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1930s Drug Slows Tumor Growth.
Nov 06, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by ...
Escalating Pension Costs Hurting Nonprofits.
Nov 05, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most nonprofit organizations offering retirement benefits to their workers report that these plans are under stress, according to survey results released today by the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project. ...
New Journal of Infectious Diseases Special Edition Outlines Compelling Rotavirus Burden Data and Critical Need for Access to Vaccines in High-Burden Regions; Edition Provides Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Rotavirus and Focuses Needed Attention on the Most Deadly Cause of Diarrheal Disease.
Nov 05, 2009 ... Byline: PATH SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Journal of Infectious Diseases has released a special edition, "Global Rotavirus Surveillance: Preparing for the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccines." This special edition provides a significant contribution to the ...
Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Awareness of Electricity Consumption in Buildings.(Company overview)
Nov 05, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews and Jose M.F. Moura received a three-year $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify inexpensive ways to ...
Researcher: 'Optical Biopsy' for Breast Cancer Increasingly Accurate.
Nov 05, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer. But women may not have to endure the medical costs, stress and potential complications that accompany such ...