The gender effect: fatherhood spurs men to work longer hours -- especially if it's a boy!
...ugh 1993. They found that the birth of a first son generated an average increase in a man's work time of 84 hours every year after the boys birth the equivalent of more than two additional weeks on the job. Men added only 31 hours of work after having a daughter. As for the mothers, the economists found, a...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
... diagnostics industries. Such arrays are currently generated via techniques with much lower resolution than DPN.......forth by participants. The no-holds-barred session generated great debate, innovative solutions and more questions to consider as the healthcare and pharmacy industries move forward. The Future Of The Pharmacy Benefit, Barrett Toan, MPA, President And CEO, Express Scripts Barrett Toan, president and CEO of the...Kidney transplant proposal reduces wait from 24 to 14 months, improves equity for blacks & women
...and scenario considered, a ten-year simulation was generated for the local Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) being studied. UNOS coordinates the activities of 72 OPO's in distinct geographical regions around the country. The authors constructed the large-scale simulation model using data from over 30,000 tr...Swiss research team receives American award
...site of angiotensin II?" Buehlmayer said. "Then we generated ideas with computer-assisted modeling that tried to minimize the chemical structure and find out what parts are important." By early 1990, the newly synthesized molecule they named valsartan looked promising in animal tests. Clinical trials began the...Rising ammonia emissions attributed to cars, not livestock
... detectable ammonia emissions, but just 10 percent generated 66 percent of the total emissions, according to Baum. Using a measuring technique called remote sensing, the research team collected information on ammonia emissions on a car-by-car basis. This information, along with snapshots of the cars' li...Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...st part, identical to vitamin D, which is normally generated in the skin during exposure to sunlight. In several areas, though, Posner and his students have given the compounds' molecular structures several small "tweaks." "We call our work molecular architecture, because at the submicroscopic level we are alt...Drug therapy significantly extends lifespan of worms
...orts his long-held hypothesis that oxygen radicals generated in the mitochondria during metabolism are a major ...ergy generation, says Dr. Wallace, oxygen radicals generated inside the mitochondria inhibit mitochondrial function and gradually destroy the mitochondrial DNA,...NIH awards grant to MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals to study novel pain treatments
...lammatory and especially neuropathic pain which is generated by causes such as diabetes, AIDS, trauma and cancer chemotherapy. Dr. Salvemini received her Ph.D. under the mentorship of Sir John Vane (winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in the field of pain and inflammation) and worked at Mon...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2000
...nsor system that could capture and identify noises generated within the chest. While the majority of combat casualties are the result of injuries that cannot be treated, a significant number die from the presence of air, gas or blood in their chest. Once detected, treatment is relatively simple with the medic ......s to present technical data on saliva that we have generated during our product development program, said Linda H. Masterson, President and CEO. Part of our strategy is to continue to make technical presentations about the validity and accuracy of our technologies and the LifePoint Test System, which will pro...Irradiation, refrigeration can add to beneficial effects of wine grapes
...ed. Elevated levels of resveratrol in red wine are generated during the fermentation process, so the additional benefits of irradiation are less significant for grapes used to make white wine and grape juice, Tomas-Barberan said....... The initiative aims to capitalize on discoveries generated by the Human Genome Project. The NESG Consortium is one of seven pilot research centers in structural genomics, a new field dedicated to determining gene function by defining the protein structure encoded in a gene's DNA sequence. The NIH initia...In a new observational analysis, Risedronate significantly reduced nonvertebral fracture risk
...iption drugs and human vaccines. In 2002, Aventis generated sales of 17.6 billion (US $16.6 billion), invested 3.1 billion (US $3 billion) in research and development and employed approximately 71,000 people in its core business. Aventis corporate headquarters are in Strasbourg, France. The company's pres...New technique uses imaging technology to speed drug discovery
...nthetic and screening processes, the compounds are generated on resin beads." Fenniri and his group developed a series of new beads, called DRED beads. The beads have unique spectral features, allowing them to be easily identified using standard spectroscopic techniques or multispectral imaging technology. The...Beyond Viagra: other phosphodiesterase inhibitors are candidates for potential therapies
...tically and commercially," Beavo says. Viagra has generated more than $1 billion in sales. It is among the most widely prescribed drugs. Viagra is a very selective drug. It acts on one specific PDE found in the penis. In the presence of nitric oxide, a signaling molecule released from the nerves in the penis...Scientists image material that could improve MRI technologies
...superconducting due to the intense magnetic fields generated by the vortexs swirling "electronic winds." Of particular interest was the observation that the circulating electrical currents surrounding the vortexs core create an electronic Doppler effect. The acoustic version of this effect is well known. For e...Artwork can sharpen medical diagnostic skills, Yale researchers report
... at Yale." Braverman said the tutorial, which has generated interest and duplication by other schools, has become an official part of the curriculum and could also serve as a basis for continuing education that is applicable to all physicians. "The use of representational paintings capitalizes on students' l...Study: many poor children live in pain because barriers to dental care too great
...d boosting access to care, Rozier said. Our study generated findings on dental care providers that have not been observed in previous studies, Mofidi said. Many participants were dissatisfied with the attitudes and behaviors of dentists, describing them as impersonal and disrespectful. By listening and identi......tests the effectiveness of doctor-initiated advice generated by a routine patient visit. Advised patients show a significant decrease in alcohol use, accidents, and health-care utilization. Benefit-cost analysis estimates a $43,000 reduction in future health-care costs for every $10,000 invested in early inter...