AScribe Health News Service articles from September 2003

AScribe Health News Service archives from September 2003

UC San Diego Team Finds That Ethics Consultations Reduce Futile End-of-Life Treatments.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine found a significant reduction in non-beneficial life sustaining...

Study Suggests Low-Dose Mercury Accelerates Autoimmune Disease.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Sept. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine finds that exposure to low levels of mercury can speed up and worsen the symptoms of...

School Bullies Are Often Also Victims; Feeling Safe Reduces Youth Bullying.
September 2, 2003... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 2 (AScribe News) -- School bullies are often themselves the victims of bullying, according to University of California Cooperative Extension researchers who...

American Dental Association Foundation Announces New Leadership.
September 3, 2003... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arthur A. Dugoni, D.D.S., dean of the University of the Pacific's School of Dentistry, has been elected president of the ADA Foundation (ADAF), the charitable arm...

With Kids and Substance Abuse, Parents Do Matter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Researchers Find.(influence of parents in drug abuse prevention)
September 3, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- What impact do parents have on their kids' decisions to use drugs, tobacco and alcohol? Enough to make a difference, according to an analysis of hundreds of...

UC San Diego Researchers Identify Chromosome Location for Second Form of Joubert Syndrome.
September 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians may be a step closer to pre-natal diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder called Joubert syndrome. This condition, present before birth,...

Herbal Weight-Loss Product Information Can Be Misleading: Johns Hopkins Internist Available for Interviews.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many Internet sites marketing and advertising dietary supplements containing the herb ephedra are posting false or misleading information, a Johns Hopkins...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Participate in NIH-Funded Bioterrorism Defense Consortium.(National Institutes of Health )
September 4, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be one of six Southeastern universities to lead a new consortium to study microbes that could be used in a...

NIH to Fund Midwestern Regional Center for Study of Emerging Diseases.( National Institutes of Health)
September 4, 2003... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health, has selected a collaboration of 14 Midwestern institutions,...

University of Maryland School of Medicine Receives Record Grant to Lead Mid-Atlantic Biodefense Research Initiative.
September 4, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore has received the largest grant in its history to lead a Regional Center of Excellence for...

Regional Consortium of Universities Chosen for Southeastern Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense.
September 4, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A consortium of investigators from six regional universities has been chosen to be part of a new biodefense initiative that will work to develop the next generation of...

Brain Cells Found to Hold Key to Growth of Certain Breast Cancers.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The ability of some breast cancers to grow rapidly and tenaciously may be the result of a survival strategy borrowed from brain cells, scientists at Dana-Farber...

National Depression Screening Day at JFK University's Sunnyvale Community Counseling Center.(John F. Kennedy )
September 8, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University's Graduate School of Professional Psychology will sponsor a National Depression Screening Day on Thursday, October 9. This free...

Battling the Bulge -- Book Review by Michele Simon, JD, MPH.(Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It)(Book Review)
September 8, 2003... Byline: Center for Informed Food Choices OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a review of "Food Fight; The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It"; by Kelly Brownell...

Nanoscale Model Catalyst Paves Way Toward Atomic-Level Understanding.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an attempt to understand why ruthenium sulfide (RuS2) is so good at removing sulfur impurities from fuels, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's...

Imaging Study Reveals Effect of Smoking on Peripheral Organs.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, who previously found reduced levels of the enzyme monoamine oxidase B (MAO B)...

Entertainment Industry Council Distributes Prism Awards TV Special to Treatment Centers Nationwide in Honor of National Recovery Month; Mailing Endorsed By Congressional Leaders.
September 9, 2003... Byline: Entertainment Industries Council WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- In honor of National Recovery Month, the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) will distribute copies of the 7th Annual PRISM Awards telecast to...

Asthma at School Is Disruptive to Routine, Underdiagnosed, Often Poorly Understood, Survey Finds; Health Groups Call on Parents, Schools, Providers to Establish Asthma Action Plans.
September 10, 2003... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a national sample of members surveyed from the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), asthma is more disruptive of school routines than...

Comprehensive Scientific Information on Adolescent Brain Development Available Online in Pre-Briefing by New York Academy of Sciences.
September 10, 2003... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why are adolescents at high risk for serious health problems such as suicide, homicide, depression, and substance abuse? Why are mortality and mortality...

Bush Administration Should Stop Picking on the Terminally Ill -- Op-Ed by Phyllis Coleman.(protecting patients' rights)
September 11, 2003... Byline: Dick Jones Communications FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- What does the Bush administration have against the terminally ill? First, when Oregon voters overwhelmingly reaffirmed support for allowing...

CNN News Anchor Paula Zahn to Receive Women's Philanthropy Institute Women of Vision Award.
September 12, 2003... Byline: Women's Philanthropy Institute ROCHESTER, Mich., Sept. 12 (AScribe News) -- (Sept. 12, 2003-CNN News Anchor Paula Zahn will receive the Women of Vision Award from the Women's Philanthropy Institute during The Women's Philanthropy...

Overlooking Racism May Lead to Undiagnosed Mental Health Disorders.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mental health professionals may be missing at least five novel mental health problems because the impact of racism is not considered when determining mental...

Mayo Clinic Study Finds Increase in Forearm Fractures Among Adolescents.
September 16, 2003... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Forearm fractures are on the rise among both adolescent boys and girls, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the Sept. 17 issue of the Journal of the American...

New Clinic for Hard-to-Diagnose Oral Diseases Opens at University of Illinois at Chicago.(Oral Medicine/Orofacial Pain Center )
September 16, 2003... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new clinic has opened at the University of Illinois at Chicago specializing in some of the most difficult oral conditions to diagnose and treat: from...

UCLA Cancer Researcher to Ride Across Country with Lance Armstrong to Raise Awareness About Clinical Trials.(Milana Dolezal to participate in cancer clinical trial awareness ride with Lance Armstrong)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Milana Dolezal, a fellow in the hematology/oncology program and a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, was chosen from a field of 1,000 applicants to be part of a...

global warming.(Global warming)
September 18, 2003... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Geor., Sept. 18 (AScribe News) -- Public awareness of the global warming effects of carbon dioxide (CO2-may be a relatively recent phenomena, but such warming has been pivotal to life on our...

Toxic Rocket Fuel Found in Milk Samples From Texas Supermarkets.(perchlorate)
September 19, 2003... Byline: Environmental Working Group LUBBOCK, Texas, Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A toxic component of rocket fuel has been found in supermarket milk at levels exceeding the federal government's currently recommended safe dose for drinking...

Exemestane Demonstrates High Tumor Response Rate in First-Line Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer.
September 19, 2003... Byline: Edelman Public Relations BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study published in the September 2003 issue of Annals of Oncology (vol. 14, issue 9) indicated that exemestane demonstrates a high response rate for...

Web Site Rankings for 70 Largest U.S. Cities; Disability Access Problems Plague City Government Web Sites.
September 19, 2003... Byline: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most government Web sites maintained by America's 70 largest cities fail to meet basic disability access standards for the vision and hearing-impaired, according to...

Scientist Calls Environmental Working Group Press Release 'Irresponsible and Alarmist'.(in response to report on finding perchlorate residue in milk samples)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2003... Byline: APCO Worldwide SEATTLE, Sept. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In response to a recent press release issued by the Environmental Working Group regarding a report alleging to have found perchlorate in seven milk samples, one of the...

American Lung Association Honors California Leaders in Fight Against Lung Disease; State Assembly Member Wilma Chan Receives President's Award; Other Recipients From Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Rosa.
September 22, 2003... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California honored leaders in the fight against lung disease at its annual awards ceremony in Sacramento, including State...

Medicaid Spending Growth Slows for First Time in 7 Years as States Cope With Fiscal Crisis; All States Expect to Make More Cuts in 2004; In Past Three Years, Two-Thirds of States Have Reduced Eligibility, Restricted Health Care Benefits for Families, Low-Income Seniors.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- With most states coping with their fourth year of fiscal stress, all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) have planned or implemented Medicaid cost...

2003 National Dental Hygiene Month Spotlights Access to Oral Health Care.
September 22, 2003... Byline: American Dental Hygienists' Association CHICAGO, Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- October is National Dental Hygiene Month, and in observance the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has designated access to oral health care...

First Clinical Trial Using GVG to Treat Addiction Shows Promising Results.(vigabatrin)
September 22, 2003... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y. Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using an experimental addiction treatment first investigated at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, a team of scientists from...

3-Day Breast Cancer Walks in 2004 Expanded Nationwide With Kintera Technology.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Kintera SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kintera Inc, the leading provider of software as a service to nonprofits, has been selected to provide technology for the 2004 Breast Cancer 3-Day Walks, expanded to include...

Nashville Country Music CD Celebrates Recovery From Addiction.(Songs of Hope, Awareness and Recovery for Everyone released on CD)
September 22, 2003... Byline: Join Together BOSTON, Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Country music is full of songs about drinking -- crying in your beer, drinking to forget, or having a good time. But in recent years, a new theme is emerging in country music:...

Toxic Fire Retardants Found in U.S. Women's Breast Milk; Study Urges Chemical Ban, But Says Breastfeeding Still Best for Baby, Mom.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Environmental Working Group LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first nationwide tests for chemical fire retardants in the breast milk of American mothers, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high...

Premier Web Site on Family Caregiving Gets New Look.(Family Caregiver Alliance and its National Center on Caregiving )(http://www.caregiver.org)(Brief Article)
September 23, 2003... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The award-winning Web site of Family Caregiver Alliance and its National Center on Caregiving has gotten even better. Along with an updated look, the redesigned...

Avon Foundation Gives Landmark $10 Million Gift to Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Avon Foundation has awarded $10 million to the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins-) to build a new breast center, support...

Vaccinating Every Child With Asthma Could Prevent Nearly 100,000 Hospitalizations This Year, American Lung Association Analysis Shows; 'Stick With the Flu Shot' Campaign Targets People With Asthma, Lung Disease, the Elderly.
September 23, 2003... Byline: Fenton Communications NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association is kicking off the official start of flu season by drawing attention to the number of hospitalizations due to asthma in each state that...

Most Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Consider Themselves in Good Health, But Aggressive Therapy Can Have Lasting Effects.
September 23, 2003... Byline: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Adult survivors of childhood cancer generally consider themselves to be in good health, even though more than 40 percent of such survivors...

Jefferson University Researchers Find Improved Diet, Smoking Cessation Help Reduce Blood Pressure in African American Women.
September 24, 2003... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- An improved diet of multiple nutrients, and smoking cessation can reduce blood pressure in premenopausal African American women, researchers report in the...

Cancer and Aging: Findings in Yeast May Help Reveal Why Growing Older Is Greatest Carcinogen in Humans.
September 25, 2003... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have made a landmark discovery in yeast that may hold the key to revealing why growing older is the...

Northern California's Sunrise Assisted Living Facilities Lays Out Yearlong Assisted Living Media Resource Plan.
September 25, 2003... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Prior to 1981, there was no "assisted living" as we know it today in the United States. The only option for caring for a frail, aging relative besides...

Nation's First Depression Center Gets $4 Million for Research Facility; National Institues of Health Grant Will Help Fund University of Michigan Depression Center.
September 29, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Depression research at the University of Michigan will soon have a new home, thanks in part to a new $4 million National Institutes of Health...

University of Iowa Professor Concludes Meriwether Lewis Death Likely Suicide.
September 30, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 1806, when Meriwether Lewis and colleague William Clark returned from their expedition across the western United States, they were hailed as national heroes. ...