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The University of Iowa Research Foundation has granted IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation exclusive, worldwide license to use a UI discovery that may help to treat prostate cancer.

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Facial expressions can reveal to us a lot about how another person is feeling; University of Iowa Health Care investigators have identified specific areas of the brain that aid in emotion assessment of facial expressions (Journal of Neuroscience, 4-1-00).

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Some people who frequently use marijuana have substantially lower blood flow to certain parts of their brains; however, smoking the illicit drug does not affect brain size or structure, indicate University of Iowa Health Care studies (NeuroReport).

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After one injection, a certain gene vector can effectively reach many brain sites, according to University of Iowa and National Institutes of Health investigators (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 3-28-00).

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Findings from a University of Iowa Health Care study may explain the basic mechanisms involved in triggering the spread of breast cancer (International Journal of Cancer, 3-00).

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The University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination will host an international meeting, April 19-21 in Chicago, on issues related to the quality of drinking water.

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A national conference, titled "Medical Marijuana: Science-Based Clinical Applications," to be held at the University of Iowa April 6-8 will be the first to educate health care professionals and researchers on the medical use of marijuana.

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A first-generation antihistamine commonly found in over-the-counter cold and allergy remedies may cause more driving impairment than being legally drunk, say University of Iowa researchers (Annals of Internal Medicine, 3-7-00).

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For tuberculosis prevention and care, University of Iowa Health Care providers have designed an Internet-based tool to make deciphering complex medical guidelines easier and more accurate (Medical Decision Making).

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University of Iowa Health Care researchers found that for treating depression in individuals who had a stroke and did not have heart conditions, the tricyclic antidepressant nortriptyline is more effective than fluoxetine (American Journal of Psychiatry, 3-00).

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Many Iowa obstetricians and family physicians are hesitant to allow patients to videotape obstetric procedures, such as childbirth, because of legal concerns, according to University of Iowa researchers (Archives of Family Medicine, 1-00).

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University of Iowa Health Care researchers are beginning to fill in the basic science blanks of how a new alternative treatment for various cancers works, or doesn't work (Photochemistry and Photobiology).

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A research team led by the University of Iowa has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes a hereditary form of blindness (Nature Genetics, 2-00).

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More Iowa prison inmates are receiving health care services at the University of Iowa without leaving the correctional facilities due to advanced, two-way video systems and diagnostic equipment that allow long-distance consultations between Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) and UI medical staff.

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The Iowa Electronic Markets have launched two new political futures markets in which traders can buy and sell shares in prospects of candidates in the 2000 presidential race.

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Media covering the Iowa Caucuses are invited to two Des Moines events hosted by the University of Iowa. UI business professors will give demonstrations of the Iowa Electronic Markets Jan. 20 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Invista Capital Management.

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Though people with chronic fatigue usually don't know why they have the fatigue, when they will get better, or how to treat the fatigue, a recent University of Iowa study in the 11/12-99 Archives of Family Medicine identifies prognostic characteristics for improvement of chronic fatigue.

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A University of Iowa researcher has reported on a basic cellular mechanism involved in hypertension and how this plays a role in Liddle's syndrome, a rare, genetic form of the disease.

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In recent years, televised debates have become a campaign season fixture, but debating today is far and away different from the format Lincoln and Douglas made famous generations earlier.

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University of Iowa astronomy professor Robert Mutel announced today that an eight-month search using an Arizona-based telescope has failed to detect evidence supporting a 13-year-old theory that small comets composed of snow are continually bombarding the Earth.

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University of Iowa psychologists say human infants cry because they are hungry, wet, cold, or otherwise in need of parental attention; rat pups cry involuntarily as a result of a physiological process.

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The focus has been on the design of bridges and highways with little thought given to their day-to-day maintenance. Now, a winter highway maintenance class taught over the Internet by a University of Iowa College of Engineering professor may be changing all that.

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A team of University of Iowa Health Care investigators has advanced understanding of how gene therapy might effectively treat the serious lung function loss associated with cystic fibrosis (CF).

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Some children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have memory problems that need separate assessment and treatment, according to a University of Iowa study.

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Schizophrenia has many different signs and symptoms, ranging from paranoid delusions to apathetic withdrawal. Yet, it remains a question how this one illness can have so many different manifestations, and how it can more effectively be treated or prevented.

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Results from the continuing UI efforts to understand how the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa lead to infection are being published in the Nov. 23 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Mental health policy on the local, state and national levels has created a treatment system that is challenging for some consumers, according to a recent study led by a University of Iowa researcher.

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One University of Iowa Health Care study shows there may be a potent, new drug to combat bacteria resistant to existing antibiotics, but another investigation reveals that some strains of Staphylococcus aureus have become antibiotic-resistant globe trotters, spreading throughout the world.

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Beta-blocker eyedrops, commonly used to treat glaucoma, may put some people with the condition at increased risk for further visual loss by aggravating the fall of blood pressure during sleep, according to a University of Iowa Health Care study.

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A recent University of Iowa Health Care study is calling into question the reliability of a classification system that orthopaedic surgeons use to help them evaluate treatment outcomes in children with a hip condition known as Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease.

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A recent study by two University of Iowa economics researchers shows that college-educated workers with mathematical and verbal skills have the potential to earn the biggest paychecks.

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Gene transfer is a promising strategy that may eventually help to reverse or prevent many diseases, but in some cases there are glitches that must first be worked out.

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A specific type of mutation on the p53 tumor suppressor gene may predispose some women with ovarian cancer to distant -- and rapid -- tumor spread, according to a University of Iowa Health Care study.

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The percentage of college students who reported feeling depressed and having suicidal thoughts declined between 1987 and 1997 while suicide attempts remained constant, according to a 10-year follow-up study coauthored by a University of Iowa professor.

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A UI Health Care study suggests that elevated homocysteine can rapidly affect small blood vessels, which likely contributes to high blood pressure. The study also adds evidence that vitamin C may prevent homocysteine from damaging both small and large blood vessels.

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How to best treat patients with Bell's palsy who are at high risk of permanent loss of facial muscle control has remained a controversial subject among physicians for decades. However, results of a 15-year study led by University of Iowa Health Care researchers may help to finally settle the debate.

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A University of Iowa Health Care psychiatrist has received one of the highest honors awarded by the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.

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How much hearing an individual has before receiving a cochlear implant may partially predict how beneficial the device will be, according to University of Iowa Health Care research findings.

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Just like a light switch, a process known as cytosine methylation can turn off expression of tumor suppressor genes and lead to oral cancer, according to University of Iowa research findings.

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Modern dance master Paul Taylor will present the world premiere of his "Arabesque," set to music by Debussy, when the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs at 8 p.m. Oct. 15-16, in Hancher Auditorium on the University of Iowa campus.

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Family doctors routinely have questions about patient conditions and procedures the doctors should take, but most of the time the answers are not pursued, according to a University of Iowa Health Care study.

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Compressing sound frequency -- decreasing its pitch -- through new computer technology seems to help people with high-frequency hearing loss better understand sounds, according to University of Iowa research findings.

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The rate of breast-conserving surgery to treat breast cancer has increased steadily since the mid 1980s, but many women with early stages of the disease do not receive axillary node dissections as part of this treatment, which could mean a lower chance of survival after 10 years, according to a University of Iowa-led analysis.

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By lowering an individual's heart rate, doctors someday may be able to trigger the sprouting of new blood vessels without having to resort to invasive methods, according to results from a University of Iowa Health Care study.

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Fetal alcohol syndrome is associated with a smaller or nonexistent corpus callosum, a brain pathway for sense perception. However, a University of Iowa study suggests moderate (versus severe) alcohol overexposure can cause the corpus callosum to be larger than normal.

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Hancher is Sankai Juku's first American commissioner, with U.S. premiere of "Hibiki."

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A University of Iowa professor and space physicist has won a $4 million NASA contract in collaboration with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop and use radar in a search for underground water on Mars.

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A recent University of Iowa Health Care study suggests that high salt concentrations in the airways of people with cystic fibrosis prevent antimicrobial factors from protecting the lungs from infection caused by inhaled bacteria and other microorganisms.

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Some of the nation's best-known cartoonists will gather at the University of Iowa Oct. 14-16 for a symposium titled, "Drawing the Line: Political Cartooning under Pressure." Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Conrad will be the keynote speaker.

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Endotoxin is a common contaminant of agricultural dust, air pollution and household dust. A recent University of Iowa Health Care study provides evidence that when it comes to healthy individuals, pulmonary responses to endotoxin can differ markedly, yet consistently.