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Three comprehensive reports on cigarette smoking

Two analyze indoor smoking policies in the state’s work places, and in bars and restaurants, and one examines tobacco dependence treatment and referral practices among New Jersey health care providers.

7 Aug 2004

Study to determine how people with rheumatoid arthritis evaluate improvements in disease symptoms

The study will examine how much of an improvement in pain, stiffness, function and other symptoms is needed before patients consider the change important.

7 Aug 2004

People living with HIV in rural communities may face different barriers to taking proper care of themselves

People who live with HIV in rural areas are less likely to keep up with their treatment schedules if they are problem drinkers, say Tulane University researchers. Overall, about one in three HIV positive people surveyed by the researchers reported skipping at least one dose of their medications in the past week.

7 Aug 2004

Tobacco industry's efforts to influence the print media

A study based on the tobacco industry's own documents shows the extent of the tobacco industry's efforts to influence the print media on the health effects of secondhand smoke.

7 Aug 2004

Scientists lead fight against blood cancers

The Leukaemia Research Fund has awarded £140,000 to three teams working within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences to find and improve treatments for leukaemia and related blood cancers.

7 Aug 2004

Majority of gay and lesbian people in New Zealand want government recognition of same sex relationships

An overwhelming majority of gay and lesbian people in New Zealand want government recognition of same sex relationships. Most of them would prefer that recognition to be marriage rather than a civil union. That is one of the many findings from the Lavender Islands survey – the most extensive survey of this community ever undertaken in New Zealand.

7 Aug 2004

Stranglehold on science is choking human ingenuity

The greatest long-term risks for humanity will not come from weapons of mass destruction, global war, disease or famine, according to Donald Braben, visiting professor in UCL’s Department of Earth Sciences.

6 Aug 2004

Cyntellect issued patent covering LaserFect(TM) technology

Cyntellect a privately-held biotechnology company, has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,753,161 covering the Company's LaserFect(TM) technology.

6 Aug 2004

Novel treatment of patients with high cholesterol focus of national meeting

Implications of recent lipid-lowering clinical trials and the specific changes to the NCEP guidelines will be the focus of discussion by Neil J. Stone, M.D., professor of clinical medicine of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.

6 Aug 2004

Zyomyx issued five new biotech patents

Zyomyx a privately held biotechnology company, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued five new patents to the Company. With these additions, Zyomyx has further strengthened its proprietary position in the area of protein biochip technology development and commercialization.

6 Aug 2004

Lack of a gene called LBP-1a in the embryo prevents normal growth of blood vessels in the placenta

The lack of a gene called LBP-1a in the mouse embryo prevents normal growth of blood vessels in the placenta. This finding suggests that a similar defect in humans could play a role in fetal growth retardation, infant mortality and spontaneous abortion.

6 Aug 2004

Bush administration is depriving millions access to life-saving generic drugs

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, has commended the World Health Organization (WHO) for their leadership and sincere interest in ensuring the safety of generic HIV/AIDS drugs in the developing world.

6 Aug 2004

Ontario's first probable human case of West Nile virus

Dr. Sheela Basrur, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health and Dr. Allen Heimann, Medical Officer of Health for Windsor-Essex County confirmed Ontario's first probable human case of West Nile virus in the Windsor-Essex area.

6 Aug 2004

World's young and leading scholars will gather in Sydney next week to showcase their research

Doctoral students from 36 of the world's leading universities will meet at the University of Sydney for a conference designed to foster cooperation in education and research.

6 Aug 2004

Reminder letters to physicians caring for heart attack patients saved lives and cut costs

Simply sending reminder letters to physicians caring for heart attack patients saved lives and cut costs by increasing use of a recommended but underused drug, according to a new study.

6 Aug 2004

Automated science speeds solution of Human Genome data

Scientists in Argonne's Biosciences Division are automating and accelerating the complex processes that coax a protein to reveal its structure so they can learn the role Nature assigned it.

6 Aug 2004

Short bouts of exercise reduce the risk of heart disease

Accumulated, short bouts of exercise are more effective than continuous exercise for lowering fat and triglyceride levels in the bloodstream after eating.

6 Aug 2004

World's third largest tobacco producer has found another way to promote smoking

Tobacco sponsorship of motor sports is an efficient way to reach boys and young men, but now the world's third largest tobacco producer has found another way to promote smoking.

6 Aug 2004

Delaying delivery by a few days is as effective as immediate delivery for babies who have experienced fetal trauma

Results of a European study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET suggest that delaying delivery by a few days is as effective as immediate delivery for babies who have experienced fetal trauma. The study also showed that fetuses delivered without delay at 30 weeks or younger had an increased risk of infant disability compared with delayed delivery.

6 Aug 2004

New fluorescent dye technique may provide new insight into how cancerous tumors begin and grow

A technique developed by University of California, San Diego biologists, which uses bright fluorescent dyes to reveal the activity of genes in individual cells of an organism, promises to be a boon to developmental biologists, and may provide new insight into how cancerous tumors begin and grow.

6 Aug 2004

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Three comprehensive reports on cigarette smoking

Study to determine how people with rheumatoid arthritis evaluate improvements in disease symptoms

People living with HIV in rural communities may face different barriers to taking proper care of themselves

Tobacco industry's efforts to influence the print media

Scientists lead fight against blood cancers

Majority of gay and lesbian people in New Zealand want government recognition of same sex relationships

Stranglehold on science is choking human ingenuity

Cyntellect issued patent covering LaserFect(TM) technology

Novel treatment of patients with high cholesterol focus of national meeting

Zyomyx issued five new biotech patents

Lack of a gene called LBP-1a in the embryo prevents normal growth of blood vessels in the placenta

Bush administration is depriving millions access to life-saving generic drugs

Ontario's first probable human case of West Nile virus

World's young and leading scholars will gather in Sydney next week to showcase their research

Reminder letters to physicians caring for heart attack patients saved lives and cut costs

Automated science speeds solution of Human Genome data

Short bouts of exercise reduce the risk of heart disease

World's third largest tobacco producer has found another way to promote smoking

Delaying delivery by a few days is as effective as immediate delivery for babies who have experienced fetal trauma

New fluorescent dye technique may provide new insight into how cancerous tumors begin and grow

Precision in every drop: Inside Hamilton’s syringe technology

Exploring the Future of Neuroscience Drug Discovery

Genomic conservation in Thailand's mangroves

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