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Released: 13-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Study Finds Biotech Crops Increase Yields
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

The first-ever analysis of biotechnology's impact on crop protection and benefits to farm production will be released Tuesday by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP).

Released: 13-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
International Symposium on Bilingual Ed
Long Island University Post (LIU Post)

A July 12-16 symposium at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, the first of its scope to be conducted anywhere in the world, will focus on what's right about bilingual education, bringing together internationally-renowned experts.

Released: 13-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
American Psychological Association Annual Convention
American Psychological Association (APA)

The role psychologists can play in the prevention of teenage violence, helping people cope with and prevent serious diseases and addressing the problems associated with Internet use and the nearing Y2K problem will be prominent themes of the 107th Annual convention fo the American Psychological Association to be Held in Boston August 20-24, 1999.

Released: 13-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
American Psychiatric Association July 1999 Tipsheet
American Psychiatric Association (APA)

1) antidepressant medication and cognitive behavior therapy compared; 2)Women who report childhood sexual abuse; 3) incidence of poliomyelitis and schizophrenia

12-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Higher Education and Brain Shrinkage
Henry Ford Health

Among the healthy elderly, people with higher education levels exhibit more severe brain shrinkage with age than people with fewer years of education.

12-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Gene May Accelerate Memory Loss
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Accelerated memory loss may occur in healthy adults with the gene variant known as apolipoprotein E-4, according to a study in the July 13 issue of Neurology.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Memory Failure Is Not Due to Aging Itself
American Psychological Association (APA)

A study published in the July issue of the American Psychological Association's journal Developmental Psychology demonstrates that age-related differences in memory are related to storage capacity, not a processing efficiency.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Women Underestimate Heart Disease Risk
American Psychological Association (APA)

A study published in the July issue of the American Psychological Association's journal Health Psychology found that older women do not understand the risk of death associated with heart disease and cancer.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Fireworks Accompanying Gamma Ray Bursts
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA scientists outlined their vision for a professional/amateur collaboration in studying the most powerful explosions in space.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Advice to Parents of Soon-to-Be College Students
University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo parent-program coordinator has one major piece of advice for parents of this fall's crop of new college students: "Always keep the lines of communication open."

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Spending on Heavily Advertised Drugs Pushes Drug Expenditures
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

Spending on prescription drugs has grown twice as fast as total health care spending over the past five years, according to a new study released today by the National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Education Foundation.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Link Between Stress and Depression
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

With a $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, a Wake Forest University School of Medicine researcher is exploring a possible link between stress and depression.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Surviving the Onslaught of Ultraviolet Light
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

As they reported in the July 9 issue of the journal Science, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that people with a certain form of the genetic disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum have defects in a gene called hRAD30.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Head Trauma Damages DNA Repair Mechanism
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center show for the first time that brain trauma alters the specific pathways for recognizing DNA damage and initiating the DNA repair process.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Coral Bleaching, Heat Damage to Photosynthesis Engine
University of Georgia

A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia confirms heat causes coral reef damage. Higher temperatures aren't necessarily damaging the reef-building corals directly but instead are degrading the ability of symbiotic algae to convert light into energy.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Patients' Assessments of Hospital Maternity Care, Consumer Tool
University of Iowa

Patients' assessments of hospital maternity care may help prospective mothers make informed health care choices, according to a study based on data from the Cleveland Health Quality Choice program.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Book on "Muscular Christianity'
Wheaton College (IL)

Two Wheaton College (IL) professors trace impact of evangelical Christianity on modern American sports. Highlights careers of figures like Eric Liddell, Gil Dodds, Bill McCartney, Bill Glass, and Mike Singletary.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Low-Cost Aviation Gasoline that Gets the Lead Out
University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)

Piston-engine aircraft will soon be able to use a new low-cost, lead-free alternative fuel that is based largely on ethanol and other agricultural products.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Bernadine Healy, President of American Red Cross
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

The American Red Cross named Dr. Bernadine P. Healy as its president and chief executive officer.

Released: 10-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Family Physicians for Patient Protections that Truly Protect
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

In anticipation of next week's Senate debate about patient protection legislation, the American Academy of Family Physicians today sent to all members of the Senate a list of provisions that must be included to assure protection for all patients.



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