Loan consolidation -- paying off several smaller debts with one larger loan -- has just delayed financial disaster for many consumers rather than helped them avoid it, according to a Purdue University expert on family finances.
Sucessful management teams -- those with both a "directive" leader and openness to new information--were best able to mobilize the energies and talents throughout an organization, according to a new study at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Atlanta, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla., were named today to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for system-wide reform of their K-12 mathematics, science and technology education programs.
This drug/gene delivery system carries very potent anti-cancer drugs and genes to their targets, in this case, tumors. CytImmune Sciences is collaborating with EntreMed, Inc.
Five companies were today named winners of The Conference Board's "Best in Class" Awards.
OraTest provides healthcare professionals with a 100 percent sensitive, easy-to-use, five-minute mouthrinse procedure that promotes early detection of hard-to-find, pre-symptomatic cancerous lesions.
Over 800 orthopaedic sports medicine specialists will attend the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. These experts, many of whom are team physicians for top flight collegiate and professional teams, are the recognized as leaders in the field of orthopaedic sports medicine.
People who don't have good social relations and/or have incomes near the poverty level are at a much greater risk for developing heart problems and dying much earlier than their natural lifespan, say researchers. A cardiac patient's race and sex also seem to determine whether certain life-saving procedures will be preformed. This research will be presented at the conference, Public Health in the 21st Century: Behavioral and Social Science Contributions in Atlanta, May 9.
A surprise may be lurking in the brains of many people -- evidence of silent cerebral infarcts, or dead spots within their brains. Cigarette smoking and uncontrolled high blood pressure may be to blame.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy - a treatment that has been around for several decades - is making a comeback. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is just one focus of a meeting next week of the Space and Underwater Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology.
Welcome to the clone zone. The 9 May issue of New Scientist answers everything you wanted to know about cloning but were afraid to ask. Now that everyone has had time to come to terms with Dolly, the first ever clone of an adult mammal, we're taking a fresh look at the science behind cloning, and what directions the technology is likely to go.
As new technologies are introduced and equipment prices continue to drop, digital radiography will rapidly replace conventional dental X-rays and provide several benefits to the patient, according to endodontists speaking here at the American Association of Endodontists' (AAE) 55th Annual Session
Parents nationwide can keep their 4th through 8th graders busy this summer pondering such brain teasers as how best to swamp a bedroom or split the profits from a sale of Beanie Babies--thanks to the University of Delaware's "mail-order math" program, "Solve It."
More than an estimated one million days and $225 million are spent annually by physicians on credentialing. However, a new Internet-based solution called appSTATSM cuts these costs by almost 50 percent, according to Healthcare Credentials Management Services, Inc. (HCMS), which launched the new product today.
Sea Grant Tip Sheet: 1) Study Finds Group of Marine Bacteria Dominate Waters Off Southeastern U.S. Coast, 2) Teachers to Gain Hands-On Experience at Interactive Exotic Species Day Camp, 3) Women Who Claim Title "Fisherman's Wife" Meet Stress of Fishing Marriages Better
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center have designed a novel test that effectively predicts a patient's risk for developing a common life-threatening heart-rhythm abnormality following coronary-artery bypass surgery.
As reported in the April issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, a study led by Dr. Paul Nyirjesy, director of the Temple University Vaginitis Referral Center, has resulted in a second line of defense for the treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis. This study has confirmed the effectiveness of the antibiotic paromomycin in curing difficult-to-treat cases.
New methods and technologies for immersing people in virtual reality environments will be explored at Iowa State, May 11-12, at the Second International Immersive Projection Technology Conference. Reports on VR applications from research to entertainment will be included.
Americans can learn whether their breathing problems might be symptoms of asthma at free screenings in 200 communities across the country. According to the CDC, more than 15 million Americans are suffering from asthma. To obtain a list of screenings, visit the ACAAI web site at allergy.mcg.edu.
Sports medicine experts at Temple University School of Medicine have launched a national Asthma Watch Program that aims to maximize safety and performance in athletes with asthma. Preliminary data suggests that asthma mortality is higher than once thought and poorly controlled asthma during exercise is frequent.
In back-to-back reports in Science and Cell, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School describe important new data on proteins that detect and repair gene damage. The findings provide direct evidence for the cause of a genetic disorder that greatly increases the risk of cancer, as well as broader insights into a fundamental system that can lead to malignancy when it fails to function properly.
The American Petroleum Institute, on behalf of big oil companies and an assortment of right-wing and industry front groups, has laid out a secret $5 million plan to block the global warming treaty by such means as ìrecruiting and trainingî scientists and teachers to spread junk science to the public.
A common side effect of open-heart surgery may be predicted with a simple test, according to research being presented here today at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE).
Taking medication regularly may be the key to survival, even if that medication turns out to be a placebo. Those are the findings of a study in which people who consistently took either a heart medication or placebo fared better than those who took them inconsistently, providing further evidence there is a strong mental component to health. The study was presented today at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions NASPE.
New research suggests many young people at risk for sudden cardiac death have early warning symptoms that, if recognized, can lead to life-saving treatment. The study is being presented at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE).
DALLAS, May 8 -- How do you prevent something that you don't know is happening? It's not a Zen question, but instead is the problem facing those who study "silent" strokes -- small "brain attacks," which affect as many as 11 percent of people 55 to 70 years old.
DALLAS, May 8 -- Studies have shown moderate amounts of alcohol can be beneficial in reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke, but too much of a good thing can turn bad according to a report in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
DALLAS, May 8 -- Treating a condition that causes bleeding in the brain, called cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM), may pose a greater danger than the condition itself, according to researchers, whose study is in this month's Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
As the wave of brilliantly colored songbirds sweeps northward across the United States and Canada from South and Central America, scientists at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society recruit thousands of citizen birdwatchers to log-on to http://birdsource.cornell.edu/ and tell them where the warblers are.
A Temple University Hospital surgeon has created an innovative approach to reconstructing hands and fingers after accidents. He uses a distraction device, an object generally used by oral or orthopedic surgeons, to literally grow new bone that can function as a thumb.
Older people report a dramatic improvement in their quality of life after being given pacemakers to help their hearts beat regularly, according to a study presented today at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE).
"Go west, young man," New York journalist Horace Greeley told growth-happy American men (and women) in the 19th century. And for most of America's history, the country's increasingly mobile citizens pushed west, and south. Until recently, perhaps.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa law students are hoping that a new "electronic handbook" that they have developed will help explain the complex, yet important, world of international finance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to people without advanced degrees or years of study.
Two new studies appearing in the May 6 issue of JAMA, and funded by AHCPR, have implications for improving the quality of health care. They're entitled, The Generalist Role of Specialty Physicians: Is There a Hidden System of Primary Care?, and Effect of Local Medical Opinion Leaders on Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
May 1998 science tips include: 1.) New method makes sure meat is safe from contamination 2.) Astronomers observe what they think is a star made of diamond 3.) Conference updates virtual reality 4.) Casting tool helps find defects
The exhibition will include a 12th-century herbal manuscript from the first European school of medicine in Italy, multi-hued books documenting the flora of the "New World," garden design books showing the extravagant splendors of the princely gardens of 18th- and 19th- century Europe, and Pierre Joseph Redoute's illustrations of the exotic plants introduced in the gardens of 19th-century French nobility. In addition to featuring sumptuous illustrations of plants and accounts of exploration and discovery the exhibition chronicles the development of the publication of botanical science over the centuries.
At the APA Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, sessions will deal with family issues and life concerns, including: 1) Group Therapy Benefits to Breast Cancer Patients, 2) Infanticide in the United States, 3) Effects of Childhood Abuse on Mind, 4) Psychiatry, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, 5) Sexual Abuse Case: Psychotherapy and Neurobiology
Psychiatric experts will share the latest research into what happens when people with mental causes and treatments of mental illnesses at the American Psychiatric Association's 151st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 30 - June 4, 1998, at the Toronto Convention Centre.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The partial ban on a compound used to keep barnacles off of boat hulls doesn't seem to be enough to save the lives of California sea otters, according to a recently published Michigan State University study.
Starting salaries, signing bonuses, and other job perks have sent the total compensation package for MBA students at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management up to $117,000. That's up 29% from last year's total of $92,000.
As part of its participation in the world's largest technical conference on lasers and electro-optics, in San Francisco this week, Lucent Technologies is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the publication of the scientific paper that described the concept and design for one of the century's greatest inventions -- the laser.
A genetic method for identifying individuals who get the most benefit from exercise, a device that makes it possible to get more information from fiber optic sensors more quickly, and a system for increasing the speed at which large knowledge-based computer systems can answer complex queries are the University of Maryland, College Park's inventions of the year for 1997.
The March/April issue of "Food Insight" addresses issues related to guidelines for communicating emerging science, international dietary guidelines and food irradiation.
A recently released national report equates reading failure with the same destructive outcomes of serious disease.
Experts generally agree that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will result in changes in the Earth's climate. However, there is much less agreement about how such climate change could affect the world's forests. In their new essay, Resources for the Future's Roger Sedjo and Ohio State's Brent Sohngen identify potential sources of forest damage from climate change and evaluate the possible socioeconomic consequences.
Cornell University Law Library has become an official mirror site for the International Labour Organization
Students at Cornell are learning to conduct online searches for corporate clients in search of competitive information
Minority and handicapped children in the New York state foster care system who qualify for subsidies are twice as likely to get adopted as other children, according to a Cornell University study by Rosemary Avery. She has completed one of the most comprehensive studies tracking the outcome of foster care children. However, she notes, 90 percent of the foster children available for adoption in the state get adopted.
Hard-to-place children who are adopted in New York State receive "vastly different levels of support," sometimes half that of a similar child living in a nearby county, says a new Cornell University study. Some of the most vulnerable children are not being treated equally, and low support may inhibit adoption rates, leaving children to linger in foster care, says Rosemary Avery, associate professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell.
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