The spread of oyster disease in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, and northward along the Atlantic Coast, may be triggered by climate change reports an Old Dominion University researcher in a presentation Jan. 22 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Regional climate changes may have helped to shape the evolution of ancient human societies, according to a paper in this week's issue of Science by two University of Maine professors and a colleague from the U.S. National Park Service.
The conventional Pap test is still the most effective tool available for detecting cervical cancer in adult women with average risk, but new technologies may help strengthen diagnostic accuracy. So says a new evidence report produced under contract by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
Conventional wisdom aside, choosing to work less than full-time doesn't have to put the brakes on your career. In a study by researchers from Purdue University and McGill University in Montreal, 35 percent of the employees studied were promoted while choosing to work reduced hours.
A cross-cultural study of more than 200 children with a disorder called "specific language impairment" shows that a child's native language may have a lot to say about the number and types of problems associated with the ailment.
1) Americans Ambivilent About "Y2k" Computer Bug; 2) Study Reveals That Longer Growing Seasons Could Destabilize Ecosystems; 3) Large Gene Study Questions Cambrian Explosion Theory
An applesauce-like substance brewed by West Virginia University researchers could be the answer to controlling a disease that has all but wiped out the American chestnut.
Hospital physical rehabilitation programs have a positive effect on multiple sclerosis patients that lasts after they return home, according to two new studies published in the current issue of Neurology.
How the elephant got its trunk, the deer its antlers and the rattlesnake its rattles may seem like disparate questions of developmental biology, but the origins of these novelties, according to the genes of butterflies, may have much in common.
A new patient study indicates that seizure activity originating in a specific location of the brain causes the region to become irreversibly damaged. The study was published in the current issue of Neurology.
Before settling down to spend the next five years raising a family, some mate-for-life termites use their brief honeymoon to find a better mate, a Cornell University biologist reports in the Jan. 22, 1999 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B.
New evidence suggests that the chemical which prompts a hangover after a night of heavy drinking may also cause cancer, according to an international team of scientists.
Examining sediment cores from New York's Central Park Lake dating back 100 years, a group of scientists conclude that incineration of solid waste, rather than leaded gasoline, has been the dominant source of atmospheric lead to the New York City metropolitan area, and possibly many other urban areas during the 20th century.
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An enzyme notorious for making a bad situation worse when it comes to inflammation causes the brain's blood vessels to dilate when the brain becomes injured, a University of Iowa study revealed.
Oregon State University (OSU) scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have completed a study of what they say is the world's most perfectly preserved fossil of a theropod, or meat-eating dinosaur. They believe it provides an unprecedented view of the biology of these ancient reptiles.
Scientists from the University of Michigan and Utrecht University have located a piece of Earth's ancient history buried 1,550 miles below its surface.
In visits last year to Antarctica, Rice University geologists found evidence that put one of their concerns on ice. They found that one threat from the roster of suspects that could cause the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the most unstable part of the region, seems less of a threat. A collapse would raise the world's sea level and threaten to flood coastal areas.
1. Elderly receive less life-sustaining treatment at the end of life. 2. Hospital handwashing rules often ignored. 3. Sedentary lifestyle increases risk for diabetes. 4. Group proposes ethical principles to be shared by all health care providers.
An international group of health leaders released a "Shared Statement of Ethical Principles for Those Who Shape and Give Health Care" in today's issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
The world's oldest and most primitive duck-billed dinosaur, dating back more than 95.5 million years, has been discovered by a paleontologist at Southern Methodist University.
1)Disappointing study data results in call for successful newer short-term TB preventive therapy. 2) Apprentice machinists develop asthma-like symptoms from water-based metalworking fluids. 3) ATS publishes consensus statement on significant breathlessness, emphasizing treatment.
A widely used nonsurgical treatment for rapid heart rhythms is safe and beneficial for both children and adults, according to results of a national study led by Johns Hopkins physicians.
Some of the world's most notorious disease-causing organisms are ones that evolve quickly. MSU scientists have learned about what controls the speed of evolutionary adaptation. The answers, reported in the Jan. 15 edition of Science, may provide clues to controlling fast mutating organisms such as E. coli and HIV.
Men with advanced prostate cancer who are given one of several different testosterone-suppressing drugs known as "luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists" survive roughly the same length of time and experience roughly the same side effects, regardless of which drug they use.
Ethnicity plays no role in determining quality of life for long-term breast cancer survivors, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center. Sociological factors such as life stress, relationship status, education and income, however, do affect how well women cope after having the disease, the study found.
Breast reduction surgery provides immediate relief of physical symptoms associated with large breasts and leads to an increase in body image satisfaction, according to a study published in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Vol. 103, No. 76), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
1- medical sciences show biggest gain in academic r&d "market share," 2- job market not a major factor in s&e "postdoc" increase, 3- graduate students & postdoctorates: who and where are they?
When it comes to ethical standards, convicts and MBA students rate about even, says a Ball State University researcher.
A new national clinical study will help evaluate the best manner in which to give patients radiation and chemotherapy to treat locally advanced, non-small cell lung cancer.
The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) is now examining, by a randomized clinical trial, the effectiveness of adding Casodex, a hormonal therapy agent, to radiation for prostate cancer patients with rising PSA Casodex (bicalutamide) is a new nonsteroidal anti-androgen.
A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleague have found that when it comes to work incentives, money really does talk -- but the message depends upon the amount of cash. Their research refutes some business consultants' claims that financial incentives -- such as pay raises or bonuses -- will have no effect on employee performance.
1. New Program for Children with Brain, Spinal Cord Tumors 2. Bacteria Becoming Increasingly Resistant to Antibiotics 3. New "Success With Heart Failure" Program 4. National Glaucoma Awareness Month 5. New Heart Watch Program Offers Coronary Calcium Scans
A new Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study will determine if the drug thalidomide combined with radiation therapy will lengthen the survival time and time of recurrence in adults with glioblastoma multiforme, the most malignant brain tumor.
A multi-institutional clinical study led by Roswell Park Cancer Institute has demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of a chemoimmunotherapy treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The overall response rate was 95% for patients who received treatment with a combination of Rituxan, a monoclonal antibody, and the systemic standard dose chemotherapy regimen used for this disease.
The development and validation of a test that allows earlier diagnosis of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, in advanced disease, will be published in this weeks Lancet by a research team led by a professor at the Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in London.
Research by a social scientist at Rensselaer confirms that online relationships can lead to face-to-face romance as in the scenario in You've Got Mail, the hit movie starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Three percent of North Carolina middle school students had carried a gun onto school property and 14.1 percent had carried a knife or club to school, a research team from Brenner Children's Hospital and the Brenner Center for Child and Adolescent Health report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
The so-called "super aspirins," or COX-2 inhibitors, may have a downside, one that could not have been detected in the clinical trials performed to date. A new study suggests that aspects of their action in the body may elevate the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other adverse cardiovascular events.
Men and women who take calcium supplements may have a lower risk of large bowel adenomas, polyps that are considered cancer precursors, reports a study led by Dartmouth Medical School and published in the Jan. 14 New England Journal of Medicine.
Teens who commit suicide often leave many telltale warnings -- including signs of depression and alcohol abuse -- that parents miss, says a Ball State University study.
Researchers at the University of Iowa played a major role in an important study that showed calcium supplements might reduce the risk of colon cancer. The study results are published in the Jan. 14 New England Journal of Medicine.
Women with cancer want increased control and better information about their treatment options, concludes new research by a professor of anthropology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Providing supervised housing for homeless tuberculosis patients, combined with directly observed therapy, has led to an almost 100 percent treatment completion rate and saved California's San Diego County over $27,000 in hospitalization costs per infectious patient, according to a study published in the January issue of Chest.
Millions of Americans suffering impaired quality of life because of obstructive sleep apnea can improve vitality, social functioning, and mental health by way of an established therapy known as nasal continuous positive airway pressure, according to a study reported in the January issue of CHEST.
A Mayo Clinic study to be published in the Jan. 14, New England Journal of Medicine finds that prophylactic mastectomy, surgery that removes the breasts as a preventive measure, reduces the risk of breast cancer by approximately 90 percent for women at moderate to high risk for the disease.
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that enlarging the ends of short fibers used in composite materials simultaneously increases the overall toughness and strength of the material.
New research confirms that the higher the altitude, the quicker a person will develop sunburn. In fact, the risk gets greater faster with increasing altitude than initially suggested.
In a new research project at Resources for the Future (RFF), researchers are examining the extent of pollution generated by government at the federal, state, and local level. They are also looking at what happens when a government environmental agency regulates the activities of another government agency.
The three-year study, called the Palliative Care Project, challenges the current model of medical care in which terminally ill patients must choose between continued medical treatment from conventional health care providers and the supportive benefits of hospice care.
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