Adding small amounts of androgen to estrogen replacement therapy can restore failing libido, resolve persistent hot flashes and restore decreased bone density, all consequences of menopause that can affect the quality of life and health of postmenopausal women.
Developed by research scientists in the University of Michigan College of Engineering's Mobile Robotics Laboratory, the GuideCane is a computerized, sonar-equipped navigation aid for the blind which detects obstacles in the user's path and automatically steers around them.
Drawing on 25 years of data from Gombe National Park in Tanzania, University of Minnesota researchers Anne Pusey and Jennifer Williams, along with Jane Goodall, have shown that even a weak social hierarchy can have a profound impact on individual chimpanzees' reproductive success.
The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMS) announced a new initiative to focus the medical community on end-of-life care. It is estimated between 65-80 percent of all deaths occur in a hospital setting and that health care providers are the primary care-givers leading up to death. AMS will form a committee in a statewide collaborative effort to strengthen the training of future physicians on the issue of death and dying.
A Cornell entomologist confirmed the summer's first adult Asian long-horned beetles have emerged from their larval stage and have been found in Amityville, N.Y. The beetles kill hardwood trees, such as Norway maples, and pose a possible threat to industries dependent upon hardwood.
Harvard Medical School News Tips provides brief summaries on developments in the areas of basic science, research innovation, bench-to-bedside science, education, community outreach, and HMS people of note.
A study done at the University of North Texas shows that a large percentage of bed and breakfast proprietors are unaware of current regulations, particularly those at the county and municipal level, where most of the regulations involving health, fire codes and zoning are enacted.
Job hopping by Asian managers at rates of 15-18 percent a year costs U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) in the region time, money and key business contacts, according to a recently released study by management professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Cornell/Yale study finds Graduate Record Examination (GRE) fails to predict success or failure in graduate school for psychology and probably other fields as well.
A mathematically predictable form known as a fractal can describe the activity of individual cells as well as complex physiological systems, report scientists of Boston UniversityÃs College of Engineering in a paper which appears in todayÃs Journal of Neuroscience.
A toxic chemical that lurks in the environment for years causes a vaginal defect in unborn rats, reproductive biologists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found.
The condition of U.S. nursing home patients improves, but pain is more common than ever.
Even though parents may be aware of the dangers associated with baby walkers, infants continue to sustain baby walker-related injuries even under supervision, according to a recent study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics on PEDIATRICS electronic pages.
Parents who sleep with their baby in an adult bed do not reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Hospitalization is a prime opportunity to immunize children, according to a recent study published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Children are at risk for sustaining severe injuries while riding on escalators, according to a study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics on this months PEDIATRICS electronic pages.
A pacifier dipped in sugar and a more comfortable restraint can help reduce a newborns stress and pain during circumcision, finds a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on PEDIATRICS electronic pages.
A new educational program aimed at families may cut the risk of life-threatening asthma in children, according to a study in the August issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today announced that the tobacco settlement shows promise in helping stem tobacco use among adolescents and children, however five key areas must be strengthened in order to increase its effectiveness.
Employees often don't tell their supervisors about sexual harassment because they do not believe that justice will result, according to a study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
A New Mexico respiratory scientist says that some forms of asthma may be eradicated just as polio and measles were: by immunizing children with a vaccine.
An engine developed by The Bessemer Gas Engine Company at the turn of the century, which allowed steam engines on oil drilling sites to be converted to more efficient gasoline-powered systems, has been cited for historical significance by ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
Clark Throssell, professor of agronomy at Purdue University, says golf courses are environmentally friendly, and golfers who are concerned about contact with the chemicals can take a few simple precautions to reduce exposure.
Successful entrepreneurship in the technology field is the subject of a meeting to be held Sept. 18, 1997, at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. Expert speakers will be Jerry Yang, co-founder of YAHOO, the name of the widely successful computer product that facilitates searches on the Internet, and Robert Koski, an engineer and businessman who founded Sun Hydraulics Corp.
Johns Hopkins scientists studying a gene previously identified as a breast cancer gene report evidence that the gene may be innocent.
Cornell scientists are developing a biological approach to remediate compacted soils that involves rotating with deep-rooted cover crops that break up compacted soil layers and produce abundant organic matter. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials will tour Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., on Aug. 1, 1997, to see the fields used in testing the bioremediation procedures.
What kinds of businesses offer the best service to their customers? Hotel and retail companies, according to a new international study conducted in part by a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillπs Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Beta-blockers, a class of heart drugs long deemed risky for people with heart failure, can actually prevent deaths in those patients, according to a data reanalysis conducted by a research fellow at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Remarkable results lay groundwork to achieve sustainable fusion reactions, and provide data to test US defenses without physically exploding large-scale nuclear devices.
Preview the products and technologies that will change the way we live and work at ìPhotonics: Driving the Economy of the Future,î an inaugural symposium at the Boston University Photonics Center, on Thursday, October 23, 1997. Experts will represent industries from telecommunications to health care.
The scientific literature amply demonstrates the effectiveness of supplementation with multivitamins containing folic acid (a B vitamin). Numerous studies confirm that women who take multivitamins before they become pregnant, and very early in pregnancy, have a much lower chance of having a baby born with a birth defect such as spina bifida.
Calling the proposed tobacco settlement's advertising provisions "a mere inconvenience to the tobacco industry," the American Lung Association and a volunteer task force of advertising and marketing experts today issued recommendations for ways to end tobacco advertising and marketing to adolescents.
Even the most fearful can now find solace in the dentist's chair. Noven Pharmaceuticals new DentiPatch(tm) offers penetrating, pain-free anesthesia.
A nasal spray influenza vaccine pioneered by Hunein F. Maassab, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has proved 93 percent effective in a major study of 1,600 children across the country. The vaccine triggers an early, local antibody response in the nasal passages. Influenza kills 20,000 people each year in the United States alone.
Peering deep into the heart of comet Hyakutake, scientists have found evidence that small, evaporating ice particles in the tail and surrounding the nucleus of the comet are producing most of the water and other gases seen from Earth.--Embargoed For 4 P.M. EDT Release July 31, 1997
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy found poor folic acid dissolution in six prenatal prescription multivitamins they tested, raising questions as to whether or not absorption by the body is complete. Tests of nine prenatal prescription multivitamins found six products did not release at least 75 percent of the amount of folic acid listed on their labels in one hour, an industry standard set in 1995.
1) Kidney dialysis and aggressive end-of-life care is not cost effective for seriously ill patients. 2) Intake of too much Vitamin D can lead to thinning of bones. 3) Hospitals and physicians are not equipped to deal with the medical and psychosocial problems of dying patients. 4) A commentary on the new guidelines for diagnosing and treating diabetes and classification by blood sugar levels.
In a surprising twist, a team of neurobiologists at the University of California, San Diego has discovered that a powerful strategy used by artificial neural networks for learning and memory has a counterpart in a living brain.
Press release of issue dated August 2 for New Scientist, the international science and technology weekly news magazine
In the supermarket business, margins are razor-thin compared to the profits enjoyed by other retailers. Stanford Business School Marketing and Management Science Professor Rajiv Lal went shopping to find out why the low price leaders who offer the cheapest daily prices do as well as they do.
For 50 years, Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti, professor emeritus of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, has been telling his colleagues that surgery is not the proper method for correcting clubfoot in infants.
Technologies developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have claimed three of the top 100 slots in R&D magazine's list of the most significant innovations of the past year.
Tips from the American Psychiatric Association: 1)Managed Care Case Study Collection - New APA Resource, 2) Smaller APA Meeting in October Provides Story Ideas, 3) Datebook of Upcoming APA Events, 4) List of Free APA Resources Available for Media
Tips from the American Psychiatric Association: 1) Researchers May Have Found Signs of Alzheimer's Disease Before Dementia Strikes, 2) Fewer Obsessive-compulsives than Previously Thought 3) Gay Men at Greater Risk for Eating Disorders,4) Managed Mental Health Care Meets Academia, 5)Parents Helping Children Survive Divorce - New Book
Mounting scientific evidence suggests that significant reductions in birth defects, premature birth, and coronary heart disease can be achieved with daily vitamin intakes. Regular use of several specific vitamins to prevent these three conditions could also save $20 billion in U.S. annual hospital costs, according to a new study on the cost impact of preventive nutrition. Savings to Medicare alone would be $11 billion per year.
Now more than ever, consumers are turning to nutritional supplements to improve their health. This increased interest in supplements can raise questions about how much to take and which nutrients might present safety concerns. To address these issues, The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is pleased to announce the publication of Vitamin and Mineral SafetyæA Summary Review, a synopsis of a comprehensive scientific report which quantifies safe levels of intake for two dozen nutrients.
Michigan State University is putting into action a battle plan to control an invasive wetland weed that has beetles as warriors and children and teachers as generals. The enemy, purple loosestrife, should be quaking in its roots.
A long-term study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center has found that hemispherectomy, a surgical procedure in which half the brain is removed, does more than stop otherwise uncontrollable and often life-threatening seizures in children. For the vast majority of these children, hemispherectomy also reduces the burden of medication and allows more normal development.
The University of California, San Diego Task Force on K-12 Outreach will sponsor a symposium July 30 at 10 a.m., featuring some of the nation's top experts on education outreach efforts to under served children.
Two technologies developed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will make it more difficult for smugglers to slip illicit items past border enforcement agents.
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