For the first time in their histories, the Pediatric Academic Societies and the American Academy of Pediatrics will have a joint meeting to discuss the health of the children in North America and beyond.
Modern medicine can learn new tricks from ancient history, believes a professor of history at N.C. State University who is an expert on the historic use of medicines derived from plants.
Skywatchers in northern Europe, Canada, Alaska, and the northernmost tier of U.S. states could be treated to a display of aurora borealis tonight.
With the discovery of extrasolar planets smaller than Saturn, astronomers are increasingly convinced that other stars harbor planetary systems like our own.
A test, developed by Boston University's Stable Isotope Laboratory, to diagnose active H. pylori infection, the leading cause of peptic ulcer disease, recently received clearance from the FDA.
The latest project by installation artist Nobuho Nagasawa is set in the plaza of the new National Government Center in downtown Saitama, Japan; her "site-specific" installations are part history, part poetry, and undeniably stunning.
A 12-year-old Lubbock youth has been treated successfully for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center physicians.
The AAMC in collaboration with Pfizer announces the establishment of a new institutional grant program entitled "Caring for Community" to encourage the development of medical student-initiated services and programs to local communities.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's David L. Rimoin will co-chair The Strategic Planning Task Force on Genetics and Developmental Biology for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and will also serve on The Clinical Research Round Table of the Institute of Medicine.
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).
March science tips from Iowa State include 1- On the road to lighter vehicles; 2- ISU students win national construction competition; 3- New way to rock the docks.
Recognizing the vital importance of cultivating a technologically capable workforce, ASME International along with other engineering societies will meet with members of Congress to discuss K-12 science, math and technology education.
The nation's first JD/MS program in e-commerce was announced by Creighton University; its purpose is to meet the demand and challenges of the growing field of electronic commerce.
Johns Hopkins and Sisters Together and Reaching Inc. have teamed up to offer Baltimoreans free HIV urine testing from a mobile van, which will operate five days and evenings per week and patrol areas at high risk for HIV.
Space Infrared Telescope Facility will fly three science instruments in orbit around the sun for perhaps as long as five years; one instrument, from the University of Arizona, will detect far-infrared objects 100 times fainter than have ever been seen before.
Mutations in a sodium channel gene that regulates electrical activity in nerve cells, which may be the cause of one or more types of inherited epilepsy, have been found by University of Michigan scientists (Nature Genetics, 4-00).
e-Business Strategies in Net Time, a two-day electronic business symposium, will connect top-flight researchers with CEOs and CTOs from established and emerging companies to address today's rapidly changing business landscape.
Trucks loaded with hundreds of pounds of sodium azide, so toxic that even small amounts can kill, routinely travel the nation's highways, and discarded airbags sit like environmental time bombs in the nation's auto junkyards.
Enzymes are being used by Cornell researchers to break down solid biomass waste into a renewable energy form; they say there is sufficient biomass waste available to supply all the organic chemicals that are consumed annually in the U.S. and still have enough left over to convert to auto fuel.
Cornell food scientists have found the chemicals to make bottled or canned green tea taste like fresh brewed.
People with HIV infections are less likely to pass the virus to an opposite sex partner if they have low levels of the virus in their blood, according to a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins, NIH, Makerere University, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and Columbia University (NEJM, 3-30-00).
People with high blood pressure are 2-1/2 times more likely to develop Type 2, or non-insulin-dependent, diabetes than those with normal blood pressure, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers (NEJM, 3-30-00).
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An experimental method that could be used to remove the gasoline additive MTBE from polluted groundwater has been developed by a Purdue University chemist.
One of the country's most highly regarded and longstanding women's studies programs turned 25 this year; the program, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is home to some of the country's most outstanding scholars.
Plant-Derived Biologics, a scientific seminar and public hearing April 5-6 at Iowa State University, will provide a forum on the regulatory and policy issues related to plant-derived vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for use in humans and animals.
Major depressive episodes, borderline personality, and high levels of serum cholesterol increase the risk of suicide and the severity of the suicide attempt, according to two studies in the April American Journal of Psychiatry.
Working with models of the materials responsible for ultrasound images projected onto a screen, a University of Arkansas physicist has found the key to optimizing their efficiency.
Health Canada discovers an undisclosed prescription steroid in the over-the-counter anti-dandruff product called Skin-Cap.
A new $4.2M research center at the University of Michigan Health System will help scientists find new ways to see cancer -- and the effects of cancer treatment -- more clearly using sophisticated medical imaging technology.
Community services are becoming the lifeline to persons with mental illnesses who are homeless or battling substance abuse, according to three articles in the April Psychiatric Services.
Penn State's College of Health and Human Development has two research projects, both making extensive use of the Internet, which address the needs of the 2 million Americans that have severe communication disabilities.
Women who smoke while pregnant are 50-70 percent more likely than nonsmokers to give birth to a baby with a cleft lip or palate, says a University of Michigan study (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery).
The U.S. census has been the target of sharp partisan attacks over methodology; in Population and Development Review, the Census Bureau Director explains why neither the traditions nor the competencies of the Census Bureau are consistent with advancing a partisan agenda.
Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife, diarist and correspondent Jane Welsh Carlyle, greatly influenced 19th century intellectual life; that influence will be the subject of a conference in Philadelphia, April 6-8.
With health policy issues playing a major part in this year's race for the White House, the senior health policy advisors to the Gore, Bush, Bradley and McCain campaigns will speak at the University of Michigan on April 7 about their candidates' plans for reform.
How do mammals know when to migrate, reproduce, or take other action necessary for their survival? According to a study by a Swarthmore College biologist, a gland in the brain helps maintain the body's synchronization with the environment (Journal of Biological Rhythms, 4-00).
That early injury to the human brain due to a stroke can be reversed by rapidly reopening blocked blood vessels with clot-busting drugs has been demonstrated by UCLA researchers; all patients in their study showed dramatic improvement (Annals of Neurology, 4-00).
The pain and disfigurement of osteoporosis of the spine may be prevented with the help of a liquid bone cement, according to findings presented by University of Maryland Medical Center radiologists at the 25th Annual Meeting of SCVIR.
Eating well-done red meat prepared with such high-temperature cooking methods as grilling and frying does not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer, according to a UC Irvine study (Carcinogenesis, 4-00).
Join the Anthonys, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work, and companies across the nation on April 3, 2000, National Workplace Napping Day, as they celebrate the health and financial benefits of workplace napping.
The American Psychiatric Association, in response to recent and upcoming entertainment television portrayals of violent acts by persons with mental illnesses, refers to its "Fact Sheet: Violence and Mental Illness."
With the launch of its new web site, the ASPCA is using the Internet to help animals; the site is designed to empower people to learn about animals' needs, advocate for better animal protection laws and find animal welfare support in their own community.
Engineers create model to help design safer, more cost-effective sub-surface barriers to water-borne pollutants.
The third-party insurance payment system, which consumes about 22 percent of a pharmacist's time, needs to be modified and simplified in order to lessen the national pharmacist shortage, says a Purdue pharmaceutical official.
Missouri has officially designated the life sciences industry as one of Missouri's Lead Industries for purposes of economic development and growth.
A new series of virtual study guides, produced and published by educational service www.thinkwell.com, are web-based interactive textbooks, which offer complete courses on pre-calculus, college algebra, and calculus.
Illegal immigrants are climbing the economic ladder in the U.S., says a study on the occupational path followed by undocumented immigrants to the U.S. in recent years (Immigration Today: Pastoral and Research Challenges, Spring 2000).
By creating soybean and corn feeds for farm-raised fish, a Purdue University researcher has opened up new markets for the grain crops and has found a way to keep fish on the menu.
Larvae of the tortoise beetle defend themselves against hungry predators by building a thatched shield around themselves, made of golden strands of their own feces, report Cornell University biologists (National Academy of Sciences, 3-14-00).
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