Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
... something thatwas going to help him play with his friends and be a normal kid." All three said they found the project challenging and rewarding. "Iwas excited about it because we got the opportunity to go out into the communityand do something real for a real patient," noted Feldman. Meanwhile, a two-stud...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...eing, studies have shown. Contact with family and friends can help prevent the age-related rise in blood pre... nearly as low as young women with many supportive friends or family. "These findings indicate that there is more than one type of positive social suppo...Social Stress Shortens Lives Of Monkeys With AIDS
...ariety of sources," he said. "Many are shunned by friends and family, discriminated against in the areas of insurance, jobs and housing, and even physically attacked. Many also experience the deaths of partners and close friends. "Our data provide strong evidence that such stresses can have an impact on th...Debilitating Pancreatic Disorder Linked To Cystic Fibrosis Gene
...hey went behind my back and talked to my familyand friends and they ran all these tests because they thought I was lying. Iunderstand their point of view, but it took years for them to figure it out." According to Cohn, it is not unusual for situations like this to occur,especially when patients in ex...Canine Cancer Survivor Is Pet Therapist Helping Kids With Cancer
...nts. Most encouraging -- for Lauri and Dani's many friends -- is that she completedher chemotherapy Nov. 18, and her prognosis is excellent. The day after herfinal treatment, Dani was the guest of honor at a party hosted by staff andpatients replete with party hats and horns, a dog-bone-shaped cake and varie...New Class Of Molecular Cues Guides Nervous System Wiring
... how the two HHMI laboratories, headed bylong-time friends and scientific collaborators <AHREF="http://www.hhmi.org/science/neurosci/goodman.htm">Corey Goodman and <AHREF="http://www.hhmi.org/science/neurosci/tessier.htm">MarcTessier-Lavigne , worked together closely to study the Slit protei...Genes play a bigger role in women's depression than in men's, twin study finds
...r watching amovie in black and white when all your friends are seeing color. Depressiontakes the pleasure out of life and interferes with living. It jeopardizes jobs,marriages and parenting and can lead to suicide or illness. Because about twice as many women as men suffer from depression, most studies ofth......ntentionally saddest of his sentences, "All of my friends andacquaintances there dream of having prostheses like these." The current project will draw upon Sandia's electronic expertise and Russianmaterials knowledge to create, respectively, the brains and shape of the knee."The work is a good fit with the...Hepatitis C is not a 'silent disease'
...s measuredby energy level, social functioning with friends and relatives, and reductions in their level ofdistress," Ware says. Over 300 patients in ten countries participated in this international study, using a self-administeredHepatitis Quality of Life Questionnaire that is available from QualityMetric, I...Communications towers killing birds
...least 1,000 feet tall. The FWS biologist said that friends of birds can expect more catastrophes suchas the Jan. 22, 1998, incident when an estimated 10,000 Lapland longspurs diedone foggy, snowy night in western Kansas. The television tower that killed theneotropical migrants was "only" 420 feet high. The...Pioneering evolutionist Ledyard Stebbins dies at age 94
... sciences. His passing will be mourned by his many friends and colleagues here andaround the world." "He was certainly the world's leading expert on plant evolution," said Francisco Ayala, BrenProfessor of Ecology at UC Irvine and Stebbins' longtime friend and professional colleague. Stebbins became a profes...It's not such 'a wonderful life' living next door to a liquor store
...ere they live. They drink based on how much their friends and the people around them drink. They adopt the norms of the neighborhood they live in." Hacker agrees. "This study sends a warning signal, and a message, to communities to take a good look beyond individual factors and start looking at community ...UC Berkeley psychologist finds evdence that male hormones in the womb affect sexual orientation
...," he said. "This is not a test to be used on your friends and neighbors."...Gene found responsible for social amnesia
...vior -- such as mounting or fighting or just being friends -- commence. When a new female is introduced, interest and olfactory investigation return to previous levels. By contrast, Dr. Winslow's group found that the knockout mice, which lack the gene for oxytocin, failed to recognize mice with whom they h...Unearthing the secrets of human skeletal remains
...ice working on open cases, and to the families and friends of the victims involved," Ms Powell says....Advances in animal medicine increase quality of life for older pets
...m senility or dementia. They may fail to recognize friends or family members, or become confused even in their own homes or yards. Owners formerly attributed declining mental capacity to old age and presumed that nothing could be done to slow the ravages of time. "Senility and dementia are common in older do...Social support during pregnancy can affect fetal growth and birth weight
...r parents would be there for them, and if they had friends to turn to for support and assistance. Women with several types of support from different sources during pregnancy had higher birth weight infants, Feldman and colleagues found. The relationship between social support and birth weight held even af...International students gain fat, weight from American diet
...s, they also face more fast-food temptations. "My friends who are studying in Columbus, Ohio, and New York City also have gained weight, because fast food is still a cheap choice for them," said Chen. The findings of this latest study suggest that colleges and universities should do a better job of teachin...2000 FALL MEETING: updated press conferences, press registration, and other information
...30 PM. This opportunity to relax and chat with old friends and new will be followed at 6:30 PM by a special program in the Briefing Room, featuring two new science books for the general public: Laurence Bergreen, a science writer from New York and member of NASW, will introduce "Voyage to Mars: NASA's Sear......nals of Improbable Research, featuring writers and friends from the sillier side of science. (Continental Ballroom 1) Saturday, Feb. 17 6:30 7:30 p.m. Plenary lecture by Francis Collins, director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Heal...