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Study From Children's Hospital Boston Evaluates Community Response to Personally Controlled Health Information.
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new paper published in the latest issue of the open access publication Journal of Medical Internet Research evaluates consumers' experiences with the Indivo personally controlled health record (PCHR) system ...
When Cells Reach Out and Touch: RNA Production Revs Up During Cell-to-Cell Contact.
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- MicroRNAs are single-stranded snippets that, not long ago, were given short shrift as genetic junk. Now that studies have shown they regulate genes involved in normal functioning as well as ...
'Smart Turbine Blades' to Improve Wind Power.
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have developed a technique that uses sensors and computational software to constantly monitor forces exerted on wind turbine blades, a step toward improving efficiency by adjusting for ...
Nature Paper Asks, Drexler Explains How Dark Matter Caused the Early Rapid Growth of Massive Galaxies.
May 04, 2009 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A paper in the journal Nature entitled, "Early assembly of the most massive galaxies," published April 2, 2009, reports that astronomers' discovery of massive galaxies fully developed five billion ...
Experts Urge More Caution in the Continued Use of DDT.
May 04, 2009 ... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A panel of international scientists is calling for stronger efforts to reduce exposure to DDT in areas where it is still used and in areas where significant contamination remains. Based on ...
Children Who View Adult-Targeted TV May Become Sexually Active Earlier in Life; Longitudinal Study Tracked Content Viewed During Childhood and Adolescence.(Clinical report)
May 04, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Early onset of sexual activity among teens may relate to the amount of adult content children were exposed to during their childhood, according to a new study released by Children's Hospital Boston. Based on ...
Animals on Runways Can Cause Serious Problems at Small Airports.
May 04, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a potentially deadly combination. A Purdue University study of 10 small Indiana airports found that animals can gain easy access to runways and infield areas, ...
Endocyte Initiates Phase 1 Trial of EC0489 for Treatment of Refractory or Metastatic Solid Tumors.
May 05, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Endocyte Inc., has announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial with EC0489, a folate-targeted anticancer drug for the treatment of refractory or metastatic solid tumors. The Phase I ...
Treatment for Extreme Nausea, Vomiting During Pregnancy: Collaborative Canada-France Study Published in European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
May 06, 2009 ... Byline: Universite de Montreal MONTREAL, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nausea and vomiting are telltale indicators of pregnancy, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required. Yet ...
Narcolepsy Confirmed as an Auto-Immune Disorder.
May 06, 2009 ... Byline: Narcolepsy Network NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Narcolepsy Network announced today to its members and supporters newly published research that clearly establishes that narcolepsy is an auto-immune disorder. An autoimmune component has been long ...
Random Picks Better Than Complicated Process in Gene Identification.
May 06, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have found a way to save time, money and a little frustration in searches for specific genes that shed light on the biological processes associated with all forms of ...
New Evidence Ties Gene to Alzheimer's.
May 06, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Of dozens of candidates potentially involved in increasing a person's risk for the most common type of Alzheimer's disease that affects more than 5 million Americans over the age of 65, one gene ...
Genes Found to Play a Role in Breast Cancer's Spread to the Brain.
May 06, 2009 ... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, May 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and ...
Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations for Dark Energy.
May 07, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Whatever dark energy is, explanations for it have less wiggle room following a Hubble Space Telescope observation that has refined the measurement of the universe's present expansion rate to a precision ...
Rise of Oxygen Caused Earth's Earliest Ice Age.
May 07, 2009 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of geologists may have uncovered the answer to an age-old question - an ice-age-old question, that is. It appears that Earth's earliest ice age may have been due to ...
Team of Researchers Achieves Major Step Toward Faster Chips.
May 07, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore ...
Purdue Researcher Starts Work on 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccine.
May 07, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a method he developed for the H5N1 bird flu, Purdue University researcher Suresh Mittal believes he will be able to create a vaccine that will work against the 2009 H1N1 flu strain and its ...
Online Surveillance Tools Provide Opportunity to Support Public Health; HealthMap Swine Flu Tracking Offers a Case in Point.
May 07, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Mass., May 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tapping the Internet - including personal Web searches, news reports, blogs, chat rooms and social networking sites - is fast becoming a way to get a complete, up-to-the-minute view of public health ...
Well-Designed 'Circuit Breakers' Provide Effective Property Tax Relief, Lincoln Institute Report Says; Existing Programs Can Be Fine-Tuned to Help Over-Burdened Households Without Stressing Local Governments Struggling to Provide Services.
May 08, 2009 ... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- State and local governments could make better use of "circuit breaker" programs to provide targeted property tax relief based on ability to pay, according to a new report by the Lincoln ...
Research on Extraordinary Perceptual Deficit Sheds Light on How We See.
May 08, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, May 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- To the casual observer, the student seemed absolutely normal. Though she often made mistakes in spelling and math, those were usually ascribed to carelessness. After all, the girl - known here as "AH" to ...
Harvard Survey Shows Americans Are Pleased With Public Health Response to Novel H1N1 Outbreak.
May 08, 2009 ... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., May 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 80 percent of Americans say they are satisfied with the way that public health officials have managed the response to the H1N1 outbreak (83 percent) and with the ...
The Day the Universe Froze.
May 08, 2009 ... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a time when the entire universe froze. According to a new model for dark energy, that is essentially what happened about 11.5 billion years ago, when the universe was a quarter of the size it is ...
Corporate Foundation Giving Remained Flat in 2008, Foundation Center Report Shows; Declines Expected in 2009.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Charitable giving by the nation's nearly 2,500 corporate foundations remained virtually unchanged in 2008, according to the Foundation Center's "Key Facts on Corporate Foundations," an annual report on ...
Wichita State Gets $6.6 Million Grant for Fertility Research.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wichita State University has been awarded a $6.6 million federal grant for research that could help older women improve their chances of a healthy pregnancy. The research could lead to home ...
Carnegie Mellon's Peter Adams Finds No Link Between Cloud Coverage and Global Warming.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the U.S. Congress beginning to consider regulations on greenhouse gases, a troubling hypothesis about how the sun may impact global warming is finally laid to rest. Carnegie Mellon ...
Brains Come Before Beauty in Boosting One's Career Earnings.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nice guys may finish last, but it's the smart ones that come in first with the lookers close behind, according to a University of Florida study that finds people with intelligence earn more in their ...
Scientists Map West Coast Areas Most Affected by Humans.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Climate change, fishing, and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States. "Every single spot of the ocean along the ...
Preliminary Research Shows That Older Adults Want Grocery Stores to Carry Smaller Portions and Packages, Place Items Lower on Shelves.
May 11, 2009 ... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., May 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Kansas State University student has been accompanying older adults on their grocery shopping trips to learn more about their shopping habits and decisions. Her research will add information to a ...
Twenty-Two-Year Study Finds Canadian Adults Aren't Active Enough; Universite de Montreal and Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center Lead Research Published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.(Clinical report)
May 12, 2009 ... Byline: Universite de Montreal MONTREAL, May 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study has sounded the alarm that the majority of Canadian adults are inactive over their lifespan and don't exercise enough during their leisure time. Published in the International Journal of Behavioral ...
In Retinal Disease, Sight May Depend on Second Sites.
May 12, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- If two people have the same genetic disease, why would one person go blind in childhood but the other later in life or not at all? For a group of genetic diseases - so-called ciliary diseases that ...
Embryo's Heartbeat Drives Blood Stem Cell Formation; Clues About How Blood Forms Could Yield New Strategies for Treating Blood Diseases.
May 13, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists have long wondered why the embryonic heart begins beating so early, before the tissues actually need to be infused with blood. Two groups of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston, Brigham ...
Cold Water Ocean Circulation Doesn't Work as Expected.
May 13, 2009 ... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The familiar model of Atlantic ocean currents that shows a discrete "conveyor belt" of deep, cold water flowing southward from the Labrador Sea is probably all wet. New research led by Duke University ...
UC Santa Barbara Scientists Document Fate of Huge Oil Slicks From Seeps at Coal Oil Point.
May 13, 2009 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twenty years ago, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was exiting Alaska's Prince William Sound when it struck a reef in the middle of the night. What happened next is considered one of ...
Self-Identified Multiracial Individuals Realize Real Benefits; According to Stanford Business School Research.
May 13, 2009 ... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- In drafting questionnaires probing ethnicity, educational and governmental organizations are under increasing pressure to include a multiracial option rather than forcing individuals with ...
Kansas State Psychology Researchers Find That Even in Hostile Working Environments, Employees Are Reluctant to Leave Their Jobs.
May 14, 2009 ... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- She never gets invited to lunch with the rest of her co-workers. He always gets publically criticized for his mistakes. But according to research by Kansas State University psychologists, ...
Old Diabetes Drug Teaches Experts New Tricks.
May 14, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center reveals that the drug most commonly used in type 2 diabetics who don't need insulin works on a much more basic level than once thought, treating ...
Experimental Immunotherapy Markedly Improves Cure Rate for Children With Neuroblastoma.(Clinical report)
May 14, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Oncology Group BETHESDA, Md., May 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Children's Oncology Group (COG) have demonstrated that a new experimental immunotherapy treatment using the chimeric monoclonal antibody (ch14.18), that targets a specific ...
New Lead on Malaria Treatment: Variation of Natural Compound Cures Malaria in Mice.
May 15, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Approximately 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria are diagnosed each year mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. While medications to prevent and treat malaria do exist, the demand for new ...
Drexler's Dark Matter Essentially Predicts Lyman-Alpha Blob, Himiko, Just Discovered by Carnegie Institution.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: The Drexler Foundation SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of recent science articles about the discovery of the most distant and largest Lyman-alpha blob, dubbed Himiko, has the intriguing titles "Astronomers discover ancestors of modern-day ...
Mock CPR Drills in Kids Show Many Residents Fail in Key Skills, Hopkins Study Reveals; 'Staged' CPR Drills Quickly Close the Training Gaps.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in "first response" emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, ...
Research: Mockingbirds, No Bird Brains, Can Recognize a Face in a Crowd.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The birds are watching. They know who you are. And they will attack. Nope, not Hitchcock. It's science. University of Florida biologists are reporting that ...
University of Florida Study Provides Insight Into Evolution of First Flowers.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve. But a new University of Florida ...
Why Do People With Down Syndrome Have Less Cancer? Research in Mice and Human Stem Cells Suggests New Therapeutic Targets.
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10 percent of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, it's been proposed ...
Earth's Bombardment by Asteroids 3.9 Billion Years Ago May Have Enhanced Early Life, Says University of Colorado Study.
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given it a ...
Study Reveals Role of Evolutionary Processes in Species Coexistence, Diversity.
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers, addressing longstanding conflicts in ecology and evolutionary science, has provided key directions for the future of community ecology. The team ...
New 'Broadband' Cloaking Technology Simple to Manufacture.
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before ...
Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Would Cost $1.6 Billion Annually, RAND/UCLA Study Finds.(Report)
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- New recommendations to limit the work hours of medical residents and improve their educational conditions would cost the nation's teaching hospitals about $1.6 billion annually to hire substitute ...
Research to Restore the Fertility of Earth's Soils.
May 20, 2009 ... Byline: Nutrition Security Institute BELLEVUE, Wash., May 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In keynote addresses at the FAO Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 28 and April 29, 2009, soil fertility experts from the Nutrition Security Institute, (NSI) a ...
CT Scan to Help Scientists Diagnose Role of Clouds in Climate; Extensive Field Study May Offer Clues to Climate Change, Weather.
May 21, 2009 ... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use ...
Specialty Care Costs for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Are Higher Than Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases.
May 21, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder is more costly than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, asthma or coronary artery disease. These findings are based on a review of health ...
Mayo Clinic Researchers Examine the Psychological Impact of Child Abuse.
May 21, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new Mayo Clinic study, a history of child abuse significantly impacts the wide range of challenges facing depressed inpatients. Included are an increase in suicide attempts, prevalence of substance ...
LSU Health Sciences Center Research Describes Function of Key Protein in Cancer Spread.
May 21, 2009 ... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, May 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research led by David Worthylake, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, may help lay the groundwork for the development of a compound ...
Land Value Tax Assessed by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The land value tax, an increased tax rate on land and a reduced tax rate on buildings and improvements, can spur urban development and help contain sprawl, but its implementation has been ...
Alzheimer's Discovery Could Bring Early Diagnosis, Treatment Closer; McGill and Lady Davis Institute Findings Help Pinpoint Molecular Cause of the Disease.
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, May 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A discovery made by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment ...
Terrorist Attacks on Religious Figures and Institutions and Military Targets.
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- As four suspects face possible conviction for plotting to bomb a New York City synagogue and Jewish community center and shoot down military aircraft, the National Consortium for the ...
Waxy Plant Substance Key for Absorption of Water, Nutrients.
May 22, 2009 ... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a Purdue University scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to better feed plants. ...
Psychologists Find That Head Movement is More Important Than Perceived Gender for How People Coordinate Nonverbally During Conversation.
May 24, 2009 ... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use ...
Survey Suggests Higher Risk of Falls Due to Dizziness in Middle-Aged and Older Americans; Millions Unaware of Danger From Vestibular Dysfunction; Diabetes a Risk Factor, Along With Age.
May 25, 2009 ... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, May 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A full third of American adults, 69 million men and women over age 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them ...
Brain-Behavior Disconnect in Cocaine Addiction; Impaired Ability to Monitor Behavior, Emotions May Underlie Vulnerability to Drugs; Suggests New Targets for Treatment.
May 26, 2009 ... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on a ...
Mayo Study Finds That Team Preop Briefing Improves Communication, Reduces Errors.
May 26, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A short, preoperative team briefing prior to cardiac surgery - where each person on the team speaks - improves communication and reduces errors and costs, according to a pilot study conducted at Mayo Clinic. ...
Green Tea Extract Shows Promise in Leukemia Trials.(Clinical report)
May 26, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting positive results in early leukemia clinical trials using the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active ingredient in green tea. The trial determined that patients ...
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: The Evolution of Migraine From Episodic Headache to Chronic Disorder.
May 26, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Patients living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning a positive future. Two review articles and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Migraine: Beyond Just Another Pill," in the ...
Targeting Overactive Immune Response With Arthritis Drug Might Prove Effective in Fighting the Flu, New Study Suggests; Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine See Potential New Treatment Approach.
May 26, 2009 ... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that an approved drug for treating rheumatoid arthritis reduces severe illness and death in mice exposed to the Influenza ...
Mayo Researchers Help Discover Genetic Cause for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.
May 27, 2009 ... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered a novel molecular path that predisposes patients to develop primary biliary cirrhosis (http://www.mayoclinic.org/primary-biliary-cirrhosis/), a disease that mainly affects women and ...
Daily Alcohol Intake Can Lead to Binge Drinking; Study From Universite de Montreal and University of Western Ontario Published in Addiction.
May 28, 2009 ... Byline: Universite de Montreal MONTREAL, May 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sipping wine, beer or spirits three to four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking, particularly among young men, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction. Researchers from the ...