research.
February 19, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado will celebrate the opening of a new brain imaging facility Friday that will be used to study drug abuse in young...

Oregon State University Researchers Add Potential Health Benefits to Tomatoes.
February 19, 2004... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have created purple-fruited tomatoes that include anthocyanins - the same class of health-promoting pigments in red wine...

Kansas State Experts Give Their Perspectives on Atkins Diet.
February 19, 2004... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Atkins diet has revolutionalized the dieting trend. According to Knight Ridder, an estimated 17 million Americans are currently following a formal low-carb...

Are Your Daughters Safe on Spring Break?(Brief Article)
February 19, 2004... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The college student's rite of passage - spring break - is just around the corner. And parents of college-aged daughters have good reason to worry. While one in four...

The Hunger-Obesity Dilemma: Food Insecurity and Overweight High Among Low-Income Latino Mothers and Children.
February 19, 2004... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- How can Californians be hungry and overweight at the same time? In peer-reviewed studies published in the January-March 2004 issue of the University of...

American Lung Association of California Convenes Health Network for Clean Air Meeting in Fresno.
February 19, 2004... Byline: American Lung Association FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California is organizing a series of meetings in the San Joaquin Valley, San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles to bring...

Robotic, Fast Fix as Effective as Full Surgery for Post-Hysterectomy Sagging Vagina; Initial Testing Indicates Promise for Procedure.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- An initial Mayo Clinic study has confirmed the effectiveness and durability over time of a patient-friendly, robot-assisted procedure that corrects a complication that can...

California Primary Election: March 2 Measures on Shaky Ground; Kerry Pulls Far Ahead in Presidential Primary; Partisan Schism Growing in State.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Public Policy Institute of California SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to next month's primary election, "skeptical uncertainty" might best describe the mood of California voters. All four propositions on...

Number of Children Linked to Obesity for Mom and Dad.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The more children a person has, the greater the risk he or she will become obese, according to a new study from Duke University Medical Center. From an analysis of a large...

Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children More Likely to Smoke.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women who were sexually abused as children are much more likely to be current smokers than women who weren't abused as children. That's a key finding of a preliminary...

Colorado College Names Julie Soriero New Athletic Director; Soriero One of Only 175 Women to Head NCAA Athletics Programs.
February 23, 2004... Byline: Colorado College COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- After almost three years of performing top-level administrative duties in Colorado College's athletics department, Julie Soriero has been named director of...

Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Report on Role of Media in Childhood Obesity; Washington Panel Discussion to Explore Role of Media/Policy Options.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report today reviewing more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation's dramatically increasing rates of childhood...

MRI Study Sheds New Light on Attention; Scientists 'Map' Circuits in Brain That Cooperate to Raise Attentiveness.
February 24, 2004... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have determined how circuits in the frontal lobe of the brain work together to keep attention on track and minimize errors, a...

Medical College of Wisconsin fMRI Study Locates Two Brain Areas Responsible for Perception, Recognition of Speech Sounds.
February 25, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers in the Language Imaging Laboratory of the Functional Imaging Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin used functional MRI (fMRI) brain...

'Billiards and Ball Gowns': Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula, The Princess Project Will Collect Formal Dresses for Bay Area Girls March 18 at Blue Chalk Cafe in Palo Alto.
February 25, 2004... Byline: Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Penisula, in support of The Princess Project, will be collecting new and nearly new formal dresses and...

How to Be Healthy in Old Age? Start With a Healthy Childhood.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Population Reference Bureau STATE COLLEGE, Penn., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Social conditions and a healthy family environment for children can lower the risk of death for men more than half a century later, according to a new...

Smoking Cessation Study at Penn Open to Volunteers.
February 26, 2004... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania are looking for volunteers to compare the effectiveness of two...

Mix of Chemicals Plus Stress Damages Brain, Liver in Animals and Likely in Humans.
February 26, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stress is a well known culprit in disease, but now researchers have shown that stress can intensify the effects of relatively safe chemicals, making them very harmful to...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Study: Baby's Face Lights up Emotional Center of New Mom's Brain.
February 27, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Feb. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- When a new mom gazes at her baby, it's not just her mood that lights up - it's also a brain region associated with emotion processing, according to a new...