The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today is presenting one of its most prestigious awards to Alexander McPherson, a UC Irvine professor of molecular biology and biochemistry.
Researchers with the Medical College of Wisconsin have found that most patients who survive early complications from bone marrow transplants are cured and that, in some groups, survival rates eventually apporach that of the general population.
Researchers at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have developed the most sensitive technology yet for pinpointing the location of wireless 911 emergency calls. The approach is accurate within 15 feet when users are outdoors and 100 feet when they are indoors.
1- Glass fibers lead to scintillating discovery; 2- Building a green thumb for research; 3- Crush and color car part; 4- Researchers provide "shock" treatment.
Most of the asteroid that blasted Meteor Crater out of the Colorado Plateau melted, according to new evidence released today by an international team of scientists. This new finding contradicts a previously held theory that the Canyon Diablo meteor vaporized.
Mayo Clinic neurologists are using existing technology and an investigational drug to detect pre-symptomatic Parkinson's disease in at-risk people who have family members with Parkinson's disease, they reported in the July issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Genetic studies at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have shown that some boys will be infertile as adults because they have inherited a genetic defect from their fathers through a commonly used method of assisted reproduction known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to undergo an important surgery designed to prevent stroke, according to a study published in this monthÃs Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to undergo an important surgery designed to prevent stroke, according to a study published in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
U.S. Senators Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) will unveil a proposal to improve the access to and quality of home health care services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University researchers discussed the importance of international comparisons of health system performance at a session of the Association for Health Services Research's annual meeting in Chicago.
The National Campaign for Hearing Health reminds you that a safe Fourth of July celebration should not be without proper hearing protection.
Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health reveal that women in managed care plans generally have the same or better access to care than women in traditional fee-for-service plans.
Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health reveal that women in managed care plans generally have the same or better access to care than women in traditional fee-for-service plans.
The American Lung Association announced that it is filing two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requesting that the court conduct a rehearing of the smog and soot health standards cases.
The makers of Cylert (pemoline) cautioned that this product "should not ordinarily be considered as first line drug therapy for ADHD."
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have worked with companies and community colleges across the country to help teach current and future workers the skills they will need and to document knowledge and skill in a "career transcript" that will follow the student throughout his or her working life.
The parents of an autistic child tried a new approach, called Positive Behavioral Support, and recognized in 1997 as state-of-the-art in dealing with children with behavior proglems. The findings will be presented at an autism conference from July 6 to 10 in Kansas City, Mo.
House Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt issued a statement today on President Clinton's Medicare plan, applauding the President's proposal to modernize and extend the life of Medicare into the next century.
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