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Beta-carotene supplements can sharply reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men with low beta-carotene blood levels, according to new findings released by researchers at the Harvard Medical School. An earlier study by Harvard researchers showed that men consuming large quantities of tomatoes rich in lycopene, had only about half the risk of prostate cancer as did men who consumed little of the nutrient. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in men.

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Tips from Agricultural Research Service: 1) Getting honeybees to build smaller cells may help bees survive mite attack; 2) Heterophils to the Rescue! 3) A Close-Up Look at Cotton Fibers; 4) Process May Enhance Rice Cake Flavor; 5) Prodigal Wasp Gets Second Chance Against the Gypsy Moth

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A major risk factor for stroke in young people has been shown to be directly toxic to nerve cells in the brain. The investigation, led by researchers at Harvard and Duke, may lead to new methods of treating and preventing strokes.

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Unconscious fear of intimacy linked to early parental loss, U-M study shows, using subliminal perception.

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U-M study probes the unconscious using subliminal perception; shows unconscious defenses really do exist.

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Waves might be great for surfers and sports fans, but if you're trying to find a safe harbor to dock your boat, they can be a disaster. Vijay Panchang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, and his students have developed a computer model now being used to predict wave heights in harbors around the world.

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Contrary to popular beliefs, female chimpanzees routinely sneak away for what could be dangerous liaisons with males from neighboring communities. If their secret activities are discovered by the males of her community, they could be beaten, and any offspring sired outside the community killed.

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A quarterly roundup of NC State University research, teaching and outreach activities. For use by the media as briefs or as background for stories. 1) Life and Death Among the Headhunters of Borneo; 2) A Caution Flag for Transgenic Cotton; 3) Detox' Treatment for Harmful Fumes; 4) A New Slant on Static Cling; 5) When Homework's Online, the Dog Can't Eat it; 6) Shedding New Light on a Supernova; 7) Early Detection for Late Blight; 8) Smog Alert; 9) Designing Students; more.

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A study published in the May Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) shows that current smokers don't heal as well after periodontal treatment as former smokers or nonsmokers. But these effects are reversible if the smokers kick the habit before beginning treatment.

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An analysis of insurance company claims revealed that women are almost 10 times more likely than men to undergo surgery to treat temporomandibular disorders or pain and discomfort. The study is published in the May issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).

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For two days last September, the nation's leading tooth bleaching experts gathered in North Carolina to share ideas on what works and what doesn't in the fast-growing tooth bleaching segment of cosmetic dentistry.

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The dental office is the best place to start if you're interested in bleaching your teeth for a whiter smile.

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A survey published in a supplement to the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) revealed that nine of 10 dentists offer vital tooth bleaching, one of the most popular cosmetic dental procedures to lighten the shade of teeth.

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A relatively new option for patients wanting to whiten their teeth is nightguard tooth bleaching, which has been demonstrated to be safe and effective when dispensed and supervised by dentists.

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While dentist-dispensed, at-home tooth bleaching is the most common tooth lightening procedure, dentists are developing new in-office procedures that may be improvements on existing bleaching methods, according to a report in a supplement to the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).

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This month's media packet focuses on a supplement to the April Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). See following releases.

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Linkage between a sudden rise in blood pressure upon awakening and potentially dangerous enlargement of the heart's main pumping chamber is established in a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Hypertension.

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An international study has found a new agent that may prove useful for treating patients with an aggressive brain tumor known as anaplastic astrocytoma.

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Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found another anti-tumor drug that may prove useful in fighting lung cancer associated with smoking. The clinical trial at the Houston cancer center indicates the drug, topotecan, shows promise as a new treatment option for patients suffering from advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

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Interviewing urban African Americans about their health on their own turf may be more effective than traditional telephone survey methods, a Johns Hopkins study shows.

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Although positive interactions are now known to be so common that many ecologists tend to dismiss them as obvious, surprisingly little is known about their community-wide consequences, particularly how they affect species diversity.

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Though U.S. physicians performed many more invasive cardiac procedures to treat elderly heart-attack patients than did Canadian physicians, the patients in the U.S. were just as likely to die within one year as those in Canada, according to a recent study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Canada.

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Remember all those warnings about "crazy gluing" your fingers together? If a University of Michigan Medical Center doctor has his way, emergency rooms all over the United States will be using something similar in place of stitches.

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If you want your medicine to work harder, you might want to pay closer attention to your breakfast menu. In a follow up to an earlier study, a University of Michigan Medical Center doctor and his colleagues have expanded research into how and why grapefruit juice helps the body absorb some medications more efficiently.

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Imagine a milky white, peppermint-flavored liquid that, when added to a pool of water teeming with cholera, within minutes makes the water safe to drink. Imagine a cream that could be used like a sunscreen to protect a soldier from anthrax, botulinum, ricin and other toxins in the biological warfare arsenal. This may sound like science fiction, but these products may soon be used in humans, says University of Michigan Medical Center researcher

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How do nutrients and vitamins enter living cells? National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded biochemists at the University of Oklahoma at Norman have made a dramatic advance that largely answers this question.

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African-Americans with cancer can benefit greatly from participating in clinical trials, according to a report released today by key national cancer organizations.

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Despite 1960s-era predictions of a color-blind society, "the blacks who are worse off have taken a giant step backward," and racism persists because "people find psychological solace in elevating themselves at the expense of others," a University of Delaware researcher says.

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Don't be too quick to throw away those credit card offers that flood the daily mail, says a Purdue University business professor. "These 'affinity' or specialty cards like a Visa or Mastercard from your favorite magazine or grocery store may offer consumers low interest rates and meaningful perks."

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With the lines between television news and entertainment blurring, people's beliefs in unidentified flying objects can easily be swayed by what they see on TV, says a Purdue University communication researcher.

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Teens with a preference for a particular brand of cigarette or beer are using those substances more and are more likely to use them in the future, according to a study of more than 4,000 ninth- and 11th-grade students.

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Treating a common foot fracture with cloth padding and elastic bandages rather than a hard fiberglass cast will significantly speed the recovery of most patients, according to a study released in the June issue of Foot and Ankle International.

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A presentation revealing a correlation between smoking and delayed wound healing, and a study identifying surgical risk factors associated with complications or poor outcomes in diabetic patients will be among the highlights of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society's (AOFAS) 13th Annual Summer Meeting at the Hyatt, Monterey, July 17th to 19th, 1997.

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Arthritis of the foot and ankle affects almost half of all Americans over the age of 60. Now sufferers of arthritis may have some basic questions answered by a new brochure from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS).

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Postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer treated with a new aromatase inhibitor live longer than patients treated with a commonly-used progestin, according to a report given today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

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Faced with declining tobacco use and new regulations in the United States, tobacco companies increasingly are focusing their attention on the global marketplace, according to experts speaking here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference.

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New studies presented here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference add to the evidence that air pollution is harmful and even deadly.

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Three months after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released updated asthma treatment guidelines, new research presented here at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society International Conference indicates that many asthma patients are not following treatment recommendations from an earlier 1991 report. But one new study shows that when patients with asthma follow the recommended guidelines, their asthma improves and hospital visits dramatically decrease.

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A new study indicates that recent U.S. hurricane damages do not reflect any unusual increase in hurricane strength or frequency, but rather a continued flocking of Americans to vulnerable coastal locations. The shift could spell trouble if more hurricanes make landfall in coming years, as they did before 1970.

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UC Santa Cruz has formally created its Jack Baskin School of Engineering, launched with a $5 million philanthropic gift. The school is expected to play an important role in training future Silicon Valley engineers.

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The biodiversity of nearshore marine ecosystems in Monterey Bay has flourished over the last 25 years despite increasingly heavy human impacts, according to marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz.

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As American engineers and scientists gather today in Moscow for a meeting comparing power plants in the United States and Russia, what many of them know will likely shatter long-standing assumptions in the Western world.

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Scientists specializing in how hormones affect the brain and behavior will discuss recent findings during a first-of-its-kind week-long meeting beginning May 27 in Baltimore.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made grants to 35 research institutions across the United States that will allow them to connect to NSFís very high speed Backbone Network Service (vBNS), an extremely sophisticated telecommunications system that enables scientists across the continent to share powerful computing resources.

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A summer program is helping minority students make their way into the business environment where 90 percent of U.S. managers are currently white. Now in its 17th year of operation, the Leadership Education and Development program, or LEAD, will soon begin teaching high school minority students how to become America's future executives.

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Colleges and universities measure loyalty by alumni giving. Using that yardstick, alumni of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College are the most faithful of the nation's graduate business school degree recipients.

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Researchers say that their findings in a 1978 landmark National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study of risky behavior still holds true nearly two decades later -- most people are reluctant to purchase insurance against natural disasters because they believe such events will not happen to them.

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Weeds can be more than just a backyard nuisance, according to a University of Massachusetts biologist who will produce a documentary film on the topic.

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Within the past ten years a revolution in surgery has been taking place, as procedures have become less and less invasive. Now doctors at the Boston Medical Center are at the forefront of this revolution, pioneering minimally invasive techniques on the body s most vital organ: the heart.