• USP releases first-ever case study book to advance medication error prevention
• UT Southwestern research halts narcolepsy symptoms
• Light Biology, a biotech company based on UT Southwestern technology, bought by NimbleGen Systems
• The catch 22 of immune response to AIDs viral infection
• Antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival at hospital better for pneumonia patients
• 2004 Research in Oral Biology Award to Gibson
• 2004 Research in Prosthodontics/Implants Award to Nishimura
• 2004 Research in Periodontal Disease Award to Soskolne
• April GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
• Complementary and alternative therapies can be harmful and should be tested rigorously
• Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers identify significant smoking-induced genetic alteration
• St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
• NEJM breast cancer study shows increased disease - free survival
• Researchers discover 1.2 million new genes in Sargasso Sea microbes
• Carnegie Mellon University announces 'one-step' method to make polymer nanowires
• CERN launches 50th anniversary celebrations
• Center for Health Law and Policy presents symposium on developing innovative therapies
• Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
• Media Advisory 3 - Joint Assembly in Montreal
• Joint assembly in Montreal
• University of Maryland professor honored at chemists' luncheon
• Harvard chemist wins national award for lifetime contributions to science, medicine
• March 2, 2004, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
• Environmental and dietary influences on cancer risk
• Laboratory rat gene sequencing completed
• World's largest tiger reserve declared in Myanmar
• Missing gene a potential risk factor for birth defects
• The Jekyll and Hyde of granular materials uncovered
• Popular chewing gum eliminates bacteria that cause bad breath
• UCF data-sharing system helps police nab suspects, shorten investigations
• UCSF Medical Center palliative care experts mentor health care organizations in end-of-life care
• Researchers say US military accidentally introduced tree pathogen to Italian estate
• Researchers develop electronic nose for multimedia
• National Academies news: Managing the Columbia River
• Chestnut trees to spread across landscape again, says Purdue scientist
• New marking process traces spammers, pirates and hackers
• Minerals are key to earthquakes deep in the Earth
• Can we believe our memories?
• Software to organise your photos
• Smelly air cannon to tempt shoppers
• Scientists compare rat genome with human, mouse
• Research questions transplant safety procedure
• Mayo Clinic researchers discover green tea component helps kill leukemia cells
• Chatty finches
• Australian 'mud football' game sickens players
• Offshoring study misses important issues
• Geoscientists discuss river management issues and earthquake hazards this week in St. Louis
• Genes make the marsh
• New quasar studies keep fundamental physical constant constant
• Space technologies aid solar-powered global flight bid
• From discovery to encounter: international conference on Saturn's moon Titan
• Claritas Fossae tectonic region on Mars
• Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes 2004
• Bay area to get unique x-ray microscopy resource
• Latest exploration tools for University students
• City rain run-off poses threat to coastal water users
• Thyroid cancer study simplifies follow-up exams for patients
• New therapeutic approach for sickle cell disease
• Having emergency contraception at home does not boost rate of unprotected sex among teens
• World dialect explosion becomes a talking point
• Damania of UNC receives Elion cancer research award
• ERI patents treatments for insulin resistance in diabetes accompanying obesity
• Rock art depicting comanches, horses clad in leather armor discovered in Colorado
• Solargenix Energy sees bright future in Windy City with University of Chicago solar technology
• Single cocaine exposure boosts both drug craving and avoidance
• Bird's song may be linked to speech disorders
• UA lunar experts testify before congressional subcommittee April 1
• Love is as eternal as spring--whether we like it or not
• Injuries to children show definite patterns
• Advanced small-cell lung cancer patients
• Vascular access vital to pump up tissue engineering
• Scientists develop new cloning technique that dramatically shortens the search for genes
• HydroGlobe licenses new arsenic-removal technology
• Purdue engineers design 'shape-search' for industry databases
• Molecular midwives hold clues to the origin of life
• Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer
• The last stage of an Arctic odyssey
• Mars Express confirms methane in the Martian atmosphere
• Ariane-4 honoured by US Space Foundation
• Pre-term labor drug sensitizes brain to pesticide injury
• How DNA copying enzyme 'stops the presses' for repair synthesizing enzyme
• PNNL develops mercury-absorbing pollution solution
• Gene-rich human Chromosome 19 sequence completed
• Dana-Farber launches Center for Applied Cancer Science
• Experts to boost low-cost broadband access
• Carnegie Mellon U. conducts first comprehensive proteomic analysis of developing animal
• Better predictors are needed for posttraumatic stress disorder in children
• GenVec, U.S. NMRC, and PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative partner to expand malaria vaccine efforts
• Antarctic fish study may aid cardiac research
• Proven method of bone analysis may clarify human origins
• Scientists report on the current state of INEEL's nuclear waste contamination
• As tax deadline approaches Americans say money is number one cause of stress
• Menstrual cycle affects periodontal health
• Educated women less likely to skip marriage and motherhood, study shows
• Moffitt teams with DNAPrint(TM) to predict patient response to chemotherapy
• Black men less likely to be treated for aggressive prostate cancer, UMHS study finds
• Playing fair: U-M science students confront ethical dilemmas
• Scientists seek cause for what makes good cell go bad
• Study claims dogs and their owners look alike...
• Ethanol to power the future of hydrogen fuel cells
• Bizarre attractive force found in mayonnaise
• Study: Ice forms a perfect crystal, becomes ferroelectric
• Best way to clean up toxic plumes? Give 'em a pill
• Embryonic stem cells induced to develop into bone marrow and blood cells
• Ferns diversified in shadow of flowering plants
• New study finds even a 'small' amount of psoriasis can negatively impact daily life
• Mayo Clinic researchers discover gene mutations that 'ignore' stress, lead to heart failure
• Brood X cicadas will cause limited damage to trees, yard plants across eastern U.S.
• OneWorld Health plans to form network of volunteer pharmaceutical scientists for global health
• National Science Foundation supports Antarctic research on Larsen Ice Shelf
• STN International launches Derwent World Patents Index First View
• World's largest postcard?
• Duke engineers fabricating polymer 'nanobrushes' and other 'smart' molecule-sized structures
• Enlisting carbon nanotubes to unmask nerve agents
• Dirt aged hurriedly, elegantly observed
• A new way to see DNA (and other tiny molecules)
• Soy consumption could help prevent prostate cancer and male pattern baldness
• Improved crop production and fewer greenhouse gases
• March/April 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
• Why AL batters get beaned more often
• Streamlining the 'pythagorean theorem of baseball'
• A new spin on spirochetes
• Sedative may offer new direction in colon cancer treatment
• Powerful stem cells harnessed to search for cancer metastasis
• One form of vitamin E appears beneficial in reducing bladder cancer risk
• Monkey virus may hold clue for development of common blood cancer
• Invisible light and special goggles may improve brain tumor surgery
• Early life exposure to environmental agents predicts adult tumors in animals
• U of T researchers one step closer to creating oral insulin
• Penn chemist Virgil Percec receives American Chemical Society award in polymer chemistry
• Frog skin and supercomputers lead Penn chemists to designing better bacteria killers
• Acid rain study reaches milestone, confirms soil nutrient depletion
• 'Top Houston Women in Technology' honoree at UH
• Doolittle Award honors UH professor for outstanding research in polymers
• Regardless of race, pain feels pretty much the same
• Balancing risks
• National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
• Jefferson scientists use zebrafish to show effects of ionizing, UV radiation differ in development
• Jefferson researchers discover novel gene profile that may identify colon stem cells
• Scripps Research scientists find deafness gene's function
• Purdue scientists: To stop cancer, keep your Icmt away from your Ras
• Tiny machines need even tinier lubricants
• Bioreactor boosts chemical fermentation by 50 percent: study
• NIAID vaccine protects against SARS virus infection in mice
• Genome sequence reveals leaner, meaner intestinal parasite
• Research explains how to boost efficiency of polymer organic light-emitting diodes
• Composite fibers with carbon nanotubes offer improved mechanical & electrical properties
• Successful testing of Jules Verne videometer
• A bird 'language' gene pinpointed
• News tip: Duke marine biologist calls for whale-proof fishing gear
• Duke chemists describe new kind of 'nanotube' transistor
• Livermore research highlighted at annual American Chemical Society Meeting
• Human genome-wide RNAi library for biotech and pharma research
• Eastern lowland gorilla population plummets 70 percent since 1994
• Place of death influences hospital league tables
• Erectile dysfunction has devastating effect on morale
• Texas Children's Hospital implants first MicroMed/DeBakey child ventricular assist device
• Vitamins good for some older women/bad for others
• Surgery cuts cardiac arrests among those with rare heart disorder
• 'Telling people what they want to believe'
• Medical societies report critical care crisis in United States
• Researchers: Diet a significant factor in reducing risk of three common cancers
• Nanotech imaging, molecular fingerprints and signatures hold promise for cancer
• Latest cancer research features small molecule therapy, and the preventative benefits of sunshine
• Increasing the risk of cancer
• Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
• Exercise improves cancer survival, reduces cancer risk, scientists say
• Advances in prevention and treatment research hold promise for 'pipeline'
• Active lifestyle reduces risk of endometrial cancer
• Study: Mimicking viruses may provide new way to defeat them
• Making the most of stem cells
• Clear information, privacy vital when breaking bad news
• Women's health research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh scientists
• UNC's Siderovski wins pharmacology award
• The biological clock: What really makes us tick
• Pioneering discoveries, pursuing new knowledge, fostering partnerships
• New study of land use effects on amphibian populations gets underway at UGA laboratory
• For Civil War earthworks, erosion is now the enemy
• Learning how to erase electronic paper
• Computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation improves substance-abuse treatment response
• National Academies advisory: Meeting on therapeutic vaccines
• Coal source of jet fuel for next generation aircraft
• Study points to a promising new test for myelodysplasia, a blood disorder often leading to leukemia
• NASA uses a 'SLEUTH' to predict urban land use
• NIST standard helps ID fuels used in arson
• NIST-led research de-mystifies origins of 'junk' DNA
• NIST ATP offers toolkit for evaluating public R&D funding
• Self-assembling proteins could help repair human tissue
• Blood test for liver cancer risk
• Angiogenesis gene linked to biomarkers in breast cancer
• Fox Chase Cancer Center research reveals how COX-2 causes ovarian cancer
• Why fashion-buying is central to the life of high street stores
• Pension security can't be solved by tighter regulations
• Monetary policy does reduce unemployment - are unions right to hold contrary views?
• New member states at ESA
• Mouth of the mighty Yangtze
• Fighting flooding – Consortium aims to tackle the rising risks
• Sandia National Laboratories new 'inchworm' actuator allows study of friction at the microscale
• First national sleep conference March 29-30 explores sleep's role in public health
• Case researchers substantiate bacterial link to preterm birth through mice studies
• Carnegie Mellon University researchers create nanoparticles to clean up contaminated sites
• Rise in stranger homicides not linked to mental illness
• High death risk among young people in hospital with diabetes
• Evidence for shaken baby syndrome is uncertain
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (first issue)
• East African artifacts support evolution of symbolic thinking in Middle Stone Age
• Report shows 'unequivocal evidence' that media violence has significant negative impact on children
• AGU Journal highlights - 25 March 2004
• AACR: The premier international meeting for developments in cancer research
• Yale symposium focuses on e-voting
• Study to test whether more frequent dialysis will improve outcomes
• Soft drinks not linked to decreased calcium intake
• Pollution history documented through shell remains provides tool to study ecosystem change
• Innovative study clarifies evolutionary history of early complex single-celled organisms
• A picture is worth a thousand miles not traveled to measure the fossil of an ancient sea creature
• UW-Madison technology to advance cell phones
• Sickle cell sufferers living longer, dying less from their disease
• Southern Californians commonly misinformed about beach water quality, study finds
• Martian mystery explained
• Caustic soils at Hanford may lock up contaminants fast
• National Academies news: Report on EPA's particulate matter research
• A&M researcher studying genes of mosquitoes
• Media advisory: Sea of Cortez expedition to launch March 26
• An alternative to bone-marrow donation
• Researchers suggest that 'dark-matter highway' may be streaming through Earth
• First global approval for FOSRENOL (lanthanum carbonate)
• Titania nanotube hydrogen sensors clean themselves
• Five Marine Conservation leaders receive world's top award from Pew Institute for Ocean Science
• NYU Child Study Center and The Bear Stearns Charitable Foundation launch outreach campaign
• Land cover changes affect US summer climate
• Underwater lumberjack harvests flooded forests
• Soya-powered planes
• Study shows benefits to newborns from federal ban on insecticides
• Mouse model mimics real-world plague infection
• Chronic stress researcher to speak at NCCAM's Distinguished Lecture Series
• Germany starts clinical development of a new tuberculosis vaccine
• Time for co-ordinated action on alcohol
• Sufficient evidence for reducing sugar intake to tackle obesity?
• Pregnancies ending in abortion do not increase the risk of developing breast cancer
• Biology not behaviour could explain reduced risk of HIV infection for circumcised men
• Fetal heart monitoring ineffective at diagnosing cerebral palsy
• New RNA libraries can selectively inactivate human genes
• SMART-1 mission update
• Building the whole cell from pieces
• Tip Sheet: Joint Meeting of the Northeastern-Southeastern Sections, GSA
• Workplace drinking and gender harassment linked
• Carnegie Mellon University creates novel carbon nanoparticles with vast potential
• Awards honor Alt's three decades of genetic cancer research
• Newly identified gene linked to brain development
• Antibiotics in the environment
• Policy implications of job losses and manufacturing decline in rural America
• Aeras partners with Crucell to develop TB vaccine
• Researchers say criterion for diagnosing child abuse based on faulty evidence
• Almost half of rural North Carolina Adults report using 'home remedies'
• Undergraduate research experience advances education
• Trio wins American Chemical Society polymer education award
• Student creating polymers to chaperon DNA across cell membrane
• New paclitaxel analog kills more cancer cells than natural product
• New family of hyperbranched polymers enhance mechanical, rheological, processing performance
• How minerals react in the environment depends on particle size
• DNA-binding strands used to create molecular zipper
• Devastating parasitic weed may be felled by toxin borrowed from flies
• Chemists seek light-activated glue for vascular repair
• University of Toronto scientists light a path for new nerve cells
• Rochester, BCM test bird-flu vaccine in humans
• University of Nevada to host world's first nanomechanics conference May 18-19 in Reno
• Scientists crack genome sequence of a major parasitic pathogen
• Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch
• Study points to possible cause of asthma exacerbations
• Pesticide detection on a chip
• Ozone-destroying gas in atmostphere increased significantly during Industrial Age, study shows
• Nanoscale patterns in artificial membranes
• Nanoparticles from the ocean and vehicle emissions
• Nanoparticles for biosensors
• Honey for your health
• Gladstone study reveals how genetic factor may increase risk for Alzheimer's disease
• Niche and higher margin esters to counter price erosion and commoditization
• Researchers say stenting the best treatment for blocked leg arteries
• Minimally invasive breast cancer treatment shows promise
• Lactation program increases rate of breast feeding
• Be picky when served large portions
• Study: Carbon dioxide may find new use in producing medical implants
• A little music with exercise boosts brain power, study suggests
• Oregon Stem Cell Center result of OHSU research strides
• NJIT chemists pave way for cheap, usable field test for polluted, toxic, water, air, food
• Mount Sinai warns of fake HIV/AIDS notification letter
• National Foundation For Cancer Research names UCSD's Webster Cavenee NFCR Fellow
• Silicon chips with ultra-cold atoms – the future of computing
• Physicists help Met Office predict severity of snow falls
• There be dragons: New deep-sea predator species discovered
• ESA's orbiting hurricane hunter back in action
• Europe and Russia: a 15-year partnership in human spaceflight
• Human studies show feasibility of brain-machine interfaces
• First DFG research conference in the USA
• News conference schedule: 227th National Meeting, American Chemical Society
• Drug companies are top health care lobbyists
• Teen-rated video games loaded with violence
• Should Roundup Ready soybeans be managed differently than conventional soybeans?
• AIUM to host 2004 annual convention June 19-22, in Phoenix, Arizona
• Principal investigators named for international scholars in breast cancer research program
• Study offers new model for breast cancer
• Tigers: Big cats need cat food
• Fetal lungs provide a signal initiating labor, UT Southwestern researchers find
• Excess body weight linked to formation of uric acid kidney stones, UT Southwestern researchers find
• Researchers identify a new form of disease gene associated with Rett syndrome
• Univ. of Pittsburgh to lead international trial for vocal cord paralysis and paresis
• Myosin mutant points to human origins
• New technique uses household humidifier to create nanocomposite materials
• New polyelectrolyte inks create fine-scale structures through direct writing
• UCSD wins Pentagon funding for ad-hoc wireless networking technology for battlefield environments
• UCSD pharmacologists collaborate on new approach to drug design
• Spying on the inner life of a cell - new nanosensors a body can live with
• 'His is lighter than mine'
• Policy review in Science calls for Bush Administration to protect wild salmon
• Researchers confirm novel form of the Rett syndrome protein
• Ribozyme package effective against hepatitis B virus
• Exposure to homeless people increases sympathetic public attitudes
• Ohio State wetlands professor wins prestigious Water Prize
• New tumor suppressor may play important role in deadly brain tumors
• Activity of calcium-handling gene appears to prevent cardiac arrhythmias
• When it comes to allergies, Americans don't make the grade
• Step towards building tiny, molecular motors achieved by Hebrew University, UCLA scientists
• Researchers use novel technology to extract RNA from archive formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
• Save now or retire later is the choice for tomorrow's pensioners
• Is the future of the welfare state really a human rights issue?
• Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion
• Ascraeus Mons in 3D
• Mosquitoes vs. malaria: How we can win the fight
• Insight into alcohol-nicotine interaction might lead to new quitting method
• Sandia combustion researchers successfully measure particulate emissions on board diesel vehicle
• Physicists see golden needle in a micro-cosmic haystack
• Details of an unusual type Ia supernova
• Researchers discover an alternate form for the disease gene associated with Rett syndrome
• Geoenvironmental researchers to join Technium
• Buy high, sell low: Emotions turn economic decisions on their head, says Carnegie Mellon study
• Too much sleep can lead to restless nights
• Presidential election campaign platforms impact the stock market
• BioMed Central explodes Open Access myths
• Paula Apsell, Madeleine Nash, and Kevin Krajick win AGU journalism awards
• Achievement, testing, equality to highlight educational researchers 85th annual meeting
• Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
• Highway of WIMPs may solve cosmic mystery
• Researchers discover novel form of the Rett Syndrome protein
• Support needed for elderly breast cancer patients and for independent academic research
• Press workshop 'Life, a Nobel Story'
• Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host
• Evolution's twist
• Study finds little effects in patients who take prescription drugs and dietary supplements
• Study looks at employment rates of Illinois graduates with severe disabilities
• Social costs of gambling nearly half that of drug abuse, new book concludes
• Parents need to listen to their teens before the teens will listen to them
• Center to focus on entrepreneurial education as academic discipline
• Will Silicon Valley make way for nanotube valley?
• From Jupiter's Moon, Io, come ideas about what Earth may have looked like as a newborn planet
• Collagen level can impact risk of incontinence and prolapse in women
• Blood-forming stem cells fail to repair heart muscle in Stanford study
• St. Jude shows how disorderliness in some proteins lets them interact with a diversity of molecules
• NSF invites media to apply to report from North Pole on climate research
• Prevention program curbs drug abuse among middle-school youth
• Novelty-seeking teens may be more easily influenced by tobacco advertisements
• Long-lasting medication shows promise for treatment of heroin addiction
• Behavioral symptoms may indicate increased smoking risk among adolescents
• Buprenorphine may help those addicted to heroin and cocaine
• K-State uses geographic tools to track plant pathogens
• Genetic mutation linked to infant lung disease
• Scientists calculate how high heels can go
• Agriculture investment is the answer to sub-Saharan Africa in crisis
• Tadpoles and tumors
• UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
• Patagonian ice dam studied from space cracks open
• Sandia begins major test capabilities upgrade
• Health risks of phthalates
• Cross-species comparison reveals shared features between tumorigenesis and organogenesis
• Carnegie Mellon University chemist receives prestigious award at American Chemical Society Meeting
• Office Depot partners with Conservation Organizations to incorporate science into paper procurement
• Mount Sinai to offer NearVision CK
• Opening the big black box: European study reveals visitors' impressions of science laboratories
• Genes predict response of adult leukemia patients to chemotherapy
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• Scientists find new carbon pollution called 'tar balls'
• Snake venom may power-out bloodstains from clothes
• Herbal supplements' testing topic of discussion at chemistry meeting March 30
• Compound shows promise as vaccine-like drug for preventing type 1 diabetes
• Electronic paper, wound dressings among novel uses for bacterial cellulose
• Type of buckyball shown to cause brain damage in fish
• New, natural pesticides examined at chemistry symposium March 28
• Prediction: California will see 'a lot more' cases of West Nile Virus in 2004
• Prototype system developed by Wright State computer engineer allows blind to 'see'
• Glacial records depict ice age climate in synch worldwide
• UNC neuroscientist awarded renewal of federal grant that began in 1957
• Black police officers in the south still face racism, UF researcher says
• UCSD economic forecasting conference convenes leading thinkers for issue resolution
• HIV-infected have thicker carotid artery walls—predictor of heart attack & stroke
• Premier international cancer meeting
• Public Library of Science wins Wired Magazine Science Rave Award
• NASA explains 'dust bowl' drought
• Conference explores nanotechnology and its commercialization
• New study highlights misunderstanding surrounding risks and benefits of tamoxifen
• New drug may help fight some lung cancers
• Researcher identifies Irish potato famine pathogen
• Journal access trial announced
• Key to proper blood vessel growth in eye and ear discovered
• Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
• Moderate amounts of alcohol may help prevent death from CVD in men with hypertension
• Human rights abuses common in southern Iraq between 1991 and 2003
• Cognitive behavior therapy effective for treating people with hypochondria
• Stem cells appear not to turn into heart cells
• Media invited to attend International Society For Heart & Lung Transplantation meeting April 21-24
• Natural enemies help scientists untangle tropical forest food webs
• Declan Kirrane at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop
• Research on inherited eye disorders uncovers new information about blood-vessel formation
• Lion attacks on livestock in Africa are significant but manageable
• Workshop on ESA's gravity mission
• Water at Martian south pole
• Fast lane for space technology innovation
• ESA's Integral solves thirty-year old gamma-ray mystery
• A better future by design
• Mathematical rule said to be widely and wrongly used to forecast future beach erosion
• Biggest physics meeting of the year
• Policy changes are needed for New York economic woes
• The human brain and comparative judgments
• Odorants enhance survival of olfactory neurons
• New data on ant adaptability within their environment
• Mild noise damage can be detected by cells in the inner ear
• Inhibitors prevent aggresome formation associated with some forms of ALS
• For some gorillas, local kin may mean local peace
• Invasive plant outcompeted by its native ancestors
• Isolated corals reefs are at risk from global climate change
• Death and resurrection on Caribbean reefs
• Ambient light influences the evolution of colour signals
• Worrying rise in use of antidepressants in children
• Unease over future regulation of doctors
• Success of nicotine patches linked to genetic make-up
• More evidence that stress makes MS symptoms worse
• 'Library on a Slide': Whole genome microarrays for comparative genomics
• 'Meeting of the minds' leads new era in fight against cancer
• U. of Colorado satellite developers celebrate one year of operations
• Preoperative treatment with Arimidex(TM) allows patients to undergo less extensive surgery
• Can a plant that acts like poison ivy cure prostate cancer?
• Nation's best mathematics and science teachers visit Washington to receive presidential award
• The dating game goes wireless
• Making bomb-building harder
• Blood test heralds speedy stroke diagnoses
• NIST helps verify accuracy of the world's best rulers
• Enrollment begins for osteoarthritis initiative
• Mount Holyoke researcher studies how low-income urban youths' science aspirations develop
• Disc replacement in neck relieves pain, restores mobility
• Timely surgery dramatically reduces stroke risk for people with carotid stenosis
• Rabies: Canine infection in Africa and Asia still the greatest threat
• Introducing the patient safety series
• Bushmeat poses threat of simian retrovirus transmission to humans
• Smallpox vaccine may cause harmless skin rashes
• INTRASOFT International awarded CORDIS service
• New study reveals big disparity between countries in breast conservation rates
• New Canadian study demonstrates clear survival benefit of treatment in trials and at large centres
• First large-scale trial of genetically personalised treatment for breast cancer to start soon
• Diet a major factor in breast cancer – time for government action
• Conservation treatment or mastectomy for DCIS?
• Complementary and alternative therapies: Who uses them and why, their potential and their dangers
• EUREKA project finds safer way to destroy BSE waste
• Studying 3-D materials in one dimension
• Protein folding on a chip
• Electricity controls nanocrystal shape
• Carbon nanotubes with big possibilities
• Bright light yields unusual vibes
• Another twist in the field of superconductivity
• $300,000 USAID grant to boost India agriculture economy
• Most-hated inventions to get lesson in manners
• Video games, not TV, linked to obesity in kids
• New toxicity test could cut animal testing
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help stroke patients get well
• New research suggests that when children ask 'what is this?' they may seek an object's function
• UT Southwestern researchers cite recent advances in underlying causes of rare body-fat disorders
• 'Shocking' research points to ways to protect technology
• Recognition of racism helps in struggle, book says
• Life expectancy of diabetics 12 years less than others
• High association between welfare, poor health: Study
• Banned chemical travels across three oceans
• Scientists discover why not enough choline results in fewer brain cells, poorer memory
• UMaine receives patent for stronger building panel
• Optical glucose sensor holds promise for diabetics and intensive care patients
• Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet
• Study finds fewer, but more advanced, colon cancers in postmenopausal women on E&P hormone therapy
• Rockefeller University scientists take on controversial 'vibration theory' of smell
• Oceans' acidity influences early carbon dioxide and temperature link estimates
• Artificial prions created
• Primate viruses transmitted to people through bushmeat
• Heart and lung transplantation clinical trial results to be announced at ISHLT meeting
• £76 million research centre to make the UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging
• Experiments establish 'protein-only' nature of prion infections
• 'Protein-only' prions confirmed in FSU yeast study
• Should nurses conduct breast cancer follow-up visits?
• Study links radiotherapy and CVD risks in breast cancer patients but it's getting safer
• Scientists discover that metastases share a similar genetic profile to their primary tumour
• Older people lose out all round in breast cancer treatment and care
• New study confirms conservation surgery is safe for BRCA breast cancers
• Leading cancer doctor calls for new guidelines to control early reporting from clinical trials
• Exemestane beats tamoxifen in first phase III head to head trial in advanced breast cancer
• Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
• AIDS drug helps to keep HBV at bay during chemotherapy for breast cancer
• Challenging shrubland fire management
• SOHO snaps spectacular Sun shot
• Gene chips help gauge chemotherapy's effectiveness in adult leukemia patients
• Study reveals important new factor in cystic fibrosis lung inflammation
• More evidence of major global extinctions
• Tumor suppressor genes predict bladder cancer future
• JCO to offer free online access to archived content
• 20 scientists selected as Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows
• Fish oil supplements may contain flame retardants
• Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
• Most distant object in solar system discovered
• Germ-free transparent fish open new window into gut development
• Wasps' brains enlarge as they perform more demanding jobs
• Going low tech, low cost to ease the terrors of dementia
• Stem cells offer promise for hair growth
• Failure of DNA repair mechanism precedes final stage of deadly leukemia, new Penn study shows
• Memories are harder to forget than currently thought
• Creators of robot for the elderly to demonstrate technologies at Future of Aging Services Conference
• UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
• Int'l finding on access to scientific data outlines critical need for open, systematic approach
• Bigger isn't always better--especially if you're a rodent
• Researchers show chronic sinusitis is immune disorder; antifungal medicine effective treatment
• Disability researchers identify barriers to independent living
• Tuberculosis strains stay close to home, say Stanford researchers
• A new hypothesis about Alzheimer's disease
• Templeton Prize, world's largest, won by George F.R. Ellis, theoretical cosmologist
• Rice wins $5M nano instrumentation grant from DOD
• New computer-aided approach tailors drug dose to patient needs
• Australia/New Zealand-EU R&D cooperation
• Bacteria live in the esophagus!
• Lupus discovery may pave way to better-designed COX-2 inhibitors
• Satellite finds warming 'relative' to humidity
• International access to research data critical to advancing science for the public good
• Prenatal exposure to second-handsmoke greater for disadvantaged children, study finds
• NIEHS/NTP Director Dr. Kenneth Olden receives Society of Toxicology's Public Communications Award
• Nerac rebuilds TOC Journal Watch service with new search engine
• NC State scientists develop breakthrough internet protocol
• Emerging threats in health and medicine
• Student builds micro biosensor chip to move DNA molecules
• Hebrew University scientist co-directing European research project for internet of future
• Geoscientists report on environment, climate and public policy issues in WDC this month
• Dragons of the air: Pterosaurs flew with smart wings
• Young breast cancer survivors suffer more long-term after effects
• New diagnostic tool brings effective treatment closer to patients
• MEP calls for European strategy in the fight against breast cancer
• Study finds male and female brains respond differently to visual stimuli
• Outsourcing ESA's corporate information system infrastructure
• Top medical and scientific societies commit to providing free access to research
• INEEL designing prototype system for Yucca Mountain repository
• Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
• Combination therapy drives cancer into remission
• New insight into how tumors evade the immune system
• Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research at Carnegie Mellon
• Carnegie Mellon University receives Nobel Laureate Clifford Shull papers
• Lack of parental support during childhood is associated with poorer adult mental & physical health
• King Tut liked red wine
• Two journalists selected for American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting Fellowships
• Smoking linked to accelerated cognitive decline in the elderly
• New guidelines for cerebral palsy recommend early neuroimaging tests
• More older women are retaining 'young' breasts causing potential screening problems
• Unsuspected brain region involved in side effects of diabetes drugs
• Study supports new theory for nicotine's protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders
• One million disabled adults lack adequate help with essential needs
• Mechanism leading to life-threatening infection identified by UCSD School of Medicine researchers
• Research to create lung-cancer blood tests receives $3.4M in Pennsylvania tobacco settlement funds
• Sensor technologies enhance factory operations
• Childhood obesity leads to adult diabetes, researcher says
• Scientists confirm phenomenon of falling beer bubbles
• Astrazeneca announces EU marketing approval for Faslodex(TM)
• Study suggests possible way to repair damaged nerve cells
• Study examines why new lung cancer treatment is effective for some patients but not others
• MGH study details brain changes in autism, language disorder
• Scientist works to interrupt early changes resulting in diabetic vision loss
• The small and the beautiful
• 'Switched-off' genes put first chink in colon cell's anti-tumor armor
• Two better than one where lowering blood pressure is concerned
• Britain not doing enough to stop people from smoking claim public health experts
• African cotton market doesn't benefit from too much competition
• SensorNet proposed as system to protect millions nationwide
• Scientists identify crucial gene for blood development
• Children's Memorial, TGen announce partnership
• Tissue cells can revert to stem cells
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004
• Human genetic sampling
• Plant, bird and butterfly species dwindling in the United Kingdom, researchers report
• USGS report: America's thirst remains stable
• UT Southwestern researchers discover link that could aid in treatment of kidney cyst diseases
• Researchers model embryo implantation and tumour metastasis in fruit flies
• Possible link discovered between gene responsible for blood vessel development and ACD in newborns
• National study: Health care access for poor children improves, but gap in care for uninsured grows
• Ingredient in asthma inhaler drug may counteract inhaler benefits, according to Pittsburgh study
• 'Before and after' diet ads promote bias against overweight people
• Study: National medical privacy law makes health research harder, more expensive
• UCI study identifies how new neurons grow in adult brain
• Charge doping of molecules one atom at a time
• Researchers to pinpoint relationship between obesity-associated diabetes and heart disease
• Breast cancer study suggests role for tissue in carcinogenesis
• Jefferson-led study shows transdermal system as effective as IV pump for post-surgical pain
• Families, media and education crucial in preventing eating disorders
• New study supports use of PET scans in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
• How couples manage parenting forecasts later marital quality, study finds
• NIST study helps auto engineers by the numbers
• Method produces uniform, self-assembled nanocells
• Light wave measurements make circuits better
• Electronic device standards to yield choicer chops
• Delving into defects spurs prospects for chip insulator
• Mouse antibodies thwart SARS virus
• Gene variants may increase susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
• MIT adds artistic spin to study of electromagnetism
• Treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ varies widely in United States
• Other highlights of the March 17 issue of JNCI
• Combination of toxin and poison may be novel treatment for leukemia
• Transdermal patch as effective as intravenous pump for post-op pain control
• Radiation therapy effective for some patients with recurrent cancer after radical prostatectomy
• Prevalence of chronic sinusitis may be lower than commonly reported
• Impaired sense of smell increases risk for certain hazards
• HPV in skin of psoriasis patients treated with medication and UV light therapy
• Home blood pressure test may be better than office test for predicting cardiovascular events
• Few stroke patients get to the hospital in time for clot-dissolving therapy
• Field Museum maps 'social assets' of Chicago's industrialized Lake Calumet region
• Science brain drain - How some European countries attract the top scientific talent
• Two asteroid fly-bys for Rosetta
• Doping buckyballs with atoms, one at a time
• Workload, fatigue and physical stress on physician residents in training
• Waiting between breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
• New environmental journalism website holds more than 700 articles in three languages
• Obesity drug inhibits prostate tumor growth
• Revolutionary chemical instrument receives historical recognition
• Tumor characteristics may help predict survival in breast cancer patients
• New findings on nerve cell proteins show promise for reducing disability
• USC study finds faulty wiring in psychopaths
• Cell shocked
• Heart attack patients face 25% lower death risk if hospitals follow national care standards
• Scientists call for less destructive remediation at DOE sites
• UC study sheds new light on climate-change processes
• Newly cloned gene key to global adaptation of wheat
• National Academies announce nanotechnology conference set for November
• Stress hormones and heart failure
• 'R.E.A.L.' offers multicultural approaches to substance-abuse prevention among middle-schoolers
• Refuting Neandertal ancestry
• How amphetamine affects the dopamine transporter
• Dioxin-receptor network identified
• 'Male-killer' bacterium's genome is deciphered
• Researchers begin promising new trial to fight colorectal cancer
• New radar system may help airplanes avoid in-flight icing
• Post-mortem drug test errors
• Breaking the rules on artifical blood
• Bite-marks giving false impression
• Study will identify best treatment for type 2 diabetes in youth
• Lakes with zebra mussels have higher levels of toxins, MSU research finds
• The hidden health trauma of child soldiers
• SARS without pneumonia could be common in outbreak areas
• Study suggests brain haemorrhage in babies over age one month unlikely from traumatic delivery
• The bare bones of cutting the fat
• As obesity skyrockets, Joslin Diabetes Center urges action to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes
• Breast self examination increases women's concerns but has no effect on mortality
• St. Jude Medical announces CRT patients showed improvement in the RHYTHM ICD study
• Sandia sensor has potential to help U.S. military eliminate 'friendly fire' during combat
• Urban youth don't feel respected, cared about or trusted
• Can exercise before diving prevent decompression sickness?
• Stark differences in care at top US hospitals revealed
• Random drug testing in schools is unworkable
• Current policy for complex surgery is misguided
• Poor prognosis for depression linked to an autoimmune thyroid condition?
• New, comprehensive tumor classification combines molecular biology and classic pathology
• Blood pressure may predict recurrent cardiovascular events in women
• Atherosclerosis more common, progresses quicker in HIV patients
• Biggest ever solar flare was even bigger than thought
• AGU journal highlights - 10 March 2004
• Study compares overnight dialysis to treatment in centers
• Siberian tiger rescued from poacher's snare
• Rwanda's primate-rich forests now a national park
• Research links long droughts in U.S. to ocean temperature variations
• New research shows rural South Africa faces stroke crisis similar to affluent western countries
• UT Southwestern researchers identify gene as essential for vascular smooth muscle development
• USC study finds hormone supplement used by athletes may not increase testosterone
• Novel prostate cancer marker may lead to earlier diagnosis and fewer repeat bioposies
• UNC to become regional center for research on health workforce
• Why don't heart patients take their medicine? Study finds forgetfulness at the top of the list
• Implanted defibrillators not covered for half of patients who could benefit, study finds
• UC San Diego places in top tier of institutions awarded 2004 Sloan Research Fellowships
• Findings on managing elk and deer will be shared at national symposium
• 'Male-targeting' bacterium's genome is deciphered
• New approach limits damage after heart attack and improves survival, say Scripps Research scientists
• Crestor achieves results in tackling elevated LDL-C in patients with metabolic syndrome
• Doctor's statement in Mayo Clinic Proceedings reveals dark side of low-carb diets
• OHSU receives grant to study evolutionary computing for biomedical image analysis
• Scientists find more keys to the North Pacific Ocean's climate
• Understanding Ground Zero
• National Nanotechnology Initiative workshop
• McGill scientists publish detailed picture of how nutrients and other molecules get into cells
• For rural Pennsylvania, wireless is the ticket to the 21st century
• Rimonbant shows promise in addressing multiple risk factors
• Data shows new drug, rimonabant, helps smokers quit while limiting post cessation weight gain
• Profiling prostate cancer
• JCI table of contents, 15 March 2004
• Johns Hopkins gene hunters pinpoint new cancer gene target
• Pioneering flu researcher wins major Imperial scientific award
• SkyPlex: Flexible digital satellite telecommunications
• Hubble's deepest view ever of the Universe unveils earliest galaxies
• New insights into devastating basketball foot injury
• Beta blockers usage low despite insurance
• DOE lab goes digital to sign on the bottom line
• Study on sub-millimeter telescope on Chile mountain
• Kavli Institute will explore future of nanoscale science
• Identities, politics and culture shift in EU's 'new' Europe
• Brain Science Institute at Columbia University established by Kavli Foundation gift
• Crucial brain development gene identified
• Gene required for formation of blood cells
• Adaptive regulatory T cells suppress killing of persistently infected cells
• A new Twist on bone development
• Household activities release a cloud of dust, increasing exposure to particulate pollution
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, March 16, 2004
• AACR awards scholarships to minority and underrepresented scientists
• Diets high in fat and animal protein linked to increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• New test detects cirrhosis of the liver in an early stage
• Microbe's trick provides a template for willowy crystals
• Kids learn more from nationally certified teachers, study shows
• Lack of awareness about stroke hinders use of life-saving drugs, precludes testing of new therapies
• High-performance, single-crystal plastic transistors reveal hidden behavior
• UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
• California Technnology Initiatives announce second annual 'On the Road to a Gigabit' awards
• Study finds vertebral fractures are underreported
• Experimental smallpox vaccine protects against monkeypox in nonhuman primates
• Protease-inhibitor cocktail protects, increases anti-microbial action of promising new peptide
• Experience is more effective than classroom learning in changing age bias in dental students
• Researchers identify clues about marijuana effects
• Bioprocesses upstage traditional chemical processes
• Undisturbed Amazonian forests are changing, say scientists
• Environmental enrichment lessens protein deficits in mouse model of Huntington's
• Ontario researchers see increase in taste and odour-causing algae problems
• Off-label use of migraine drug gives children relief, study says
• OHSU scientists advance fertility preservation procedure
• Biology behind homosexuality in sheep, study confirms
• Researchers find a protein that controls cell growth
• X-rays from Saturn pose puzzles
• Top US scientist honored with prestigious award
• Effectiveness of safer smallpox vaccine demonstrated against monkeypox
• Study finds implanted defibrillator reduces heart failure deaths
• Studies led by Mount Sinai researchers reinforces potential benefits of new stroke-prevention drug
• MGH research team grows long-lasting blood vessels
• Are you slow in coordinating your thoughts?
• New data on the effect of Atacand(R) on NYHA class in a broad spectrum of heart failure patients
• Can a bell split a church?
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Research at the Interface of Biochemistry and Human Health
• Many patients can reduce serious heart disease risk factors without medication
• Inpatient cardiac risk management program promotes lifestyle changes
• Coronary aneurysms are independent predictor of mortality, should be aggressively monitored
• Clip device accomplishes endovascular, non-surgical repair of faulty heart valve
• Abortion may not, after all, affect birth weight of future babies
• Hospitals following heart attack guidelines have better outcomes
• Gene links hereditary intestinal disorder with stroke danger
• Evidence suggests that the brain can switch to 'automatic pilot' during learning
• Duke study gives first worldwide measure of sea turtle casualties by longline fishing
• ORNL, NCAR are official partners in climate studies
• Key gene identified for development of inner-ear structure required for balance
• Common virus may contribute to uncommon bone disease in children
• Sometimes it's the RNA
• Reduced scarring helps nerves grow through spinal injuries
• Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents
• Deficits associated with prenatal alcohol exposure can be seen as early as infancy
• Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
• Alcohol consumption can damage hearing
• USP to release first-ever case study book to advance medication error prevention in US hospitals
• Sequencing project results in six-fold reduction of effective size of maize genome
• Symposium gathers computing greats to decide whether to go clockless
• Device detects, traps and deactivates airborne viruses and bacteria
• Award-winning video captures water, oil, mixing
• USGS March science picks
• Watching genes in action
• Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
• UCSF study: Pediatrician's judgment often better than clinical guidelines for treating infant fever
• A world ruled by fungi
• New policy stops transplant heart gaming put potential still exists
• 'Chatting' in Iraq
• Hybrids on the high seas
• Subconscious bias kicks in quickly and skews perceptions
• Questions raised on DNR orders and shorter hospital stays
• Study clarifies impact of diet on the risk of gout
• Mayo Clinic researchers identify testing for patients for prostate treatments
• Ovarian tissue storage and later transplant shows promise for women infertile from cancer therapy
• Twin study finds possible connection between depression, heart disease
• Reprogrammable cells from fat are true adult stem cells
• Progenitor cells predict heart disease severity
• Implantable cardiac defibrillator use significantly lowers heart failure mortality
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2004
• Losing consciousness can stop you getting posttraumatic stress disorder
• Viruses may be environmentally friendly decontaminants
• Topical vaccine protects against inhaled ricin
• DNA vaccine protects against anthrax
• Los Angeles kids benefit from new asthma identification process
• 'White coat hypertension' common among sleep apnea patients
• Family discipline, religous attendance cut levels of later violence among aggressive children
• UVa researchers describe method of protecting chromosomes during cell division
• Search for macular degeneration genes narrows
• Faulty DNA replication linked to neurological diseases
• Multi-center trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure
• Depressed moms want pediatricians to hear them
• Will an apple a day keep the doctor away? There are better food choices, research notes
• Rice bioengineer wins international design contest
• Discoveries reveal that gene regulation is bipolar
• Innovative reconstructive surgery improves appearance, outcomes for skin cancer patients
• NASA research shows heavy smoke 'chokes' clouds
• New evidence suggests early oceans bereft of oxygen for eons
• New eggs continue to develop in adult mice
• Baker's yeast rises from genome duplication
• MGH study finds female mammals produce egg cells into adulthood
• Hopkins researchers find MRI useful tool in diagnosing inflammatory bowel diseases in children
• Tai Chi has physical, psychological benefits
• Study documents incidence of and risk factors for dry eye in older persons
• Poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as leading cause of death in U.S.
• Infants with fevers receive as good care when physicians rely on judgment than clinical guidelines
• Drug for erectile dysfunction appears safe for some men with congestive heart failure
• Coffee drinking associated with reduced risk of diabetes
• Alcohol-related emergency department visits higher than previously thought
• New report shows industry how to get more women into science, engineering and technology jobs
• 'T-ray' devices with perfect imaging abilities move a step closer
• Pain medication safe and effective for the elderly
• Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
• V838 Monocerotis revisited: Space phenomenon imitates art
• Detecting vitamin B12 deficiency prevents anaemia and memory loss
• New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
• Aggressive heart therapies still underused, despite blood chemical status
• Free access to science: A model for the dissemination of scientific literature
• Brain Centre gives Wales a world lead
• Cedars-Sinai March medical tipsheet
• Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreement
• Smoking linked to blindness
• Pre-eclampsia linked to increased cancer risk
• New bill 'will ultimately fail the public'
• Long term risks of medical radiation often ignored
• Older patients need special attention in the dental chair
• Helping patients focus on prevention
• Sarah Staples and Daniel Grossman win 2004 AIBS media awards
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researcher receives fellowship for work in Canavan Disease
• Reason as our guide
• New animal model for Alzheimer vaccine
• Zengen's new study reviews novel approach to control inflammation using melanocortin receptors
• First silicate stardust found in a meteorite
• Happy birthday USGS! 125 years of science for America
• Providence Journal wins 2004 Dart Award
• Study gives lowdown on high-temperature superconductivity
• Loss of smell linked to key protein in Alzheimer's disease
• Engineers create exoskeleton that can enhance human strength and endurance
• Paleofire database puts fire-scar and charcoal data online
• Pioneering treatments for irritable bowel syndrome, post traumatic stress disorder
• Policy highlights from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
• Jefferson Alzheimer's vaccine shows promise in animal model
• Texas economist: Consumers likely to see cheaper chicken at grocery outlets
• Power plants, other industry could offer contracts to farmers in helping reduce carbon emissions
• Scripps scientists describe dangerous cocktail of alcohol, brain peptides, and neurotransmitters
• Naropin® now approved for intrathecal (spinal) administration in the European Union (EU)
• Freeze-dried sperm can fertilize rabbit oocytes
• Rich genes travel more
• Particle physicists look to the future
• Ocean's surface could have big impact on air quality, study says
• Complementary, alternative therapies for neurological disorders detailed in new book
• Rare 'tumbleweed' survives Antarctic conditions
• Painkiller linked to rise in overdose deaths
• DNA chip will catch beefed up chicken
• Compact fuel cells could oust batteries
• Aquatic scientists divided on role of sea lice from salmon farms in decline of native salmon in B.C.
• Northwestern Memorial researchers study role of botanicals in management of menopausal symptoms
• Stem-cell therapy could have benefits and risks for heart-attack PTs
• Statins could reduce stroke risk by a third
• Majority of authors retract 1998 Lancet paper-Lancet editor points to implications
• 2005 global tuberculosis targets may be out of reach
• Light-sensitive gloves reduce risk of germ transfer
• Gonorrhea test may give false-positive results
• The making of an Ariane 5 launch
• Vitamin B-12 levels linked to bone loss in aging women
• State-required continuing medical education does not affect heart attack care
• Genome of first fungal pathogen unveiled
• Community hospitals do not transfer high-risk heart patients for aggressive therapy
• Nutrition education helps stretch meager food budgets
• Carnegie Mellon develops new sensor to detect computer hard drive failures
• Ornamental palms vulnerable to disease
• Linezolid is superior treatment for drug-resistant pneumonia
• Web site launched today features pioneer EarthDials from around the globe
• New DVD 'virtual' microscope at UNC-Chapel Hill
• Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
• Widely used anti-nausea drug may interfere with cancer chemotherapy
• UCSD's Dr. Leon Thal to receive Potamkin Prize, one of neurosciences' highest honors
• Fuel cell reaches milestone
• Leave land alone following natural disasters, say researchers
• UN study shows environmental consequences from ongoing boom in personal computer sales
• Tiny molecular motors shed light on cell function, say Stanford researchers
• Stanford study questions identity of alleged Romanov bones
• Should publicly funded research be free and available to the public?
• Providing cribs may help protect at-risk babies from SIDS
• Rb protein's role in retina development is key to understanding devastating eye cancer
• Improving treatment of medulloblastoma, a common childhood brain tumor
• Hunter receives two major cancer awards
• Researchers report bubble fusion results replicated
• Evidence bubbles over to support tabletop nuclear fusion device
• Study suggests better use of web could improve infectious disease reporting
• The 'workhorse' satellite celebrates 20 years
• Early treatment confirmed as key to stroke recovery
• Harmless virus associated with longer life for some HIV-positive men
• NIH asks participants in women's health initiative estrogen-alone study to stop study pills
• Transporter's function provides support for eating vegetables, limiting antibiotics
• Study examines whether giving good bacteria reduces infections
• Cancer health risk significantly underestimated by EPA's ambient model estimates
• Randomisation phase of the DIRECT programme (DIabetic REtinopathy Candesartan Trials) completed
• Crystal methamphetamine use increases HIV risk
• Estrogren plus progestin decreases colorectal cancer in postmenopausal woman
• ESA calls for interdisciplinary studies of GEOs
• ESO's telescope takes picture of ESA's Rosetta's target, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
• Rosetta begins its 10-year journey to the origins of the Solar System
• Microwaves could bring concealed weapons to light
• Research suggests new way to repair cartilage damage
• UK Government proposes long-term strategy for science
• Hydrogen Initiative report from American Physical Society panel released
• March 2004 Ophthalmology Journal
• USC researchers link unusual DNA structure to cancer
• Penn researchers introduce a new nanotube-laced gel, create new means of aligning nanotubes
• Toxin combo common in fish appears capable of impairing motor skills
• Founder of UCSD bioengineering program honored with lifetime achievement award
• Bar characteristics, women's behavior in bars tied to their risk for bar-related aggression
• Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
• Researchers to design intervention for work-related injury
• Those infected with HIV may benefit from infection with another virus, says Jefferson virologist
• Stroke treatment window stays open longer than thought, say Stanford researchers
• Desert science center aims to bridge rift between Jordan and Israel
• Stevens helps establish National Small Arms Center
• Rensselaer awarded $2.7 million NIH grant to improve drug development process
• Scientists urge caution when releasing engineered organisms into environment
• Information paradox solved? If so, black holes are 'fuzzballs'
• Enigmatic X-ray sources may point to new class of black holes
• Chicken genome assembled
• Memories light up the corners of our minds
• Studies highlight impact of Sept. 11, Iraq war on adolescents
• Mayo Clinic study helps patients with pancreatic cancer experience significantly less pain
• NETs protect against pathogenic bacteria
• Patients should be consulted before dialysis treatment begins
• New imaging technique developed to identify breast cancer
• Psychiatric study for cancer patients to measure psychoactive medication
• New human embryonic stem-cell lines to be made available to researchers
• Human health, astronomy, and environmental concerns merge at Dark-Sky meeting
• New Web site for biogeoscience community announced
• Field tests advance seismic landmine-detection system
• Targeted antiviral prophylaxis of flu case contacts could successfully contain pandemic influenza
• International public health expert Jeffrey Koplan addresses emerging infectious diseases conference
• Fast food chains like to be close to the competition
• Hecates Tholus volcano in 3D
• ESA's Rosetta launch re-scheduled: Follow the launch from an ESA establishment
• Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
• Heart attack deaths increase during winter holidays
• C-reactive proteins do not predict early osteoarthritis
• ORNL earns four Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
• PNNL recognized for commercializing technologies
• Carnegie Mellon's Nanofab Lab gears up to be region's best equipped for tech startups
• Physics tip sheet #40 - March 1, 2004
• Visuospatial tasks during trauma may reduce intrusive memories of that event
• Three APsaA members receive $35,000 awards
• Michigan's Allen Creek Preschool recipient of first Children and Family Community Service Award
• Physician assistant profession ranked third fastest-growing profession
• Stress of losing a child increases risk of MS
• American Academy of Neurology presents 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, April 24 - May 1, 2004
• Tony Hunter and Raymond N. DuBois awarded Landon-AACR Prizes for Cancer Research
• UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
• Teenagers with cancer are missing out on vital services
• Teens and young adults – the new frontier in cancer says US cancer specialist
• Cancer rates in teens and early 20s rising
• Studies focus on vascular spasm as a common cause of cardiomyopathy
• Design of composite materials that detect terahertz discovered
• College education protects Caucasian women against obesity more than African American women
• 'Care managers' help depressed elderly reduce suicidal thoughts
• VLT smashes the record of the farthest known galaxy
• Visualizing the central dogma
• The hidden impact of SARS
• Keep prescribing information private
• Elective cesarean sections
• Announcement of the chicken genome sequence and genome variation maps
• Computer-based program provides personal colon cancer risk data
• Climate change could release old carbon locked in Arctic soils, researchers say
• Potentially blinding eye disease more prevalent than previously thought
• New technique dates Saharan groundwater as million years old
• Improved manufacturing produces better polymer displays
• Study shows United States may have more pediatricians than it needs for the next 20 years
• Study examines role of helicobacter pylori in esophageal cancer development
• Study examines physical, emotional well-being following breast cancer treatment
• Other highlights in the March 3 issue of JNCI
• Study reports improved method to identify fetal DNA in maternal blood samples
• Primary-care based program reduces thoughts of suicide among older depressed patients
• Minors able to buy nicotine replacement therapy products
• Intensive statin therapy reduces amount of plaque buildup in arteries compared to moderate treatment
• High societal cost of brain and nervous system disorders attributed to genetic influences
• Homeless children have high rates of asthma
• Disulfiram and cognitive behavioral therapy appear effective for treating cocaine dependence
• Fat: It isn’t always bad for the heart
• Former President George Bush joins leaders from cancer community to announce historic collaboration
• Depression predicts mortality in women with heart disease
• Migraine mouse provides insight into neurobiology of devastating headaches
• Mouse model of neuromuscular disease identifies key player in motor neuron death
• Vaccinating children protects adults as well
• Screening removes West Nile from bood supply
• New technology facilitates adherence for patients
• Educational program increases some safety behaviors for older drivers
• Teens present research findings at major international meeting
• VaxGen reports Phase I clinical trial results of anthrax vaccine candidate
• U Iowa study identifies damaging mechanism in transplants and heart attacks
• More affordable distributed generation will reduce likelihood of major blackouts
• Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
• NIH researchers test promising new therapy for blinding eye disease
• Orthokeratology contact lenses cause permanent vision loss in children
• New index measures risk of death from blood clot
• Breast cancer follow-ups 'no longer guess-work' thanks to new physics research
• 'Neutraceuticals'...coming soon to a dentist near you?
• Making the case for a dental caries vaccine
• Lectures, keynotes, symposia highlight International Dental Research meeting
• Journal of Dental Research names new editor
• How to sedate? That is the question!
• HOW, not just WHAT, we eat affects our health
• Hawaii community focus groups determine priorities for oral health research
• Genetic profile, not clinical appearance, to determine tumor treatment
• Facing oral health disparities in Hawaii
• Awards & fellowships presented in Hawaii
• 2004 Young Investigator Award to Fleming
• 2004 Salivary Research Award to Ekstrom
• 2004 Souder Award to David Eick
• 2004 Research in Dental Caries Award to Beighton
• 2004 Pulp Biology Research Award to Tony Smith
• 2004 Pharmacology/Therapeutics/Toxicology Award to Haas
• 2004 Oral Medicine/Pathology Research Award to Gutkind
• 2004 Geriatric Oral Research Award to Slade
• 2004 Dean Award to Steven Levy
• 2004 Craniofacial Biology Award to Paul Sharpe
• 2004 Behavioral Sciences/Health Services Award to Helen Gift
• 2004 Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization goes to Dr. Yoshiro Takano
• Study looks at cost of high blood pressure therapy
• Problems controlling anger lead to weight gain for teens
• Obesity leads to high blood pressure in the young
• Obese children less physically fit
• News tips from the American Heart Association
• Metabolic 'footprint' may be new measure of obesity risk in kids
• Internet program and videos net nutritional benefits for kids
• Folic acid fortification may have lowered stroke deaths
• Dairy, moderate fat, carbohydrate intakes reduce obesity in young teens
• America's teens: Growing up and out
• Wavefront-guided LASIK improves contrast sensitivity
• Blacks at greater risk for developing cataracts
• Vaccine nips breast cancer in the bud
• Viral immunosuppression: Not just a game of hide and go seek
• JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
• Gene therapy for a broken heart
• Dads miss opportunity to learn about their kids

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009