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Researchers from California and London have identified a previously unknown mechanism that controls the storage capacity of the bladder and the frequency of urination. (Nature, 10-26-00)

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"In Japan, there is a sense that their business community is more comfortable with Republican presidents than Democrats," said UAB historian, commenting on the U.S. presidential race.

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Just a little more than a year after the U.S. government made history by donating the decommissioned Coast Guard cutter, the White Holly, to a nonprofit medical organization, the vessel will set sail November 8, 2000 to provide much-needed medical services to residents of the Marshall Islands.

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The disadvantage that some Hispanic children experience in their access to health care may be related to their parents' inability to speak English well enough to interact fully with the health care system. Interpreters or bilingual providers and staff may be needed to help reduce disparities. (American Journal of Public Health, 11-00)

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The latest information on medications and treatments for epilepsy patients with seizures will be discussed by a panel of medical experts at a conference for adult and adolescent epilepsy patients, their families, the medical community, and the general public on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Los Angeles.

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While most Americans enjoyed extraordinary economic well-being in the past decade, the nearly 10 percent of the working-age population who have disabilities suffered an unprecedented decline in employment during this time, researchers at Cornell University and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco report.

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No matter who wins the presidential race next Tuesday, don't expect to see dramatic changes regarding the U.S. policy toward China, said University of Alabama at Birmingham historian and expert on East Asia.

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A new study found that zanamivir can prevent the flu from making the rounds within a family when one member becomes infected. (The New England Journal of Medicine, 11-2-00)

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A study of patients addicted to heroin shows that two medications other than the gold standard methadone are effective treatments, even for "hard core" users. Moreover, unlike methadone, the two therapeutic drugs needn't be taken daily -- allowing patients a lifestyle far closer to non-addicts'. (New England Journal of Medicine, 11-01-00)

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Asian-American stomach cancer patients have tumors with biological traits that differ from tumors in non-Asians, which may explain why they have better survival rates from stomach cancer than non-Asians, according to a UC Irvine College of Medicine study.

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Common house sparrows may be an important reservoir host for West Nile virus, as reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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A marijuana-like chemical that occurs naturally in the body may control coughing and various respiratory functions, according to a UC Irvine College of Medicine research team. (Nature, 11-2-00)

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NASA scientists are monitoring a large near-Earth asteroid that tumbled past our planet on the morning of Halloween 2000.

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Researchers at NC State University are taking the lead role in developing new technologies that will enable hog farms to protect environmental quality while providing jobs and agricultural income for North Carolina and other hog-producing states.

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Vaccination for typhoid fever should be considered for even short-term visits to high-risk areas, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

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The National Science Foundation has made 13 new awards totaling some $13 million to improve science, mathematics and technology education in K-12 schools on tribal reservations in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Washington.

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Injured children who receive care at trauma centers certified to treat children have better survival rates than children treated at adult trauma centers, according to a recent study. The better outcomes may occur because care is specifically tailored to children. (Journal of Trauma, 8-00)

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Vitamin E may be a key in helping individuals protect muscles during weight training, according to a Ball State University study.

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The National Science Foundation has awarded $19M over five years to scientists seeking to distinguish, at the molecular level, between natural and human-caused environmental processes.

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Two double-blind cross-over clinical trials are currently underway to confirm preliminary research and document rapidly accumulating anecdotal evidence that HydroEye, the first orally ingested formulation for the treatment of dry eye syndrome could provide relief for millions that suffer from this condition.

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The Edgar Allan Poe Cryptographic Challenge contest has a winner. After over 150 years, Gil Broza of Toronto has solved the second of two mysterious ciphers left by Poe.

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A hopping machine inspired by the clumsy jumping of grasshoppers may soon give robots unprecedented mobility for exploring other planets, gathering war-fighting intelligence, and assisting police during standoffs or surveillance operations.

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A study by UB researchers has shown that fish oil and vitamin E are promising potential therapies for those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. (Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 10-00)

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Using a laser device that allows them to view microscopic movement, biomedical engineering researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have produced startling new findings about how deadly bacteria spread infection between neighboring cells. (Nature, 10-26-00)

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Scientists from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and the State University of New York at Binghamton will speak at the National Science Foundation November 8 on the oldest known living organism ever found on earth. (Nature, 10-19-00)

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Holiday travelers in Greensboro, N.C., will be safer thanks to a hospital program putting automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in the regional airport's terminal building.

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Involuntary treatment seems to be as effective as voluntary treatment for treating eating disorders in the short term, according to a study by University of Iowa Health Care researchers. (American Journal of Psychiatry 11-1-00)

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Children with active, severe Crohn's disease who had not responded to conventional therapy and had not been able to taper off their steroid therapy, showed significant improvement and were able to decrease steroid usage within four weeks of an infusion of a new therapy, infliximab.

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Adult human stem cells taken from bone marrow have been induced to develop into a wide range of normal tissues after transplantation into fetal sheep. The research offers promise for future fetal treatment of muscular dystrophy and other diseases. (Nature Medicine, 11-00)

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According to a new study to appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, women who repeatedly gain and lose weight, especially if they are obese, have significantly lower levels of HDL or "good" cholesterol than do women who maintain their weight, putting the weight cyclers at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

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The behavioral health delivery system for people suffering from mental and addictive disorders continued to evolve at a rapid pace in 1999, according to data released by the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) in The NAPHS 2000 Annual Survey Report.

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The incidence of debilitating flares or exacerbations that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) patients experience, some resulting in hospitalization, significantly declined with the use of GL701, according to a Phase III placebo-controlled, double-blind multicenter study presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.

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Aslera(tm) (GL701 or prasterone) improves bone mineral density (BMD) and prevents BMD loss in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) who receive treatment with prednisone, according to data from a Phase III placebo-controlled, double-blind multicenter study presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.

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Aslera(tm), an investigational drug, significantly improves disease activity and symptoms of patients with the chronic autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), according to a Phase III placebo-controlled, double-blind multicenter study presented at the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Philadelphia.

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The United States appears to have dodged the hurricane bullet this year. An NC State University structural engineer, however, believes few homes are built well enough to withstand the powerful winds of powerful storms destined to someday pound the U.S. Southeast.

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Managers responsible for assigning employees to project teams may find that people with similar job backgrounds don't trust each other as much as they do co-workers with other backgrounds, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher suggests.

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Rainbow and brook trout in western Wisconsin streams could fall prey to a deadly disease that devastated the prized fish in Colorado and Montana in the early 1990s, according to a recent University of Wisconsin Sea Grant study.

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The Institute for Health & Productivity Management (IHPM) recently brought together 125 business executives to discuss innovative ways to improve employee health and corporate productivity. The Summit, held in Toronto this month, advanced the case for an integrated total health and productivity management business model.

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The longer a surgeon has had his license and the fewer times he does a certain surgery to prevent strokes, the poorer his patients' outcome, according to new Cornell University study on surgeons and carotid endarterectomies (removing plaque from the carotid artery) published in the September issue of Neurology.

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The presidential candidates' debate over social security is about more than fuzzy math and lock boxes, say two economists at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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An optical telecommunications breakthrough developed by a University of Washington chemistry professor has spawned a new company to develop and market the technology, and could lead to establishment of a center at the UW for the growing science of photonics.

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A Cornell University parent-education program has shown it can double, and often triple, the likelihood that parents will discuss risk reduction for HIV, the AIDS virus, with their children, make personal risk behavior changes and obtain HIV testing.

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Good news from genetic screening tests can bring more to its recipients than relief: it also can bring doubts about the future and, in some cases, guilt. A University of Iowa study reported recently that individuals who received negative results from genetic screening for Huntington disease usually "were not prepared for the implications of a 'good news' test outcome." (Research in Nursing & Health)

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University of California San Diego, in close collaboration with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has announced plans to establish a $13.5 million UCSD Center for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), which is expected to be the largest brain imaging facility dedicated to research in the Western United States.

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Many consumers are wary and distrustful of online retailers, and these feelings prevent online retailing from becoming even bigger than it already is, according to a Purdue University e-retail researcher.

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After analyzing data from the 1999-2000 warmest winter in 105 years, researchers at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology look to a continent-wide network of volunteers to answer the question: Where will North American birds turn up next?

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Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management will offer a 17-month Fast-Track Executive MBA Program beginning August 2001 for upper-middle and senior-level executives.

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A tiny bar that in appearance resembles cheesecloth has bent infrared beams with very little loss of light in laboratory experiments at the Sandia National Laboratories. The achievement opens the possibility of dramatically less-pumped lasers and optical computer chips. (Nature, 10-26-00)

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Ten of the top experts from the University of California and other leading institutions involved in many aspects of global climate change research will participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties taking place in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 13-24.