AScribe Health News Service articles from July 2003

AScribe Health News Service archives from July 2003

Children's Hospital Boston Identified as a National Resource for Public Health Preparedness; Center for Biopreparedness at Children's Hospital Boston Is Founded.
July 1, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children's Hospital Boston has created a Center for Biopreparedness, after being identified as a national resource for public health preparedness by several federal...

Fourth of July Grilling Should Start With Irradiated Hamburger; University of Minnesota Infectious Disease Expert Calls Irradiated Hamburger Safe.
July 2, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twice as many people will grill hamburgers, chicken, and steaks during the Fourth of July weekend than watched the last Super Bowl. Steaks and burgers are two of the...

President Bush Names Randall Tobias AIDS Czar; Social Science Research Council President Craig Calhoun Comments.
July 3, 2003... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday President Bush named Randall L. Tobias, the former president of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company, as the administration's global AIDS czar,...

Heavy Drinking: Some College Students Call it Quits Before Graduation.
July 7, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a new study suggest that nearly one in four college students who drink alcohol heavily on a regular basis quit doing so before graduation. While many...

Breast Fluid a Better Option for Detecting Cancer.
July 8, 2003... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new method of extracting and analyzing fluid from a woman's breast may provide a more accurate, less expensive and noninvasive way to determine a...

Consumer Reports Conducts Largest Test of Its Kind to Bring Consumers the Truth About Irradiated Meat; Unbiased Research Takes Meat Retailers' Marketing Claims to Task.
July 8, 2003... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports (CR) bought more than 500 packages of meat in 60 cities for the largest retail test of its kind to check claims made by meat retailers about irradiated...

Leading Maternal Health Advocates Issue International Call to Action on Preeclampsia.
July 8, 2003... Byline: Preeclampsia Foundation SEATTLE, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Preeclampsia Foundation, together with more than 30 global health and patient advocacy organizations, leading researchers, clinicians, and experts in preeclampsia...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Smallpox Vaccine Study to Examine Ability of Bandages to Contain Virus.
July 9, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- As questions continue to swirl around President Bush's national smallpox vaccination plan, Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching a new smallpox...

New Book Examines What It Takes to Get Older Adults to Quit Smoking.
July 9, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., July 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do adults in their 50s and 60s continue to smoke cigarettes, despite decades of warnings that it is dangerous to their health? The answer may lie in smokers' personal...

Toxic Fire Retardants Building Up Rapidly in California Fish; In First Tests for Widely Used Chemicals, Levels in Some Species Double in Five Years.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Environmental Working Group OAKLAND, Calif., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Levels of a little-known class of neurotoxic chemicals found in computers, TV sets, cars and furniture are building up rapidly in key indicator species of...

New Group of College and University Presidents to Serve as Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Leaders.
July 10, 2003... Byline: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention NEWTON, Mass., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention announced new members of the Presidents Leadership Group...

Insights Art Exhibition at San Francisco City Hall Features Works by Artists Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired; Exhibition Opens July 16, Public Reception July 24.
July 11, 2003... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A visual impairment is no obstacle in the creation of unique and beautiful art, an idea Rose Resnick LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has...

July/August Medical Science & Health News Tips From Washington University in St. Louis.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, July 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...

Authors Debbie Ford, Michael Toms to Speak at John F. Kennedy University.
July 14, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University's School of Liberal Arts presents two free author events at their Orinda campus. Author and JFKU graduate Debbie Ford will speak...

International AIDS Society and Kaiser Family Foundation Announce Online Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Coverage of 2004 International AIDS Conference.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation PARIS, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International AIDS Society and the Kaiser Family Foundation announced Tuesday a partnership to provide worldwide online access to the XV International AIDS Conference...

'Father of Creativity' E. Paul Torrance, University of Georgia Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, Dead at 87.(Obituary)
July 15, 2003... Byline: University of Georgia ATHENS, Ga., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- E. Paul Torrance, known around the world as the "Father of Creativity" for his nearly 60 years of research that became the framework for the field of gifted...

Oral Piercing Jewelry Can Increase Risk for Tooth Loss, Researchers Report.
July 15, 2003... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Having one's tongue, lips or cheeks pierced and ornamented with jewelry might be hip and socially desirable, but those mouth adornments could produce undesirable...

California State University's First Alcohol Report Highlights Steps Forward.
July 15, 2003... Byline: California State University LONG BEACH, Calif., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the two years since the CSU Board of Trustees approved a pioneering policy to curb student alcohol abuse, dramatic movement has occurred. Called...

How Are Kids of Cohabitation Doing? Bowling Green State University Demographer to Find Out.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to one national estimate, 40 percent of American children have spent time in a cohabiting family by the age of 16, yet no one quite knows...

Americans Search Online for Mental Health, Insurance, Drug Information; E-Mail, Support Groups Fill in Gaps Left by Doctors, Web Searches.
July 16, 2003... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first comprehensive national survey on the scope of health topics that Americans are searching online, the Pew Internet & American Life Project...

Nuances of Interpersonal Relationships Influence Our Health, Study Shows; Ambivalent Relationships Raise Our Blood Pressure.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Brigham Young University PROVO, Utah, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Anyone who has ever pounded a wall or wolfed down a gallon of ice cream over a frustrating relationship would agree: the positive health effects of socializing...

Older Americans Turning to Their Children for Computer Support; Online Communication Making Positive Difference in Families.
July 22, 2003... Byline: AARP WASHINGTON, July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Receiving a call for help from an older family member can often create anxiety, but not if it's a call for computer help according to a new AARP survey, "Generations Online." Over half...

RJR/Lorillard Tobacco Companies Lawsuit Dismissed; Health Care Organizations Say Justice Prevails in California.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2003... Byline: American Cancer Society SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Cancer Society (ACS), American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Lung Association (ALA) are applauding today's dismissal of the RJ...

MacArthur Foundation Awards More Than $1.5 Million for Juvenile Justice Reform.(John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
July 23, 2003... Byline: Valerie Denney Communications CHICAGO, July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced three grants totaling more than $1.5 million in support of organizations working to address the...

Study Points to New Gene Therapy Tool in Preventing Epileptic Seizures.
July 24, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 24 (AScribe News) -- A new study by gene therapy scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may lead to an effective long-term treatment for...

Boy Recovering After Receiving Small Bowel Transplant.
July 24, 2003... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A 3-year-old boy is recovering after receiving a small bowel transplant by surgeons at Riley Hospital for Children. He is the first person to undergo...

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Professor Notes Serious Flaws in Recent Harvard Study on Alcohol Use and Abuse on College Campuses.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Hobart and William Smith Colleges GENEVA, N.Y., July 25 (AScribe News) -- H. Wesley Perkins, dubbed the "father of social norms" by the Los Angeles Times, argues that the recently released study of college alcohol use and abuse...

A College Freshman Survival Kit.(Brief Article)
July 25, 2003... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the flurry of activity that precedes the first days of college, it's often easy for incoming freshmen to overlook some of the basic personal concerns, such as...

Significant Global Health Gains Could Be Made by Reducing Well-Known Risk Factors; Elimination of Malnutrition, High Blood Pressure, Tobacco, Other Risks Could Add Nine Years to Global Life Expectancy.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, July 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Life expectancy could be significantly increased in the poorest areas of the world if well-known, major risk factors are highlighted and preventive measures put...

Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Family of Metabolic Genes.
July 28, 2003... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- An ambitious and exhaustive genetic study, led by investigators at the Joslin Diabetes Center and the Children's Hospital Boston Informatics Program, has pinpointed a...

University of Florida Researcher Finds Vitamins, Exercise May Slow Harmful Effects of Aging.
July 29, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nothing can turn back time, as aging adults well know, but a University of Florida researcher reports a combination of exercise and vitamin E may at least slow...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls Mold Litigation A Growing Problem; Papers Conclude There's No Scientific Evidence To Support Lawsuits.
July 30, 2003... Byline: Pending WASHINGTON, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The United States Chamber of Commerce today issued two papers on the growing hazard of mold litigation and the lack of scientific evidence linking mold to health problems. ...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Study Shows Obesity Lawsuits No Diet Aid; Problem Lies with How Much, Not Where, Consumers Eat.(lawsuits against fast food industry won't help people lose weight)
July 30, 2003... Byline: U.S. Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The United States Chamber of Commerce released a new study today that challenges the notion that fast food restaurants are to blame for the increase in obesity among...

University of Arizona Study Published in Clinical Pediatrics Shows Effectiveness of Mind/Body Techniques for Children With Abdominal Pain.
July 30, 2003... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children can learn relaxation techniques to control recurrent abdominal pain, according to a pilot study led by Thomas M. Ball, MD, MPH, associate professor of...

Four in Ten Americans in High-Mosquito Areas Are Not Yet Taking Precautions Against West Nile/Mosquito Bites.
July 31, 2003... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study, conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security shortly after this year's first human cases of West...