Psychology and Mental Health News Index
March 2006
- U of M researchers identify cause of memory loss
- Study explores why some individuals sacrifice to help others reproduce
- PNAS announces 2005 Paper of the Year
- National Academies advisory: April 25 Symposium on Forensic Evidence
- 1 in 8 of Thomson Scientific's 2005 Top 40 'hottest papers' from three Oxford Journals titles
- Study of 2004 tsunami forces rethinking of giant earthquake theory
- Crystal structure library gets a 'data lift'
- HortResearch science reveals the natural potential of apples
- Watch the 2006 total eclipse with ESA
- ASA announces 2006 Research Scholar Award winners
- COUNTER Release 2 compliance realized by Elsevier
- Using probes to control chemistry - molecule by molecule
- REMICADE Phase 3 data show rapid, significant, long-term psoriasis improvement
- Male smokers 40 percent more likely to be impotent than non-smokers
- Transplantation Report 2005
- Strategy to redesign primary care medicine
- PENN surgeons offer transfusion-free heart surgery to all
- New discoveries point to 'cave of John the Baptist' as important site in the time of Isaiah
- Identity theft, cancer detection among interactive demos at UH event
- Why is the ground brown?
- New device could cut chemotherapy deaths
- Jefferson scientists reveal new mechanism that causes spread of colorectal cancer
- Laccetti to speak at prestigious Oxford Round Table
- Scent of fear impacts cognitive performance
- Media invite: Venus Express Orbit Insertion press conference
- MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearances
- Cancer virus protein needed for successful infection
- 'March Madness' effects observed in ultracold gases
- Pigment is focus of macular degeneration research
- Jackson Laboratory joins National Centers for Systems Biology
- The intelligent search engine for biomedical specialists
- 2006 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) awards announced
- Vieillefosse: 'Food has become too much a matter of crisis and not of opportunity'
- Single cell amoeba increases MRSA numbers 1000- fold
- Microbiology meeting focuses on myriad of topics
- AGU journal highlights - 31 March 2006
- American College of Physicians: The healthcare response to pandemic influenza/avian flu
- Dangerous glucose-hungry cervical tumors can be detected using PET scans
- Rare Tibetan antelope listed as endangered
- Virginia Tech to host Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture Symposium
- VCU researchers develop new method for synthesis of nanomaterials
- Evidence of estrogen and progesterone hormone allergy has been discovered by Texas researchers
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranked #3 in nation by US News and World Report
- Penn researchers awarded $3.2 million for Musculoskeletal Disorders Center
- HIV accessory protein disables host immunity via receptor-protein intermediary
- Drs. Hrabowski, Summers share success strategies for producing minority scientists, engineers
- With $10M in grants, UMaine begins forest biorefining research
- Why are letters and other human visual signs shaped the way that they are?
- Cincinnati surgeons report new treatment for often-fatal injury
- Young patients more likely to die in countries where health care is funded by private insurance
- Stevens to kick off alliance with e-security leader GLESEC
- Springer author awarded the Abel Prize 2006
- Rutgers physicist earns prestigious Sloan Foundation research fellowship
- Global leaders launch effort to turn around Africa's failing agriculture
- Gold nanoparticles emit intense heat, study finds
- Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel condemns 'censorship' of scientists
- RFID tags to assist in tracking first responders
- Quality standards issued for testing herbal products
- Quantum dot method rapidly identifies bacteria
- Measuring electrical arcs at the micrometer scale
- Study examines risk for misuse of ADHD stimulant medications
- New evidence questions the simple link between prion proteins and vCJD
- President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
- New human retrovirus originated in mice
- Cluster and Double Star witness a new facet of Earth's magnetic behaviour
- Date/time change for STEPs study teleconference
- Duke to test bird flu vaccine dosing
- 3D ultrasound device poised to advance minimally invasive surgery
- Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2006
- Acquisition will advance commercialization of Lab's security screening technology
- Sandia-designed supercomputer ranked world’s most efficient in two of six categories
- MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance
- MINOS experiment sheds light on mysterious neutrinos
- DOE JGI releases experimental metagenomics data management & analysis system
- Scientists observe solitary vibrations in uranium
- Translational derepression & oncogene expression in breast cancer cells
- Binghamton University and STOC launches groundbreaking Linux collaboration
- UK plans for pandemic flu don't go far enough
- Real battle over mental health law about to begin
- NHS cash crisis will delay national bowel screening programme, warns expert
- BMJ Editor calls for independence for the NHS
- Sleep apnea treatment benefits the heart
- Magnetically guided catheter zaps atrial fibrillation
- Looking to understand why Sun's corona shines hotter than the Sun itself
- DNA gene vaccine protects against harmful protein of Alzheimer's disease
- First clinical trial of gene therapy for muscular dystrophy now under way
- Scientists discover new gene responsible for spread of cancer
- Unravelling a cosmic mystery - scientists discover the Universe's strongest magnetic field
- A better way to cool computer chips receives support
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Bionostra Group collaborate to develop avian flu vaccine
- Truly informed consent must include talking about future fertility, warn experts
- Parents need to be educated about HPV vaccinations for daughters
- New research identifies specific teenage and young adult cancers and points to possible causes
- Lack of specialist training for nurses is failing adolescent cancer patients
- Life or death can depend on teenage cancer patients taking their treatments properly
- Doctors must work together better to improve survival in teenage and young adult cancer patients
- Cassini finds 'missing link' moonlet evidence in Saturn's rings
- SAGE partners with NCCHC to publish the Journal of Correctional Health Care
- Katrina exposed emergency response weakness
- St. Jude develops more affordable ALL follow-up test
- Simple idea to dramatically improve dengue vaccinations
- Conference to give students a chance to shine
- Pain killer fights breast cancer by targeting key enzyme
- Helping autistic people communicate
- Climate blamed for mass extictions
- Panel finds insufficient evidence to recommend for or against maternal-request Caesarean delivery
- Researchers identify OCD risk gene
- Genetics experts join together to support efforts to identify remaining hurricane Katrina victims
- MSU researchers shake out basis for rice domestication
- New male contraceptive clears hurdle
- Premature baby ventilation trial cleared of causing long-term harm to participants
- Infections might trigger deep vein thrombosis
- Clinical pharmacology needs to be revitalised in the UK
- Picking apart how neurons learn
- Hopkins genetics experts aid efforts to identify hurricane Katrina victims
- Embryos tell story of Earth's earliest animals
- Rising to the challenge of managing bandwidth
- More evidence chicxulub was too early
- Wetland banking yields low return on urban interests
- Liquid ventilation
- Liver cancer linked to cellular repair pathway
- Cellular scale drug delivery from the inside out
- Satellite data reveals the beginnings of the universe
- CU, Harvard researchers team up to break down causes of Alzheimer's
- Astronomers discover evidence of moonlets in Saturn's rings
- Carnegie Mellon study sets benchmark properties for popular conducting plastic
- Treatment reduces gastric ulcers in at-risk patients using long-term NSAIDS
- Blood center's high-tech help for US's blood shortage
- World congress explores research, multi-disciplinary science of soils
- Better estimates for future extreme precipitation in Europe
- Ocean 'dead zones' trigger sex changes in fish, posing extinction threat
- Small study points to addictive effects of frequent tanning
- Universities collaborate to to reduce development impact on the James River
- Study shows drug blocks breast cancer migration to bone
- HIV infection rates down one-third in south India, University of Toronto study
- Bird-flu vaccine works at high doses; Focus turns to ways to stretch vaccine supply
- Research shows certain metabolites responsible for initiating breast and prostate cancer
- Carbon nanotube absorption measured in worms, cancer cells
- The unseen impact - could adult diseases be caused by food and chemicals before birth?
- Cool nanotechnology can save energy
- Therapy program export treats borderline personality disorder
- Improving police cars, recovering lost manuscripts: UH research day delivers
- Hopes raised for effectiveness of multiple sclerosis drug
- Water found to be main culprit in Argentine ant invasions
- UC Berkeley team helps win approval for life-saving drug for African women
- Physician experience related to accurate identification of third heart sound
- Frog’s ear canal may provide insights for understanding human hearing loss
- Minimal genome should be twice the size, study shows
- Rodeo cowboys bounce back quicker after suffering whiplash
- Biodiversity conservation may help reduce the impacts of natural disasters – UNU
- Children who sleep less are three times more likely to be overweight
- Researchers identify new childhood-onset epilepsy disorder and its genetic cause
- Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
- Herrington to discuss coastal hazards at planning workshop
- Friedman addresses UN-sponsored African workshop on E-Governance
- Plants give pests sock in the gut
- Study shows how men and women use news media differently to manage anger
- Federal law should require ID of stores that sold recalled food, study suggests
- New 'litmus test' could aid discovery of anti-cancer drugs
- NASA sees solar eclipse in a different light
- Energy ambassadors: Energy efficiency pays off for students
- Media Invite: Dinner to award prize for Progress in Cancer Research
- Mayo Clinic to host Inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
- Vitamin C and E supplements do not prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women at risk
- HIV-1 prevalence decreasing in southern India
- Mega eruption of Yellowstone's southern twin
- RSVP for embargoed STEP Study Teleconference
- Helping mentally retarded children and adolescents
- Polymer reaction engineering
- Scopus integrated directly into editors' and reviewers' workflow
- Prenatal genistein in soy reduces obesity in offspring
- Genes and environment interact to promote cancer
- DOE JGI users to tout DNA sequencing achievements for bioenergy, climate, & bioremediation
- An audience with the Pope for DFG delegation
- International scientists, physicians assemble at AACR Annual Meeting to discuss latest advances
- The Oceans Project: Galatee Films announces a new film
- CIHR launches casebooks about Canadians turning research into action
- Pacific Islands paradise protected
- Anger and sadness frame how we respond to a terrorist attack
- Over 80 percent of college girls surveyed diet to lose weight
- Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
- How a locust's eardrum could lead to tiny microphones
- Public communications award recognizes malaria series
- ARVO sponsors age-related macular degeneration conference
- ACP publishes 'Medicine in Quotations,' second edition
- Funding for, and societal impact of, cancer research to be discussed during AACR press briefing
- Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center study exercise to curb 'chemo brain'
- Frictionless motion observed in water
- Growing body of research links lead to osteoporosis
- New handbook addresses lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health issues
- Pitt engineering professor to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at NSBE Pittsburgh convention
- Environmentalists' 'marine reserve' proposals misguided, report suggests
- Seagrass is in decline worldwide, says UNH researcher
- New beginning of 'natural spring' announced by UNH scientist, group
- Delay in surgery decreases survival for bladder cancer patients
- UC Berkeley study finds in utero arsenic exposure tied to lung disease and cancer in adults
- International study questions health benefits of moderate drinking
- Alaska timber projection study reveals market trends
- National Academies advisory: April 24 Symposium on Robot Learning
- Does tropical biodiversity increase as rainforest area expands during global warming?
- Enzyme inhibitors block replication of SARS virus
- Powerful new tool for studying brain development
- Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
- UQ scholars win Fulbrights for nursing and cancer research
- Coal-based jet fuel poised for next step
- FDA approves extended dosing of Aranesp
- Scientists elucidate the kinome of key model organism
- Astronomers reach out to Turkish, world audiences with eclipse Webcast March 29
- When the heat is on, droplets, particles in a fluid ride on a cushion of vapor -- and never touch
- 3-D imaging to enable clean energy technologies
- Cortex matures faster in youth with highest IQ
- NIH holds state-of-the-science conference: Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request, March 27-29, 2006
- H5N1 avian flu virus vaccine induces immune responses in healthy adults
- Researchers find better prostate cancer indicators
- Inducing melanoma for cancer vaccine development
- The science of lost sleep in teens
- AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread unchecked in Burma
- Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue
- Researchers get neurons and silicon talking
- Plotting the road ahead for wireless sensor networks
- 'Bad' enzymes may wear white hats after stroke
- Sumatra megaquake defied theory
- Mission control team readies for Venus arrival
- Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
- Optimising wine-growing operations improves world competitiveness
- Elsevier launches Inteleos drug tracking and analysis tool
- EUREKA congratulates Amadeus Group IT SA on receiving award
- Newt Gingrich to speak about saving lives and saving money now
- Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model; Clinical trial FDA approved
- Getting ACL tears to heal themselves
- Friction-reduction recipe: Add two atoms and lots of heat
- 52 minority scientists receive APS/NIDDK travel fellowships totaling $90,000
- Sherry Lansing and Janet Woodcock receive AACR public service awards
- Bernard Fisher receives AACR Lifetime Achievement Award
- AACR launches new magazine to focus on people and progress in cancer
- Little improvement in Aboriginal educational performance in over 30 years
- Natural products discovery and production
- Promise shown for data encryption and data storage using holograms
- Cheaper, simpler production of polypropylene and polyethylene with tailored properties
- Growth hormone is made in the brain, report scientists
- Melanoma vaccine strategy shows promise in laboratory experiments
- Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
- Too much or too little sleep increases diabetes risk
- Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
- Rivers indicate earlier snowmelt in eastern North America
- Taking a bite out of a fellow worker helps wasps recruit new foragers
- Self-esteem falters among Chinese teens
- Penn study shows smokers assume false sense of safety from ads for low nicotine Quest® cigarettes
- U-M study: Program to boost elderly flu vaccination could save lives
- Smoke free vote supported by north west pubs air quality study
- Light-sensitive particles change chemistry at the flick of a switch
- UC Davis study shows grape seed extract may be effective in reducing blood pressure
- Agreement to expand Internet2 reach in Alaska
- 'Accelerated evolution' converts RNA enzyme to DNA enzyme in vitro
- Besser and Shin co-author paper for Institute of Physics journal
- Stem cell treatment succeeds in spinal cord-injured rats
- Purdue project could help pets serve as disease watchdogs
- Ultrasound and algae team up to clean mercury from sediments
- How sweet it isn't -- preference for alternatives to sugar based on sour, bitter tastes
- Scientists discover interplay between genes and viruses in tiny ocean plankton
- 2006 Manitoba fuel efficiency frenzy
- National study to test ResQ-Valve with CPR in cardiac arrest patients
- Tastier tomatoes in the future?
- Study identifies the main causes of maternal death in developing countries
- More extensive surgery improves survival of patients with gastric cancer
- Antidepressants might reduce risk of colorectal cancer
- CASCADE researchers call for open discussions about EU chemicals legislation
- EUREKA – A cornerstone of the European research and innovation area
- RSVP 3/28 telecon: Is equal coverage for mental health possible?
- Subsurface bacteria release phosphate to convert uranium contamination to immobile form
- New family of biodegradable polymers shows promise for intracellular drug delivery
- Chemical reaction research to improve instruments for analysis of samples from outer space
- Cystic fibrosis research could benefit from multi-functional sensing tool
- The Nice Manifesto
- Serendipity versus planning - cancer drugs of the future?
- New breast cancer dictionary for doctors
- Looking for consensus on how to manage metastatic breast cancer
- EBCC calls to speed access to innovative advances for all breast cancer patients
- Colorectal cancer develops earlier in drinkers, smokers and men
- Method for avoiding sudden death
- Human albumin from tobacco plants
- Nanoporous 'sponge' removes mercury from offshore produced waters
- New materials for high efficiency organic solid state lighting
- New approach removes sulfur from military-grade fuel; Syngas powers the process
- From Europa to the lab, a new recipe for oxygen on icy moons
- Researchers measure high-pressure lattice dynamics of molybdenum
- Drug shown to provide much needed alternative therapy for chronic shoulder pain
- High-dose vitamin C as a cancer therapy
- Scientists making advances in cancer to receive international awards
- Minimal cocktail for growing human embryonic stem cells established
- Lefties have the advantage in adversarial situations
- Red Tide causes sea turtle die-off in El Salvador
- Key new tool for identifying problem badger setts harbouring bovine TB
- Sometimes no treatment is the right option for low-risk prostate cancer
- Protein sorting in pigment cells sheds light on melanoma, Alzheimer's disease
- Research team sweeps the board with intensive care innovations
- Top cancer organizations launch first online portal of Asian language cancer information
- UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center named Survivorship Center of Excellence
- Deep-sea fish populations boom over the last 15 years, new Scripps study shows
- Novel process reduces toxic chemical use
- There's water under the desert – but it's hardly being used
- Two new studies reveal benefits of laparoscopic surgery for uterine cancer
- New study reports increased response to therapy with no added toxicity in treatment of ...
- New study establishes criteria to detect ovarian cancer in asymptomatic postmenopausal women
- Computer model maps strengths, weaknesses of nanotubes
- First human implant of HeartWare's HVAD
- Perimeter Institute welcomes renewed Ontario investment
- Ocean virus identified in human blood samples
- Mars meteorite similar to bacteria-etched earth rocks
- NASA scientist claims warmer ocean waters reducing Earth's ice
- Northwestern trial to determine accuracy of technology to predict accuracy of antidepressants
- NJIT environmental psychologist offers tips on how elderly can stay home
- New studies show topical glucosamine targets pigment overproduction
- Study indicates human susceptibility for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission
- Uniting Africans to save women's lives from postpartum hemorrhage
- Junk DNA may not be so junky after all
- Infused spleen cells found not to impact islet recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice
- Smokers, drinkers and men appear to develop colorectal cancer at earlier ages
- Disclosure of physicians' financial incentives may increase trust, loyalty among their patients
- Cardiac examination skills appear similar among medical students, resident and faculty physicians
- Virginia Representative wins award for contributions to science, engineering & technology
- Permanent admissions are better for US high-tech workforce than H-1B expansion
- April GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
- Not all breast cancers' risk are increased by HRT
- Age is an independent risk factor in young women with breast cancer
- Towards a new test of general relativity?
- European Robotics under the spotlight
- Cannibal stars like their food hot, XMM-Newton reveals
- New insight into joint lubrication that keeps osteoarthritis at bay
- Magnetism shepherds microlenses to excavate 'nanocavities'
- Duke engineers building 'erasible' detectors, 'nanobrushes' and DNA 'highrises'
- New coating protects steel and superalloys
- New sensor technology, developed at Argonne, quickly detects
- What happened to the antimatter? Fermilab's DZero experiment finds clues in quick-change meson
- Changes in agricultural practices in existing crops show cooling temperatures
- Study shows rituximab effective in treating chronic graft-versus-host disease
- NASA's Chandra finds evidence for quasar ignition
- Cedars-Sinai researchers discover treatment for deadly brain tumors and infections
- New map of the Milky Way charts where stars are born
- Newer form of cardiac imaging providing better look at heart
- Honor among businesses: Corporations are becoming more ethical
- Do older people quit smoking for the wrong reasons?
- Caring emotions may overcome drug addictions in new parent therapy program
- Time for Britain to adopt universal hepatitis B immunisation
- Questions over accuracy of MRI in diagnosing multiple sclerosis
- Ethnic groups need specialist services to tackle alcohol misuse
- Evidence for omega 3 fats less conclusive than we thought, say experts
- Do bicycle helmet laws prevent head injuries and improve health?
- Older people with stronger cognitive skills walk at a safer pace
- Lennart Carleson wins 2006 Abel Prize
- Tom Siegfried wins AGU's Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism
- Strategy to redesign primary care medicine presented at annual internal medicine conference
- Procedure cures some diabetic mice, but not in the way previously reported
- Innovative technology for production of new pharmaceuticals forms basis of new company
- Study finds emotional benefits from participation in computer support groups
- Novel newborn screening can open door to treating rare but devastating diseases
- Pregnancy research leads to progress on premature delivery
- Pitt researchers find 'switch' for brain's pleasure pathway
- New DNA 'fingerprinting' technique separates hemp from marijuana
- Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal
- Glimpse to past adds weight to global warming forecasts
- UCR-led study identifies crucial mechanism involved in immune response against viruses
- Clues to African archaeology found in lead isotopes
- Tufts University's Perseus Digital Library to offer new online search tool
- Successful cell engineering may lead to mad cow prevention, say researchers
- News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
- Cell therapy slows progression of an inherited neurological disease; Improves motor skills in mice
- Networks – in science and in life
- Student conference to explore the future of nuclear power
- Webcast: Islam and Bioethics Conference
- Should we ban consumer drug ads? - Press release from PLoS Medicine
- Paper reports discovery of virus implicated in genetics of prostate cancer
- Asleep or awake we retain memory
- Electrical stimulation boosts stroke recovery
- Karen Duff receives prestigious prize for Alzheimer's research
- Solving the world's icy puzzle: Reporters invited to roundtable
- How to tell a fender-bender from a pile-up
- Typical pregnancy is now only 39 weeks
- MIT makes move toward vehicles that morph
- The Lancet calls for independent scrutiny of the TGN1412 trial
- Renaissance of medicine in the Middle East needed
- Researchers make recommendations for reducing health risks at the Hajj
- Public education key to reducing genetic diseases linked to close-kin marriage
- Mental disorders as common in Lebanon as in western Europe
- Health systems in the Middle East need to adapt to face future challenges
- Elephantiasis close to elimination in Egypt
- Research leads to healthful strategies for re-setting the body's clock
- Weight training benefits mind and body of breast cancer survivors
- Targeting the inflamed synovium
- Prostate treatment decisions based on perception more than fact
- New hope for tissue regeneration and joint repair
- Fighting inflammation with targeted liposomal therapy
- Topical antiseptic reduces umbilical cord infection and mortality risk
- Leading international osteoporosis experts to present at world's largest osteoporosis congress
- Quality of life can improve in old age, claim researchers
- Patients want to know results of their clinical trials
- Paclitaxel combined with bevacizumab prolongs progression free survival in metastatic breast cancer
- Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
- Missing breast cancer genes may soon be discovered
- Breast cancer book for children wins the 2006 Nathwani Prize
- Emory scientists discover unique binding method for essential cellular protein ubiquitin
- The Sun's new exotic neighbour
- World Water Day: Space tool aids fight for clean drinking water
- Tectonic 'wrinkles' in Crater De Gasparis
- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare first to use latest robotic surgical system
- 'Executive' monkeys influenced by other executives, not subordinates
- Modeling the chemical reactions of nanoparticles
- Cerium oxide nanotubes get noticed
- Relic of life in that Martian meteorite? A fresh look
- Ideas on gas-giant planet formation take shape
- Carnegie scientists fine-tuning methods for Stardust analysis
- Cold case: Looking for life on Mars
- Climate change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen
- Workplace abuse trickles down
- New light on muscle efficiency: It is not the power-plant
- New insights into the mechanism for internalization of ubiquitinated cargo
- How does the brain know what the right hand is doing?
- Exercise reduces menopausal symptoms and improves quality of life
- Hormone can predict pulmonary hypertension and potential death or survival
- Combined treatment cuts inflammatory cells in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Mutation in a single gene switches a fungus-grass symbiosis from mutualistic to antagonistic
- Finally, JAP study shows headdown bedrest precisely mimics human physiology in spaceflight
- Biofuels research featured at day-long symposium at American Chemical Society meeting
- The American Association for Cancer Research provides support for promising cancer scientists
- Nexium® shown to reduce gastric ulcers in at-risk patients using long-term NSAIDS
- Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty
- Global program to eliminate elephantiasis has early success in Egypt
- Imaging technology helps identify esophageal cancer patients who respond well to treatment
- Pollution trackers hit the road to pinpoint airborne culprits
- Oxford Immunotec welcomes UK NICE guideline on tuberculosis as disease incidence continues to rise
- UW-Madison engineers squeeze secrets from proteins
- Polar neutrino observatory takes a big step forward
- From neighbors to killers: Book explores the personal horror of Rwanda's genocide
- New University of Toronto research a 'pore' excuse for engineering
- Minority women face 'double jeopardy' of workplace harrassment
- Changes to in utero environment may alter onset of cancer, U of T study
- Study challenges rush to medicate schizophrenia
- Jon Epstein, MD, of Penn, wins Outstanding Investigator Award
- Researchers create pigs that produce heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids
- Keeping patients from falling through the medical-imaging cracks
- You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours: Chimps point to spot they'd like groomed
- Warming trend may contribute to malaria's rise
- We're flying without wing flaps and without a pilot
- Discovery of new molecular tools for biosynthesis could lead to advances in use of pectin
- Researchers seek answers to combat TB epidemic
- Loneliness linked to high blood pressure in aging adults
- UCSB Neuroscience Research Institute: $1.25-million grant by Keck Foundation for Biomedical Research
- New lipid molecule holds promise for gene therapy
- MRI study opens door to assessing, preventing dangerous brain iron levels
- Manipulating single cell receptor alters animal behavior
- Kids with cavities overweight, not underweight
- Evolutionary biology research techniques predict cancer
- March 24 Forum on High School Reform
- Attila Technologies is 'Best of FOSE' at DC tech expo
- Pregnant women should not ignore breast cancer symptoms
- Purdue findings reveal possible Alzheimer's link to brain organ
- New tools developed for studying neurodegenerative brain disorders
- Newer diabetic meds cost more, but users have fewer hospital visits
- Dover evolution trial witnesses among speakers at symposium for teaching evolution
- Polar neutrino observatory takes a big step forward
- Large centrifuge helps researchers mimic effects of Katrina on levees
- Tweaking Taxol points way to a greener, more productive future
- MIT: Oceans are a major gene swap-meet for plankton
- Mammography does not increase risk of breast cancer in high-risk women
- Drug effective for severe Alzheimer's disease
- Scientists one step closer to cancer vaccine
- Hopkins study shows low-dose aspirin suppresses clumping of blood platelets in both sexes
- The locked migration of giant protoplanets
- $10 million gift funds innovative predictive health study
- E-government initiatives to cross borders
- Warbling whales speak a language all their own
- Moderate lifetime reductions in LDL cholesterol dramatically reduce risk of heart disease
- Extreme personality poses risk of ADHD, conduct disorder
- Launch of new P2P technology for television
- First images of flowing nano ripples
- Cheaper and simpler keyhole surgery
- NREL highlights leading utility green power programs
- Copernicus Award to be conferred by the DFG for the first time
- Soil erosion threatens environment and human health
- Medical experts: US unlikely to have enough vaccines to stop avian flu
- Madagascar expands protected areas under visionary conservation policy
- Internationally renowned expert discusses growth, development, biological differences in boys/girls
- Simple checklists could improve child protection
- 'Sick building syndrome' hallmark of job stress and lack of support, not unhealthy surroundings
- Beta carotene slows decline in lung power associated with ageing
- The role of evolutionary genomics in the development of autism
- Women suffer from anxiety and stress after birth, not only depression
- Smokefree bars policy in New Zealand shows economic benefits and growing support
- Horse antibodies against the bird flu virus H5N1 are effective as treatment in mice
- Children more at risk of attempting suicide if father is in both unskilled and stressful job
- New international standards for tuberculosis care published
- Strategies for Earth observation: 18th CEOS-SIT meeting at ESRIN
- EPSRC crime prevention and detection technologies event: Forensic science
- Einstein researchers find potential new drugs for tuberculosis
- A new metal detector to study human disease
- March/April 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
- Defect and pore concentration simulation in an amorphous alloy of boron and cobalt
- Clinton Foundation, Yale and Ethiopian Ministry of Health forge partnership
- The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest
- WHOI scientist selected as Leopold Leadership Fellow
- Imaging technology helps identify esophageal cancer patients who respond well to treatment
- Williams College faculty/student team travel to study solar eclipse
- Virginia Tech studies reveal reaction pathways for ozone on organic surfaces
- Virginia Tech research finds Swedish method of human cartilage repair shows good durability
- US, Polish researchers develop technology for creation of antiwear polymer films
- Student creates material with multi-patterned surface to study tissue growth
- Polymer composite provides better fire protection than steel for shipboard use
- New processing steps promise more economical ethanol production
- Light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-units
- Researchers say environmental pollution is important piece of social justice debate
- Greenland's glaciers pick up pace in surge toward the sea
- Cell barrier shows why bird flu not so easily spread among humans
- Women's health findings presented at national conference
- Environmental chemicals implicated in cancer, say experts
- Scientists a step closer to protecting world's most important crop
- Scientists use satellites to detect deep-ocean whirlpools
- UC Davis study with mice links thimerosal with immune system dysfunction
- UCSB researchers discover shape matters to macrophages
- Scripps marine chemist receives highest award in Natural Products Chemistry
- German women prefer fixed salaries, men performance-related pay
- Heart disease in women worse than previously thought
- Jefferson neurosurgeons using innovative stent to open clogged brain arteries, prevent strokes
- Scientists detect seasonal pattern to glacial earthquakes in Greenland, see signs of increase
- Locust research suggests that physical state has much to do with learning
- Stevens professor to chair International Workshop on PCC
- Stevens meets Committee on National Security Systems standards
- When mice choose mates, experience counts
- Rutgers researchers find fat gene
- MTBE contamination: A microbial approach for groundwater
- Project takes fish collection into the digital age
- School-aged pupils without school
- Prestigious European prize for NIOZ researcher
- From integration to virtual environment
- Eindhoven reactor expert appointed as Simon Stevin Meester
- Energy prices, uncertainty and energy saving by companies
- Research suggests therapy against serious side effects of smallpox vaccine
- Aggression-related gene weakens brain's impulse control circuits
- Defective immune system response to smallpox vaccine detailed in new study
- Arctic, antarctic melting may raise sea levels faster than expected
- Mayo Clinic to host inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America selects Wiley to publish Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Global warming yields novel 'glacial earthquakes' in polar areas
- New research shows Pin1 enzyme is key in preventing onset of Alzheimer's disease
- Satellite multicasting improves educational information delivery
- Satellite flood mapping service strengthens eastern France civil protection
- The 'oxygen imperative'
- Potential prostate cancer treatment improvements discovered by researchers at Cedars-Sinai
- Childhood deaths from poisonings have decreased sharply since Mr. Yuk was created 35 years ago
- Innovative approach affords Binghamton University researchers clearer view of autism
- Attractive birds more immune against bird flu
- New RNAi tools enable systematic studies of gene function
- Salt and dust help unravel past climate change
- Tomorrow's cancer researchers to attend the 97th Annual Meeting
- Butterflies lose body fat during metamorphosis
- Tiny water purification packet helps save lives worldwide
- Sweet chemistry: Symposium explores sugar alternatives, science of taste
- 'Custom' nanoparticles could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Highlights of American Chemical Society meeting in Atlanta, March 26-30
- Green nanochemistry featured at American Chemical Society symposium, March 26-29
- Leading breast cancer researcher awarded new lectureship
- International award honors discoveries in cellular and molecular immunology
- AACR expands cancer research knowledge with scholarships for minority and women scientists
- Avantogen and Hawaii Biotech to combine vaccine businesses
- New nanotechnology analysis: tiny tech brings huge changes
- Memory function: There is hope for alcoholics with Korsakoff Syndrome
- Combining alcohol and Red Bull® reduces the 'perception' of impairment
- American Indians with alcohol problems have more medical conditions
- Using 'minutiae' to match fingerprints can be accurate
- NIST seeks reference nucleic acid sequences
- New 'liquid lens' data for immersion lithography
- Algorithm advance produces quantum calculation record
- A new focus for the mechanism of nerve growth
- Rhinos clinging to survival in the heart of Borneo, despite poaching
- Successfully treating depression often requires trying different drugs, new research shows
- Lowering cholesterol early in life protects against heart disease later
- Bariatric surgery leads to long-term blood pressure changes in extremely obese patients
- Study describes how cells return to normal after responding to stress
- $13.7 million in gifts support UI Center For Macular Degeneration
- Unique weather radar to investigate snowfall
- We're most susceptible to outside influence in the earliest stages of shopping
- Not all products are created equal: Study explores how consumers evaluate newly released products
- Consumers would rather have a simple decision making process than more options
- Brain-scanning technology reveals how we process brands and products
- Efforts to replicate controversial diabetes therapy bring partial success
- National Academies News: Spring Programs at the Koshland Science Museum
- National Academies Advisory: March 22 news conference on fluoride in drinking water
- Minor mutations in avian flu virus increase chances of human infection
- NSA reaffirms Stevens as a national center of academic excellence
- Bullen co-authors SIM report on IT workforce trends
- World's first transparent integrated circuit created
- New research suggests abdominal aortic aneurysm will afflict millions of baby boomers
- Scientists in dogged pursuit of snow research embark on Arctic trek
- NJIT history prof edits new book focusing on NJ's environmental problems
- New strategies help depressed patients become symptom-free
- Same genes may underlie alcohol and nicotine co-abuse
- NIH provides $24 million to support research network
- Policy measures can reverse health worker brain drain
- Severe cases of occupational hand eczema may predict unemployment or days missed from work
- Medication plus oral contraceptive may improve female pattern hair loss
- Injection of synthetic polymer may improve facial wasting syndrome associated with HIV
- Increased age, certain procedures associated with increased complications after bariatric surgery
- Bariatric surgery linked to reduced blood pressure at 18 months after surgery
- Do plant species really exist? Why, yes, scientists say
- Novel vaccine approach stimulates protective immunity against listeria
- Researchers reveal possibility of separating anticancer properties of vitamin D
- Geoscientists discuss groundwater contamination, climate issues, and more in Knoxville next week
- How flowers changed the world – a new book by Field Museum scientist
- ESC statement on the CHARISMA trial on Clopidogrel (Plavix®)
- Through a satellite darkly: Night views of European seas improve ESA ocean heat map
- Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
- 600 metre frieze of planet Earth around UNESCO
- Tiny 'cages' could trap carbon dioxide and help stop climate change
- Science and Innovation Awards
- EPSRC and Philips announce new strategic alliance
- Alcohol-branded merchandise associated with early teen drinking
- Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
- NJIT seminar focuses on enticing entrepreneurs and business to Newark
- Driver of anthrax toxicity could lead to late-stage therapy
- New research shows Pin1 enzyme is key in preventing onset of Alzheimer's disease
- Study outlines genetic differences between potential pandemic influenza strains
- Consumption of risky foods declines
- Scientists discover basic defect in cystic fibrosis airway glands
- Sweetgum tree could help lessen shortage of bird flu drug
- No-hands origami: New DNA self-assembly makes more complex structures, more easily
- Chemist wins national award for contributions in medicinal chemistry
- Special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology focuses on eco-efficiency
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to host international alpha-proteobacteria symposium
- Researchers look to enhance lifestyles for the elderly and their pets
- Successful treatment of mothers with depression helps their children, too
- Tasting maple syrup, for science
- Babylab to work out what goes on in babies' minds
- Emerging disease risks prompt scientists to call
- Saturn ring spokes may re-appear in July, says new U. of Colorado study
- Scientists discover that widely available drug also helps fight kidney disease
- Bringing you the world: UAF Internet2 Day
- Infants begin learning language as early as 10 months researchers find
- Poor, ethnic children at greater risk for exposure to toxic pollutants
- Effects of preterm birth and early environmental risks continue into adolescence
- Developmentally delayed young children show slowed development in peer relations too
- Children's earliest words stem from what interests them
- Purdue chemical-analysis method promises fast results
- MiRNA fingerprint identified in platelet formation
- Minister Lunn attends G8 Energy Ministerial Meeting
- NIAID media availability: New study describes key protein from highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus and how it might mutate
- Older breast cancer survivors shared care study
- Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
- Reduced insulin in the brain triggers Alzheimer's degeneration
- JCI table of contents, March 23, 2006
- Clarifying controversy in multiple sclerosis
- New satellite data on universe's first trillionth second
- X chromosomes key to sex differences in health
- US commercial genetic testing does not detect all cancer-associated mutations in certain genes
- Exercise unlikely to cause sudden cardiac death in women
- Effective treatment of a mother's depression reduces risk of psychiatric disorders in her children
- Deriving the shape of the Galactic stellar disc
- Sea coral's trick helps scientists tag proteins
- Environment, hazards, forensic geology on geoscientists' agenda in Harrisburg next week
- Research re-examines strong hurricane studies
- New network architecture delivers super-broadband wired & wireless service simultaneously
- Knowledge is power: The building of a European Knowledge Society
- Integral looks at Earth to seek source of cosmic radiation
- Agreement between ESA and CNES for Alphabus
- Mailman School of Public Health researchers develop diagnostic test for pathogens
- Major obesity gene is 'lost in the shuffle'
- Homeoprotein DNA-binding specificity
- Referential-gesture communication in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
- Increased cognitive control in Tourette's syndrome
- Behavioral studies show UV contributes to marsupial color vision
- Animals can change genes quickly to keep up with viral ingenuity
- Is society losing control of the medical research agenda?
- Grieving parents at increased suicide risk
- Commercial interests driving standards for formula milk
- Dramatic rise in ethnic plastic surgery in 2005
- Cosmetic plastic surgery patients chose needle over knife
- Bocavirus infection may be associated with pneumonia in Thailand, especially in children
- News media registration opens for 2006 Joint Assembly in Baltimore
- AGU journal highlights - 16 March 2006
- ABIM to recognize CMS Physician Voluntary Reporting Program measures
- ACP: Residency match results show need for reforms
- Dangers of stopping clopidogrel (Plavix®) for patients with stents and certain other conditions
- Subsidized killing of carnivores fails to protect US sheep industry
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers find ginseng may improve breast cancer outcomes
- Understanding heat flow at the nanoscale is the goal of Virginia Tech/NSF CAREER project
- Cardiovascular flow disturbances study aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment
- Study finds incidence of hypertension reduced with early intervention
- Century of data shows intensification of water cycle but no increase in storms or floods
- Scientists reveal how deadly toxin hijacks cells
- U-M scientists identify major psoriasis susceptibility gene
- Study finds pathological gambling runs in families
- Let me hear your body talk: UH scientists mine biomedical data
- Student entrepreneurs: New sensor will help guarantee freshness
- 'Spirituality' is related to depression among young physicians
- Atoms in new state of matter behave like Three Musketeers: All for one, one for all
- UCR researchers grow bone cells on carbon nanotubes
- UCSD project takes fish collection into the digital age
- Smoking interferes with brain's recovery from alcoholism
- Astronomers report unprecedented double helix nebula near center of the Milky Way
- Chance discovery: Alaska Range glacier surges
- Researchers test new way to quit smoking
- Polar melting may raise sea level sooner than expected
- Amazon rainforest greens up in the dry season
- Metabolites of pharmaceuticals identified in wastewater
- Eighteen researchers selected as 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellows
- Uncovering how bone marrow stromal cells can potentially regenerate brain tissue
- News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
- The best of the best in published scholarship
- USC, Rice to develop bacteria-powered fuel cells
- ICON funds UCSB survey of nanotechnology best practices
- Video of New Orleans 17th Street levee model illustrates IPET preliminary findings
- Curtin medal recognises epilepsy researcher
- New test of snow's thickness may 'bear' results key to polar climate studies, wildlife habitat
- Troubling times for embryo gene tests
- Saved by 'sand' poured into wounds
- Gene influences antidepressant response
- NHGRI announces new sequencing targets
- Minimally invasive approach can work for many thyroid patients
- The world health organization launches new stop TB strategy in the Lancet
- Obese patients should not be discriminated against for treatment
- Is the Atkins diet safe?
- Families can help cure tuberculosis
- Book offers a viable alternative to fossil fuel
- Study to test drug's potential to preserve insulin production in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetics
- The Green Revolution comes to Laos
- New language transforms business reporting
- Vaccinated adults less likely to die from pneumonia
- Harvard Six Cities Study follow up: Reducing soot particles is associated with longer lives
- Researchers discover botulism toxin's insidious route into nerve cells
- Evolution in action: Why some viruses jump species
- Avian Influenza: Breaking News, Public Health and Surveillance Readiness
- Mood affects young and old differently, study finds
- Knowing our history is best way to gauge benefits of technology
- The cosmic dance of distant galaxies
- Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean
- Elsevier brings the best of Chinese research to an international audience
- Duke biologist/poet is up to 'animal mischief'
- Tariq Ramadan on the global ideology of fear
- 'Fringe' plastic surgery procedures more hype than reality, ASPS says
- 10.2 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2005 - up 11 percent
- Common practices at petting zoos put visitors at risk
- The case of the 'second tongue'
- Drinking pink liquid may lead to a black tongue
- Braces align crooked teeth and boost self-esteem
- Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for March 21, 2006
- Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
- AACR supports the nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach as the commissioner of the FDA
- Going the extra mile for specialized heart attack care
- Conference on planning and response to terrorism and disaster
- USGS assessment significantly increases Afghanistan petroleum resource base
- Researchers unravel DNA tangles and enzyme seamstresses
- Pressable photonic crystals produce full-colour fingerprints and promise enhanced security
- Electrons 'in limbo' seen for first time
- Report finds limited number of psychiatrists statewide
- Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections
- Rare volcanic plumes create uncommonly dangerous ash flows
- Molecule targets and kills tumor cells, starves blood supply
- Janus particles offer new physics, new technology
- Chemical reaction yields ties that bind permanently
- Sodas and energy drinks can supply a surprising caffeine jolt
- Diabetes research yielding breakthrough success
- New evidence suggests statins could prove useful in treating MS
- Kiwi astronomers help find icy 'Super Earth' – Life in space discovery a step closer
- Multi-million pound UK Biobank underway
- Study offers preview of ice sheet melting, rapid climate changes
- Newly discovered small molecules
- Ultracold atoms produce long-sought quantum mix
- Rice University researchers create 'nanorice'
- Chemistry as a life science
- Media advisory: Researchers reveal newest findings on infant universe
- OHSU study aims to halt Alzheimer's by blocking enzyme
- Study links 'smog' to Arctic warming
- Maintenance treatment prevents recurrence in older adults with single-episode depressions
- Scientists discover reason behind ear canal in Chinese frog: Ultrasonic communication
- Mayo Clinic researchers say bariatric surgery may reduce risk of heart disease
- Plant cells 'black out' when eaten by leafworms
- Ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Enceladus
- Hospitalized patients with schizophrenia more likely to have medical and surgical complications
- Web site shows search censorship in different countries
- Researchers develop foundation for circuitry and devices based on graphite
- Magnetic nanoparticles facilitate separations in 'one-pot' multi-step reactions
- Gold nanorods may make safer cancer treatment
- AstraZeneca, University of Miami, and Humana collaborate to improve consumer health
- Quickplacer, the fastest robot in the world
- Older people more successful than younger in quitting smoking
- 'Yanking' chemical bonds with molecular wires speeds reactions
- ICCL and CI launch global mapping project to protect sensitive marine areas
- Alzheimer's study first to explain death of brain cells
- Small birthweight and premature births associated with higher risk of child abuse
- Coronary heart disease deaths in Ireland have halved in 15 years
- Asthma risk increased in women with high levels of fat tissue inflammatory protein
- Women and children are the first hurt by welfare reform
- Bank mergers bring down the neighborhood
- Breast asymmetry predicts breast cancer
- Yale researchers identify gene depth protects against kidney stones
- Women with breast cancer who choose preventive mastectomies
- Research mice help scientists understand the complexities of cholesterol
- Eclipsing brown dwarfs provide new key to the star formation process
- Strength of cocaine cravings linked to brain response
- Seattle Heart Failure Model is able to accurately predict survival for patients with heart failure
- Comet from coldest spot in solar system has material from hottest places
- Astronomers, at last, get a chance to size up a brown dwarf
- UT Dallas nanotechnologists demonstrate artificial muscles powered by highly energetic fuels
- Study highlighted at ACC better identifies patients at risk for sudden cardiac death
- Common anti-convulsant drug may help slow the progression of dementia
- Penn clinical chemist wins prestigious Ullman Award
- Diabetic patients often overestimate healthy body weight
- Penn researchers create the first reliable method for making gaps for nanotech apps
- Found: Key 'go-between' in heart disease
- U of M reports telephone support helps smokers quit more than routine medical care
- Scientists discover how coffee can reduce risk of pancreatitis
- Liverpool report urges local democracy review
- Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone
- Rare Chinese frogs communicate by means of ultrasonic sound
- New research data on the link between learning results and working memory
- UCI receives major grant to help create national methods and standards for functional brain imaging
- UCI researchers identify new form of superior memory syndrome
- To avoid doing more harm than good, land trusts must consider market forces when acquiring property
- New technique provides the first full view of the far side of the sun
- 2006 SGO Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer
- University of Queensland researchers win four Rotary grants
- Salt substitute significantly reduces hypertension amongst rural Chinese
- Body image relates to sexual risks taken by men and women differently
- Mars under the spotlight again
- Third archiving deal for Oxford Journals guarantees long term preservation of electronic content
- Record-breaking detector may aid nuclear inspections
- Imaging single molecules opens new way to study gene expression, protein production
- Salmonella caught red-handed
- Microscopic radiator flying on 'skin' of a NASA spacecraft to launch March 14
- 'Genetic network' guards against lethal DNA damage
- Advice to children with sleep apnea: Wear that night-time breathing device!
- Anti-HIV drugs unlikely to stop HIV spread
- Molecule by molecule, new assay shows real-time gene activity
- New review series covers diverse human factors/ergonomics topics for professionals and students
- Setting the agenda for food security in Europe
- Researchers convinced satellites are helpful in tracking epidemics
- New data show CAS in clinical practice has comparable MAE rate with pivotal sapphire trial
- Four-year data suggest the CYPHER® stent provides long-term efficacy and safety benefits
- A balancing act between the sexes
- Mixed mortars of calcium and cement in the restoration of buildings
- Ultra-clean coal – Could the price now be right to help fight climate change?
- Researchers link human papillomavirus (HPV) to common skin cancer
- Sociality of sweat bees evolved simultaneously during climate change
- 'Wild' nature play before age 11 fosters adult environmentalism
- Judgments of moral blame can distort memory of events, study finds
- CI and GW publish new manual on creating ecotourism destinations
- How can we protect patients with weakened immune systems from influenza?
- A new view of asthma's cause
- Only four percent of Americans with bladder problems seek medical help
- Esophageal stenting is a new non-surgical procedure that can cure the life-threatening complication
- Do plants have the potential to vaccinate against HIV?
- Technologies diagnose coronary disease in one heartbeat
- Study examines stenting options in diabetics
- Studies compare stents and cardiac procedures for long-term survival
- Study analyzes gene therapy for patients at high risk for amputation
- Post-stent maintenance therapies questioned
- New generation of cardiac interventions, therapies optimize heart disease care
- Maintenance therapies offer lasting heart health benefits
- Many high risk patients do not receive cholesterol-lowering therapies
- Impact of fondaparinux tested on most serious heart attacks
- Early treatment with blood pressure meds may reduce hypertension
- Enoxaparin beats unfractionated heparin as adjunct therapy for heart attacks
- Cutting-edge procedures cut costs, time associated with cardiac episodes
- Complex artery disease best treated with simple approach
- Blood transfusions linked to increased mortality in patients suffering from cardiac episodes
- Pepper component hot enough to trigger suicide in prostate cancer cells
- Cells in mucus from lungs of high-risk patients can predict tumor development
- Study on brain injury in rugby players will enhance safety and recovery
- Public support for science and innovation: Productivity Commission report
- New process builds electronic function into optical fiber
- Report finds cruise industry is protecting the precious places it visits
- Study puts drug-eluting stents to test in heart attack patients
- Studies highlight global risks of vascular disease, probe creative new treatments
- Refinements and innovations enhance safety, effectiveness
- Potential heart benefit found in stem cells
- Obesity surgery translates to cardiac benefit
- MIST study explores link between migraines and hole in heart
- Intensive statin therapy may partially reverse plaque build-up in arteries
- Heart therapy studies highlight advantages of keeping it simple
- Heart devices, procedures evaluated across patient populations
- Drug-eluting and absorbable stents push interventional frontiers
- World experts gather in New York to discuss the feasibility of sustainable development
- Drug helps cognitive function in brain tumor patients after radiation
- Women's bioethics project receives grant from Ford Foundation
- Molecular mechanism may explain how fevers spark seizures
- Strawberries by design
- Drug that switches on genes improves myelodysplastic syndrome treatment
- Teens' herbal product use associated with illicit substance use
- No-smoking rules not common enough for asthmatic children
- Long-term antidepressant therapy best treatment for depression in old age
- Researchers simulate complete structure of virus -- on a computer
- Child-welfare study shows recovery coaches can help reunite families
- Strings as structural elements? Engineers devise mathematics for new age structures
- Prisons not adapting to needs of aging inmate population
- Researchers create conveyer belt for magnetic flux vortices in superconductors
- UAB researchers and ONCE pioneer a new Braille keyboard
- Doctors in training improve skills via virtual patient
- National Academies news: Polio antivirals should be developed
- Jefferson scientists find topical lubrication helps outcomes of coronary stent procedures
- Jefferson scientists test new device for fixing holes in hearts of young stroke patients
- Novel method reveals how menthol discovery could point towards new or improved pain therapies
- Molecular imaging/nuclear medicine professionals explore new research in fight against diseases
- Saturn's moon is source of solar system's largest planetary ring
- Cardiac devices during hospital stays linked to better outcomes
- 'Frequency comb' spectroscopy proves to be powerful chemical analysis tool
- Mayo Clinic obesity researchers test 'classroom of the future'
- A little moon of Saturn makes its presence known
- JCI table of contents, March 16, 2006
- Combining multiple treatments improves multiple sclerosis therapy
- New Hubble images show similar colors for Pluto's moons
- Study finds smokers' children carry higher levels of harmful bacteria
- Computer simulation hints at new HIV drug target
- A new look at the Cordilleras of the Americas
- Growth-factor therapy improves endothelial cell production and mobility in arterial disease
- Endocrinologist-directed intervention aimed at primary care physicians improves diabetes care
- 'John Henryism' key to understanding coping, health outcomes in African Americans
- Shrinking magnetic storage media down to the nanoscale
- New wrinkle in the mystery of high-Tc superconductors
- NSLS student-researcher talks at the March APS Meeting
- Freezing magnets with magnets
- Brookhaven scientists working toward practical hydrogen-storage materials
- Cassini measures geisers of Saturn's moon Enceladus
- The American obsession with the perfect lawn
- Landmark trial shows carotid stenting beneficial for patients with disease but no symptoms
- Drug-eluting stents outperform radiation treatment for coronary restenosis in bare metal stents
- Internationally renowned expert discusses growth, development and biological gender differences
- Study shows antibiotic can boost benefits of therapy for social anxiety disorder
- Prediction of a prokaryotic RNA-silencing system
- Predicting chemotherapy outcome
- Cancer cells lose drug resistance following electrical stimulation in vitro
- Reducing fine particulate air pollution cuts mortality risk
- Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
- Yale expands research using magnetic stimulation for schizophrenia
- Most human-chimp differences due to gene regulation
- Leave it to salmon to leave no stone unturned
- Early blood pressure treatment may postpone true hypertension
- Diabetics who control blood sugar today are more likely to have healthy feet and nerves tomorrow
- Could a simple test save Medicare hundreds of millions?
- Mass extinctions – a threat from outer space or our own planet's detox?
- UI receives $615,208 federal grant to develop new semiconductor chip
- Royal Museum to host 'improbable' science event
- Engineering companies urged to make room for the 'gadget girls'
- Insulin levels in African American children worsen through puberty
- Identifying gems and minerals on Earth and on Mars
- Controversial tobacco issues on agenda at University symposium
- Biscuit Fire tests effectiveness of forest thinning and prescribed burning practices
- Saliva component may predict future oral bone loss
- PDT kills drug-resistant bacteria, fungus in lab tests
- Cassini images of Enceladus suggest geysers erupt liquid water at the moon's south pole
- News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
- Study looks at ways to mitigate air pollution from freight transportation along I-95
- Nanotechnology could improve satellites and solar cells
- Chronic tinnitus and its impact on demanding cognitive tasks
- Study previews ice sheet melting, rapid climate change
- Doernbecher researchers to study effectiveness of stem cell transplant in human brain
- NYU scientists ID key factor in how fruit fly color receptor cells 'decide' their type
- NASA scientists study pollution's origins and air quality impact
- NASA finds stronger storms change heat and rainfall worldwide
- Energy-efficient housing: Project debuts air-handling system
- Study finds shifts in treatment trends prior to publication of study results
- Other highlights in the March 15 JNCI
- HPV subtype associated with squamous cell skin cancers
- Exposure to volcanic mineral associated with increased mesothelioma incidence in Turkey
- Research team identifies cause of memory loss
- Joslin researchers reveal mechanisms behind a class of oral agents used to treat type 2 diabetes
- Very high-intensity statin therapy shows promise for inducing regression of coronary atherosclerosis
- Use of high humidity does not improve symptoms for children with croup
- Telephone counseling and care may help smokers quit
- Sirolimus-releasing stents more effective than VBT for treating restenosis within a stent
- Paclitaxel-releasing stent more effective than radiation therapy for preventing restenosis
- Medications that lower blood pressure linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
- Medication reduces risk of adverse events for patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI
- Faxed alerts to physicians may not improve patient antidepressant adherence
- Cognitive impairment appears to be common in ALS patients
- Anti-thrombotic medication significantly reduces risk of death for heart attack patients
- Research on the road to intelligent cars
- Talent, techniques, advanced tools key to future engineering success, says former NSF official
- New environmental test facility helps manufacturers improve indoor air quality
- New cancer therapies at international conference in Amsterdam
- Latest in prostate cancer therapy presented at a new style scientific conference
- GIOVE A transmits loud and clear
- ESA satellite reveals Yellowston's deep secret
- ESA receives award for Technology Transfer
- Combination of processes results in cleaner petrol
- Test to predict cardiovascular risk in heart attack patients not yet appropriately used
- Pregnancy complications increase women's risk of heart disease, death
- Measuring artery repair cells could become new heart disease test
- ECG transmission from ambulance cuts time to direct clot removal
- Light-based device probes for early cancer signs
- Neuroscientists discover new cell type that may help brain maintain memories of smells
- Targeting the dosage compensation complex
- New 'stars' in formation of nerve cell insulation
- How the brain sees people in motion
- Brandeis study to probe under-representation of women in top positions in academic medicine
- Preparation needed as children enter schools already overweight
- BIDMC's Harvey Goldman, MD, receives distinguished pathologist award
- Countdown to International Polar Year
- 'Hands free' isn't mind free: Performing even easy tasks impairs driving
- New research questions antibiotic use in infants
- Newsbriefs from the journal Chest, March 2006
- Scientists use PET scans to monitor lung inflammation noninvasively
- Plant sterol pills significantly lower LDL cholesterol
- Effect of diabetes on heart may differ by ethnicity, study finds
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center receives funding for novel breast cancer and obesity studies
- Worm hormone discovery may aid fight against parasitic disease
- There's more than meets the eye in judging the size of an object
- Research shows fat fuels inflammation killer
- Being targeted by stereotypes and prejudice affects self-control and academic performance
- New test to detect rare proteins in blood
- U-M researchers take new approach to defeating Gram-negative bugs
- Liverpool study highlights national crisis in pathology
- Study explores which carnivores are most likely to kill other carnivores
- Oxford biologists explore ability for some females to conceive during pregnancy
- UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute launches largest biomedical assessment of children with autism
- UCLA, UCSB, UCB and Stanford join to establish Western Institute of Nanoelectronics
- UCSB-led collaboration of six universities wins DOD grant to develop a multifunctional chip
- Genetically engineered mosquitoes show resistance to dengue fever virus
- Free software in developing countries vital to future prosperity, good governance: UNU
- Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
- Reining in carbon dioxide levels imperative but possible
- Think twice before exercising when getting that PET scan
- GE Healthcare and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix announce research agreement
- Australian geneticist receives top award
- Outsmarting the smartie bug
- Independent panel to evaluate genistein or soy formula human development, reproduction risks
- Inefficient immune killer cells abet HIV infection
- Access to antiretrovirals unlikely to reduce HIV infection rates
- Hypertension drug may restore cardiovascular function in African Americans
- Early land animals could walk and run like mammals, new study finds
- Study shows that cells have a natural defense against HIV
- New planet found: Icy 'super-Earth' dominates distant solar system
- New study reveals promising osteoporosis treatment
- Biologists develop genome-wide map of miRNA-mRNA interactions
- NASA survey confirms climate warming impact on polar ice sheets
- Bering Sea ecosystem responding to changes in Arctic climate
- Three cosmic enigmas, one answer
- Star shade will let alien planets shine
- Newark Preservation Committee honors NJIT for restoring victorian castle
- Dramatic changes in US aging highlighted in new census, NIH report
- MIT tool may reveal architectural past
- MIT research holds promise for Huntington's treatment
- Who's vCJD case definition should be revised
- Thalidomide should be added to treatment combination for multiple myeloma
- Over 260 doctors call for ban on force-feeding and restraint chairs at Guantanamo
- Immobilisation not the only trigger for DVT during long-distance air travel
- Free antiretroviral therapy key to success of AIDS treatment in developing countries
- Study recommends treatment change for pre-leukemia disease
- New drugs improve bone marrow cancer outlook
- Ubiquitous galaxies discovered in the Early Universe
- New study shows benefit of early therapy in HIV-infected infants
- Racial disparities in access to medicines increase after implementation of prescription surveillance
- New Harvard Health Publications book
- Getting patients to swallow their medicine
- Gliadel® Wafer demonstrates long-term survival benefit for patients with high-grade malignant glioma
- 'Stent-graft' procedure improves outcomes of carotid aneurysm repair
- Less-invasive technique has improved outcomes of aortic aneurysm repair
- Lumbee Native Americans have higher cardiovascular risks
- Age, sex, racial disparities in heart attack hospital transfer patterns
- Sandia's Z machine exceeds two billion degrees Kelvin
- Study finds dentists in research network do not discriminate
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press to launch CSH Protocols
- Are tougher electronic components on the way?
- One in three adults are lonely, especially people in their forties
- Management of delta and wetlands contributed to problems after hurricanes
- Warning over 'poor surgery' at private treatment centres
- Poor clinical handover threatening patient care
- Falling blood pressure not down to drugs, say experts
- Concern over rapid rise of chronic kidney disease
- Immunoblot agent misses altered heart cell kinase, points to possible therapeutic opening
- Blood levels of suspected carcinogen vary by race, ethnicity
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute launches microbial database
- UW-Madison study advocates greater use of online banking security tools
- Robots and inflatable conveyor belts set to slash farm labour costs
- Liquid crystals show promise in controlling embryonic stem cells
- Cholesterol-lowering foods most effective when combined, U of T study
- Controlling your (nerve) impulses
- Tomorrow's medical researchers to be nurtured in Manchester
- Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle
- Maori infertility and assisted reproduction study
- Med students thrive in virtual classroom
- Heterosexual men have sex with other men on the Internet
- Salk researchers make fast strides towards understanding how our body controls walking
- For the first time: Longevity modulated without disrupting life-sustaining function
- Springer Journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry presents its ABC Best Paper Award 2005
- 'Shuttling' protein possibly key to resilience of cancer cells
- Scientists piece together the most distant cosmic explosion
- Corrective cosmetics may not boost quality of life for women with severe facial blemishes
- Elderly have higher risk for cardiovascular, respiratory disease
- Media telebriefing on new census, NIH status report citing dramatic shifts in US aging
- Protein that regulates quiescent blood stem cells may enhance recovery from radiation and chemo
- Study finds patients agree on ideal physician behaviors
- K-State marketing professor studies online shopping experience
- New strategy developed to study disease: Reveals insights into cancer and treatment leads
- Taking sensor network technology to a smarter level
- California researcher to receive prestigious award in biodiversity informatics
- International symposium on radar altimetry in Venice, 13 to 18 March 2006
- Common properties in the genes implicated in the development of cancer
- Basque Country horses
- Research reveals hidden magnetism in superconductivity
- Major biomarker candidates for Alzheimer's disease explored
- New observational study suggests use of combination vaccines may improve immunization coverage rates in infants
- Mice with glowing hearts shed light on how hearts develop
- Male loons change their tune with change in territory
- Hamster study shows how our brains recognize other individuals
- Confidence in memory performance helps older adults remember
- Troubling increase in repeat cesarean delivery, inadequate explanations
- Study finds increased damages in sexual harassment cases despite caps
- Memory, speed of thinking get worse over time with marijuana use
- Repeated test-taking better for retention than repeated studying, research shows
- Researchers find ways heat-loving microbes create energy
- Mars radar missions seek data on water, ice caps, crust
- Advance hastens practicality of superconductors
- Media alert: New study finds dairy is not associated with weight gain
- Sex chromosome genes influence aggression andmaternal behavior, say UVa researchers
- Poison dart frog mimics gain when birds learn to stay away
- Study: Local TV news covers health a lot, but not always well
- Manchester scientists create new bio-gel for 3D cell culture
- UK receives $5 million for quality improvement in child welfare
- Nanoparticles create biocompatible capsules
- Creation of antibiotic in test tube holds promise for better antibiotics
- Some heart patients vulnerable to mental stress
- Scientists provide new evidence for cellular cause of SIDS
- Most human-chimp differences due to gene regulation – not genes
- Selection tool could revolutionize hiring, online dating
- Smallest Triceratops skull ever found provides clues to dinosaur's growth
- How to grow a bigger brain
- Chemists report progress in quest to use hydrogen as fuel for cars and electronic devices
- Finding a virus is not all bad news
- Scientists find brain function most important to maths ability
- Low-income patients reduce heart risk via Internet
- Gene Sequencing and the Future of Agriculture
- The dual functions of sight – perception and action – demonstrated for first time
- 4th International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine
- New study confirms the ecological virtues of organic farming
- Stowers scientists demonstrate mechanism of vertebral formation
- SCAI scientific sessions attract world-renowned invasive/interventional cardiologists
- Rutgers professor to receive APS award for principles to compute properties of matter
- Taipan venom no snake oil
- Proteome Systems Ltd and US-based Egenix Inc to develop semen-based test for prostate cancer
- Genetic perversity: Smoking & gene avert Parkinson's
- New cell imaging method identifies aggressive cancer cells early
- Human impacts on natural systems is topic of National Science Foundation forum
- More evidence mammals, fruit flies share make-up on function of biological clocks
- Scientists issue unprecedented forecast of next sunspot cycle
- New NSF aircraft to probe hazardous atmospheric whirlwinds
- Mexico City field campaign to study megacity pollution
- Mining in Northern Ontario: Building relationships with Aboriginal communities
- Interoperability standards events set for March 13-17
- Experimental atomic clock uses ytterbium 'pancakes'
- CPSC cites NIST research in Mattress Safety Advance
- Scientists issue unprecedented forecast of next sunspot cycle
- The world's fastest measurements of molecular vibrations
- Electrons flying 'backwards' in Saturn's sky
- A high-speed camera records turbulence
- Mother's depressive symptoms contribute unfavorably to parenting practices
- Fine particles increase hospital admissions for heart failure and cardiovascular disease
- Single dose of azithromycin prevents recurrence of inturned eyelashes
- Hopkins researchers discover genetic switch that turns off an oxygen-poor cell's combustion engine
- Tomorrow's endangered species: Act now to protect species not yet under threat
- New Opportunities in the European Research
- Prenatal pesticide exposure and high blood pressure and a decreased ability to copy shapes
- Human factors issues in firearms design and training
- Improving recovery from spinal cord injuries: $3.7 million grant will create rehabilitation network
- Genomatix partners with Research Instruments Pte Ltd for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand markets
- Invasive exotic plants helped by natural enemies
- World's oldest ship timbers found in Egyptian desert
- Tool to reduce elderly driving deaths nationwide
- Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
- Satellites ensure safe passage through treacherous waters in Volvo Ocean Race
- New organic substrate
- Against pulmonary fibrosis
- Carbon fiber cars could put US on highway to efficiency
- Studies suggest new targets for tuberculosis treatments
- Record-breaking luminosity boosts discovery potential at Fermilab's Tevatron collider
- Protein that regulates the recovery of blood cells from radiation and chemotherapy
- Molecular signatures predict disease progression and prognosis of high grade brain tumors
- Formula feeding, early introduction of infant food may not contribute to childhood obesity
- 'Extinction-proof' population sizes cannot be predicted from species traits
- 5,000 rare diseases need drugs, but Europe only approves a handful each year
- Biodesign Institute at ASU named lab of the year in international competition
- Simple test could predict major complications in sickle cell patients
- Undergrads compete for American Physiological Society Bruce awards at Experimental Biology
- Mental stress effects on heart more common than previously known
- Experience backs early heart valve replacement
- Declines in exercise capacity may be due to lack of training, not just age
- Aspirin to prevent heart disease is beneficial in a wider range of men
- SAGE launches research journal focusing on women, girls, and crime
- Potential association between skin cancer cream and improvements of prematurely aged skin
- Convergent evolution of molecules in electric fish
- Penn pairs chronically ill patients with medical students to create better doctors
- Should heart attack care be more like trauma care? Study suggests regional system could be feasible
- U of MN research shows how infection-fighting cells interact
- Archaeologists to establish true value of Roman silver coins
- Protein receptor cools passion of 'kiss and run' nerve cells
- National Academies news: National Academies release fact sheets on terrorist attacks
- Prime Minister Howard announces $50 million injection for WEHI expansion
- Part-time pulsar yields new insight into inner workings of cosmic clocks
- Data published in PNAS show antibodies can be made 10 times more toxic to cancer cells
- Genes affecting blood pressure change as children become adults
- People want to be seen helping the climate
- Gigantic cosmic cataclysm in Stephan's Quintet of galaxies
- Hurricanes, other vortices seize energy via 'hostile takeovers'
- Newly discovered killer cell fights cancer
- Emergency departments score poorly in child-saving drills, Hopkins study finds
- A new awakening for sleep research
- Predictive risk factors by gender will help diagnose and treat CVD in women
- Space suit technology can protect workers from heatstroke
- ISS heads of agency meet at Kennedy Space Center
- Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Niña
- People use separate brain mechanisms to make ambiguous and risky choices
- Combined, genes and environment affect health more than they do alone
- New method for identifying microbes
- From biological imaging to Sudoku solutions
- Earth's turbulence stirs things up slower than expected
- Largest crater in the great Sahara discovered by Boston University scientists
- The high percentages of depression have been greatly exaggerated
- Annual conference on internal medicine
- Bone marrow cells can become functional gut lining cells
- Double transplants may offer one solution to short supply of donated kidneys
- Wildlife Conservation Society receives more than $621,000 in software from Microsoft
- Christine Van Broeckhoven
- Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water
- Mispairs in genetic material make protein synthesis more efficient
- Forecasting the seas
- Scan of human genome reveals evidence of more than 700 recently evolving genes
- UCF research aims to make military rescue missions, teamwork more effective
- Depressed older adults more likely to become cognitively impaired
- Falcon decoys and simulated rifle fire keep birds from oil
- Computer scientist sorts out confusable drug names
- A new magnetic phenomenon may improve RAM memories and the storage capacity of hard drives
- Internet research builds cancer patients' confidence
- How, not where, you die matters most to terminal patients
- Saliva test offers new window on caffeine/stress response
- Mining the human genome for signs of recent selection
- Nutritional friend or foe? Vitamin E sends mixed messages
- Mini-synchrotron could increase access to key research tool
- NDRI researchers evaluate prison Hepatitis program
- Doubts raised about illegal drug use surveys
- Researchers to scrutinize megacity pollution during Mexico City field campaign
- Rheumatoid arthritis does not increase risk of hearing loss, Mayo Clinic study finds
- Study reveals mass migration of mormon crickets driven by hunger, fear
- JCI table of contents, March 9, 2006
- Fat rats reveal why short-term overeating can lead to obesity and diabetes
- A protein fragment called 12.5 kda cystatin may generate first simple test for multiple sclerosis
- Postpartum depressive symptoms in mothers associated with some unfavorable parenting practices
- Genetic factors, neuroticism may be associated with future development of anorexia
- Exposure to fine particle air pollution linked with risk of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases
- Depressive symptoms in adolescent girls may be related to increased risk of partner violence later
- Depression, anxiety in girls linked to higher body mass index in women
- Coffee consumption linked to increased risk of heart attack for persons with certain gene variation
- Antibiotic not sufficient for serious eye infection in communities with high disease prevalence
- Antidepressants may be associated with modestly increased risk of suicidality in children
- GA Tech develops ultra-efficient embedded architectures based on probabilistic technology
- Magdalenian Girl is a woman and therefore has oldest recorded case of impacted wisdom teeth
- ESA calls for federal leadership to control invasive species
- Winning postcards from Venus chosen
- Does Titan's methane originate from underground?
- Crater Lichtenberg and young lunar basalts tracked by SMART-1
- Weighting cancer drugs to make them hit tumors harder
- Research shows ventilated auto seats improve fuel economy, comfort
- Synthesis and characterization of a new class of metal nitrides
- Flow of high-pressure form of ice tells tales of interiors of giant icy moons
- Reducing teens' intake of sugary drinks
- Community-wide health program slows creep toward heart disease
- Acute stress boosts flu shot response in women, small study finds
- Brandeis chemist wins Sloan Research Fellowship
- US involvement in the Middle East began with Eisenhower
- What's needed for terminally ill patients to die at home?
- Screening may over-diagnose 1 in 10 breast cancers
- Future of cancer research in Europe under threat
- Breast screening information should be more balanced
- Better procedures needed on care of prisoners in hospitals
- Peer exclusion among children results in reduced classroom participation and academic achievement
- How nice, brown rice: Study shows rice bran lowers blood pressure in rats
- Poor neighborhood conditions triple risk for disabilities
- Anti-inflammatory drug's potentially deadly side effect found to be rare
- Biomarkers may hone anti-aging therapies
- Nature, nurture and the risk of depression
- UMaine researcher puts new date on early agriculture
- Amber reveals ecology of 30 million year old spiders
- Wellcome brain insights
- Fighting the battle against disease - Leeds researchers take on the world
- University Eye Institute at UH sees start of multiple sclerosis eye care center
- Sex: Why bother? Evolutionary mysteries probed at UH
- International evaluation of research at the University of Helsinki
- UCR researchers design chip that can improve citrus varieties
- Liggins Institute Director wins a 'World Class New Zealand' award
- Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life
- FDA centennial science forum
- National Academies news: Managing coal combustion residues in mines
- Disease damages wheat roots, thwarts water uptake
- Stanford doctors spotlight fatal flaw in multiple sclerosis drug trial
- United Nations Biosafety meeting to take place in Brazil
- International biodiversity meeting to take place in Brazil
- SNM Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment program modules approved by ABNM, ABR for CME credit
- William Broad, Times reporter, to discuss new book at Stevens
- News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
- 20th annual Society of Conservation Biology meeting
- 'Nano skins' show promise as flexible electronic devices
- Training improves sound localization in ferrets
- New research shows bats have complex skills to deal with 'clutter'
- Flu in the subtropics
- Stealth sharks to patrol the seas
- Advanced aircraft to probe hazardous atmospheric whirlwinds
- Top ten contact dermatitis allergens identified in Mayo Clinic study
- Miniature synchrotron produces first light
- Sacking of Canadian Medical Association Journal's editors 'deeply troubling'
- Smoking cessation delivered at-home proves effective
- Novel vaccine effective against middle ear infection in young children
- New theory suggests treatment for immune disorder could be effective against avian flu infection
- Now is a pivotal point in history to abolish state execution
- Acupuncture is as effective as standard drug treatments for migraine
- Companies license real-time pathogen detection technology developed at Kent State, NEOUCOM
- Predicting cardiovascular problems in liver transplant patients
- Primary biliary cirrhosis more prevalent around toxic waste sites in NYC
- Conference examines latest research on drug-induced liver injury
- Johns Hopkins scientists exploit novel route to reverse enlarged hearts in obese mice
- Joslin study provides physiological evidence that insulin is critical for blood vessel formation
- Technology to improve care at the bedside and beyond
- Software to bring order to information chaos
- IODP scientists acquire 'treasure trove' of climate records off Tahiti coast
- Think solar not nuclear for the energy of the future, say scientists
- Whites more likely than blacks to die soon after spouse's death
- Satellite data used to warn oil industry of potentially dangerous eddy
- Major WHO study concludes calcium supplements can reduce complications during pregnancy
- The environmental effects of hedgerows on crops
- Computer simulation and lab synthesis sift through vast universe of possible molecules for the best
- Laboratory licenses hydrogen sensor technology
- Efficiency, not more doctors, is the prescription for aging population
- Case School of Engineering professor applies virtual reality to train brain and heart surgeons
- Better communication between families, health care providers can reduce cost, length of stay in ICU
- With a sense of timing, hummingbirds know when they've last emptied a flower
- Understanding the actions of others requires the frontal cortex
- Active inbreeding avoidance in wild capuchin monkeys
- Anemone genes reveal versatile building blocks for body plans
- Barbara Turnbull Award honours leading spinal cord researcher
- Latest research shows how mantrams can even tackle post-traumatic stress disorder
- Better Business Bureau more reliable than criticism reveals
- Article on US news rankings in Law & Society Review March issue
- Plastic surgeons countdown first full facial transplantation
- Ironman study redefines fine-tuned: Balance training time with blood pressure variability
- Hawaii's anthurium growers cope with plant disease
- Einstein scientists discover cause and possible treatments for hereditary movement disorder
- Highlights from the March 2006 issue of the American Dietetic Association
- Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, March 7, 2006, issue
- Medicare must change the way it values physician services to avert primary care collapse
- Study finds commitment to marriage, emotional engagement key to wives' happiness
- Antarctic ice sheet losing mass, says University of Colorado study
- UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades
- Prudent investments in education and training needed for nation's Hispanic population
- Acrux patent portfolio advances in USA
- New anti-drug program shows 'phenomenal' success by focusing on positives
- Delayed-release stimulant used to treat ADHD may be less subject to abuse
- Obesity and risk for death due to motor vehicle crashes
- Depressive symptoms in adolescents associated with parental domestic violence
- Scientists capture the speediest ever motion in a molecule
- The first clinical test for saliva-based oral cancer detection: Ready now!
- State children's health insurance program affects access to dental care and use of dental services
- Red wine components modulate tissue damage induced by bacteria in gum diseases
- Reducing oral health disparities: Achieving healthy people 2010 objectives
- Resolvin E1 protects against inflammation and bone loss
- Oral conditions, dental caries know no borders
- Medical/dental insurance databases and drug safety surveillance
- Fluoridated beverage consumption and dental fluorosis: There's a connection
- Earlier periodontal treatment leads to lower medical costs
- A role for dental professionals in detecting, reporting domestic violence
- American Association for Dental Research presents awards, recognitions
- Oklahoma school captures second National Communications Award
- Georgia Tech helps implement statewide interoperable communications system
- Gladstone Institutes ranks #1 in The Scientist survey of Best Places for Postdocs to Work
- Reactions to last DTaP vaccine not prevented
- 20 of world's top women scientists honored in Paris for groundbreaking research in life sciences
- Anti-depressant use associated with increased risk for heart patients
- New target for obesity and related metabolic disorders
- Adaptation to oxygen deprivation elucidates tumor physiology
- Inadequate prescribing practices lead to poor pain control in nursing home residents
- New open-source software to remove ID from patient reports
- Data in drug promotional brochures can be inaccurate
- Woods Hole Research Center scientist furthering discussion of soil carbon decomposition
- Complicating in order to simplify
- Serotonin may play role in hardening of the arteries
- Omega 3 fatty acids influence mood, impulsivity and personality, study indicates
- Hit-and-run injury to the brain
- Procedure for irregular heartbeat gives long-lasting relief & improves quality of life
- Americans and Venezuelans lead the world in national pride
- UCI researchers identify first compound to block progression of Alzheimer's disease
- Proteins stop blood-vessel and tumor growth in mice
- Evaluation of patients treated with natalizumab finds no new cases of PML
- Chimpanzee cooperators
- Baby's helping hands
- Dying of excitement
- A new tree of life allows a closer look at the origin of species
- Marrow-derived stem cells deliver new cytokine to kill brain tumor cells, offer protection
- 'Looking' at Eyeless from two directions
- Amifostine makes radiation more effective, eases side effects
- Multiple sclerosis research into reparative cells offers new avenue for fighting disease
- First Amazon-Andean crop plant transfer and corn processing in Peru 3600-4000 years ago
- Obese people are more sensitive to pain, suggests study
- New genetic discovery explains 74 percent cases of age-related macular degeneration
- Habitat microstructure drives salamander metamorphosis
- Studies report findings on colorectal cancer screening methods and survival rates
- Hearts hurt when spouses spat
- Study of Latina women and children finds large variation in susceptibility to pesticides
- JCI table of contents: March 1, 2006
- Antibody therapy reduces asthma in mice
- New route to stroke therapy could protect vulnerable neurons
- Experimental drug reverses key cognitive deficits, pathology in Alzheimer's
- Update on tuberculosis -- 2005
- Inflammatory biomarker helps identify progressive precancerous lesions in the lung
- New predation management methods reduce conflict between humans and carnivores
- Carnegie Mellon study identifies impact of neural connections in learning process
- Biggest physics meeting of the year
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21 Feb 2009
Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
-- Plato