Early warning signs of depression
University of MichiganThe early warning signs of a major depression can fly under patients' psychic radar but those who recognize them can shorten or even avoid episodes, according to University of Michigan study.
The early warning signs of a major depression can fly under patients' psychic radar but those who recognize them can shorten or even avoid episodes, according to University of Michigan study.
Sandia National Laboratories has organized a novel project to monitor a newly recognized, emerging disease known as Hepatitis C in cooperation with the Russian Nuclear Center at Chelyabinsk-70, the New Mexico Department of Health, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The University of Rochester's William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration was honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on May 21 by the Templeton Honor Rolls for Education in a Free Scoiety with their prestigious award celebrating excellence in American higher education.
Study Explores New Evidence That Continued Board Service Offsets Horizon Problems in CEO's Final Years of Employment
Climate change polices that seek to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to aggravate distortions in the economy created by the tax system. However, most of this added cost can be offset if the policy raises revenue for the government and the revenues are then used to cut other taxes, according to a new issues brief published by Resources for the Future.
A poultry vaccine that could reduce the incidence of salmonella-tainted eggs has been developed by an Iowa State University researcher. Veterinary microbiologist Theodore Kramer said the vaccine could improve food safety.
Despite continuing student unrest, officials of Temple University and Hanyang University signed a historic agreement today (Wednesday, June 4) that establishes a Temple Executive MBA program and sets the stage for a broad range of cooperative educational efforts
Two Savannah River Ecology Laboratory researchers are among four scientists who have been awarded a $115,000 grant to study how the nation's paper industry can save money by reducing its need for water and chemicals.
Typical news reports, documentaries or movies about the aftermath of disasters, such as the recent tornadoes in Texas and floods in North Dakota, portray survivors progressing through predictable stages of emotions. These start with distress, then, ultimately, acceptance and recovery.
A new study coauthored by a North Carolina State University botanist shows for the first time that electrical signals can trigger rapid gene expression in plants. The study, published this month (June 1997) in the European science journal Planta, shows when an electric stimulus is used to wound a tomato leaf, bioelectrical signals are rapidly transmitted from the injured cells to other cells throughout the plant.
Trying to figure out what kind of career you want to pursue is hard enough. But it can also be expensive to get help. That's why Dr. Lawrence K. Jones at North Carolina State University has placed on the Internet a career interest evaluation and other helpful materials that people can use for free. The site, called The Career Key, allows anyone from middle school students to adults to get help identifying their career interests. The service is usually only available through a school or a professional career counselor.
Cornell University researchers report in the journal Science the isolation of a bacterium, coccoid Strain 195, that turns toxic tetrachloroethene and other chlorinated ethylene pollutants into nontoxic ethene gas. The discovery could lead to better bioremediation strategies for the nation's number-two ground water pollutant.
A new laser technique first developed to treat throat cancer also may stop vision loss caused by a blinding eye disease, according to preliminary studies led by a Johns Hopkins researcher.
Tip Sheet from the American College of Physicians (ACP). 1) One Patient's Impact on Clinical Trial Research and Informed Consent 2) A History of Discrimination in Health Care 3) The Role of Hypertriglyceridemia in Cardiovascular Disease
Members of the national Vaccine-Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force, including the Cornell University Feline Health Center, recommend that cat owners and veterinarians reconsider the risk of exposure to certain infections before vaccinating cats. According to some estimates, as many as four out of every 10,000 vaccinations result in cancerous tumors at the vaccination site where certain vaccines are administered.
Young women with low body iron -- but who are not quite anemic -- must use more effort to do the same amount of physical work or exercise than women who are not iron- deficient, according to several new Cornell University studies.
The dietary supplement industry and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been working together for a number of years to address the safety issues associated with ephedra-containing products. Manufacturers are already voluntarily implementing both warning labels and dosage limitations.
1- Heat Wave Forecasts Could Help Save Cattle; 2- Fungus Is a Crop-Friendly Weed Whacker 3- Potato Late Blight May Be Arrested Earlier; 4- Trickle-L Group Offers Online Expertise to Growers, Gardeners.
Older job applicants may lose when todayÃs busy managers receive diversity training. Organizations offering diversity training to employees should proceed with caution, say researchers at the University of Illinois.
Parents might think sunscreen alone provides enough protection for their children, but theyre wrong, according to the first large scale study of U.S. children and sun protection, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Pediatrics electronic pages.
Certain behaviors that can seem like typical teenage "acting out" may actually indicate that a teen has attempted suicide, according to a new study published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Joel J. Alpert, MD, FAAP, of Boston was recently voted vice president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The AAP is a national organization of pediatricians and has been a voice for children for over 60 years.
Infants fed breast milk all or part of the time for the first 6 months of life are less likely to develop ear infections or diarrhea than infants fed formula exclusively, according to a recent study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Pediatrics electronic pages.
Despite a growing concern over "antibiotic resistance," parents still request that pediatricians unnecessarily prescribe antibiotics for their children, according to a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics on Pediatrics electronic pages.
Johns Hopkins cardiologists have developed a technique for efficiently delivering genes to virtually all the cells in the heart, moving prospects for gene therapy for heart diseases over an imposing barrier.
Imagine getting your clothes dry-cleaned using carbon dioxide and detergents. There are no toxic dry-cleaning solvents involved, no toxic fumes, and your clothes are as clean as if they'd been cleaned using the traditional process. You can see it in Las Vegas -- and at North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus.
Researchers at Resources for the Future have found that nearly half of Southern Californians polled support congestion tolls on freeways and emissions fees on motor vehicles. They further find that public support can be substantially enhanced by returning some of the revenues raised from the tolls and fees as reductions in transportation-related taxes.
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced plans to develop a comprehensive Internet-based source for clinical practice guidelines. The new National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) will make available a full range of current guidance on treatments for specific medical conditions.
Some 1,000 scientists and engineering working in the fields of control, automation and relted areas will be on hand for the 1997 American Control Conference June 4-6 in Albuquerque. Conference host is the University of New Mexico.
A study of the federal Conservation Reserve Program, an agricultural program aimed at reducing erosion, finds that the program also provides suitable bird habitat for many declining species of grassland birds.
Thanks to two big-bird specialists from Purdue University, ostrich meat is gaining more recognition as the "other red meat" for populations around the world. Chef Hubert Schmieder and Professor William Stadelman presented a proposal for an international ostrich meat identification guide, based on the American Ostrich Association Meat Guide, this spring at a meat congress in Oustdoorn, South Africa.
A Collaboration from the Departments of Medicine, Cardiology, and Nephrology at Georgetown University is conducting a study to better understand current hypertension treatments by primary care physicians. Top line results of the survey released Thursday, May 29 in San Francisco. Prescriptive habits, according to study, seem due more to marketing efforts of pharmaceutical companies than to scientific data. To interview Dr. Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD, from Georgetown, who is one of key researchers, or Dr. Prakash Deedwania, MD, Professor from UC-SF MedicalSchool, please contact Mark Naples 202/955-6222.
In three studies to be published in the May 30 Cell, Harvard Medical School researchers and others report the discovery of a gene that is essential for forming bone, which may open avenues to osteoporosis treatment and tissue engineering.
WASHINGTON, DC -- May 29, 1997 -- A staple of summer, the common housefly, may be a reservoir for Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for some types of ulcers and associated with stomach cancer, say researchers from St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston in the June 1997 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. This study is the first report of H. pylori colonization of houseflies.
Press release of issue dated May 31 for New Scientist
DETROIT -- Henry Ford Health Hospital researchers have found that women with breast cancer, who are treated at a full-service multi-disciplinary clinic, receive faster diagnosis and treatment and are more satisfied with their care than women treated by scheduling separate appointments with a number of physicians.
Murray Hill, N.J. -- Bell Labs scientists, working with colleagues at Opto Power Corp. in Tucson, Ariz., have demonstrated record-setting output powers from optical-fiber lasers.
Solar wind--those hot, charged-up particles linked to power outages on Earth and lost satellites in space--may be even rowdier than some researchers have previously reported, University of Delaware scientists said today during the American Geophysical Union's Spring Meeting.
The May issues of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) journals include: an ATS assessment of new TB diagnostic tests which are called a "significant advance;" a study finding that critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease should unergo red cell transfusions; and an expert perspective raising the hypothesis that nitric oxide may inhibit gene therapy.
Starting this week the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is sponsoring a series of regional workshops in the Great Plains region, to improve understanding of the implications of global climate change for the United States.
Signing bonsues paid to graduating MBA students at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of management are 33 percent higher, on average, than last year. The average 1997 bonus is $12,500. That's on top of starting salaries, which averaged more than $70,000, and other benefits such as guaranteed year-end bonuses.
Two new joint degree programs, one designed to strengthen the science and technology backround of science writers, and a second to train students in designing computer-based educational materials
Significant racial differences in response to high blood pressure medications persist even when the variable of salt sensitivity is controlled.
1) "Sea Sawdust" Enriches Tropical Oceans; 2) Increased Ultraviolet Light Harms Antarctic Algae; 3) Ocean Drilling Expedition Hopes To Shed Light On Sea Level Changes
It's a tale of Down Under, set against a backdrop of international terrorism. On a dark night in May, 1993, somewhere in the empty miles of dry-as-dust Australian outback, a streak blazed through the sky and the ground shook, according to eyewitnesses, aborigines prospecting for gold.
In a major technological breakthrough, Bell Labs researchers have demonstrated continuously tunable, single-mode, high-power room-temperature QC distributed-feedback lasers operating at mid-infrared wavelengths (5 and 8.5 micron) in pulsed mode. The single-mode tuning range is typically 50 nanometers in wavelength, and the peak powers are 60 milliwatts, one and two orders of magnitude better, respectively, than commercially available mid-infrared lead-salt lasers.
In a major breakthrough, Bell Labs scientists have demonstrated the world's first laser-based semiconductor sensor that operates at room temperature and at high power to detect minute amounts -- potentially parts per billion -- of trace gases or pollutants by scanning for their optical-absorption "fingerprints."
The number of hours that people work is definitely influenced by the number of hours that other workers work. Women, however, seem less influenced by this peer pressure than men do, according to Rutgers Professor Wayne Eastman.
Texas A&M University and its Institute of Biosciences and Technology join 34 other institutions receiving grants from the National Science Foundation for high speed computer network connections, part of the foundation for the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative.
Globalization has potential downsides, along with its benefits, says Rutgers' John Dunning. It creates more competition, more nationalism, and more government, and in brings temporary disbenefits on the individual level. Businesses and governments must be aware of both sides.