A combination of natural wanderlust and bad public image has caused African wild dogs to plummet to just 3,000 individuals -- making them as endangered as black rhinos, according to an IUCN report.
A joint NASA and Japanese space mission studying tropical rainfall and "El Nino" weather patterns scheduled for launch on Tuesday, Nov. 18 will contain a micro-chip designed by the University of New Mexico Microelectronics Research Center.
1) Interferon cost-effective in treating Hepatitis C. 2) What price is reasonable for a zero-risk blood supply? 3) Drastic changes have been made to the annual physical examination over the years, as a result of a variety of factors.
Food Chemistry Tip Sheet (from the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry): Health Benefits of Sugar Found in Garlic Include Lower Cholesterol and Reduced Tooth Decay & Using Chemistry to Make Cultivated Shrimp Taste Wild
The American Epilepsy Soceity (AES) will hold its annual meeting at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. Dec. 5-10, 1997. Leading epilepsy physicians and scientists will discuss the latest news on epilepsy and 21st Century Therapy Advances, including predicting seizures, electrical stimulation, new medications and the treatment of women with epilepsy.
After a heart attack, drugs called ìACE inhibitorsî can improve survival in people with heart muscle damage, but the same drugs make the outcome worse for people with normal heart function. Those are the findings of a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. The results were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, on November 12.
Los Alamos is leading an effort to build unique imagers that will provide 3-D stereoscopic movies of Earth's magnetosphere when they are launched into orbit early next century.
When convicted sex offenders finish serving jail time, many of them might not be released back into society. Instead, those who fit the U.S. Supreme Court's profile of "sexually violent predators" could be immediately committed to hospitals for psychiatric care. Howard V. Zonana, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and clinical lecturer at Yale Law School, believes this legislation will drain a psychiatric system that is already strapped for funds.
Virtual Reality (VR)-based training for learning equipment maintenance skills improves traineesà ability to acquire and perform critical skills, increases the number of students who can be trained, and reduces the overall cost of gaining and maintaining critical skills.
Two recent studies show that the drug zolmitriptan (brand name Zomig) begins to relieve severe or moderate migraine headache in as little as 30 minutes. EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL NOVEMBER 21, 1997
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have used brain scans to show that intravenous doses of cocaine increase the availability of dopamine, the brain's "feel-good" chemical.
University of Maryland Medical Center neurologists are part of a national study on how to prevent recurrent strokes in African Americans by determining which of two medications is more effective -- aspirin or ticlopidine.
NASA sounding rockets carrying research payloads, including an experiment from Cornell to study the dynamics and composition of the ionosphere, will blast off next winter from Puerto Rico in a scientific campaign known as Coqui II.
Men may have more dependent personalities than women have. So says Robert F. Bornstein, professor of psychology at Gettysburg College, PA. He has completed two studies on that topic: Dependent Personality Disorders in the DSM-IV and Beyond, which appers in the Summer 1997 issue of Clinical Psychology and Practice; and Sex Differences in Objective and Projective Dependency Tests: A Meta-Analytic Review, which appeared in the Winter 1995 issue of Assessment.
The study of immunology, traditionally left to immunologists and biologists, is becoming a significant part of research in the University of New Mexico Computer Science Department.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins, the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (New York, N.Y.) and the University of California, San Diego, have shown that drug "cocktail" therapy for AIDS does not completely clear the body of HIV. Rather, small amounts of the virus remain "hidden" in immune system cells, unable to cause disease or develop resistance to anti-AIDS drugs.
A new method of gene delivery has been developed by University of Minnesota researchers. Working with mobile pieces of DNA known as transposons, the team has found a way to insert any desired DNA sequence into the chromosomes of vertebrate cells with a higher frequency of success than achieved by conventional techniques.
The Chicago area's largest university, the university of Illinois at Chicago, has created a department of bioengineering, giving significant new emphasis to the burgeoning field and combining UIC's strengths in engineering and medicine. The new department head says bioengineering is not just biotechnology.
A book by a North Carolina State University political science professor could become required reading for international policy makers who are serious about protecting the air we breathe. Dr. Marvin Soroos' timely book, The Endangered Atmosphere: Preserving Global Commons
A team of Harvard Medical School researchers has isolated a gene, Crx, that appears to play a key regulatory role in photoreceptor development. The findings, which could someday help prevent blindness in people with retinal disease, were made in mouse and rat tissue. The study is published in the November 14 Cell.
Older people living in poverty are more likely than their middle or upper class peers to experience declining health as they age, according to a new study in the November issue of the "Journal of Gerontology. This more rapid decline in health not only threatens the quality of life of thse older persons, but also increases significantly their risk of entering a nursing home.
New information gathered last summer shows that diseases on Florida's coral reefs have dramatically increased with potential long-term consequences for the coral reef ecosystem.
Debi Mazar has teamed up with the American Cancer Society to join millions of Americans across the country on Thursday, November 20, as they give up cigarettes for the 21st annual Great American Smokeout.
Holidays can be a torturous time for those trying to maintain a healthy weight. However, the next few weeks do not have to be torture, if you plan ahead, says a Purdue University nutrition expert.
An undeveloped residential lot that's covered with grass is likely to bring a bigger profit to the developer than a more typical bare-soil lot, according to a Purdue University study. The grass-covered lot also will profit the environment and may help the developer comply with local or state regulations.
NC State News Tips: A roundup of NC State University research and outreach activities. For use by the media as briefs or as background for stories.
Enhanced external counterpulsation, a noninvasive, outpatient therapy for chronic angina, is safe and effective, according to a multicenter trial led by Columbia-Presbyterian. Results of the trial, the first randomized study of EECP, were presented at the annual meeting of the AHA in Orlando.
A novel technique for repairing leaky mitral valves, involving the placement of a single suture, is undergoing clinical trials at Columbia-Presbyterian. It may be possible to perform the repair with minimally invasive techniques, eliminating the need for open-heart surgery. Two studies of the new procedure were presented at the annual meeting of the AHA.
A Columbia-Presbyterian study has demonstrated that patients under general anesthesia are capable of processing certain types of auditory information such as word-pair associations. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the AHA, raise the possibility that words or music played during surgery can be used to condition patients to respond better during recovery.
A unique joint university-industry-government research project demonstrates how innovative "engineered lumber" can bring higher-performing building products to the marketplace in a cost-effective, ecologically sound way.
The national impact of the partnership between the American Cancer Society and SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare has been demonstrated by the success of the American Cancer Society's 1996 Great American Smokeout, as noted in the September 19, 1997 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WHO: 125 Dallas middle school students, 10 teachers and engineers WHAT: Devote a day to hands-on learning experience, including egg drop contest WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. WHERE: Wyndam Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Khmer Pavilion WHY: Photo opportunity/interview opportunity/background information
Using compelling visuals, Goldin will lead the audience on a journey into the future. Focusing on the steps NASA is taking to revolutionize engineering, Goldin will discuss his vision for the future.
After four years of study, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers have concluded that the drug Prozac is just as effective for treating depression in children and teens as it is in adults.
The missing link in the chain of molecules that tells cells to die has been found, which may enable scientists to create more effective drugs for cancer, Parkinson's disease and stroke. The discovery by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is reported in the Nov. 14 issue of Cell.
Giving patients extra doses of a protein that occurs naturally in the body may effectively treat meningoccemia, a frequently fatal childhood disease, researchers at Ut southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report in the Nov. 15 issue of The Lancet.
Sandia scientist arranges for Russian nuclear weapons scientists to learn peacetime trade as testers and developers of artificial feet for vicitms of landmine,accident, and disease. The foot, patented at Tufts University, is licensed to an Ohio company for production.
Science and math learning are in the forefront of the agendas of President Clinton, Congress and concerned parents and teachers, as well as American business representatives.
After testing emissions from buses and heavy-duty vehicles in 32 cities researchers at WVU have found that alternative fuels have a strong potential to reduce particulate matter and other pollutants in urban areas. Results of the study were recently published in Environmental Science and Technology, the journal of the American Chemical Society.
Concerned that named HIV reporting is a dangerous medical path that would be detrimental to testing and treatment efforts, the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, a San Francisco-based national medical organization, today announced its strong opposition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's plan to urge states to begin requiring physicians to report the names of people infected with HIV.
The days of senior citizens simply adding up their pensions, grabbing their gold watches and flocking to Florida are over. A Michigan State University study shows that during retirement seniors tend to be found where friends abound.
The WV economy is forecast to grow and become more diversified for the next five years, according to West Virginia University researchers. The growth is slower than it was in the first half of the 1990s but is still expected to average 1.4 percent through 2002.
New Scientist Tip Sheet for 11-12-97
The proposition that the Earth's little understood inner core is a frozen yet white hot globe of curiously laid out iron crystals, spinning independently of the rest of the planet, is confirmed by University of Washington geophysicist Kenneth Creager in tomorrow's Science.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- For the first time, researchers have linked high blood pressure to sexual problems in women, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- The odds of surviving a heart attack may have as much to do with a patient's health insurance policy as the hospital to which the heart attack victim is rushed or whether a cardiologist treats the patient, according to a new study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12, 1997 -- Using a laser to drill tiny holes in the heart to provide new blood flow dramatically reduces chest pain and cuts hospitalizations for individuals whose heart disease makes them poor candidates for surgery or angioplasty, according to a report today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Compact devices that shock the heart into a correct rhythm to treat cardiac arrest are found on many firetrucks, police cars and even in casinos. But are the devices, called automated external defibrillators (AEDs), in your doctor's office?
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Young athletes who drop dead without warning of unsuspected heart defects are widely publicized. But another type of sudden death on the playing field also kills many young sports participants each year -- and its victims have perfectly normal hearts.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol -- about one drink a day -- cuts the risk of a deadly heart attack in men who already had one heart attack or stroke, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
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