Clemson researchers link federal flood insurance program to accelerated coastal development
...program fueled a speculative coastal landmarket by taking the risk out of building on the coast," he said. "Before 1972,few banks would lend money without a significant down payment to build a houseor a hotel that might get blown off the marsh. "The growth on South Carolina's coast over the past tw...USGS fire research in the southeast
...d fire management the species can beprevented from taking over new areas of coastal prairie habitat. Grace says burns conducted during the growing season may be the most effectiveway to combat tallow and to restore the natural fire dynamics of the coastalprairie. Dormant season prescribed fires are eas......until we know more, we do not wantpatients to stop taking drugs because in most cases they are quite effective."The scientists recommend initiation of clinical trials to determine whethertherapy guided by resistance testing would work better than issuing the standarddrug or combination of drugs. Such testin...Communications towers killing birds
...s found a flea collar, apparentlyshed by a pet cat taking advantage of the avian carnage.) "But I know this is happening because I've heard it," said Evans, who haseavesdropped on migrating birds for 15 years with upward-pointing microphonesand twice set up equipment at the base of a 317-foot communications...New machine may provide answers about leading cause of blindness
...e density in the eye is not optimal. "We are taking advantage of the newly available LEDs in this machine,"said Wooten. "This system is portable, rugged and accurate and can be used easily in a clinical orresearch setting." If the hypothesis about a correlation between macular pigment level...USGS biologists tracking West Nile-like virus in birds
...e in New York and other areascapturing live birds, taking blood samples and releasing them. The samples willbe sent to the National Wildlife Health Center for testing in an effort todetect West Nile-like virus and to the CDC laboratory in Fort Collins, Colo., totest for antibodies. USGS biologists at the US......swimming without a buddy,no competitive sports and taking medication daily. Dr. Ackerman says additional research is required before widespread geneticscreening for long-QT syndrome is possible. "Most families have a different and unique mutation that causes the disease,"says Dr. Ackerman. "However, the im...Symposium by ISPRS and the U-M College of Engineering
...of measuring forestsand other biomass remotely and taking an educated guess about their carbon use. On Day Three, the conference participants will go into a closed session to drafta summary of the workshop....MIT study assesses effects of Kyoto Protocol
...of this type, the bottomline of this study is that taking non-CO2 gases into account could contributesubstantially to the mitigation of climate change. Additional authors of the Nature paper are: Dr. Jochen Harnisch, postdoctoralfellow with the Joint Program at the time of the study; Jean Fitzmaurice,resear...Primitive primate makes the case for Asian anthropoid origins
...pened the investigation of anthropoid originsafter taking a closer look at the details of Bahinia 's dentition. Tobegin with, they found a strong resemblance between Bahinia 's teeth andthe teeth of Eosimias , so much so that they decided to place Bahinia in the same family as Eosimias . " Bahinia is...Changing children's diets today could reduce bone problems 70 years from now
...s Dr. Zemel."Adults can receive some benefits from taking calcium supplements, but theimprovements are limited." Thanks to a recent five-year grant award from theNational Institutes of Health, Dr. Zemel expects to initiate the program withher first group of children later this year. A total of 150 healthy ......ments with mice given an artificial chromosome. By taking cell samples andexposing them to fluorescent dyes that bind to different parts of thechromosome, Chromos's scientists were able to discover which animals hadaccepted the chromosome. When the mice carrying the extra chromosome werecrossed with normal ...Duke study: Exercise may be just as effective as medication for treating major depression
...ise may be beneficial because patients areactually taking an active role in trying to get better. "Simply taking a pill is very passive," he said. "Patients who exercised mayhave felt a greater sense of mastery o...Wake Forest researchers ask: Can ginkgo prevent memory loss?
...ee if it really works. "Lots of people are already taking ginkgo biloba," said Gregory L. Burke, M.D., direc...icipants will be informed and will be advised that taking ginkgo may be a good thing for them to do," Burke said. Among the issues that still need to be resol...UM study finds no benefit in a popular heart supplement
...pump or how much the patients could exercise after taking coenzyme Q10." Coenzyme Q10 is an over-the-counter...t's effectiveness after many of his patients began taking them. For the study, 46 patients who were moderately to severely ill with heart failure were given ...... public policy specialists would debate the issue, taking into account the implications of changing patterns of heredity. An estimated 50 million Americans battle high blood pressure, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The condition affects almost all the body's vital orga...CIIT publishes formaldehyde cancer risk assessment
...orkers with occupational exposure to formaldehyde, taking their lifetime exposure history into account. The updated risk assessment is important, not only because it incorporates and critically analyzes the significance of the latest science on inhaled formaldehyde, but also because the process has been scr...USGS reports that West Nile virus goes beyond crows
... McLean and his team of USGS biologists have been taking blood samples from migratory and non-migratory birds in the New York area to get a sense of the extent that bird populations and various species were exposed to the virus. "This information, in addition to being shared with the CDC, will be used in e......ses and tumor cells may thwartthe immune system by taking away T cells' license to kill-that is, by sabotaging the cellularmachinery that enables them to attack unwanted cells. "During the initial stages of an HIV infection, there are lots of cytotoxic T cells in the bodybut, for some reason, they are not ......d jaws. Most snakes savor their infrequent feasts, taking anywhere from several minutes to several hours to consume a meal. But threadsnakes, which measure just six to eight inches long and weigh in at roughly one gram, survive largely on the pupae and larvae of ants. "Theonly place you can find huge numbe...