(RTOG) clinical study has concluded that adding two chemotherapy agents to radiation therapy significantly improves the survival rate of women treated for locally advanced cervical cancer.
American Nurses Association warns that plastic IV bags contain DEHP, a phthalate identified by the US EPA as a probable human carcinogen. Same chemical as implicated in recent toy scare. DEHP-free and PVC-free alternatives exist -- but aren't easily obtained in US.
Researchers say that taking images of the heart using radioactive material after a traditional treadmill test may better identify those who are able to exercise for long periods of time, but are still at increased risk for heart attack, death, or the need for bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty.
Physical activity does more than tone up the heart and reduce the risk of heart attacks. Moderate physical activity -- aerobic as well as pumping iron -- fortifies various segments of the cardiovascular system.
Scientists discuss results from the US Microgravity Payload 4, which flew on the space shuttle last year. Highlights include microgravity crystal growth experiments and low-gravity fluid dynamics.
A study of bottlenose dolphins that stranded and died in Texas' Matagorda Bay has found toxic levels of PCBs in their tissues, leaving scientists wondering what effects these pollutants might have on dolphins and people living in the area.
A team of astronomers studying supernova remnants has found direct evidence linking the pattern of their X-ray emission to the size -- and therefore, age -- of the remnants, according to a University of Illinois researcher.
Armchair adventurers and divers alike can now easily explore seven of Lake Superior wrecks thanks to a Web site and a set of dive guides produced by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
1) DNA "Fingerprints" May Help Make Sustainable Squid Fishery, 2) Researchers Examine Ways To Monitor Freshwater Impacts On Marshes, 3) Lower Water Levels Forecast Boater Problems On Lake Erie
The Sea Grant Zebra Mussel and Nonindigenous Species World Wide Web site, which contains a comprehensive collection of research publications and education materials produced by Sea Grant programs and others.
While overt discrimination against female professors has diminished in U.S. colleges and universities, subtle forms of bias persist in promotion and tenure, causing a persistent gap in the proportion of male and female faculty members who reach senior rank, according to a University of Illinois study.
The spread of oyster disease in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and northward along the Atlantic Coast, may be triggered by climate change reports an Old Dominion University researcher.
With the help of fruit flies and jellyfish, Johns Hopkins scientists have proved they can quiet firing nerve cells -- at least temporarily -- by inserting the genetic version of an off switch.
A new private/public partnership, organized by NOAA to restore damaged marine habitat and increase lobster populations in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay may prove to be an important model in fostering sound fisheries resource restoration projects across the nation.
A voluntary, emergency department-based program to test patients' blood for HIV was well accepted at Johns Hopkins, as about half the patients approached consented. Study results were published in the February issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The Cornell University Work and Environment Initiative and the Town of Londonderry, N.H are conducting a national design competition for a site design of an eco-industrial park and its 25,000-square-foot flexible industrial building.
A measurement technique originally designed for studying interactions within molecules of DNA has been used to examine muscle movement at the molecular level, says a University of Illinois researcher who developed the procedure.
"My client's brother was about to commit suicide because of his financial troubles. That's what made me realize that my clients are real people dealing with serious issues and confirmed for me that I'm on the right career path," said Trisha Yancy, a consumer and family economics student at the University of Missouri-Columbia working as a phone counselor for the Consumer Credit Counseling Service Calling Center in Columbia, Mo.
Hitching a ride on a comet may be like latching onto a bus's tailpipe. A recent Arizona State University study, published in the February 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal, found that comet gas tails, previously thought to be mostly water, actually contain high concentrations of ionized carbon monoxide .
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