Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...isease and cancer as well. "Yet, Americans have a love affair with the idea of a 'magic bullet,' and this is inflamed by the advertising and pharmaceutical industries," Levitsky said. "However, enough evidence is in for me to conclude: the perils of weight loss pills far outweigh the modest weight loss ...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...rest Gump.' He's what we call a'Supercrip.' People love to see these kinds of movies when the downtroddenovercome adversity and barriers. But Gump portrayed a high-functioning mentallyretarded person. They don't let people with this sort of disability in the U.S.Army." Even though films portraying...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
... getting antidepressant effects from smoking. They love smoking; it's a source of pleasure. "The idea that you can treat all smokers with a nicotine patch or gum is not realistic," he adds. "It's like saying you've discovered the cure for all alcoholism is alcohol. You wouldn't propose to most al...Study Captures Images Of Memories Being Formed Within The Human Brain
...as dog orcat, and words that are abstract, such as love or hate. Subjects were laterasked to recall whether specific words had or had not been included in the tests. When researchers compared the level of brain activity during processingof words remembered with activity for words later forgotten, ...UMass researchers teaching computers to interpret MRIs
...ve not had the treatment," he added. "Of course we love to do beautiful mathematics, but here we want to d...linically important," Horowitz said."What I really love about applied mathematics is you have to bring to bear allyour knowledge on these very hard, real pr...Men and women agree: love, romance vital part of sexual person
...concepts. While passion and love are often thought of as stereotypically ... aggression as important as passion and love for thesexual man. Finally, the findings indicated th...Hormone involved in reproduction may have role in the maintenance of relationships
...hat caused them to feel a positiveemotion, such as love or infatuation, and a negative emotion, such as loss orabandonment. Because massage done on rats had previously been shown toinfluence oxytocin levels, the participants also received a 15-minute Swedishmassage of the neck and shoulders. Blood sampl...Piedmont researcher receives national award
..."It still works. My five- and seven-year-old girls love to help me in the laboratory." The Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics is sponsored by General Electric Foundation of Fairfield, Conn. A nonprofit organization with a membership of 161,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical...Nobel Laureate creates potent anticancer weapons
... powerful than the two synthesized molecules. "I love to discover new chemistry and to develop syntheses of new medically useful compounds," Corey said. "This type of research is driven by the great power of modern chemistry. I hope that ecteinascidin and phthalascidin will be useful as life-saving drug...World's largest scientific society to meet in Cincinnati/northern Kentucky area
... Miller Brewing Company, Trenton, Ohio, "Americans love the rich creamy taste of butterjust not in our beer!"(tasting follows); Thursday, May 18, 1:50 p.m.; R.R. Price, Jim Beam Brands Co., Inc., Claremont, Ky., "Water: the essential ingredient"; Thursday, May 18, 2:45 p.m.; M.A. Gruber, Bries...Harvard researcher receives national award
...cts of organic chemistry that are highly manual. I love that."...Sergio Lombroso Award in Cancer Research presented to
...ancer. She explained that it was Sergio Lombrosos love for Israel and respect for its achievements in science that led him to bequeath a gift to the Weizmann Institute of Science, a pioneer in the field of basic cancer research. Speaking at the award ceremony, Dr. Pandolfi thanked the Lombroso family and...Science, engineering and technology news tips -- August 2001
...he part of the mind where feelings of security and love can affect positive attitudes toward outsiders. Ph...ep unconscious level by activating associations to love and security." Borrowing from a theory about infants' attachment behavior with their mother, the res...Study reveals benefits of lay health advisers in boosting mammography
...her topics. They are hungry for learning, and they love making a difference.University faculty and staff are trying to get the counties to adopt the program and help them get support from outside sources, she said.......Larry Hench at London's Imperial College. Bacteria love the warm nutrient solutions and would spread quickly. "If we can't sort this problem out, we could be stuck with lab-based solutions we can't use," he warns....New patient survey puts a human face on overcoming depression
... of her symptoms. Now, I am pursuing the things I love to do, particularly my acting career. I have renewed energy and interest in life, which has improved my relationship with my husband, my family and my community. Delta Burke is the official spokesperson for the GOAL! campaign. Depression affects ap...Saint Louis University researcher: 'Pet therapy' works
...facilities." The benefits of allowing patients who love animals to spend time with them might be even greater than quantified in the study, Banks added. Pets tend to bring people together and encourage them to socialize. "Have you ever walked a dog in the park? Even without doing anything, the dog can act...New book is road map to help parents 'find' their child who has autism
...r their child. "Autism is a test of unconditional love for parents because in the beginning many children don't give any emotional feedback. The parents' love carries the relationship for a long time," said Dawson. "Most parents are devastated and the impact...Philadelphian wins national organic chemistry award
... this? I don't really know. There is no explaining love affairs, I guess..." "I always thought, and still do, that chemistry is a problem-solving science -- and that no matter what the problem is, if you use the right scientific method, you will come up with an answer." Joullie received her undergraduate ...Fran Visco receives Frances Williams Preston Award from Vanderbilt University
... industry by combining her business savvy with her love of music, has been collaborating with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in the fight against cancer for the past decade. She is president of the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research, which supports research laboratories th...