1) Scientists demonstrate new need to preserve biodiversity, 2) U.S. Research and Development (R&D) expenditures exceed expectations, 3) Carbon, not sulfate, prevails in polluted D.C. air
Newly Released Study Recommends Genetic Testing of Gynecologic Cancer Victims in this High Risk Group, Regardless of Family History
On Dec. 1, more than 100 countries will send delegations to the United Nations Kyoto Conference of the Parties to discuss limiting greenhouse gas emissions. North Carolina State University experts have researched this important environmental issue, taken part in worldwide conferences debating the actions needed to help ensure the world's environmental health, and have studied the policies motivating the politics. Call on them if you'd like to localize your coverage of the Kyoto Conference.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center has developed a home health monitoring system that allows older patients to test their own blood at home and transmit the results electronically to the hospital.
An ancient type of marine community typical of 450 million years ago has resurfaced in Antarctic fossils of near-modern age. A National Science Foundation-sponsored expedition to Seymour Island off the Antarctic Peninsula unearthed an ecological anomaly: fossil communities only 40-million-years-old dominated by brittle stars and sea lilies (marine invertebrates like starfish).
A new University of Michigan spin-off company---IntraLase Corporation---will develop and market a new generation of lasers for high-precision medical applications. The lasers will cut delicate structures, such as the cornea of the eye, while avoiding damage to overlying or adjacent tissue---something not possible with current clinical laser technology.
Washington -- Scientists today report making modifications to the promising anticancer drug paclitaxel, originally isolated from the Pacific yew tree, that they say may enable it to be more soluble in a patient's body and therefore more effective. The drug's limited solubility has complicated its efficacy in cancer treatment.
Nearly 13 million of the roughly 110 million families in the United States -- 11.6 percent of all families -- experienced difficulty or delays in obtaining medical care or did not get the care they needed during 1996, according to new estimates from the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). In addition, more than 46 million Americans had no usual source of health care in 1996. This means nearly 18 percent of the population had no particular doctor's office, clinic, health center or other place where they would usually go if they were sick or needed advice about their health.
Several University of Michigan scientists currently conducting research on questions related to the effects of global warming, climate change and increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are available for interviews. Here is a summary of their areas of expertise and how to reach them.
A $20 million crystal growth experiment on board the current flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia is making Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a testbed for the remote telescience that will be the paradigm for research on the planned International Space Station.
Washington, DC-- In a final report issued today, a presidential commission recommended a number of measures to increase the public's knowledge about the role of dietary supplements in promoting good health and urged more scientific research to enhance the knowledge base about supplements.
Pharmaceutical companies have 124 new medicines and vaccines for AIDS in clinical trials or under review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a survey release by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to mark World AIDS Day (December 1).
November tips include 1.) High-tech snow plows set to battle winter, 2.) Making PC's work like supercomputers, 3.) New alliance for nondestructive evaluation education.
At the December 1ñ10 Kyoto conference on global warming, the economic consequences of imposing carbon dioxide limits versus environmental safety will be hotly debated. To help the media provide perspective on the business, scientific, political, and economic aspects of this story, we have compiled a list of experts who can address various aspects of these issues.
The end of a college semester brings two things--lots of finals and plenty of students with colds. It's not the exams that make students sick, but the stress of preparing for them does make students more susceptible to colds and other viral infections.
Solving a long-standing problem in vaccine development, scientists have crafted a new way to deliver foreign proteins into the body such that the immune system is primed to attack virus-infected cells and cancer cells. Because this kind of an immune response is key to vaccine development, the findings have profound implications for developing safe vaccines to immunize against AIDS and other infectious diseases, and for creating new cancer therapies.
A high-fat meal can spark a dramatic rise in a blood coagulation factor, which may increase the risk of death from heart disease and stroke, researchers report in this month's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal of the American Heart Association
Two means of assessing a woman's risk of developing breast cancer Ø one for the general population and one for women with a family history of the disease Ø are being offered through a new program in the UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care.
University of Wisconsin-Madison horticulturists have identified a compound that causes fruit to ripen more quickly and last longer on grocers' shelves and in our refrigerators.
In a compendium of more than 25 peer-reviewed papers published this month, scientists warn that the world's fisheries are now considered fully or heavily exploited, and need new management schemes to prevent collapse.
A massage can be like medicine. That's according to Dr. Tiffany Field, Dean of the Mailman Family and School Center at Nova Southeastern University. She also oversees the university's newly established Touch Research Institute and Wellness Center.
Travelers need to be aware of the limitiations of cruise-ship health care just as they would be aware of health-care problems in foreign countries.
Did the large plant-eating Parasaurolophus dinosaur bellow, screech, roar or honk? Find out at 10 a.m. Dec. 5 when Sandia National Laboratories and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science ìunveilî the sound the dinosaur made 70 million years ago.
A microtransmission about the size of a grain of sand, developed at Sandia National Laboratories, can increase the power of its micro- engine (also the size of a grain of sand) 3 million times, and theoretically move an object weighing one pound.
The University of Delaware's rapidly rising College of Business and Economics has been invited to host an MBA Forum on Saturday, Dec. 6, in Philadelphia, providing would-be master of business administration students with a rare opportunity to meet admissions professionals from more than 100 of the world's leading graduate business schools.
Individual brain cells continually perfrom complex computational tasks to help humans, bats, gerbil, birds and other creatures distinguish what a sound ;is and where it is coming from. To do this, individual neurons do not just relay information from one point to another. Instead each neuron could be compared to a tiny computer that compiles ;information from many sources and makes a decision based on that information, say a group of neuroscientists who are beginning to unravel how brain cells continually perform complex computations what a sound is and where it's coming from.
Proposed legislation to expand the services offered by American banks will be difficult to push through Congress because the industry is divided over the issue, according to Sherrill Shaffer, who heads the University of Wyoming's new program in banking and financial services.
October turned out dry in the Northeast, according to climatologists from the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.
Cornell University gerontologist finds that 80 percent of older moms have favorite children and most children think -- wrongly -- that they are it. Moms tend to favor children who had problems out of their control.
A probability chart developed by the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University shows the chances of a 'white' Thanksgiving. The chart gives the probability of one-inch or more of snow on the ground Thanksgiving morning.
African American boys, compared with Whites, Hispanics and African American girls, are "particularly and perhaps uniquely" vulnerable to "academic disidentification," the phenomenon in which success or failure in school ceases to matter to the student. The finding comes from a four-year study of nearly 25,000 high school students across the United States and is reported in the December issue of the Journal of Educational Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Studies on the health of sea otters in Alaska are helping scientists understand how an ecosystem responds to an environmental disaster. Paul W. Snyder, a Purdue University veterinary pathologist, is studying the effects that the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound has had on the Alaskan sea otter population.
The bankruptcy system in the United States functions as unlimited insurance for financially troubled consumers, with the rest of us paying the premiums. That's the conclusion of a joint study released recently from Purdue University and the Credit Research Center at Georgetown University.
Knowing someone who is gay or lesbian and having knowledge about homosexuality can improve medical students' attitudes toward gay men and lesbians, reports a study published in the current issue of the Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.
"Butter is not better than margarine." That is the assertion of Tim Byers, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in an editorial accompanying a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study links trans unsaturated fats to increased risk of heart disease.
The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) is a non-profit, international organization of obstetricians-gynecologists who specialize in treating women with cancers of the ovary, uterus, cervix, vagina, vulva and fallopian tubes. These women's healthcare specialists have extensive training in providing gynecologic cancer care to women, including surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other innovative approaches that enhance patient care.
By manipulating people's facial features on computer images, doctors can help patients envision the results of cosmetic surgery. But what if the surgical results differ from those on the screen? Does computer imaging tend to raise false hopes and invite malpractice suits?
Doctors on NBC Television's hit medical drama ER solve a mysterious diagnosis using an Internet search on the Nov. 20 episode. But using the Internet to research health topics and diseases isn't just a story line on a television show. In fact, one out of three Internet users is seeking health and medical information online.
Researchers, led by a team from the University of Michigan Medical Center, have isolated a pair of substances in grapefruit juice that cause greater absorption of certain drugs in the human body. The key lies in the interaction between the grapefruit juice and an enzyme found in the small intestine.
New Scientist Tip Sheet for 11-19-97
The Cleveland Clinic will lead a multicenter study examining a controversial surgical procedure for stroke patients with severe brain swelling -- removing a portion of the skull to relieve the buildup of pressure.
The picture of life on the streets for children in the late 20th century drawn from a University of Washington psychologist is a horrifying one. Violence in ;the form of physical and sexual abuse are rampant, as are suicide attempts, mental and emotional disorders, and drug and alcohol abuse. But those conditions may be an improvement over those found at home.
WASHINGTON -- The chemical analysis of a 9000-foot core taken from the Greenland ice sheet has now uncovered unequivocal evidence of large-scale atmospheric lead pollution in the Northern Hemisphere dating to 300 A.D. And the source has been traced to ancient Carthaginian and Roman mines in Spain, according to Dr. Kevin J. Rosman of the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. Rosman's group, along with colleagues from the Domaine Universitaire in France, report their results in the December issue of Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
A University of Delaware researcher has joined forces with a Lincoln University colleague to win a major U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant that ultimately may help improve the accuracy of global warming predictions.
From science fairs to spelling bees, children's efforts are often propelled by the desire to win against others. A new study suggests that a child's level of masculinity is central to determining his or her response to competition.
You may start your own company but that doesn't mean you get to keep it. All founders--good or bad--must eventually turn over the reins, but some will need to turn them over sooner than others. A new study contradicts some long-held beliefs in this area.
Primate researcher Jane Goodall will speak to the nation's first college Roots and Shoots environmental summit to be held at Texas Christian University Nov. 21-23. The summit, organized by students at TCU, will bring 50 delegates from colleges and universities around the nation to learn more about environmental issues and how to start Roots and Shoots chapters on their own campuses.
In order for business to stay afloat in today's "perpetual state of whitewater," organizations must take five big, brassy, bold, and occasionally bizarre steps, according to University of San Francisco management expert Oren Harari. They must 1) catapult their strategy over conventional wisdom; 2) flood their organization with knowledge; 3) wrap their organization around each customer; 4) transform their organization into a web of relationships; and 5) eat change for breakfast.
Surgical students soon will be able hone their skills with simulators that for the first time present a realistic feel of performing surgery thanks to a research project under way at the University of Washington. The project also could improve patient care by leading to the development of instruments that enhance surgeons' sense of touch.
Corporate CEOs may propose some takeover deterrents for their companies in order to protect their above-average levels of compensation, a new study suggests.
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