Dirty air from Asia can push U.S. air pollution to unhealthy levels
.... It's a noticeable aerosol loading," he said. He noted that particulates of 2.5 microns or smaller can begin having health effects at concentrations of 40 micrograms per cubic meter. Since roughly half the particulates arriving from Asia were that small, that would mean cities where particulates of 10 mi...Local, regional governments could take lead in curbing global air pollution
...he Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle. She noted that there are many common-pool resources oil res...ivate industry, or a combination of the three. She noted that in some cases, industries already trade pollution credits so that all remain within set standar...NHLBI awards $68 million to fund clinical centers in pediatric heart disease
...n and Failure Scientific Research Group. Pearson noted that February 14 is Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day. This national awareness day, sponsored by the Congenital Heart Information Network, is dedicated to helping reduce illness and death due to congenital heart defects, and to honor affected f...Mind Science Foundation announces Rare Consciousness Research Awards
... locked-in syndrome states; and Dr. Pierre Maquet, noted expert in sleep and dream research - Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liege, Belgium The awards are named after visionary entrepreneur, explorer, philanthropist, and author Tom Slick (1916-1962) whose notable institutional legacies are the S...Out-of-balance ecosystems play role in demise of amphibian populations
...ium and Chicago Zoological Society, Beasley's team noted that Midwest landowners excavate their ponds so that deep water prevents the establishment of aquatic plants. Such a practice allows for easier boating, swimming and fishing, but by eliminating aquatic plants, the habitat becomes structurally barren....Bighorn sheep threatened by climate change
... must now cross an intervening desert." McCullough noted that effects on populations from global warming are easier to detect in bighorn sheep than species of other large mammals that are more uniformly distributed over the landscape. "Other large mammals may shift north more gradually as a result of globa...Research points in new direction for cancer clues
...agus). Upon additional analysis, the researchers noted in the mouse forestomachs an elevation of a receptor for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), which is known to be regulated by TGF-beta. The findings suggest that when the TGF-beta pathway is active in the fibroblasts, they provide signals that keep gro...Genes influence memory in families with Alzheimer's disease
...ers with Alzheimer's disease, Mayeux said. He also noted that the study participants differ from the general U.S. population, especially in years of education. "Because public education was limited in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961, people in this study had an average of six years of education," ...Researchers-again-pinpoint why stress kills
...ivity affecting platelet function. Scientists have noted an important interaction between stress and ventricular arrhythmias, or loss of rhythm to the heart. This relationship has been supported by animal studies and in observation of some human patients with postmyocardial infarction, where the presence o...A link between thimerosal and the brain: Can vaccines affect central nervous system function?
... pathways in neuronal cells. At the same time they noted that compounds like thimerosal, ethanol and metals (like lead and mercury) effectively inhibited these same biochemical pathways at concentrations that are typically found following vaccination or other sources of exposure. By better understanding wh...Study demonstrates altered angiogenic proteins in preeclampsia patients
... exacerbation of an angiogenic state that has been noted at term in normal pregnancies," explains Karumanchi. "The angiogenic 'brakes' are being applied too hard and too soon, resulting in an exaggeration of the normal process governing placental growth and function, and leading to poor outcomes for mother...Examining cardiac performance of tunas at the cellular level
...eriment the research team followed the methodology noted below: Fish: Four Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), four albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) and three yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) were caught off the coast of California, euthanised and their hearts immediately removed. Ventricles were...Inflammation marker predicts colon cancer
...Maryland State cancer registries, the Hopkins team noted 172 people who were diagnosed with either colon or rectal cancer following their initial date of blood draw through December 2000. Of these, 131 had colon cancer and 41 had rectal cancer. Researchers then compared the health records of each of these ...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: February 2004
...od pressure had had high levels of CRP. They also noted that women who were overweight tended to have the highest levels of CRP overall. According to Schaefer, losing weight especially around the middle is the most important way to lower CRP levels, and thereby reduce the risk that comes along with infl...Two-drug approach might shorten painful labor, reduce Caesarean sections
...n the trials, done in Australia and Great Britain, noted that relaxin failed to enter the bloodstream and s...rican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2002 noted that more than 40 percent of births in community hospitals are induced in the absence of medical nec...Activation of receptor ups development of precancerous intestinal polyps
...OX-2) and its role in colorectal cancer, the group noted that PPAR-delta is activated by a COX-2 prostaglandin product. Raju Gupta, a Vanderbilt medical student and member of the DuBois' laboratory, reported these findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2000. Dr. Bert Vogelstein ...Monkey talk, human speech share left-brain processing
... bears intriguing similarities to human language," noted Mishkin. "Assuming this is an adaptive mechanism, it suggests that vocalizations can be deciphered better if they are processed by only one temporal pole rather than by both." Scientists have known for years that the human brain processes speech on ...CIESIN receives grant to establish government biological information site
...nvironmental and human health conditions." Worrest noted with gratitude that Senators Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Representative Eliot Engel, as well as others, helped CIESIN to obtain the grant. The mission of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is to impr...U. Chicago study overturns conclusion of historic human genome data
...at jump from autosome to autosome. The researchers noted that this Darwinian process has evolved slowly since both mouse and humans share the same excess traffic characteristics on the X chromosome. It was therefore present prior to the mouse-human split. The study also shows that although approximately 71...Researchers develop computer application to 'read' medical literature, find data relationships
...finding hidden knowledge in the data." Dr. Wren noted that scientists are still a "long way off from turning over the interpretation phase of research to computers. But, they are not only useful in organizing this growing body of scientific knowledge, they also are rapidly becoming indispensable." In...