New England forests at greater risk from air pollution
PORTLAND - When it comes to forests, air pollution is not an equal opportunity hazard. ... ...While dirty air spreads across large areas of the New England region, it's more scattered in the southeastern part of the United States. Details were presented during a symposium on indicators of forest health on Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Portland, Ore...Water study yields a few surprises for New England
New England's legacy of urban and industrial activities, together with recent development in forested areas, has affected the quality of rivers and ground water in cities and rural areas. The impact is reflected more quickly than expected as development begins to take hold. These are a few of the findings the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today that are part of the USGS National Water Q...Results of pivotal study for GlaxoSmithKline's Valtrex published in New England Journal of Medicine
Research Triangle Park, N.C., January 1, 2004 GlaxoSmithKline today announced the publication of results from a clinical trial evaluating VALTREX (valacyclovir HCl), an oral antiviral, in the reduction of transmission of genital herpes, in the Jan. 1 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine1. VALTREX significantly reduced the risk of transmitting herpes infection to a heterosexual partner...Researchers show autoantibodies occur before lupus in New England Journal of Medicine
OKLAHOMA CITY--October 15, 2003--In a study published tomorrow in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists report that in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (commonly known as lupus), autoantibodies--proteins that the body mistakenly unleashes against its own tissue--are typically present years before patients are diagnosed with the disease. This research by scientists at...New book says Northwest salmon could face same fate as those in Northeast, England
New laws protected salmon spawning grounds in 17 rivers, prohibiting the streams from being blocked with dams or fishing nets and imposing stiff fines for violations. It was hoped these steps would halt the sharp salmon population decline in the rivers.... The year was 1715, and King George I of England enacted the laws in an effort to protect salmon runs throughout Great Britain. The attempt, an...Arsenic in New England wells more widespread than thought
Arsenic in the water of private wells in New England is more widespread than previously thought and its threat to residents may be growing because of increasing private well use, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Chronic exposure to small amounts of arsenic has been linked to cancer. But people can keep their water's arsenic levels in check by careful monitoring and filterin...Antegren (natalizumab) clinical study results published in New England Journal of Medicine
Dublin, Ireland and Cambridge, MA, January 2, 2003 Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) ("Elan") and Biogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGEN) ("Biogen") announce the publication of two clinical study reports on ANTEGREN (natalizumab) in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Natalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, showed promising results on disease remission and improved quality of life...New England lakes hold clues to lurking storms and floods
Is New England headed for troubled waters? Devastating storms and floods may be ready to wreak havoc, according to geologists at the University of Vermont (UVM). Periods of intense storminess have peaked in the North Atlantic region roughly every 3,000 years over a 13,000 year period, according to research that will appear in the Oct. 24 issue of the journal Nature. These patterns are consistent...Effectiveness of MabThera plus standard chemotherapy in treating NHL featured in ...top journal... ... ...Basel, Switzerland, Thursday 24 January 2002 Anti-cancer drug MabThera (rituximab) combined with standard chemotherapy can increase the chance of a cure and prolong survival in an increasingly common form of blood cancer called aggressive non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). This according to pivo...Predicting preterm birth still nearly impossible, study in New England Journal finds
......WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., JAN. 24 Hopes of finding a reliable way to predict a womans risk of having a premature baby were dashed today by the findings of a randomized clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the March of Dimes says.... ......In the study, women used a home monitor to measure their uterine contractions. However, the testing failed to distinguish between...Biological oceanographer William K. Macy at the University of Rhode Islands Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) has examined the population structure of the long-finned squid (Loligo pealeii) during the winter offshore season and the seasonal trends in its age structure both inshore and offshore. ... One of the purposes of the study was to assess whether an increase in the winter offshore fish...New England Water Is Improving But Problems Remain, Says New USGS Report
.Water quality has improved significantly in New England over the past 50 years.because of advances in the treatment of municipal and industrial wastes..However, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are still.experiencing some problems with the quality of ground and surface water and the.water in the Gulf of Maine. In an effort to better understand the current.picture, the U.S..... Each year,.over a short period of time in early spring, a well-organized network of more.than 2500 skilled amateur birders and professional biologists participate in the.North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). The BBS is a large-scale roadside.survey to monitor breeding bird populations across North America. About 3000.different routes, measuring 24.5 miles each, are surveyed annually.......HANOVER, NH -- Men and women who take calcium supplements may have a lower risk...of large bowel adenomas, polyps that are considered cancer precursors, reports a...study led by Dartmouth Medical School and published today (Jan. 14) in The New...England Journal of Medicine. ... ...The results of the clinical study demonstrate that supplementation with calcium...can reduce the recurrence rate.... . PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23 -- The process by which the human immune system.takes little notice of certain infections is similar to the way it takes little.notice of a transplanted organ under the most perfect immunological conditions,.say two authors, one a Nobel laureate and the other the "father of.transplantation," in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. . Thomas E. St...WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 1997 - - Members of the New England Congressional delegation were advised today that the high technology industry in the region could be hurt by reductions in federal R&D programs being proposed by the White House and Congress.. (AAAS). The report, which covers six states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont — points...