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Articles in January, 2005 issue of AScribe Health News Service

• New Resolution Everyone Should Follow, Says American Cancer Society.(Brief Article)
• Mayo Clinic Medical Oncologist Charles Loprinzi Awarded Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Professor of Survivorship.(Brief Article)
• Study Shows Weight Training Gives MS Patients Physical, Emotional Benefits.(multiple sclerosis patients)
• A New Blueprint for Fertility Drugs.
• Researchers Map Sexual Network of an Entire High School.
• Study Finds Youth Smoking Would be Much Lower if States Followed CDC Guidelines for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Spending.
• Personality Traits May Help or Hinder Your Performance.
• Study Reveals High Infection Rate in Teens for Virus Linked to Cervical Cancer.(Column)
• Love Is Blind: Lovers No Good at Spotting Cupid's Arrow in Others.
• Blocking a Certain Protein Could Cause Regeneration of Inner Ear Hair Cells.
• One Alcoholic Drink Per Day Improves Cognitive Function Among Older Women; Older Women Who Consumed One Drink Per Day Have a Reduced Risk of Cognitive Impairment as Compared to Nondrinkers.
• Pain's Generation Gap: Among Both Blacks and Whites, Younger Adults Don't Cope as Well with Pain as Their Elders, Study Finds, But Blacks Feel It Worse.
• Celebrex Prevents Adhesions After Surgery; Short-Term Use of Readily Available Drug Reduces Scarring.
• American Dental Hygienists' Association Wins Second-Year Grant for Smoking Cessation Initiative.
• Good Parent-Doctor Relationships May Improve Advice Parents Receive About Keeping Their Children Safe From Injury; Parents More Likely to Follow Advice If They Trust Their Children's Doctors.(Column)
• Living Well: Health Tips From Indiana University.(exercise benefits for the mentally disabled)(health benefits of exercise)(trends in sexual behavior and attitude)
• University of Virginia Professor Glenn Gaesser's Recent Book Mirrors Government's New Dietary Guidelines; Debunks Dieting Fads.(It's the Calories, Not the Carbs)(Book Review)
• Mayo Clinic Study Recommends Broadening Treatment to Battle Recurrence of Endometrial Cancer.
• Safer, Self-Extinguishing Cigarettes Sold in New York, While Less-Safe Full-Burning Version Sold in Massachusetts, Throughout U.S.; If the Safer Smokes Were Sold Nationally, Cigarette Caused Fire Deaths in U.S. Could be Reduced.
• Should You Eat Soy? The Green Guide Investigates.
• Promise of 'Bladder Pacemaker' for People With Spinal Cord Injury.
• Antibiotics Protect Nerves in Mice by Turning on Genes; Large, Multi-Center Clinical Trial Planned in Lou Gehrig's Disease.(Column)
• National Drug Treatment Quality Improvement Program Adds 13 Sites; Learning Collaborative Works to Improve Success Rates in Treating Addictions.
• Innovative WSU Graduate Program Deals With Mental Health, Deafness.(Wright State University School of Professional Psychology)
• Why Uncle Sam Won't Tell You What Not to Eat -- by Michele Simon.(Editorial)
  by Simon, Michele
• American Dental Association, Centers for Disease Control Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Community Water Fluoridation.
• Mayo Clinic Discovers a Key to 'Low Metabolism' -- and Major Factor in Obesity.
• Screening for Osteoporosis Prevents Hip Fractures in Older Adults.
• Mayo Clinic Study Suggests No Link between Autism and Immunizations.(Column)
• Technology Experts, Scholars Foresee Bigger Role for Internet in People's Personal, Work Lives in Next Decade, Expected To Invite Infrastructure Attacks, Foment Social Change, Transform News, Publishing industry.
• Online Health Information Poised to Become Important Resource For Seniors, But Not There Yet; Digital Divide Puts Many Seniors at Disadvantage.
• University of California Researchers Find Farm-to-School Programs Shift Students' Diets.
• New Method to Fix Cleft Palate Shows Promise in Mayo Clinic Lab Study.
• Research Sheds Light on Pain, Activity Levels of Fibromyalgia Patients; Being Active Isn't Out of the Picture for People Suffering From Chronic Pain Conditions, Study Finds.
• Michael Leavitt Confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary: Expert Can Comment on How Medicaid Will Be Affected.
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation Physician Performs Cutting-Edge Procedure; Reverse Ball and Socket Replacement Could Provide Hope to Bay Area Patients.(Column)
• Penn Study May Lead the Way for First Medication to Treat Cocaine Addiction; Breakout Data Suggests a Wake-Promoting Agent Promotes Cocaine Abstinence.(Column)
• Are Bioterrorism Dollars Making Us Safer? New Report From The Century Foundation Finds Federal Funds Have Helped Improve Public Health System, But Substantial Vulnerabilities Remain.(Breathing Easier? The Report of The Century Foundation Working Group on
• Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Tackles 2005 With National Programs After Banner Year in 2004.
• Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill to Stitch an Inch to Win Against Breast Cancer.(The National NeedleArts Association)
• Camino Medical Group Applauds Newest Dietary Guidelines.(2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans)
• The Mysteries of the Emotions: The Good, the Bad, and the Learned.
• Interruptions at Work -- They're Bad . . . and Good!(Column)
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Launches Campaign to Address Alcohol Problems in U.S.; National, Local Leaders Discuss Expanded Efforts to Reduce Dependence and Abuse.
• National 'Distinguished Achievement' Award Bestowed on Simmons College Social Work Professor for Major Mental Health Study; Dr. Helen Reinherz Honored for 26-Year Study of Predictors of Mental Health.
• When the Tongue Slips, the Eyes Have It.
• Medicare Modernization Act: Expert Available for Comment.(Dr. Richard G. Stefanacci)
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Variant That May Explain Why Women Develop Multiple Sclerosis More Than Men.
• Study Goal: To Eradicate Cervical Cancer via Prevention.(researcher at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute gets grant)
• Jefferson Virologists Coax HIV Out Of Hiding; New Technique Could Lead To More Effective Therapies For Aids.
• Tsunami Victims Experience Unique Kind of Grief; University of Minnesota Professor Is Only Expert in the Field of Ambiguous Loss.(Pauline Boss)
• Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles; Project Is Largest Provider of Digital Books to the Visually Impaired, Learning Disabled.
• Fire Retardants in Your Food? Green Guide Cautions Consumers.
• University of Maryland to Head National Avian Flu Research Project.
• Study Provides Insights on Why Some Prostate Cancer Becomes Resistant to Hormone Withdrawal Therapy.
• George And Ringo To Stitch An Inch To Win Against Breast Cancer At The Aladdin Resort & Casino.
• American Lung Association Report Cites California's Smoke-free Air and Youth Tobacco Laws Among Best in U.S.; State Continues to Fall Short on Tobacco Control and Prevention Spending, Cigarette Tax Rate.
• Baby Talk: Infants Have Much To Say If Adults Will Only Listen.
• MayoClinic.com Launches Cholesterol Center; Interactive Tools Encourage Users To Take Control Of Cholesterol.
• Abused Women Less Likely to Be in Stable Relationships; Those Abused as Adults Often Say No to Marriage, Cohabitation.
• New Chief of Cardiology at University of Virginia Health System Has Resolutions for a Heart-Healthy Year.(Dr. Larry Gimple)
• Genetic Regions Influencing Male Sexual Orientation Identified.
• Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes to Naming of Bird Neurosystems to Acknowledge Their True Brainpower; Researchers Now See Birds' Cognitive Ability as More Comparable to Mammals.
• Wright State Professor Of Psychology, Cheryl Meyer, Responds To News That Murder Conviction Of Andrea Yates Has Been Overturned.
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Success in New Molecular Breast Imaging Technique; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Finds Small Tumors Detectable With Gamma Camera.
• University of Minnesota Cold Weather News Tips.
• Study Shows Drugs Such as Vioxx and Celebrex were Widely Over-Used Long Before Recent Problems.
• The Larry King Cardiac Foundation Presents 'The Changing Face of Heart Disease'.
• Picking Plastic? The Green Guide Cracks the Codes.
• 'Sports, Men & Masculinity: A Super Bowl of Violence' Is Topic of Lecture at Pomona College.