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Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Scientist Receives Prestigious NASA Medal
University of California, Irvine

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Normal Life Span After Bone Marrow Transplant
Medical College of Wisconsin

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Geolocation Technology Pinpoints Wireless 911 Calls within 15 Feet
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Tipsheet
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Asteroid that Formed Meteor Crater Shock Melted
University of Arizona

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.

1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
New Methods to Detect Parkinson's Disease
Mayo Clinic

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.

1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Transmitting Infertility from Father to Son
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

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.

1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
African Americans Less Likely to Receive Stroke-Saving Surgery
American Heart Association (AHA)

African Americans are less likely than Caucasians to undergo an important surgery designed to prevent stroke, according to a study published in this monthís Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
African Americans less likely to receive stroke-saving surgery
American Heart Association (AHA)

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.

Released: 1-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Medicare Home Health Equity Act June 30
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Public Concerns with Health Systems
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Four Tips for a Hearing Healthy Fourth
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

The National Campaign for Hearing Health reminds you that a safe Fourth of July celebration should not be without proper hearing protection.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Experts for Comment on Medicare Reform
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Managed Care Linked to Better Rates of Some Preventive Care and Access
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
ALA to File Smog, Soot Petitions with Court
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Pemoline Not First Line Drug for ADHD
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

The makers of Cylert (pemoline) cautioned that this product "should not ordinarily be considered as first line drug therapy for ADHD."

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Tracking Lifelong Learning
 Johns Hopkins University

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.

   
Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Autism Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
University of Kansas

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.

Released: 30-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Gephardt on Clinton Medicare Plan
US Newswire (defunct; sold to PR Newswire)

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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