AScribe Medicine News Service back issues from May 2007:
CDC Study Finds Dental Health Among Young Children Worsening.
May 01, 2007
Nation's Public Health Communicators Launch Enhanced Web Site.
May 01, 2007
Expert on Aging Available to Discuss America at the Crossroads: Silver Tsunami or Longevity Dividend?
May 01, 2007
DNA Learning Center Launches 'DNA Today' Podcast Series; Latest Genetic Research is Boiled Down to Two-Minute, Easy to Understand Conversations.
May 02, 2007
Kansas State University Veterinarian Offers Warm Weather Pet Care Tips.
May 02, 2007
University of Virginia Researchers to Test Whether ADHD Medication Helps Young Adults Facing Real World Distractions While Driving.
May 03, 2007
RAND Study Finds Alcohol Advertising and Marketing Are Associated With Adolescent Drinking.
May 03, 2007
Increased Cases of Kidney Disease, Diabetes Cited as National Kidney Foundation Opens Sacramento Office.
May 07, 2007
Genetic Alliance Launches Robust Repository Service.
May 07, 2007
LSU Health Sciences Center Psychiatry Develops New Program to Address Mental Health Needs of Katrina Displaced and Future Disasters.
May 07, 2007
Students Invent Protective Pouch to Enhance Cell Therapy; Custom Stents Hold Microcapsules to Treat Diabetes.
May 07, 2007
Johns Hopkins Nursing Explores Complementary and Alternative Nursing.
May 07, 2007
Free Skin Cancer Screenings at Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Palo Alto Clinic; Dermatologists Recognize Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.
May 07, 2007
USC Annenberg and The Getty Award Fellowships to Leading Arts Journalists.
May 08, 2007
USC Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine to Chair Cardiovascular Town Hall at Heart Rhythm Society Conference; Meeting Taking Place in Denver Will Explore Remote Monitoring Possibilities.
May 08, 2007
Survey Reveals Top Challenges of Raising Children With Food Allergies; May 13-19 is Food Allergy Awareness Week.
May 09, 2007
Negative Impressions of Newborns Can Linger Long After Postpartum Mothers Heal.
May 09, 2007
Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network Signs New Memorandum of Agreement at World Health Assembly.
May 15, 2007
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Selected for modENCODE Data Coordination Center: Setting the Paradigm for Organizing All Knowledge of Human Biology.
May 15, 2007
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Updates Design, Increases Open Space and Reduces Size of Proposed San Carlos Medical Center; PAMF Incorporates Feedback From Community to Design a Better Overall Project With Fewer Impacts on the Community.
May 15, 2007
Updated Recommendations on Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: Statement Issued on Behalf of the Board of the International Menopause Society.
May 16, 2007
Minority Scholars Academic Medicine Program Relocates to Indiana University School of Medicine.
May 16, 2007
Avoidable Causes of Breast Cancer -- by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
May 16, 2007
The Wistar Institute Purchases Portrait of Prominent Physician and Namesake; Acquisition Celebrates Organization's Scientific, Cultural Heritage in Philadelphia.
May 16, 2007
First Demonstration of New Hair Follicle Generation in an Animal Model: Implications for Treating Hair Loss, Skin Disorders, According to Penn Study.
May 17, 2007
'Five-Second Rule' for Dropped Food More Like 30, Connecticut College Researchers Find.
May 17, 2007
Positive Self-Esteem in Youth Can Pay Big Salary Dividends Later in Life.
May 17, 2007
American Dental Association Praises Rep. Elijah Cummings' Pediatric Dental Bill.
May 17, 2007
Stanford Business School Research Proposes Blueprint for Wiping Out Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes.
May 18, 2007
Eastern Students Test Neurosurgery Patients at Yale.
May 18, 2007
Neurologist Named Third Director of Indiana University School of Medicine-Fort Wayne.
May 22, 2007
Kansas State Biologist Hopes Mosquito Can Break Viral Chain.
May 22, 2007
Attacking Lou Gehrig's Disease From All Angles: $5 Million Gift from A. Alfred Taubman Will Support University of Michigan Research; UC San Diego Will Work with U-M on Studies Using Stem Cells, Other Tactics.
May 23, 2007 ... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twenty years ago, retail pioneer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman lost a good friend to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - a horrifying fatal disease that's better known as Lou Gehrig's ...
American Dental Association Affirms Benefits of ADA-Accepted Antimicrobial Mouth Rinses and Toothpastes, Fluoride Mouth Rinses.
May 23, 2007 ... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- For more than 75 years, the American Dental Association (ADA) Seal of Acceptance program has helped consumers make informed decisions about safe and effective oral care products. Certain toothpastes, ...
Genetic Alliance Awarded Two Newborn Screening Grants.
May 24, 2007 ... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genetic Alliance announced today that it has received two cooperative agreements from the DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Genetic Services Branch of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau ....
Essential Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech.
May 24, 2007 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The use of 12 tone intervals in the music of many human cultures is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech, according to researchers at the Duke University Center for Cognitive ...
Berkeley Lab, EPA Studies Confirm Large Public Health, Economic Impact of Dampness and Mold.
May 24, 2007 ... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pair of studies to be published in the journal Indoor Air have quantified the considerable public health risks and economic consequences in the United States from building dampness and ...
American Dental Association President-Elect Announces Association's Support for Rep. Albert Wynn's 'Essential Oral Health Care Act of 2007'.
May 24, 2007 ... Byline: American Dental Association WASHINGTON, May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Mark Feldman, president-elect of the American Dental Association, stood with Reps. Albert Wynn (D-Md.), Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on Capitol Hill this afternoon to ...
Network of Cancer Public Affairs and Marketing Professionals Elects Leadership.
May 30, 2007 ... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Cancer Institute Public Affairs and Marketing Network (PAN), a cooperative association of communications professionals working in cancer research and clinical organizations, announced ...
New Study Shows Drug Use Is Increasing Among Young American Indians.
May 30, 2007 ... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., May 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center have completed a study that compared the age of first-time drug users across the nation to the age of ...
The Wistar Institute Launches New Vaccine Center: Researchers Will Create Innovative Vaccines to Address Global Public Health Needs.(Company overview)
May 31, 2007 ... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, May 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Wistar Institute today announced the establishment of the Wistar Institute Vaccine Center. Extending Wistar's history of accomplishment in vaccine development, the new center will focus the Institute's ...
Common Cancer Gene Sends Death Order to Tiny Killer.
May 31, 2007 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered one way the p53 gene does what it's known for -- stopping the colon cancer cells. Their report will be published in the June 8 issue of Molecular Cell. ...