Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...hat I felt totally prepared for medical school. I feel indebted to UH and to H-LSAMP in particular for supplying the resources necessary for me to realize my dream of becoming a doctor." Many of these graduates, as well as current students and LSAMP members from around the nation, will convene...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...as negative physical effects. However, parents did feel that the health impact of soft drinks was lower down on the list of priorities, below cigarettes, alcohol, drugs or even coffee. "As soft drink consumption increases among kids, so do nutritional concerns," says registered dietitian and ADA Spokes...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...he MacArthur Foundation last Tuesday, Sept. 21. "I feel like I'm in pretty extraordinary company." Candidates are nominated for the award, evaluated and selected through a rigorous and confidential process, according to the Foundation. No one can apply for the awards, and no interviews are conducted...Veterans with Gulf War syndrome have damage in specific, primitive portion of nervous system
...p it's orchestrating that process, which is why we feel refreshed when we wake up," Dr. Haley said. "Its failure to increase at night in ill Gulf War veterans may explain their unrefreshing sleep." The tests were conducted on 40 members of a Naval Reserve construction battalion, also known as Seab...Marijuana use could cause tubal pregnancies
...n to cause spontaneous pregnancy loss in women. "I feel that it has a fundamental physiological function in reproduction," said Dey, who directs the division of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt. The current study began with the observation that mice commonly used in genetic experiments...One-hundred-fifty year old lessons of John Snow still relevant today
...r, said Vinten-Johansen, the book does give a good feel for the times. "We were able to find the diary of someone who was apprenticed around the same time just down the street from where Snow practiced," he said. "We also found the diary of a London medical student from that time too." In addition to capt...OHSU-VAMC study sheds light on estrogen's benefit for MS
...nown that pregnant women are in remission. They do feel better," Offner said. "If you could mimic pregnancy somehow, it would be great" as a therapy. Bourdette said many of his patients have told him their MS symptoms improved dramatically during pregnancy. And a small clinical trial at the University of ...Women who have donated eggs sought for national study
...onation and what relationship, if any, these women feel to any children that may have resulted from their donation. Kenney and Michelle McGowan, a UW doctoral student in women's studies who is working with Kenney, said that the little research that has looked at women's motivations to donate eggs has bee...Regular physical activity really does boost immune system in older men
...re fond of saying something along the lines of, "I feel like a 25-year-old." As it turns out, judging by the reaction strength of their immune system to an unknown, but harmless, protein antigen, it's possible for men over 70 to mount an immune response similar to that produced by much younger men -- if ......omeday help people with jet lag, shift workers who feel wiped out after working a night shift, and people with more serious sleep disorders, many of which are related to circadian rhythms, say the scientists, who report their findings in the latest issue of the journal Neuron. In addition to Kay and Hog...Brain's reward circuitry revealed in procrastinating primates
...ond. "For example, people who are depressed often feel nothing is worth the work. People with OCD work incessantly; even when they get rewarded they feel they must repeat the task. In mania, people will work feverishly for rewards that aren't worth the t...New survey reveals insights into unique relationship between mothers and pediatricians
...ir child (75 percent) and nearly half (49 percent) feel guilty about the number of shots their baby receives. Nearly three-quarters of moms (71 percent) would like to reduce the number of shots children receive, however, 79 percent of moms (surveyed) have not had discussions with their pediatrician about...Misfiring proteins tied to inflammation and sick feeling of type 2 diabetics
...flammation that makes someone with type 2 diabetes feel sick and increases the risk of serious complications. Freund, the head of the pathology department in the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign and a professor of animal sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and E...UGA named recipient of $5.6 million grant from NSF for corn improvement
... acclaim for plant geneticists at UGA. "We feel that people don't recognize the percentage of grants coming here from plants," said Dawe. "It's a substantial fraction of the overall amount. We have one of the world's strongest plant genomics groups." He praised former Vice President for Research J...Acamprosate: potential medication for treating alcoholism
...taying abstinent by not 'turning to the bottle' to feel normal. Acamprosate is well tolerated but needs to be taken a few times per day, unlike disulfiram and naltrexone, which can be taken once per day." Disulfiram (Antabuse) and naltrexone (ReVia) are the only two medications currently approved ...$1.6 million grant to Williams College
...tts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA)," she said. "I feel like this grant is a huge umbrella with many people standing under it ready to have a lot of fun with biology and related sciences." In addition, the new elementary school program will help teachers to integrate technology with teaching practices in ...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
... on the body's ability to learn that the taste and feel of food by the mouth suggests the appropriate caloric intake. Much as Pavlov's dogs learned that the sound of a bell signaled food, people learn that both sweet tastes and dense, viscous foods signal high calories. This learning process begins very e...Noah's modern ark: The role of ART in conserving endangered species
... animals such as the giant panda who simply do not feel any sexual attraction to the mate chosen for them and refuse to oblige scientists by going through the motions. ART solves this problem neatly. One of Dr Wildt's successes has been the giant panda programme that he has been leading, which involves f...Finding the hole in the defenses of cavity-creating microbes
...u eat, you can run your tongue over your teeth and feel a sort of film. That's plaque really, a community of bacteria making themselves comfortable for a long-term stay in your mouth. It can really get disgusting in there," says Quivey." With S. mutans comfortably lodged along our tooth surfaces, the pH......w what you're going to get," says Mullins. "Now we feel we have this little gold mine." Penn researchers Keith A. Mintzer, Greg Runke, and Anthony P. Wiemelt were also co-authors on the papers. This work was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundat...