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Privacy Technologies May Counter Conversion Rate Slump at Online Sites.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Steve Infanti Communications Private Date Finder, LLC MONARCH BEACH, Calif., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Online dating industry revenues continue to climb because of higher monthly fees, research shows, but only 5 percent of...

Babson College Freshmen Launch 14 Student Businesses As Part of Most 'Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Course' in U.S.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson first-year undergraduate students have established fourteen new businesses. First-year students are required to take the full-year FME (Foundation Management...

Consumer Reports Adds Honda Civic, Infiniti M35, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, Honda Ridgeline to Top Picks List for 2006; First Time Since Introduction of Top Picks That All 10 Are Japanese Nameplates.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports announced today that it has named four new models to its Top Picks list for 2006. The Honda Civic, Infiniti M35, Toyota Highlander Hybrid, and the Honda...

Consumer Reports Best and Worst Used Cars Report Based on Over One Million Responses to Subscriber Survey for First Time; Consumer Reports' 'Good Bets and Bad Bets' Help Guide Used Car Buying Decisions.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, Consumer Reports'(r) (CR) unbiased recommendations for used-car reliability are based on subscriber survey responses for just over 1 million vehicles....

Japanese Cars Dominate Domestic, European Brands in Latest Consumer Reports' Car Owner Satisfaction Survey; Toyota Prius Rated Most Satisfying Vehicle, Chevrolet Corvette Climbs to Second; Owners Rate Hybrid Car Models Higher Than Conventional Counterparts.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Japanese vehicles continue their domination over domestic and European brands in the Consumer Reports' Annual Car Owner Satisfaction Survey. Of the 44 car models that...

Consumer Reports Annual Cars Survey Ranks Lexus First in Predicted Reliability for 2006 Models; Mercury, Mazda Break Into Top-10 Rank; Infiniti, Chevrolet Plunge in Standings.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports' largest Annual Car Reliability Survey ranks Lexus in first place for predicted reliability of its 2006 models among 36 nameplates from domestic,...

Consumer Reports Annual April Auto Issue: Top Picks for New Cars, Owner Satisfaction, Reliability, Hybrid Cars and More.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports' April Auto Issue includes the following articles. - - - - PAGE 12 - New Cars, SUVs, Wagons for 2006, 2007: The buzzword at this year's auto...

Consumer Reports Sizes Up Real Costs of Owning a Gas/Electric Hybrid Vehicle; CR Cautions That Savings at Gas Pump Probably Won't Offset Hybrid's Higher Purchase Price, Operating Costs.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- For consumers who believe that gas/electric hybrid vehicles will save them money, the picture hasn't been so clear. Hybrid vehicles are more fuel efficient and produce...

Babson Business and Spirituality Symposium March 23 - 24: 'Wrestling With the Gods of the Marketplace: Business and Spirituality in the 21st Century'.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College hosts the annual International Symposium on Business and Spirituality: "Wrestling with the Gods of the Marketplace: Business and Spirituality in the 21st...

Genetic Alliance Calls for Genetic Testing Specialty Under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- This week, the Genetic Alliance board of directors called on Mark McClellan, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to work toward ensuring...

Wheeling Jesuit University to Welcome Legislators, Industry, Technology Leaders for International Mining Health and Safety Symposium April 20 - 21.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Wheeling Jesuit University WHEELING, W.V., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wheeling Jesuit University expects to welcome legislators, academic, high technology companies and leaders from industry and labor to campus for a two-day...

Virginia Tech's Thomas Novak Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Mining Safety.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate today, Thomas Novak, the C.T. Holland Professor and Department...

Vanderbilt Physician Says Health Care Providers Should Give Greater Attention to Gay and Lesbian Patients.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Improving health care for the lesbian and gay community is the focus of a recent perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Christopher...

Better World Project Shows How Technology Transfer Brings Academic Research to People Around the World.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Association of University Technology Managers NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association of University Technology Managers will hold a media teleconference Friday, March 3, at noon EST in conjunction with the...

California Auto Recycling Association Wins Award for Environmental Program to Protect Water, Neighborhoods, Profits.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Sustainable Conservation SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- State of California Auto Dismantlers Association (SCADA) has received an Environmental Leadership Award from the California Unified Program Agency for an...

Wake Forest MBA Elevator Competition Promises Entrepreneurs From Across Nation Opportunity of a Lifetime.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Entrepreneurs will take their business ideas from the ground floor to the top - literally - in two minutes flat. Every second counts as...

Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute 2006 Agricultural Outlook Projects Expanding Bio-Energy and Value-Added Markets, Recovery in Meat Markets in Short Term.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Iowa State University WASHINGTON, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite continued high energy prices, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) expects world economic growth to remain strong in the coming decade,...

Better World Project Shows How Academic Research and Technology Transfer Change Millions of People's Lives.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Association of University Technology Managers ORLANDO, Fla., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New medicines, electronics, educational tools and numerous other inventions based on academic research have improved the lives of millions of...

White House Delays Release of Study Showing Toxic Rocket Fuel in Most Americans.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following a published report that the Bush Administration is holding up a study that shows most Americans carry a toxic rocket fuel chemical in their bodies at...

Women in Leadership Conference at Haas School of Business.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California's Haas School of Business today released the following media advisory. - - - - Attention: Business,...

Carnegie Mellon University to Announce Collaboration With Electronic Arts; Partnership Will Revolutionize How Computer Programming Is Taught in the U.S.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University today released the following media advisory. - - - - EVENT: Carnegie Mellon University and Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) will...

The Healing Arts: Visual Insights Into Cancer Experience; Patient-Artists, Physicians to Offer Messages of Hope, Unique Look Into Integrative Cancer Care.
March 3, 2006... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Los Angeles today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Eight patient-artists in the Healing Through Art support group at UCLA's...

Romance Blossoms on Internet, But There Is Still Public Concern About Safety of Online Dating.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Pew Internet & American Life Project WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is now broad public awareness of the online dating world, and the internet users who are actively seeking dates have found a variety of ways to...

Maimonides Medical Center Launches Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Program for All Brooklynites, Regardless of Their Ability to Pay.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Maimonides Medical Center BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maimonides Medical Center today launched a new initiative offering colorectal cancer screening and treatment for all Brooklynites, regardless of their ability...

The Johnny Appleseed of Entrepreneurship Visits Indian Country: Sitting Bull College Hosts Babson College's Jeffry Timmons.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Babson College FORT YATES, N.D., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College Entrepreneurship Professor Jeffry Timmons, better known as "The Johnny Appleseed of Entrepreneurship Education," will plant his passion for start-up...

Stanford Launches Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance; Venture Capitalist Arthur Rock Donates $10 Million, Largest Gift for Study of Corporate Governance in Academic History.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School today announced the launch of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University (the "Rock Center"). Rock...

Should Heart Attack Care Be More Like Trauma Care? Study Suggests Regional System Could Be Feasible; University of Michigan, Yale Analysis Shows That Within 60 Minutes, 80 Percent of Americans Could Reach Hospital That Can Do Emergency Angioplasty.
March 6, 2006... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a heart attack, every minute counts. But should patients spend a few more of those minutes getting to a hospital that can provide the most...

Columbia Business School, University of Hong Kong Announce Partnership; Up to 40 University of Hong Kong MBA Students to Study at Columbia Each Year.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School and the University of Hong Kong today announced a partnership that will enable up to 40 University of Hong Kong MBA students per year to study...

UCLA, University of Michigan Chemists Report Progress in Quest to Use Hydrogen as Fuel for Cars, Electronic Devices.
March 6, 2006... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists at UCLA and the University of Michigan report an advance toward the goal of cars that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. While the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that...

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Trustee Named to Sutter Health Board of Directors.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif. March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Richard M. Levy, Ph.D., first vice-chair of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) board of trustees, has been named a member of the Sutter Health board...

Got Gigabytes of Photos? University of Maryland Zooming Software Offers Fast, Easy Navigation That's Now Free.
March 6, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Compiling digital images has never been easier. We take them with cell phones and digital cameras, get them through emails from family and friends...

U.S. Has Emerged as World Leader in Important New Drug Introductions, Duke University Study Finds.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since 1993, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has become the world leader in introducing important new drugs, according to a study led by a Duke University economist. ...

National Bereaved Parent, Sibling Organization Recognizes 65 Compassionate Employers.
March 7, 2006... Byline: The Compassionate Friends OAKBROOK, Ill., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sixty-five employers, representing 28 states plus Puerto Rico, are being recognized by the Board of Directors of The Compassionate Friends for showing extra...

Digital Detectives: University of Maryland Engineers Pioneer New Forensics Technology to Help Catch Cyber Thieves.
March 7, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering are creating new digital fingerprinting technology that could...

Global CFO Survey: Corporate Optimism Rebounds; Inflation to Rise, But CFOs Not Concerned.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Optimism from chief financial officers jumped this quarter. Even though CFOs expect higher inflation, they say that rising prices will not hurt their businesses and that...

University of Florida Study: Jazzy Store Environments Not Always Best for Consumers.
March 7, 2006... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Attention shoppers: A new University of Florida study finds that buyers want stores to be turn-ons when they browse for fun but prefer sedate environments when...

Study Finds Patients Agree on Ideal Physician Behaviors.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study of Mayo Clinic patients has found seven behaviors define the "ideal" physician and supports an Institute of Medicine recommendation that quality medical care...

Consumer Reports Revises Financial Analysis in Report on Ownership Costs for Hybrid Cars: Hybrids Can Offer Environmental and Performance Advantages, But Only Two of Six Hybrids Examined by CR Recovered Price Premium After 5 Years, 75,000 Miles.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer Reports is revising the cost analysis in a story that examines the ownership costs and financial benefits associated with hybrid cars. The story, titled "The...

House Set to Nullify State Consumer Safety Programs Under Pressure From Corporate Food Lobby.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The House votes today on a bill pitting giant food companies against the health and safety of American families -- a measure that could nullify state laws warning...

New Rotman School of Management Program to Connect Top Arts, Science Grads With Their First Job; Rotman Bridge to Business to Focus on Business Fundamentals, Teamwork.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Top arts and science graduates make attractive hires for many employers because of their abilities to think and write. However, they often lack basic business...

Families USA Selects GetActive to Enhance Its Online Outreach.
March 9, 2006... Byline: GetActive Software BERKELEY, Calif., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- GetActive Software, a leading provider of online relationship management products that help organizations recruit, engage, and retain constituents, announced today...

Bridgespan Group Identifies Nonprofit Sector 'Leadership Deficit'; White Paper Predicts Need for 640,000 New Leaders by 2016; Commentaries Offer Perspectives From Within, Outside Sector.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Bridgestar BOSTON, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- With nonprofit organizations increasingly doing the work required to fulfill our desire for a civil, compassionate, and well-functioning society, the ability to attract, recruit, and...

Women Entrepreneurs Seek New Opportunities, Yet Gender Gap Persists: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2005 Report on Women and Entrepreneurship.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women entrepreneurs use the same strategies as their male counterparts -- seeking opportunities, taking risks, mingling with other entrepreneurs, and sharpening their...

Ten Business Educators Named to AACSB International Board for 2006-2007.
March 9, 2006... Byline: AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business TAMPA, Fla., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The world's first and largest accreditation association for business schools has named 10 prominent...

Kansas State Business Professor Says NCAA Tournament Office Pools Are More Than Just Productivity Busters: They're All-American Illegal Fun.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's March Madness time, better known as the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments. And just as sure as an over-excited Dick Vitale will be on the...

Automatic External Defibrillator Saves Young Athlete's Life; Davis Nwankwo Released From Hospital.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The quick actions of an athletic trainer and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of Vanderbilt basketball student-athlete...

Study Shines Light on Border Problems.
March 9, 2006... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- United States counties that share a border with Mexico continue to struggle with educational achievement, poverty, access to health care and federal...

BlackBerry Case Just One Thorn in Patent Thicket: Haas School of Business Professor Investigates How an Ailing U.S. Patent System Impedes Innovation.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- BlackBerry users breathed a collective sigh of relief recently when the maker of the popular e-mail gadget, Research In Motion, or RIM, of Canada,...

CCOF, the Largest Organic Certifier in North America, Announces New Slate of Board Members, Officers.
March 10, 2006... Byline: CCOF SANTA CRUZ, Calif., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- CCOF, the oldest and largest organic certifier in North America, has announced a new slate of board members and officers for 2006. Among them are representatives from every...

MBAs Assess Investment Strategies for Firms With Social, Environmental Impact.
March 10, 2006... Byline: UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first MBA competition in which students apply venture capital skills to assess socially and environmentally sustainable firms will...

Southern Research Institute Awarded $1.4 Million Grant to Develop New Screening Tools to Aid Search for Antiviral Drugs That Combat Flu.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Southern Research Institute BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Southern Research Institute has been awarded more than $1.4 million in federal grant monies to develop new high-throughput screening tools to expedite the...

University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Releases Business School Rankings Based on Faculty Research Productivity; University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School Again First in 2006 Results.
March 10, 2006... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management today released the 2006 results of its ongoing study that ranks the top 100 business...

Organic Trend Gains Steam With Corporate America; Expert Available.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Straus Communications SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kraft, Del Monte -- these are just a few of America's leading companies who have recently embraced the organic revolution. David Johnson,...

Johns Hopkins Cardiologists Say Study Supports Aggressive Statin Therapy for Atherosclerosis; Treatment Actually Reverses Plaque Buildup.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an editorial to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online March 13, cardiologists at Johns Hopkins embrace results of a...

An Unintended Consequence: Racial Disparities in Access to Medicines Increase After Implementation of Prescription Surveillance.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Health policies designed to curb inappropriate medication prescribing can have the unintended effect of increasing racial disparities in access to appropriate...

Getting Patients to Swallow Their Medicine: Faxing Alerts to Physicians Not Enough to Improve Antidepressant Adherence.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study designed to assess whether alerts faxed to physicians can help to improve patient adherence to antidepressant medications, Kara Zivin Bambauer, PhD,...

National Airline Quality Rating to Be Announced April 3.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wichita State University today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: 16th annual national Airline Quality Rating news conference WHEN: 9...

Mayo Clinic Obesity Researchers Test 'Classroom of the Future'.
March 14, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Can you imagine a school without desks? A school where children are moving as part of their lessons? And most importantly, they are smiling and healthy?" asks Mayo...

New Center at University of Texas at Dallas Designed to Help Executives Improve Workplace Skills; Birkman Learning Center Opens in School of Management.
March 14, 2006... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new center at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management is designed to help executives hone their workplace skills while achieving...

Student Entrepreneurs: New Sensor Will Help Guarantee Freshness.
March 15, 2006... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Grocers, florists and even pharmacists may soon have a better way to monitor the quality of the products they get from suppliers: a sensor that will tell how...

Tech Businesses in Health Care, Environment Top Newest Student 'Hatcheries' at Babson College, the Number One Entrepreneurship School.
March 15, 2006... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship (http://cspot01.babson.edu/eship/) at Babson College has accepted 10 student businesses into the Babson College...

Does It Pay to Join the Club? UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Andrew Rose Finds That World Trade Organization Membership Does Not Increase Trade, But European Monetary Union Membership Does.
March 16, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Economists generally agree that joining the European Monetary Union (EMU) is a colossal waste of time and money but World Trade Organization (WTO)...

Older Breast Cancer Survivors Cared for by Both Primary Care Physician and Cancer Specialist Get Better Cancer Follow-up.
March 16, 2006... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- If follow-up mammography is an indicator of quality breast cancer care, then older survivors who receive shared care-provided by both a primary care physician...

Women's Health Advocates Plan to Test Wal-Mart's Pledge to Stock Plan B; 'Spot Checks' at Retail Chain Among Activities Planned Nationwide to Promote Awareness of, Access to Emergency Contraception.
March 16, 2006... Byline: Public Interest Media Group NEW YORK, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Tuesday, March 21, women's health advocates across the country will begin visiting Wal-Mart stores to assess whether the retailer is keeping its promise to...

Federal Reserve Bank President, 'Investment Biker' Part of Largest Student Investment Forum.
March 16, 2006... Byline: University of Dayton DAYTON, Ohio, March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Dayton's annual RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) forum really does attract some of the biggest names in investment circles. ...

Debate on Public R&D Threatens Technology Transfer: UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Weighs in on California Stem Cell Initiative, Public-Private Technology Transfer.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A debate over who should reap financial returns from publicly funded R&D threatens to disrupt technology transfer from university to industry,...

Darden School of Business, World Bank to Host Fifth Annual Conference on Emerging Markets March 28-29.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Darden School of Business, U.Va. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recognized as the leading event in the U.S. in the field of emerging markets, the fifth annual conference, "The Financing of Corporations in...

New Research Suggests Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm May Afflict Millions of Baby Boomers; Three-Day International Conference Set for April 3-5 at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York.
March 17, 2006... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- People over 55, a demographic group that will soon include millions of baby boomers, are at highest risk to develop an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a little-known...

Business by Design -- By Jeanne M. Liedtka.
March 17, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Jeanne M. Liedtka, executive director of the Batten Institute and Johnson and Higgins Research Associate Professor of...

Darden School of Business, World Bank Host 5th Annual Conference on Emerging Markets.
March 17, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recognized as the leading event in the U.S. in the field of emerging markets, the fifth annual conference, "The Financing of Corporations in Emerging...

Oregon State University Creates World's First Transparent Integrated Circuit.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have created the world's first completely transparent integrated circuit from inorganic compounds, another major step...

Cambridge Health Alliance Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announces the arrival of Thomas Smith, RN as Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer. Smith...

Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, Selected to Team up With Microsoft Corp. in Teacher Preparation Initiative.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Mount St. Mary's College LOS ANGELES, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Education Department at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, was recently selected to team up with Microsoft Corp. and take on a leadership role in a new...

Regular Colorectal Cancer Screenings Save Lives.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Every four minutes someone will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. This year, more than an estimated 148,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer...

Nine Teams to Compete for $45,000 at Global Social Venture Competition in New York on April 7.(Company overview)
March 20, 2006... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Green energy, fair trade, and reduced waste products are among the nine international business ventures that will compete at the finals of the...

MIT Detector May Speed Up Interplanetary Communications.
March 20, 2006... Byline: MIT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- MIT researchers have developed a tiny light detector that may allow for super-fast broadband communications over interplanetary distances. Currently, even still images from other...

Mayo Clinic to Host Inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May; Event is Springboard for Long-term Effort to Create Solutions on Nationwide Issue.
March 20, 2006... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform will bring together leaders from all sides of the issue May 21-23 as the first step of a nationwide, long-term...

Association for Computing Machinery Honors Innovators, Role Models, Trailblazers in Computing.
March 20, 2006... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today announced the winners of four awards honoring significant contributions to the computing and...

Babson College, Willamette University to Offer Executive Education Programs in Oregon.
March 20, 2006... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson College (www.babson.edu) Willamette University (www.willamette.edu) have agreed to collaborate in delivering high-quality, postgraduate executive education...

Jean Fain, Hypnosis Expert and Therapist, Introduces Mindful Eating CD.
March 20, 2006... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jean Fain is expanding her weight-loss CD series with audio instruction on mindful eating, a sane, effective way to get a handle on eating problems, and the...

Keck Graduate Institute Uses FDA Centennial to Examine Drug Regulation's Past, Present and Future.
March 21, 2006... Byline: Keck Graduate Institute CLAREMONT, Calif., March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Food and Drug Administration, watchdog for American pharmaceuticals, turns 100 this year and the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (KGI) in...

Brown & Toland Medical Group, Physicians Foundation at California Pacific Medical Center Reach Agreement; Three-Year Agreement Will Guide Specialty Services and Referrals, Preserve Private Practice Model of Medicine.
March 21, 2006... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Physicians Foundation at California Pacific Medical Center and Brown & Toland Medical Group announced today a three-year agreement that supports...

Topical Antiseptic Reduces Umbilical Cord Infection, Mortality Risk; Dry Umbilical Cord Care in Developing Countries Should Be Reconsidered.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A topical antiseptic reduces umbilical cord infections and infant mortality risk, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...

National Academy Calls for Lowering Fluoride Limits in Tap Water; EWG Analysis of Government Data Finds Babies Overexposed to Fluoride in Most Major U.S. Cities; Severity of Overexposure Tied to Fluoride Levels in Water Used to Reconstitute Formula.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report from the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS) concludes that the current allowable level of fluoride in tap water is not protective of...