Ascribe Higher Education News Service back issues from December 2003:
Obesity Risks Add to Complications of Gastric Bypass.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The same health risks that make morbidly obese patients eligible for gastric bypass surgery also leave them susceptible to complications during and after the procedure, according to a five-year imaging study led by a ...
Researchers Release Terrorism Database to Scholars Nationwide.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Arkansas researcher Brent Smith - in collaboration with University of Oklahoma sociologist Kelly Damphousse and the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism - ...
Major Nanotechnology Hurdle Not So Worrisome, Thanks to Indiana University Chemistry Discovery.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to the classic rules of physics, substances melt at a lower temperature when their sizes decrease. But scientists at Indiana University Bloomington have found that at least one substance, ...
University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers Create Tissue-Engineered Joint From Stem Cells.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have successfully turned adult stem cells into bone and cartilage, forming the ball structure of a joint found in the human jaw with its ...
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Seek Men With Prostate Cancer for Study of Experimental Drug.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Men with high risk prostate cancer who are candidates for surgery are being sought to test a molecularly targeted experimental drug that may interrupt the signal that is driving their cancer and keep the disease from ...
Meteor Likely Caused Earth's Greatest Extinction Event.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The "Great Dying," a time of earth's greatest number of extinctions, appears to have been caused by the impact of a large meteor, according to a research team that includes Luann ...
Chromosomes Are 'Nibbled' Before They Fuse, Researchers Report; Discovery May Have Implications for Stabilizing Chromosomes in Cancer Cells.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Overturning 60 years of scientific presumption, new evidence from Johns Hopkins University scientists shows that enzymes nibble away at chromosomes when the chromosomes' protective tips, called ...
Glycerin May Help Skin Disease, Study Finds.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Glycerin, commonly found in skin care products because it attracts water and helps skin look better, may have therapeutic value as well, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia. ...
Self-Management Improves Course of Low Back Pain.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Exercise, behavior and dietary changes have a significant impact on improving mental and physical function in low-income adults with chronic low back pain, according to a study published in ...
Temple University Researchers Find Adopted Chinese Children Learn English as Well or Better Than Native Born Peers.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Temple University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- It must be difficult to face an abrupt shift in language when one is just learning to speak--so thought Rena Krakow, the mother of an adopted Chinese girl, and Jenny Roberts, the aunt of an adopted Chinese ...
Tamoxifen's Effectiveness May Be Compromised By Hot Flash Drug.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The effects of tamoxifen, a therapy used in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, may be limited by the use of a commonly prescribed drug to prevent side effects of the treatment, ...
Illinois Wesleyan Physicist and St. Andrews Colleagues Develop New Technique Using Light to Sort Cells.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: Illinois Wesleyan University BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- An Illinois Wesleyan University physicist and colleagues at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have developed a new technique that uses light to separate microscopic particles such as ...
Growth Hormone Activates Gene Involved in Healing Damaged Tissue.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Growth hormone is known to increase lean body mass and bone density in the elderly, but it does something else, too. It activates a gene critical for the body's tissues to heal and ...
Some Patients Stop Taking Necessary Medications As Tiered Formularies Shift Costs From Insurers to Employees.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Large increases in co-payments in tiered prescription drug plans increase the likelihood that patients will choose not to pay them and to stop taking prescribed drugs, including needed ...
University of Michigan Researchers Reduce Interference From Microwave Ovens.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: University of Michigan College of Engineering ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan College of Engineering have developed an elegantly simple technique that dramatically reduces the interference microwave ovens create in ...
University of Maryland Physicists Show Nanotubes are Best Semiconductors.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland physicists have found that semiconducting carbon nanotubes have the highest mobility of any known material at room temperature. Mobility is a measure of how well a ...
Surgery Without Radiation Inadequate for DCIS, Study Reveals; Recurrences Significant When Surgery Used Alone to Treat Common Type of Breast Lesion.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that women who chose not to receive radiation therapy following surgery for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) ...
Burnham Researchers Discover Molecular Mechanism for Green, Black Tea's Protection Against Cancer.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The Burnham Institute have identified ingredients in green and black teas that are potent inhibitors of a family of proteins implicated in many types of cancer, and discovered how these ...
The Evolving Management of Migraine Prevention Can Help Avoid Overmedication.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: American Medical Association NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Therapy to prevent migraines can be more effective than attempting to treat pain after the migraine process has begun, according to Stephen D. Silberstein, M.D., director of the Jefferson Headache Center ...
Imaging Study of Children With ADHD: MRI Technology Reveals Differences in Neuro-Signaling.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: American Medical Association NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have significantly altered levels of important neurotransmitters (biochemicals that carry signals to and from cells) in the frontal ...
Brain Area Identified That Weighs Rewards.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- By studying how monkeys choose to look at lighted targets for juice rewards, neurobiologists have identified a still-mysterious region of the cerebral cortex as an area that judges the value of rewards, and ...
'CAT-Scan-Like' Seismic Study of Earthquake Zone Helps Set Stage for Fault Drilling Project.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a first-of-its-kind study, seismologists have used tiny "microearthquakes" along a section of California's notorious San Andreas Fault to create unique images of the contorted geology scientists will face as ...
Progress, Promise in Space-Based Earthquake Research.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly 10 years after Los Angeles was shaken by the devastating, magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake, scientists at NASA and other institutions say maturing space-based technologies, new ...
Report Urges Focus on Chemical Mixtures in Studies of Environmental Contamination.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Military Waste Cleanup Program (MilWaste) has issued a new report on chemical mixtures authored by MilWaste science director Emily Monosson, visiting professor of environmental studies at Mount ...
Researchers Use Crippled Poliovirus to Attack Brain Cancer.
Dec 04, 2003 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a daring yet successful experiment to cure deadly brain tumors, researchers have combined the cancer-killing properties of poliovirus together with a harmless genetic coding element from the common cold. ...
Regional Power Grid Could Energize South Asian Nations.
Dec 05, 2003 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- South Asian nations stand to become more prosperous and politically stable by creating a regional power grid and pooling their energy resources, according to a preliminary planning model developed by ...
Atmospheric Compound Is Double-Edged Sword in Climate Change.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: Ohio State University SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent studies suggest that an atmospheric compound derived primarily from coal combustion may have contradictory effects on the earth's climate. Under many conditions, sulfuric acid may cool ...
Rings Around the Planets: Recycling of Material May Extend Ring Lifetimes.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris can lengthen the lifetime of such ...
A Less Dusty Future? Computer Climate Simulation Looks to Past for Answers.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the first global-scale simulations of dust and climate from preindustrial times to the year 2100 projects a worldwide decrease in airborne dust of 20-63 percent by the end of ...
MBA Job Market on the Upswing, Firms Resume Key Hiring Initiatives.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- After two years of stagnant growth, the MBA job market is signaling an increase in hiring. Referencing an upswing in recruitment activity at Carnegie Mellon's business school, Ken Keeley, executive ...
Humans Began Altering Global Climate Thousands of Years Ago, Study Shows.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of Virginia SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new hypothesis suggests that humans began altering greenhouse-gas concentrations and global climate thousands of years ago, long before the 1800s date widely assumed. In a paper to be presented at the ...
Early Treatment Can Prevent Severe Vision Loss in Premature Infants.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and 25 other institutions nationwide for the first time gives eye doctors a precise way to identify premature babies at the ...
UC Irivine Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Social, Economic Mobility of Immigrants, Offspring; Study Will Use Greater Los Angeles to Provide In-Depth Multigenerational Insights on Successes, Struggles of Immigrant Groups.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A UC Irvine-led team of social scientists has received a $1.7 million grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the economic and social mobility of contemporary immigrants and their ...
Consumers Prefer Locally Grown Food Over Organic in Leopold Center Study.
Dec 08, 2003 ... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumers who participated in a recent marketing survey were enthusiastic about locally grown food and supportive of the farmers who grow it. The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State ...
Atkins Diet May Reduce Seizures in Children with Epilepsy.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Along with helping some people shed unwanted pounds, the popular low-carbohydrate, high-fat Atkins diet may also have a role in preventing seizures in children with epilepsy, say researchers at ...
American Black Cherry Tree Overruns Europe by Playing Dirty.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The invasion of Europe by an American cherry tree is helped along by Europeans' own dirt, according to a new study by scientists at Indiana University Bloomington and the Centre for Terrestrial Ecology in ...
University at Buffalo Researchers Use Virtual Reality to Treat Car-Accident Survivors Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress; Technology May Help Accident Survivors Overcome Prevalent But Often Undiagnosed Disorder.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a virtual-reality driving simulator that may help car-accident survivors recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -- a prevalent, but ...
Study Suggests Socializing, Reducing Anger Are Allies Against Gum Disease.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you constantly exhibit anger and are a social hermit, such stressors might put your oral health at risk, according to a study in this month's Journal of the American Dental Association. Results from the ...
Unique Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Signs of Efficacy in Early-Phase Clinical Trial; USC Researchers Announce Results at Annual Hematology Meeting.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: USC Health Sciences SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have shown that an antiangiogenesis and anticancer drug, Veglin, is safe for use in patients with a wide variety of cancers - ...
New Hybrid Vehicle Will Enable U.S. Scientists to Reach Deepest Parts of World Ocean Floor.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time since 1960, U.S. scientists will be able to explore the deepest parts of the world's oceans, up to seven miles below the surface, with a novel underwater vehicle ...
University of Iowa Researchers Find Adult-Like Short Term Memory in Infants By Age 1.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from the University of Iowa shows that infants' visual short-term memory -- a key element of brain development -- expands significantly in the second half of the first year of life, reaching ...
High Blood-Sugar Levels Indicate Greater Chance of Death for Critically Ill Patients; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Emphasizes Blood Sugar Level Management.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study in the December issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on blood-sugar levels in 1,826 intensive care unit patients showed that hyperglycemia (high blood-sugar levels) increased the patient's chance of death ....
Carnegie Mellon Researcher Develops Intelligent Technology That Automatically Enhances Underexposed Photographs.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Vladimir Brajovic has developed a tool that automatically improves the appearance of darkened or underexposed photographs by digitally adding light to dark ...
History of Frog Deformities Suggests Emerging Disease.
Dec 09, 2003 ... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A historical examination of amphibian deformities - frogs with extra legs growing out of the abdomen, for example - suggests that these aberrations are not a new phenomenon, but part of an ...
First Experiments on Birds of Paradise Tie Metabolism, Ecology.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Birds of paradise, those resplendent, elaborately-shaped birds of the South Pacific, hardly seem like a potential source for ironclad biological fact. In the first experimental work ...
Mouse Embryonic Germ Cells, Male Gametes Created in the Lab; Findings Have Implications for Human Stem-Cell Work, Research on Infertility, Embryonic Development, Cancer.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A pair of achievements in the laboratory offer new tools for better understanding how gametes (reproductive cells) form, and may offer insights to help scientists "reprogram" adult cells to create different ...
UC San Diego Physicists See Solar Electrons, Auroras Associated with Recent Geomagnetic Storms.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using an orbiting camera designed to block the light from the sun and stars, an international team of solar physicists has been able for the first time to directly image clouds of ...
Study of Erosion and Precipitation in the Himalayas Presents Surprising Findings, Scholars Say.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates of erosion are indistinguishable across ...
Companies Should Emulate Rock Stars to Turn Customers Into Fans, Author Says.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most companies spend a lot of time and energy trying to find and keep customers. But what they really should be doing, according to Roger Blackwell, is creating fans. America's staid, ...
NCAR Scientists Investigate Air Above Antarctica.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are studying the chemistry of sulfur and nitrogen in the air above Antarctica. The investigation will help them ...
National Center for Atmospheric Research Authors Tackle Desert Meteorology, North Atlantic Oscillation, Climate Affairs.
Dec 10, 2003 ... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Once again, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have produced some thought-provoking books in time for the holiday season. This year's new books cover ...
Expert Forecast: U.S. Growth to Slow in 2004; Unemployment to Stay High.
Dec 11, 2003 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Economic growth will slow to about 3.5 percent and unemployment will remain near 6 percent next year, according to Peter Morici, professor of business at the University of Maryland and ...
Extremely Cold Molecules Created by Sandia, Columbia University Researchers.
Dec 12, 2003 ... Byline: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a method usually more suitable to billiards than atomic physics, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Columbia University have created extremely cold molecules that could be ...
Knight Commission Calls for Bowl Game Eligibility Reforms; Under Commission Standards, 26 of 28 Bowl Games Could Not Be Played.
Dec 12, 2003 ... Byline: The Knight Foundation MIAMI, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- In 2001, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics strongly recommended that eligibility for postseason bowl games should be reserved for football teams that graduate at least 50 percent of ...
Alarming Obesity Rate in Chicago Children According to Data Released by Chicago Childhood Obesity Prevention Consortium.
Dec 12, 2003 ... Byline: Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) released data today indicating that young children in Chicago are nearly two and a half times more likely to be overweight in Chicago ...
University of Iowa Researchers Find Inflammation a Key in Cardiovascular Disease.
Dec 15, 2003 ... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- For more than two decades, health professionals and medical researchers have pointed to cholesterol as a major culprit in the fight against coronary heart disease and heart attack. Public awareness has ...
Researchers Uncover Pathway That Could Lead to Plant Generation of Human-Like Proteins.
Dec 15, 2003 ... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Arizona State University report a major advance in the use of plants to generate human-type proteins. The researchers -- led by Lokesh Joshi, an ASU associate professor in the ...
Arizona State University Researchers Gage True Costs of Convenience Meals.
Dec 15, 2003 ... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a hurry and don't want to spend a lot of time preparing dinner? Before you reach into the freezer for the frozen entrees, you might think more deeply about how to most effectively prepare your meal. ...
Marketing Expenditure Report Predicts Spending Upturn, Increased Reliance on Interactive Media.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: London Business School LONDON, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Total marketing expenditure across the top national markets will see a strong upturn in 2004, with predicted growth of 3.4 percent, according to London Business School's Marketing Expenditure Trends (MET) ...
Purdue University Researcher Studies Art of Assessing Student Art.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Art teachers need to look at their students' work with more of an artist's eye, says a Purdue University professor. Robert Sabol, associate professor of art and design, says even though ...
University of Michigan Study: Children's Doctors Say Parents' Vaccine Concerns on the Rise.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The doctors who treat America's children are hearing more and more concerns from their patients' parents about vaccines, and occasionally encountering parents who refuse some or all ...
Star of Bethlehem May Have Been Planets Jupiter and Venus.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Early in the evening of June 17, 2 B.C., the brightest planets in the sky, Jupiter and Venus, merged into a dazzling "star" near the western horizon, according to calculations of modern astronomers. In ...
What About the Children? Nursing School Researchers Seek to Learn Fates of Children of Domestic Homicide.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The story is all too familiar: A troubled relationship, an abusive partner, a disagreement, a lashing out, blood spilled. One dead, the other led away in handcuffs - or perhaps a suicide. ...
Fan Support May Be Attributed to Identification, Need For Affiliation.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- With all the excitement surrounding upcoming football bowl games, it may seem hard to believe, but a Kansas State University professor says collegiate football fans may be loyal for reasons other than ...
Passive Tobacco Smoke Increases Complications in Children With Sickle Cell Disease.
Dec 16, 2003 ... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Physicians and researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center found that children with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have ...