Newswise Top Hits Report

NEWSWISE TOP HITS REPORT

Issue No. 28

Delivering Your News Wisely

March/April 2004

April 2004 Top Hit
MedNews Stories

(based on PRELIMINARY data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
1681	16-Apr-04	Can Curry Protect Against Alzheimer's? – The Krupa Companies
859	7-Apr-04	Curves(TM) Program Raises Metabolic Rate in Overweight, Sedentary Women – Strategic Communications
840	29-Apr-04	Could Vitamins Raise Levels of Bad Cholesterol? – New York University Medical Center
808	6-Apr-04	Bright Clothing and White Helmets Cut Motorcycle Deaths – British Medical Journal
796	26-Apr-04	New Treatment for Intractable Low Blood Pressure Controls Dizziness, Fainting – Mayo Clinic
768	16-Apr-04	Beer and Wine Compounds Slow Breast Cancer Cell Growth – The Krupa Companies
733	1-Apr-04	New Findings About Obesity and Aging – University of Alabama at Birmingham
684	21-Apr-04	Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy That Re-educates Body's Immune Response – University of California, San Diego
682	8-Apr-04	A Cure for Arthritis? – University of Missouri-Columbia
671	7-Apr-04	How Do Cells Know What to Do and When to Do It? – North Dakota Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network

March 2004 Top Hit
MedNews Stories

(based on FINAL data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
1361	29-Mar-04	Don't Wash Your Hands Without Reading This: Avoid Antibacterial Soaps – Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center
1208	9-Mar-04	Common Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer's Disease – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
1080	26-Mar-04	Tool for Calculating Your High Blood Pressure Risk – Harvard Health Publications
1010	5-Mar-04	Will an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away? – Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center
967	15-Mar-04	New Brain Test to Monitor Alzheimer's Disease – Society of Chemical Industry
958	1-Mar-04	Stress of Losing a Child Increases Risk of Multiple Sclerosis – American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
945	31-Mar-04	Green Tea Component Helps Kill Leukemia Cells – Mayo Clinic
924	1-Mar-04	Graphic "Smoking Teens" Show Effects of Tobacco Products – University of Iowa
902	12-Mar-04	Integrating Education Into Novel Approaches to Nursing Shortage & Retention – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
886	25-Mar-04	Sickle Cell Sufferers Living Longer, Dying Less from Their Disease – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

April 2004 Top Hit
SciNews Stories

(based on PRELIMINARY data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
1275	1-Apr-04	Story Tips: April 2004 – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
736	30-Apr-04	They're Coming: Research on "Brood X" Cicadas Focus of Briefing – National Science Foundation (NSF)
687	29-Apr-04	New Figure Skate Developed to Reduce Injuries – University of Delaware
570	23-Apr-04	Why Aging Skin Turns Leathery Discovered-- May Yield Treatments – Clarkson University
516	29-Apr-04	Quantum Computers Are a Quantum Leap Closer – Purdue University
511	22-Apr-04	Preliminary Results are Promising in Alzheimer's Gene Therapy Trial – University of California, San Diego
498	2-Apr-04	First Ever 'Wind Scrubbers' to be Built – Society of Chemical Industry
489	6-Apr-04	Sell-By Date "Arbitrary" on Some Food Packaging – Society of Chemical Industry
484	7-Apr-04	Researchers Developing Lean, Green, Learning Machines – University of Missouri-Rolla
452	19-Apr-04	Do We Experience Seeing in the Same Way as Others? – Weizmann Institute of Science

March 2004 Top Hit
SciNews Stories

(based on FINAL data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
813	22-Mar-04	Invention Could Revolutionize Decontamination & Purification of Water, Other Liquids – University at Buffalo
811	16-Mar-04	Student Builds Micro Biosensor Chip to Move DNA Molecules – Johns Hopkins University
657	2-Mar-04	Researchers Report Bubble Fusion Results Replicated – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
633	22-Mar-04	'Nano-Lightning' Could Be Harnessed to Cool Future Computers – Purdue University
631	3-Mar-04	New Scientist Magazine Press Release – New Scientist
628	4-Mar-04	Global Warming Could be Affecting Wolf-Moose Balance – Michigan Technological University
628	24-Mar-04	Massive Manufacturing: The Promise and Peril of Nanotechnology – New Global Initiatives, Inc.
618	17-Mar-04	Indoor Air Research: People May Not Be Able to "Breathe Easy" at Home – University of Missouri-Rolla
611	12-Mar-04	SensorNet Proposed as System to Protect Millions Nationwide – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
578	12-Mar-04	Nature Press Release for 11 March Issue – Nature

April 2004 Top Hit
LifeNews Stories

(based on PRELIMINARY data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
780	23-Apr-04	Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting: Science of Raising Children – Temple University
689	2-Apr-04	Children Spend More Time Playing Video Games than Watching TV – Michigan State University
656	6-Apr-04	"Self-Googling" -- A Shrewd Form of Personal "Brand Management" – University at Buffalo
610	2-Apr-04	Scars of 9/11 Linger with NYC Firefighters – Cornell University
535	15-Apr-04	Physical Beauty Involves More than Good Looks – University of Wisconsin-Madison
510	1-Apr-04	Doctor, Are You Listening? – University of Alabama at Birmingham
510	9-Apr-04	Countering Trend, Engineering Education from the Ground Up – Purdue University
506	6-Apr-04	Historian Sheds Light on Racial Atrocities, and Reprisals, in Civil War – Temple University
505	5-Apr-04	Family Matters When Teens Make Decisions About Credit Cards – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
462	13-Apr-04	Animals Think In Their Own Way, But Unlike Humans – University of Florida

March 2004 Top Hit
LifeNews Stories

(based on FINAL data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
2576	8-Mar-04	White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Believed – Ohio State University
1026	15-Mar-04	Undergrad Contributes to Egyptian Excavation – Johns Hopkins University
991	19-Mar-04	Males, Adolescents Are Increasingly Victims of Sexual Harassment – American Sociological Association (ASA)
917	4-Mar-04	Course Is 'Forensic Files' of Wildlife Investigation – Mississippi State University
818	11-Mar-04	Gay Marriage: Pros Watch CNN, Antis Watch Fox – Cornell University
792	16-Mar-04	Fantasy Sports Researcher Offers Advice for Taming March Madness – University of Mississippi
763	17-Mar-04	Design for Library of Life Symbolizes Middle East Peace – Cornell University
732	8-Mar-04	Six Simple Rules to Raise Sexually Abstinent Children – Baylor University
731	22-Mar-04	Dickinson College Unveils Sealed Interviews from TMI Accident – Halstead Communications
711	24-Mar-04	Workplace Drinking and Gender Harassment Linked – Cornell University

April 2004 Top Hit
BizNews Stories

(based on PRELIMINARY data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
5389	13-Apr-04	Top 10 Functional Food Trends for 2004 – Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
703	13-Apr-04	Former Biz VP Predicts Who/What Will Win "The Apprentice" – Dick Jones Communications
585	21-Apr-04	Government-Run Firms and Services Hurt the Economy – Cornell University
525	8-Apr-04	Obesity Driving Hot Topics In Food – Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
511	20-Apr-04	New Word for on-the-Job Health Problem: 'Presenteeism' – Cornell University
505	5-Apr-04	Family Matters When Teens Make Decisions About Credit Cards – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
493	26-Apr-04	Only Half of Recalled Meat and Poultry is Recovered – Ohio State University
450	1-Apr-04	Accounting Professor Offers Last-Minute Tax Tips – Northeastern University
438	1-Apr-04	Tell Your Boss What You Honestly Think – University of Alabama at Birmingham
434	15-Apr-04	80% of Companies That Outsource HR Functions Would Do So Again – The Conference Board

March 2004 Top Hit
BizNews Stories

(based on FINAL data gathered through 18-May-2004)

Hits	Date	Title / Source (click title for full story)
703	22-Mar-04	Emotional Intelligence Key to Winning on "The Apprentice" – University at Buffalo
606	8-Mar-04	Companies Use the Internet to Land the Best Workers – Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
582	5-Mar-04	Online Trust: Reasons Behind Web Site Use – Creighton University
514	30-Mar-04	Married Workers Fare Better at Shift Work than Singles – Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
489	3-Mar-04	Boston College Finance Conference 2004 – Boston College
457	12-Mar-04	Success Not Guaranteed in FleetBoston/Bank of America Merger – Northeastern University
430	1-Mar-04	Make The Job Hunt Personal – University of Alabama at Birmingham
419	11-Mar-04	Health Care Access for Poor Children Improving; Disparity Grows for Uninsured – University of South Florida
387	30-Mar-04	Engineers Design 'Shape-Search' for Industry Databases – Purdue University
384	19-Mar-04	More Workplaces Offering Employees Personal Protection Kits – Wheeling Jesuit University