Pharmaceutical companies added 39 new drugs and 10 biologics to the nation's medicine chest in 1997, including important new treatments for heart disease, cancer arthritis, diabetes , Parkinson's disease, and AIDS, according to a report released today by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
An LSU doctorate student studying menhaden (a small fish), has stumbled across data that shows sharks are using the Northern Gulf of Mexico as a nursing ground. His findings are particularly relevant since national efforts to restore over-fished sharks have not considered this bycatch in the menhaden fishery.
A new animal model that develops Alzheimer's-like pathology at an accelerated rate will allow researchers to more rapidly test drugs with the potential to slow or prevent the disease. The joint study by the University of South Florida, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and the University of Minnesota is on the January cover of the journal Nature Medicine.
Story Ideas from The National Sea Grant College Program: 1) Wild Rice Flowers Could Hold Clue to Decline; 2) Coral Reef Mining Technique Key To Recovery; 3) Managing Disease in Farmed Fish Seeking Alternative to Antibiotics
A look at the threat of harmful algal blooms--The National Sea Grant College Program invites you to a special media-only science briefing on the latest marine science research into Pfiesteria and other harmful algal blooms.
The April 3-10 National Community Economic Development Institute is designed for people eager to make a valuable contribution in their community by helping it prosper economically. No formal business administration background is required to attend. It is a valuable resource for government and business employees, community-based organizations and volunteers who deal with community outreach.
Advertisements in popular fashion magazines are showing more skin in recent years in their depictions of women, according to a Wesleyan University study.
The pendulum in 'pop psychology' is swinging back to being in favor of spanking, warns Dr. Roni Leiderman, director of the Family Center at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She also is the moderator for America Online's "Parent Trap."
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a previously unknown genetic mechanism by which a gene, known as INGI, suppresses tumors in collaboration with the well-known tumor suppressor p53.
1) Simple computer generated reminders help physicians to remember to discuss end of life directives with their patients, 2) Using both difficulty and degree of independence testing provide a more complete picture of elderly disability, 3) One month intensive course improves residents' interviewing skills, 4) ACP position paper on changes in physician workforce and graduate medical education, 5) Hypertension risk increases with adult weight gain or general obesity.
When asked to identify the `comb' within a group of imposter items, two-year-olds typically will select a comb-shaped object--whether or not it has teeth for combing a doll's hair--because very young children learn new words based on shapes, not functions, a University of Delaware researcher reports in the Journal of Memory and Language, mailed today.
In a landmark study for space-based observation of the motions of the earth's crust, geologists have used the same satellite navigation system used to guide motorists to monitor the movement of an entire continent and record the yearly growth of the Andes Mountains to within a fraction of an inch.
Understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida is a research objective of James F. Martin, an assistant professor of medical biochemistry and genetics at Texas A&M University's Institute of Biosciences and Technology. Spina bifida is a severe birth defect in which the spinal canal fails to fuse. There is no treatment for the resulting spinal cord damage.
Research has shown that children exposed to common environmental toxins like dioxin and PCBs prenatally or during infancy can suffer behavioral and learning problems. A University of Maryland researcher suggests that the underlying mechanism may be thyroid hormone disruption.
Sandia National Laboratories has joined the effort to rid the planet of what some people have called its worst form of pollution -- land mines. SandiaÃs work in land-mine detection and demining ranges from chemical sensing and backscattered x-ray technologies, to laying down quick-hardening foam to clear a path for military vehicles and developing robotic vehicles that can be used as platforms to support the technologies.
The federal Health Care Financing Administration has designated the University of Maryland Medical Center as a Medicare-approved lung transplant center, which means that elderly patients who need the surgery no longer have to travel outside the mid-Atlantic region.
According to research by a Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center physician, potato chips made with olestra don't cause any more digestive problems than regular-fat potato chips and, despite containing only half the calories, are just as filling. Olestra, a nonabsorbable fat substitute, has been making news headlines since its approval by the FDA two years ago for use in snack products.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The younger the age of drinking onset, the greater the chance that an individual at some point in life will develop a clinically defined alcohol disorder, according to a new report released today by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and their colleagues at Geron Corp., Menlo Park, Calif., say they have figured out how to overcome the mechanisms that control cellular aging and extend the life span of human cells. The article appears in the Jan. 16 issue of Science.
The University of New Mexico School of Law pioneered clinical law in the early 1970s and over the years has become a recognized leader in the field. Every year some 110 second and third-year students rotate through the mandatory Clinical Law Program, gaining hands-on, real-life experience practicing law.
Scientists around the world using the Maui High Performance Computing Cneter (MHPCC) operated by the University of New Mexcio, will find their computational problems being solved 50 percent faster in coming months.
A series of six conferences dealing with space technology and applications will be part of the University of New Mexico Space Technology and Applications International Forum scheduled for Jan. 25-29 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. More than 500 space technology scientists from around the world are expected to attend
If tobacco is the chief preventable cause of illness and death in America, then the nationπs health can be significantly improved by strengthening tobacco cessation strategies within managed care organizations, the health care delivery systems which serve 75 percent of insured U.S. workers. Thatπs the concept behind a new $6.7 million program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and based at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. The program, ≥Addressing Tobacco In Managed Care,≤ supports studies of policies and practices which reduce tobacco use by members of managed care organizations: HMOs (health maintenance organizations), PPOs (preferred provider organizations), and point-of-service plans.
Former Texas Gov. Ann W. Richards will join former Congresswoman Patricia S. Schroeder for a panel discussion on women's careers in politics Feb. 2 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.
People diagnosed with an exercise-induced left bundle branch block are more than twice as likely to die or experience a major cardiac event, compared to a similar group of patients who showed no signs of a bundle branch block. The study by the Cleveland Clinic, published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), concludes this little-heeded condition might, in fact, be a significant predictor of patient outcome.
Women's groups claim Super Bowl Sunday is the "biggest day of the year for violence against women." Brett Drake of Washington University co-authored a study which found no correlation between reported cases of child abuse and the broadcast of national playoff games for baseball, basketball or football.
Following the media uproar over a scientist in Illinois who says he will try to begin human cloning soon, Cornell professor Robert H. Foote spoke out Wednesday, Jan. 7, to debunk and denounce the effort.
Findings regarding vaccine therapy for ovarian cancer, platinum-based chemotherapy, the effect of route of delivery in the post-partum period and pelvic radiation therapy for cervical cancer take center stage at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists.
Story Tips from Carnegie Mellon University: 1) Create interactive 3D graphics, 2) Interview Einstein in 3D in real time, 3) Datamining to make better decisions, 4) Read an antique book online
In the face of heavy competition from alternative format retailers such as Wal-Mart, traditional grocers seeking survival strategies may employ "efficient assortment" without negatively impacting customers' perceptions as they have long feared.
Overweight and obese mothers have significantly less success breast-feeding their newborns, and babies who aren't breast-fed for more than two months maybe more likely to become obese adolescents, according to two new Cornell University/Bassett Hospital studies that examine the effects of maternal obesity, breast-feeding and adolescent obesity.
New research from one of the most comprehensive studies ever of middle-age Americans indicates that people who once smoked may continue to suffer from the effects of smoking even if they had quit years before.
A new study raises the surprising possibility that physicians may not be treating the aftermath of their patients' heart attacks aggressively enough. The findings appear in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The health of a person's heart may be found by looking in the blood, according to a report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a leader in environmental and energy sciences, is focusing its scientific and technological resources on the emerging problems of agriculture and food production.
Jupiter's moon Io, whose strange surface is defined by active volcanoes, lakes of molten sulfur and vast fields of sulfur dioxide snow, has revealed another oddity to scientists: caps of glowing hydrogen gas at the moon's poles.
We invite you to make plans to attend the upcoming Epidemiology and Prevention Conference in Santa Fe. A fully equipped and staffed newsroom will be provided for working members of the media.
The younger the age of drinking onset, the greater the chance that an individual at some point in life will develop a clinically defined alcohol disorder, according to a new report to be released January 14 by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Researchers have discovered two chemical messengers in the brain that may lead to new insights into weight control.
Cornell University veterinarians have some unsolicited advice for the Clintons: Avoid overfeeding and overexercising Buddy, and give the First Cat a "dog-free zone."
Jean-Pierre Habicht, M.D., of Cornell University has published study in Lancet that finds that when refugees sell food, it's not because they have too much but are desperate for other staples and supplies such as salt and soap.
Communists generally view religion as the opium of the masses but can this "opium" save Marxism-Leninism? Yes, says Andres I. Perez y Mena, associate professor of educational anthropology at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. "The Catholic Church traditionally has been anti-capitalist and the revolutionary leadership now wants to claim Christianity as a substitute model for socialism," he says.
Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: 1) Hepatitis G May be Sexually Transmitted, 2) Gene Gun Delivers DNA Vaccine to Reproductive Tract, 3) Borna Virus Requires Low pH to Infect Cells
A new proprietary enabling technology for high-throughput screening, applicable to the discovery of a wide area of medical and agricultural products,represents a breakthrough in the mechanism-based testing of lead molecules.
A project to halt erosion and restore vegetation at a two-acre site in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, home to a herd of 625 buffalo, is being conducted by University of Tulsa professors and students. The site was contaminated with salt after an accidental release of salt water associated with oil production.
A new study soon-to-be published in the Journal of Business Ethics finds that most major corporations that have formal "ethics" programs are only "going through the motions."
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health a $874,195 grant to determine whether exposure to an ingredient found in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War can be associated with neural tube defects in the veterans' children.
A few universities have started teaching space exploration as history. At Purdue University, often called the "mother of astronauts," a professor of Russian history has developed a course to compare the Soviet and U.S. space programs.
Purdue University researchers have begun construction on a Mach 6 wind tunnel, which when completed will be the fastest and quietest research wind tunnel at any academic institution in the world. Research will focus on how air flows over and around objects that travel faster than the speed of sound.
A Purdue University study sheds new light on the old practice of marrying for money. A Purdue University study of preretirement persons showed that people who never married had only 14 percent of the financial assets that married persons had accumulated. Divorced people who did not remary had only 15 percent.
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