Researchers find one in five children not getting care they think they need
... she thinks it's needed, according to the nation's largest study of adolescent behavior. The study's lead researcher called the findings "worrisome." Lack of health insurance, dealing with confusing health-care systems, being older and belonging to a minority group are among factors boosting the risk of wha...Novel molecule blocks pain receptor system
...shed by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The article was initially published Nov. 19 on the journal's web site. Scientists have been studying a nerve receptor called the "opiod receptor-like 1" (ORL-1), which is widely distributed throughout the central nervous system....Chemists take new approach to fighting resistance
...ions of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The report on the regenerating antibiotic is in the Dec. 22 print edition of the Journal of the American Chemical Society; the self-destructive antibiotic is scheduled for the Jan. 13 print issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemis...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...and slide. Amounts of six inches or more pose the largest threat to skiers and recreationists. * Conditions like temperature and snowpack can change on a daily or even hourly basis. Weather changes such as warm fronts can gradually increase temperatures that cause melting within the snowpack. This ca...NIH grant keeps University of Maryland on the cutting edge of complementary and alternative medicine
...es, including the expansion of what is already the largest study ever undertaken to determine the effectiveness of traditional Chinese acupuncture. The study involves 570 patients suffering from osteoarthritis (OA)of the knee, a condition characterized by a breakdown of cartilage and pain within the joint. ...Growing blood vessels around clots in leg arteries may treat painful walking
...nter and the University of Michigan, is by far the largest study of angiogenesis in leg arteries. The biologic drug being studied, called recombinant basic fibroblast growth factor (rFGF-2), has the potential to promote the growth of blood vessels around blockages, said Duke cardiologist Dr. Brian An...Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist
...mark by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. These achievements are all the more remarkable given the circumstances of Julian's life. Born in 1899 in Montgomery, Ala., he was barred from the college preparatory program in the public high school. Nonetheless, Julian gained......y interest in Immunex. AHPC is one of the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical and health care products companies and is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications. It is also a leader in vaccines, biotechnology, agricultural products and ......velopments are extremely important considering the largest single contributor to chronic neck pain and overall spine pain is motor vehicle crashes, the JACA article states. Of the 6 million injuries per year due to motor vehicle crashes, about three million are whiplash-type injuries. Of those, 500,000 to ......ert Kahn-designed 893-bed University Hospital, the largest and most modern facility of its kind in the nation. U-M researchers and physicians have made numerous medical breakthroughs, including the discovery of the gene that codes for cystic fibrosis and the refinement of the electrocardiogram as a clinica...U-M health leaders offer an innovative framework for keeping academic medicine viable
...arch and patient care areas of one of the nation's largest and oldest academic medical centers, say U-M Healt...research support in amounts that make it the ninth largest recipient of NIH funding and help the U-M's research expenditures amount to the largest in the natio...Promising new research on schizophrenia causes
...f UIC's College of Medicine, which is the nation's largest medical school. One out of six Illinois doctors is...ents, the University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest and most diverse university in the Chicago area and is one of only 88 national Research I universiti......pharmacology and therapeutics. The Society is the largest scientific and professional organization serving the discipline of Clinical Pharmacology. To view full abstracts go to: http://www.ascpt.org/abstracts...USGS information available on recent MTBE risk findings
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...ting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, by Christine Schmidt, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. Currently, the most effective way to repair a severely damaged nerve in the arm, leg or face is to rem...Cancer-preventive potential of white tea
...ting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Among the rarest and most expensive varieties of tea, white tea is produced almost exclusively in China. It belongs to the same species (Camellia sinensis) as other tea plants, but has a higher proportion of buds to leaves. The ...St. Paul researcher receives national award
... Minn., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largest scientific society for revealing precisely how drugs such as morphine interact with opioid receptors -- information that can be used to tailor-make new drugs, for example. He will receive the Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry from the Americ...Piedmont researcher receives national award
...Calif., will be honored on March 28 by the world's largest scientific society for shedding new light on the world's most common yet mysterious substance: water. He will receive the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics from the American Chemical Society at its 219th national meeting in San Francisco. Wat...New tools for early cancer detection
...APS) meeting in Minneapolis March 20-24, 2000, the largest gathering of physicists this year. Thursday, March 23, 9:30 AM -- EARLY CANCER DETECTION/MOLECULAR CHANGES IN CELLS The best way to treat cancer is to detect it early. With state-of-the-art techniques and equipment, physicists have developed innova......ting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, explores the implications for public health and the environment. Selected studies are described below. First broad overview of the subject at a major U.S. scientific meeting: So says Christian Daughton, Ph.D., of the U.S. E...