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| Popular Science | Thomas Linville |
| pg.20 | Due: 10-13-98 |
| December 1997 | Submitted: 8-Oct-98 |
| Color-Coded Mice | |
| Osaka University Molecular Biologist Masaru Okabe and colleagues implanted a gene that produces green fluorescent protein into fertilized mouse eggs. | |
| "Internet" | Minsun Yim |
| don't know | Due: 10/13/98 |
| doesn't say | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Developing new cancer therapies | |
| "Biotherapies Incorporated" in Ann Arbor, Michigan is developing a new therapy for breast cancer in cooperation with the Mammastatin Research Institute(MRI). Mammastatin is a human protein which has been identified in hu | |
| The Cincinnati Enquier | Nicole Beachy |
| pp A4 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| Saturday-Oct. 10, 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Canadian Pollution Rises | |
| A recent study on pollution throughout N. America, showed that pollution in the U.S. has decreased 2.1% since 1995. However Canada's pollution rate has increased 3.9%. Ammonia, Zinc, and Nitric Acid make up almost 1/2 | |
| Readers Digest | Linda Sluder |
| 13 | Due: 10/13/98 |
| October 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| Don't Be a Victim of Highway Crime | |
| In 12-months between 1995 and 1996, more than 200,000 highway crimes were committed in the United States, including 20,000 serios offenses. The key to this article was that a person needs to be aware of their | |
| cincinnati enquirer | erin hiestand |
| p.A22 | Due: october 13 |
| october 11, 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| reprieve from aids death leaves emotional stresses | |
| Lazarus Syndrome is and affliction that happens to many patients who have survived the AIDS disease. It is a feeling of emotional helplessness after patients believed they were going to die of the disease. Many people | |
| Glamour | Brandy Stretch |
| Cctober 1998:pp64 con.on 70. | Due: Cotober 13,1998 |
| October 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| Miscarriage: What happens when a pregnancy can't last, and why | |
| Most women think miscarriges happens because of something they do to make it happen. Well in this article it talks about how you really can't stop or make them happen at all. They do for a reason. And one of the reasons | |
| Discover | Begley, Timothy W. |
| October 98: p.34 | Due: 10\13\98 |
| october 98 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| "How spiders make their silk" | |
| Spider silk is stronger than any known natural or synthetic fiber. Scientists would love to know how to mass produce it. But unlike the silk from silkworms, spder silk will never be harvested directly from the animals. | |
| Enquirer | Bethany Vail |
| A3 | Due: 10-13-98 |
| 10-13-98 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| 3 Americans win nobel prize that led to Viagra | |
| Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine, Robert F. Furchogott, Louis J. Ignarro and Dr. Ferid Murad for finding that the gas commonly found in auto exhaust was also found in humans. This gas is called nitric | |
| Family Circle | Jenny Catron |
| 46-53 | Due: October 13,1998 |
| November 1,1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| The Good News About Cancer | |
| The National Cancer Inst. believes the new drug tamoxifen(Novaldex) prevents breast cancer in women. There is much controversy over this drug. But with new treatments we're seeing real progress with cancer. | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-98 | Linda Sluder |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| Wouldn't it be great if through science, we were able to marker cancerous genes and either destroy or alter them. On the downside of this advancement in detection is that health insurance cost may rise because people | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Survey finds as we age the sex doesn't | |
| How was the data collected? Did the experimenters just take a poll? If so there may be a problem in the results. Many people could of been dishonest. The major problem concerning polls is accuracy. If this data | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic reactions to condoms | |
| It is possible that women may have allergic reactions to condoms, but how was the reaction tested. Is this an experiment or just information about the side effects of spermicide? If this is an experiment, how was it | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic Reactions to Condoms | |
| I was wondering if the article had any data on the symptoms they were coming up with. If many women are allergic to the lubrication or spermicide, I think it is pretty unsafe to go to a condom without unlubricated and | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How spiders make their silk | |
| What are scientists wanting to do with the spider silk? Are they wanting to use it to make medications or for clothing purposes? What is the purpose of trying to scientifically manipulate the ability to make spider | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Weather extremes cause trees stress | |
| If the only solution to preserving Cincinnati's trees is dry weather then what can we do about it. Hasn't there been any research conducted on how to restore trees after a severly wet season? If not then research is | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Survey Finds As We Age The Sex Doesn't | |
| When I read this newsnote I was very surprised. I always heard when you get older the sex is better. I would of thought the people over 60 were having sex more than once a month. | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Developing new cancer therapies | |
| Something has to be done to solve breast cancer. | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic Reactions to Condoms | |
| Not only are women allergic to Latex but some men are too. | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriage | |
| It is a sad event to a women when she has a miscarriage. | |
| Time | Amanda Owens |
| Pg.110 | Due: 10-30-98 |
| November 2, 1998 | Submitted: 30-Oct-98 |
| Disappearing Act | |
| 2 million Americans suffer from eating disorders. Approximately 1 in 150 teenage girls suffer from anorexia. | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Kimberly Conrad |
| Front Page | Due: November 3, 1998 |
| October 7, 1998 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| "Organ recipients set records" | |
| Organ transplant recipients have been living longer due to the advances of medical technology. The overall transplant progress can be detected here in Cincinnati's Health Alliance. Many researchers have strived to make | |
| Science News | Katie Kelly |
| Vol.154 | Due: 11/3/98 |
| Oct. 17 1998 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| Rats have Too Much on Their Minds | |
| Rats and humans have at least one thing in common. Their brains can become overloaded. Edvard Moser of the Norwegian University of science used electrodes to stimulate memory forming regions in the rat's brains. The | |
| The Cinti. Enquirer | Minsun Yim |
| Pg. A1 & A13 | Due: Nov. 3.98 |
| Oct. 30. 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| The government cleared the powerful drug tamoxifen as a way for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer to cut thier odd of getting a tumor. Tamoxifen has been used for 25 years to fight against existing breast cance | |
| Discovery | Bethany Vail |
| 42 | Due: Nov. 3, 1998 |
| November 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| The Frog Killer | |
| Many frogs are being kiled by a fungus. About 30 frog species from around the world hae shown that it kills frogs. In Central America, Australia, and in the U.S. they have found frogs that have died from this fungus. | |
| Popular Science | Thomas Linville |
| pp:29 | Due: 11/03/98 |
| August 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| They have found a new way of taking insluin for diabetics, to inhale it. Scientists at Cornell University's Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research were studying how drying seeds survived. Carl Leopold discovered | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Erin Hiestand |
| Health section A15 | Due: November 3, 1998 |
| October 28, 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| There was the first strong evidence that the brain's thinking cells, neurons, can replace themselves. This discovery helps disprove the idea that the central nervous system cannot grow in human adults. The fact that | |
| Science | Crystal Wright |
| vol.281 pp.1432 | Due: 11/3/98 |
| Sept.4,1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Which of Our Genes Make Us Human | |
| When it comes to genes humans are so similar to the two species of chimpanzees, in facr so similar Jared Diamonds,a phisiologist has called us the"third chimpanzee".A quarter century of studies show humans and chimps | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for breast cancer | |
| I think that it is great that there are drugs to help fight breast cancer;however, with all of the side effects of certain drugs what are the patients supposed to do? It's either, live with the cancer and let it be the | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergies to Condoms | |
| I found this newsnote to be quite interesting considering I suffer from latex allergies. Yet, what is a person supposed to do when they are allergic to the spermicide? Without it ,the chances of contracting a disease | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Don't be a vicitm of highway crime | |
| I have to agree with Kimberly when she says that the link between this article and biology are vague. However, this article does deal with the lives we live and how we react to one another. Just like animals in the | |
| Cosmopolitan | Brandy Stretch |
| October pp.202-208 | Due: November 3, 1998 |
| October of 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Is Your Thyroid Making You Crazy? | |
| Roughly 10 million American women are currently afflicted with a thyroid disease. It is one of the mose common misdiagnosed ailments that affect women. In this article it talks about how many women go untreated for | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for breast cancer | |
| I didn't get to finish my thought! Having cancer and trying to make decisions is hard enough. But, when a patient has the choice of living with cancer and dying or taking a medicine with terrible side effects and | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| AIDS drug shows promising | |
| It's about time! I think this is wonderful news and I'm sure that AIDS patients agree. It is rather scary to think that this virus is out of the top ten deaths for the first time since 1990. I always knew the | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| I found this article quite interesting and disturbing. The pressures of society to be perfect are killing people and that is a scary thought. I have often read that these eating disorders are linked to the psyche. | |
| Evergreen | Debra A. Back |
| Nov./ Dec. 1998 page 2 | Due: Nov. 3, 1998 |
| Nov. 1, 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Nature Had It First! | |
| Nature was the inspiration for many of man's inventions. Paper was first modeled by the wasp. The paper wasp and the bald-faced hornet chew wood and mix their saliva with it to produce their paper-like nests. We make | |
| Life Magazine | Timothy W. Begley |
| Nov. 98, p.22 | Due: 11-03-98 |
| Nov. 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| "The Big Pictue: France" | |
| When doctors amputated Clint Hallam's right arm below the elbow in 1989, a few years after a chain saw accident, the 48-year-old New Zealand businessman pinned his hopes on a transplant that hed been tried only once | |
| The Associated Press | Laura Utter |
| AP-NY-0111EST | Due: 11-3-98 |
| 10-30-98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| ADULT BRAINS CAN GROW NEW CELLS | |
| Researchers have found that in adulthood the brain creats new cells. The new neurons were found in the part of the brain that controls the learning & memory or known as the hippocampus. Their experiments have not | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| I see many people having to use needles to take their insulin. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to use a needle every time. Inhaling it might be another alternative to taking insulin without leaving needle marks. | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Nicole Beachy |
| A1 con't A12 | Due: 11/02/98 |
| 11/01/98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| DNA Test Prove That Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| Recently, a man by the name of Dr. Foster, discovered that our third president, Thomas Jefferson, fathered a child of a slave. He did this byanalysis of the Y chromosome,an unusual genetic component. This is because, | |
| Psychology | Jenny Catron |
| 18 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| Oct 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Here Comes the Sun | |
| Many people are affected with Seasonal Affective Disorder, or depression. Some of these people turn to alcohol to brighten their mood, linking it to the disorder. There is new light therapy to help keep them cheerful and | |
| New England Journal` | linda Sluder |
| Volume 339, Number 17 | Due: 11/04/98 |
| October 22, 1998 | Submitted: 5-Nov-98 |
| INfanticide | |
| The article stated that there are several factors involved for parents who kill their infants. It seems that in industrialized countries, the rated of infanticide are much lower -about 9 per 100,000 live births in the | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Frog Killer | |
| This newsnote is extremely interesting. I did not know that frogs were endangered because of fungus. I would like to know how the frogs obtained the fungus into their body system. It is amazing that the fungus | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Which of our genes make us human | |
| This article is extremely significant. I believe that it supports the theory of evolution that man came from apes. I do not believe in evolution, but a scientist could put forth the attempt to say that the | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriage | |
| The article that I am commenting on has great significance in the effect that it should have on readers who have had a miscarriage. Many times women may feel as though the loss of the baby was their fault although | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| This article is extremely interesting in the sense that it deals with a possible method for curing cancer. A lot of cancer research is needed so that one day cancer can have a cure. These mice have been able to | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nature Had it First! | |
| I never thought about animals being the inspiration for inventions. After reading the newsnote it is extremely apparent that animals have influence many inventions that we use on a daily basis. The scissors were | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| This newnote is extremely depressing. I have a few friends who are trying to overcome anorexia. It is not easy for them. Although the world may veiw them as beautiful, they still see themselves as a horrible | |
| CINCINNATI ENQUIRER | ALLISON BREWER |
| A10 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| 10-28-98 | Submitted: 5-Nov-98 |
| WORLD POPULATION FORCAST LOWARD BECAUSE OF AIDS | |
| DUE TO A WIDE SPEAD OF AIDS THE MORTALITY TOLL IS VERY HIGH. FORECASTERS ONCE PREDICTED THAT BY 2050 THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 9.4 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. NOW THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN DROPPED TO 8.9 BILLION. AIDS HAS | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 69 People Dead From Viagra | |
| This newsnote was very informative. Considering, that I work in a pharmacy and deal with this drug everyday, this article seemed to be interesting. | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Allison Brewer |
| A10 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| 10-28-98 | Submitted: 5-Nov-98 |
| World population forcast lowered because of AIDS | |
| Due to a wide spread epidemic of AIDS the morality toll has risen immensly. Two years ago forecasters predicted that by 2050 the population would grow from 5.9 billion to 9.4 billion people. The predicted number has | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Nicole |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| News Note Comment | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Nicole Beachy |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| Although we will be adding to the world's population, by pin-pointing cancerous gene's, it would stop the suffering of people with cancer. Unfortunatley there are many other un-curable diseases, such as AIDS, that are | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Nicole Beachy |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| Althoug we will be adding to the world's population, by pin-pointing cancerous gene's, it would stop the suffering of people with cancer. There are plenty of othe un-curable diseases, such as AIDS, that are making our | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Nicole Beachy |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| I Believe that inhaling a powdery incilin would burn, much more painful than taking an insulin shot. I think that the insulin shot would be much more convienent in every way. Although it may not be for a person who | |
| Submitted: 6-Nov-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| article about miscarriage | |
| This information is comforting to the peaple who have an experience of miscarriage. I've known people who struggle with their lives stuck with their disabled children. I can't say it's better to get rid of them before | |
| Submitted: 6-Nov-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| organ recipients set records | |
| I'm sure this news is true, but hard for me to believe. Because my brother in law has have 2 liver transplant surgeries and still doesn't recover. His body reacts to the medication he has to take for the rest of his life | |
| Submitted: 6-Nov-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| organ recipients set records | |
| I'm sure this news is true, but hard for me to believe. Because my brother in law has have 2 liver transplant surgeries and still doesn't recover. His body reacts to the medication he has to take for the rest of his life | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Reprieve from aids death leaves emotional stresses | |
| I thought this newsnote was very interesting. I had never thought about this type of situation and how people would deal with it. On one hand, they would be overly happy when they found out they weren't going to die | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriage | |
| This newsnote was a positive one, because it explains how miscarriages are usually the mother's fault, and that it isn't something they did wrong for the most part. One statistic that I found scary is that for women | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 3 Americans win nobel prize that led to Viagra | |
| This newsnote was informative for me because, although I've heard a lot of talk about this new drug, I never did hear what it was made of or why it worked. | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Canadian Pollution Rises | |
| I thought this newsnote could have been a little more informative. What kinds of tests did they do on the air. What time of year did they do the tests. If the tests were done in the summertime, the air would have been | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Good News About Cancer | |
| The newsnote does not go into any detail about any of the tests they wil do on this drug. Will they be using rats or people with cancer? When will this new drug be on the market? I would have liked the newsnote to be | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tom Linville |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Viagra | |
| They say that 3 people won the nobel prize for viagra but it looks like they didnt look at the long term | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tom Linville |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Spider Silk | |
| Because it is the strongest fiber in the world they should look harder at ways to mass produce it. They could put the spiders in effective sized aquariums by themselves so they dont eat each other. | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tom Linville |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to Breathe Easier | |
| Yeah this is a nice find for people that have cast iron stomachs but what about people who can't handle hot foods or people | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | matt massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to breathe easier | |
| I agree that spicy foods help you breathe easier, | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | matt massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| rats have too much on their MInds | |
| True, I feel worn out when I use my brain too much, | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | matt Massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Big Picture: France | |
| Neat, but is this considered a form of | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tom Linville |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DNA Test Prove That Jefferson Fathered Child Of Slave | |
| Yes Ms. Carter was right about this being a very controversial topic for a newsnote. My personal opinion is that this would not have been nearly as big a deal if the president wasn't plastered all over the TV for doing | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | matt massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DNA Test Prove that Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| Interesting to see that you can use DNA tests on | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Matt Massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky Fashion | |
| True, all these things can happen when you pierce | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tim Begley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky Fashion | |
| Peircing your tongue is a fairly safe practice, and all well equipped piercing parlors are regulated by state and government standards for cleanliness and steriliaztion. Be sure that if you go to get any body piercing do | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tom Linville |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| The inhaling of the insulin is not supposed to burn its supposed to be like the powder found in the inhalers asthmatics use. As far as the nose lining being hurt it wouldn't because it is inhaled through the mouth. | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Tim Begley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How Spiders Make Their Silk | |
| Spider silk is the strongest known material, man-made or nature-made. By producing spider silk on a large scale, the scientists are hoping to make all sorts of things, one being better bullet-proof vests. Other uses may | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Matt Massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriages | |
| How in the world can you say that men put all the | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | bethany vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Here comes the Sun | |
| I think that this article is very interesting for the fact that science is trying to help people without the use of drugs. I hear all the time that some scienctist has made a new cure for some illeness and for some | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color- coded mice | |
| I liked this nesnote. I wish there was another way to experiment with scientific studies other that using animals, but the results were good. Whatever experiments we can do will help. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Candanian polltion Rises | |
| Canadians need to look at our methods of decreasing pollution. If we don't continue our successsful methods, the US maybe back to were it was. I am glad that the US is more aware of what they are doing. Will it continue | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriage | |
| This is such a disturbing topic. It isn't the women fault and they need to know that. It God says its not for you or your time to have a baby, then things will help women get through this. Look for support groups. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | bethany vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Pop. loward because of Aids | |
| I knew that Aids was a rapid growning concern but my god how hard is it to keep your pants on and if they do come off use protection. I feel that the ones who it happened to because of drugs desevers it and the ones that | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic reactions to condoms | |
| Is it really that all the women are having allegic reactions to the condoms,or could it be the soap, the powder, or a pad they may have used prior to intercourse? Couldn't this be a factor? | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearin Act | |
| Having been around someone who was anorexic, it isn't always so obvious. Look for them wearing big bulky clothes also. Plus they could have a combination of binging and starving. Seek help immediatiely. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is your thyroid making you crazy? | |
| Whta are some syptoms of thyroid problems? Does your throat start to swell or do you have problems eating or do yoy just start to gain weight because your metabolism isn't functioning correctly? Thyroids or the doctors? | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Women's Heart Attacks Worse | |
| I always thought that men had more heart attacks then women. I never knew women were high on the percentage. I didn't really understand what they might about women coming in the hospital one hour later than men did? | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| Is inhaling insulin something we want to promote? I think that the US has enough items that people use and abuse. This would be something else that the teenagers could get their hands on and die from. Let's not promote. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to Breathe Easier | |
| Spicy foods might help open air passages, but I would think your stomach wouldn't like it to much. Taking a daily dosage of 400 mg magnesium and 1000 mg vitamin C, would that be a lot to take for your body. You said | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky Fashion | |
| I don't know why someone would want to pierce their tongue. You use your mouth more than anything, it would be so easy to get some type of infection or disease. I can understand why some people have their hears pierce | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Big Picture:France" | |
| It is interesting how many new ideas that been tried to help the lives of human being become more comfortable. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is Your Thyroid Making You Crazy | |
| If 10 million women are afflicted with thyroid disease it is a big problem. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky fashion | |
| Many different cultures have the same percing. Body percing has been going on | |
| Submitted: 13-Nov-98 | Matt massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulisn | |
| If the FDA is going to pass Insulin as a powder then they better test what kind of effect it has on the nasal passages. I know that it sounds better than sticking a needle in you but what about effects will the powder | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 3 Americans win nobel prize for Viagra | |
| Is this for the drug that man now use? It was formed by finding out about nitric acid in car? What about like the testorone in men. How do they relate to each other? | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Rats have to much on their mind | |
| Rats would have alot on their mind. They are alays doing studies to prove things for humans. They most always worry if they are going to live or die in another experiment. Wouldn't your mind be full? | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How Spiders make their silk | |
| Why do scientist want to use spiders to make silk. I believe animals should only be used for humans whne necessary for our health. If scientists do use spiders to make mass quantity of silk this would be unethical, | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| We all know that many girls look up to models and actresses | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The big Picture"France" | |
| i agree with Wesley that these transplants are a great advnce in the science department. If more people would donate their organs, it would save so many more lives. Someones 1 body helps 8 others to a new life. Imagine | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color coded mice | |
| Why would sciencist think that by putting florscent into mice would help with cancer now they have to keep in their notes that the side effects are from the florscent or from the test they conducted. | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic reaction to condoms | |
| Do you think that the condom could still protect people with some other kind of spermacide? Or maybe it wasn't the condoms fault. It could be many factors to that persons life. | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Jenni Marshall |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| I think that the large number of people with eating disorders is due to Hollywood's view of the perfect body. People have to realize that no ones body is perfect before the number of people with eating disorders will | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Organ Recipients Set Records | |
| I think it is really great that more transplants are successful now more than ever because of modern technology, but people need to realize that transplants are possible without people donating their organs. Some people | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky Fashion | |
| personally I would never get my tongue pierced. I've heard so many things that I would be afraid I would get some kind of infection or something, but I think that if a person really gives it some thought, knows the risk, | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Jenni Marshall |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Women's Heart Attacks Worse | |
| I think that its a good thing that they are finding out more about the symptoms of a womans heart attack. The reason that woman's heart attacks are worse may be due to the fact that doctors look for the wrong symptoms | |
| Journal of Counseling and Psychology | Kimberly Conrad |
| Vol. 66 pp. 279-282 | Due: November 24 |
| Feburary 1998 | Submitted: 19-Nov-98 |
| "Psychological and Educational Services for Neonatal Intensive Care" | |
| Developmental disability is a hazard faced by many infants who were born premature. Premature babies are at a greater risk of having significant medical, cognitive, and developmental problems than children that | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Rats have Too much on their minds | |
| I found this newsnote very interesting. I believe that this information has helped me understand why I have such a hard time grabbing certain concepts! I often feel that my brain has reached its maximum stimulation! I | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Frog Killer | |
| Wow! It's kind of scary to think that a fungus is killing off about 30 species of frogs. I's wondering if there is any concern about this fungus in humans. Where does it come from and how would it enter into the human | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How To Breathe Easier | |
| I actually read this article and told my mon about it. She has emphysema and has a hard time breathing. She wasn't very fond of the idea about eating hot sauces, cayenne, or jalapeno peppers. However, consuming | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| This idea is great for those diabetics who can't stand to initiate personal shots. I know that if I was diabetic, there is no way I could take needle and administer the shot. It is great to see that the world of | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| Eating disorders are a problem for many women, not just teens. The media such as magazines and TV portray beautiful women as verry small and skinny. I think they look unhealthy, most men I have spoken to about looks | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Viagra | |
| I think the creation of viagra was one of the best things that could happen to modern science for the health of men. It is interesting to know that the same gas found in our cars are in our body too. I'm sure older | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Risky Fashion | |
| Okay! So piercing your tongue is a new fashion, that doesn't mean that it's right for everyone. Exactally how many people are experiencing the blood clots, broken teeth, and coming close to dying? I would like to | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Frog Killer | |
| Where did this fungus come from? Did humans set the environment for this new fungus that is killing frogs? Scientists need to do research to determine what is killing the frogs that is present in this fungus, but not | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Survey Finds As We Age The Sex Doesn't | |
| Pretty intresting. I think that it is fantastic that older people can still get their groove on! And really, it is no suprise to see that sex is important to a higher percentage of men than that of women. But, the | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | amanda retzler |
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| A Risky Fasion | |
| This was a neat newsnote.It seems that a lot of people are doing this. I do not like it. All they do is spend their days washing their mouth out. To me it is a waste of valuable time. | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Big Picture: France | |
| I thought this comment was very inteesting. All the time new technologhy advances the way people are treated. It was very amazing that this team of doctors could replace Clint Hallam's arm below the elbow. Even more | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DNA Test Prove That Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| I had also heard somewhere about Jefferson fathering a child of a slave. It was interesting to me. Just by using a DNA test they proved something as big as this. Besides this, DNA is used in Paternity suits, murders,s | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| This newsnote caught my eyes. There are two people in my family that are battiling with breast cancer. It is a scary subject. This new drug Tamoxifen helps cut the chances for high risk women for breast cancer. It | |
| Science News | Katie Kelly |
| Vol. 154 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| August 15, 1998 | Submitted: 23-Nov-98 |
| Oh, not those jet ski things again! | |
| Jet skis disrup breeding colonies even more than boats do. Joanna Burger of Rugtger University watched birds nesting on an island in New Jersey. When a jet ski came by, the birds would get scared and fly away. | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| Hollywood's definition of healthy is changing. Many magazines do not put supermodels like Cindy Crawford on their covers, instead, they use actors and actresses. There is a magazine for plus sized women and many | |
| Yahoo News | Minsun Yim |
| Pg.1-3 | Due: Nov.24.98 |
| Nov. 12. 98 | Submitted: 23-Nov-98 |
| clone technology could grow liver in a dish | |
| A group of scientists at biotech company Advanced Cell Technology had used cloning technology to fuse human and cow cells in an attempt to grow organs for transplant in a laboratory dish. Cells can be reverted to a primo | |
| Reader's Digest | Linda A. Sluder |
| P. 109 | Due: November 24, 1998 |
| October, 1998 | Submitted: 23-Nov-98 |
| Faith Can Help You Heal | |
| In a study done of 455 elderly hospital patients, Koenig found that those people who attended church more than once a week had an average hospital stay of about four days. Those patients who never or rarely attended | |
| Internet (New York Times) | Kasee Trefzger |
| Doesn't say | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 11/17/98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the latest of these drug kits, the QuickScreen at Home Drug Test made by Phamatech, a San Diego manufacturer of diagnostic tests. The company bills it product as the | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | allison brewer |
| d7 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| 11-12-98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Old-Fasioned water is best choice for health | |
| Studies done on fruit drinks shoe that drinking soft drinks is harmful for your health. Water is found to be the absolute best thing for you. Everyone should drink atleast 8 cups of water a day, teenagers need even | |
| Cincinnati Post | Jenny Leyendecker |
| Fossils 7A | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 11/29/98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| 1st dinosaur embryo skin discovered | |
| Form the New york scientists they said that they have foundd dinosaur citings in Argentina that includes dozen of fossil eggs. The eggs are said to be 70-90 million years old.It said to be from a sauropod dinosaurs. Hope | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Debra A. Back |
| E1 | Due: Nov. 24, 1998 |
| nov. 22, 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Global warming heats up | |
| Global warming probably will not be a ge | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Debra A. Back |
| E1 | Due: Nov. 24, 1998 |
| Nov. 22, 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Global warming heats up | |
| Many climatogists used to think that global warming probably would be a gentle turning up of the thermostat, but now they think that it will be a more of a sudden switch to a new climate system. Researchers forecast that | |
| abcnews.com | Amy Wilson |
| Health & Living | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 11/24/98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Global HIV Cases Rise in 1998 | |
| AIDS has now been an epidemic for 20 years. Although new drugs and improved prevention are promised, global HIV infections have rose 10% in 1998. Half of the new cases were in people younger than 24. Every minute, 11 | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to Breathe Easier | |
| I am a firm believer of vitamins. I think using a natural approach to curing the things that yiu suffer from, is a better approach. I am not sure if I would like to try cayenne peppers or jalapeno peppers to help open | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| I think that that the inhaling insulin will be a wonderful break through for diabetic people.I couldn't fancy the idea of having to give my self injections every day. Not only are the needle bad for the environment but | |
| Environment | Crystal Wright |
| Vol.6 #40 p.4 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| July/Aug. 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Dispelling the Myths of the Acid Rain Story | |
| In the 1980's the debate of lowering sulfur dioxide emissions were thought to be expensive. The new trading system created under the Clean Air Act of 1990 would have a negative impact on coal and utility companies. | |
| Environment | Crystal Wright |
| Vol.6 #40 p.4 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| July/Aug. 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Dispelling the Myths of the Acid Rain Story | |
| In the 1980's the debate of lowering sulfur dioxide emissions were thought to be expensive. The new trading system created under the Clean Air Act of 1990 would have a negative impact on coal and utility companies. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| "Organ recipients set records" | |
| I strongely support the idea of organ donors. I have signed up to donate my organs when I die and I encourage others to do the same. My whole thought on the matters is if I can help save the life of another person then | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Rats have too Much on Their Minds | |
| I am not sure if I could compare the capablities of a human's mind to the capabilities of a rats mind. I feel that a human could never fill their brain to its maximum level. I don't think that it is physically impossible | |
| Time | Tim Begley |
| November 23, 1998, p.61 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| 11-23-98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| "New Health Drinks or Old Style Snake-Oil Elixirs?" | |
| You may have seen the new exotic-looking herbal drink at your local supermarket or sandwich shop. Some have names like SoBe Wisdom or Fresh Samantha's Super Juice. These so-called functional beverages, or "nutraceutical" | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
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| Spider Silk | |
| That is s neat idea of using spider silk for bullet proof vests since it is the strongest fiber in the world. I wonder if it would really work? | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| Even if Breast Cancer ran in my family I don't think that I would take Tamoxifen. I don't have much trust in the drug industries. Who is to say that in ten years after I have taken this drug that I will not hav serious | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Frog Killer | |
| I wonder if there is a certain type of fish or other animal that could eat this fungus. Then the frogs would not get this fungus in their system. Onother angle to take into consideration is that this may be God's way | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
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| The Big Picture: France | |
| The field of transplants on humans just amazes me. I wonder how it would feel to look down at your hands and see one medium size hand with no hair and one large hand full of hair. I don't mind giving up an organ to help | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Faith Can Help You Heal | |
| This was an interesting newsnote how hospital patients who attended church more than once a week had shorter hospital stays than people who rarely attend church. Yet I don't think it has anything to do with religion. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random Drug Testing comes Home | |
| I think this home drug test is a bad thing. It would be helpful for people who are around drugs and that have to take drug tests at work so they could test themselves first. But as for parents giving their children | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DNA Test Prove That Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| I find the field of DNA to be very interesting. The fact that they can go back and do a DNA analysis on someone who dies years ago. just fascinates me. One thing to concider is the phrase "Rest in Peace". Why dig up the | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DNA Test Prove That Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| It is amazing that science is allowing us to travel back in time. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Old-Fashioned water is best choice for health | |
| I agree with this newsnote. I was addicted to caffeine (Mountain Dew namely) and felt like I could never give it up. But I have recently started drinking water instead and I really like it. I did have | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is your Thyroid Making You Crazy? | |
| I feel the importants on staying up-to-date on the latest technology advancements, but do I really need to. I am one that rarely goes to the doctors. I try to figure out the reasons for my own aches and pains. I don't | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Debra A. Back |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Risky Fashion | |
| i see no real point in piercing your tongue. The only one who knows that you have your tongue pierced would be yourself. Unless you go around sticking your tongue out. I don't mind piercing your ears or even your belly | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Womens Heart Attack Worse | |
| Heart attacks are a very serious matter. The doctors need to treat male and female patients the same when | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is Your Thyroid Making You Crazy? | |
| I was reading This newsnote and it surprized me that many doctors are misdiagnosing Thyroid problems. A person going into the doctor telling them about there neck hurting them they should do test and not jusy say things | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhalling Insulin | |
| I thought this newsnote was very interesting. There are many people in the world that have Dibetics. Not everyone in the world like shots. Worst of all giving it to themselves. This is a great idea. Inhaling insulin | |
| Popular Science | Tom Linville |
| pp:26 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| March 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Tick Talk | |
| Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a synthetic molecular model of the Lyme disease bacteria. Lyme disease is spread by deer ticks and over 16,000 cases were reported in the united states last | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to Breathe Easier | |
| Many people no a days are having trouble breathing. It is no longer uncommon. It is good that one of the easiest things to do would eat certain foods to help you breathe easier. I had no idea spicy foods would do | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amanda Retzler |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Rats have Too Much on Their Minds | |
| I understand about having too much on my mind. I can also see how this can effect learning. When I am stressed out it is hard for me to concentrate on any thing. It just makes me more stressed out. It was weird to | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Mademoiselle | Brandy Stretch |
| December 1998 pp.88 | Due: November 24,1998 |
| December of 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Morning Atfer | |
| Their are tons of people today having sex. Many of those who have unprotected sex, ricking the chance that they might end up pregnant. Now there is a new emergency contraveption pills, contraception you use after | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Erin Hiestand |
| E1 Health\Science | Due: November 24 |
| November 22, 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Global warming heats up | |
| Global warming will not be a slow change in climate. It is thought that the climate jumps and jolts and it will not be a smooth change. The current has already been weakened by increased flows of fresh water into the | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How To Breathe Easier | |
| I can see how hot and spicy foods can clear you up. But it seems to me it would only be a temporary thing. It's like when you have a cold and you eat something spicy your able to breathe, but for only a couple of | |
| The Brown County Press | Jenny Catron |
| 26 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| November 16,1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Asian Lady Beetles Have People Swarming For Answers | |
| Over the last few weeks there have been swarms of lady bugs. Sightings of these beetles have been reported across the country. The Asian lady beetle, nicknamed "Halloween Lady Beetles," may be a nuisance but they are | |
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| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| If the drug tamoxifen has been cleared by the government so it can be used by healthy women to cut their odds if getting a tumor, then who has been using it for the past twenty-five years? And also what are the serious | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| If the drug tamoxifen has been cleared by the government so it can be used by healthy women to cut their odds if getting a tumor, then who has been using it for the past twenty-five years? And also what are the serious | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| Drug testing your teen is a great idea. Parents worry about their teens and their health. If a teen is doing poorly in school or becomes anti-social drugs may be the problem. Teens arn't going to be honest with their | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| AIDS | |
| The AIDS virus is on the rise, and I think it is because parents aren't teching safe sex. Parents would rather tell their children not to have sex instead of educating them about the risks of unprotected sex. I guess | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Morning After | |
| Is this article actually true? I have never heard of such a contraceptive to prevent pregnancy after intercourse, it seems to good to be true. To be safe i would always use protection during intercourse because the | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jet skies | |
| I did not know that jet skies were ditrubing the nesting of birds I know that cars make alot of birds move out of the way but how can we help the birds go free? | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Asian Lady Beetles have People Swarming for Answers | |
| It's funny that this article was written. I went to my aunts a couple of weeks ago and she had lady bugs all over her windows upstairs and down stairs. She said she didn't know where they were coming from now I can | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Water best for you | |
| I have been trying to stop drinking soda and I have seen the differance in my appearance but someone needs to find a heathy way of giving it some taste. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Morning After | |
| I think it is a very good idea about taking the pill after intercourse, but I wouldn't know if I could trust it enough. I don't think people should just depend on the pill they should also use protection. But I thought | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Water Best for you | |
| I agree with Bethany on changing the water with flavor. I love water when I'm thirsty for it, but when you try to stop drinking pop, you sometimes want water to have a flavor. After drinking water all the time it kind | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The good news about cancer | |
| Did the article say how the drug was going to help you fight cancer? Did it mention any possible side affects? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | allisoon brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Dissappearing act | |
| Where is this baby fine hair growth? Is it noticable by everyone or just the anorexic? Also are the symptoms permenant of temporary? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Here comes the sun | |
| How was this information found? Were the tested subjects active or inactive in the different light settings? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nature had it first | |
| I wonder if when the inventors came up with the inventions they got the idea from animals or even realized that animals had the same abilities. | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nature had it first | |
| I wonder if when the inventors came up with the inventions they got the idea from animals or even realized that animals had the same abilities. | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 69 people die from viagra | |
| Did the 12 men actually die from the drug or was there something that mixed with viagra that caused a chemical reaction? Also coul it have been just their age? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Morning After | |
| I think this morning after pill is a great thing. My doctor has explained it to me. It is not intended to be used as a substitute of birth control though and shouldn't be. I think it is good for certain situations. | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tick Talk | |
| I know that a few years ago, lyme disease was a very popular topic. Are people still getting this disease? And what exactly does it do to an infected person? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| rats have too much on their minds | |
| This news note was very interesting but my question is how serious is this? In what ways does it affect the world? Also is it permenant? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Inhaling Insulin | |
| if we can make insuline a powder and inhale it why can't we just make it a drink? or even pills to swallow? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison Brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Faith can help you | |
| I like the article alot. I believe that praying helps out alot but I also think that the people that welcome those elderly people to church make that person welcomed and accepted and it gives him/her something | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is your thyroid making you crazy? | |
| There was a comment on this newsmote that mentioned how doctors should be more careful about diagnosing problems and I totally agree. I don't go to the doctor often, but when I do I always leave mad and upset because, | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison Brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| First dinosaur embryo skin discovered | |
| What do you mean by Are dinosaurs back among us? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Spider Silk | |
| If alot of spiders were used to make silk how would you go about collecting the silk? | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Allison brewer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Dissppearing act | |
| I don't think that Hollywood is to be blamed for anorexia. If you look at the size of some of the stars I would think that alot of them are not exactly size 1 or 3. I think that the problem is ordinary everyday | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
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| Miscarriage | |
| I thought this article was interesting, and useful. it suprises me that chromosomes are defective at such an early age. i don't plan on having children until I am thiry the thought of a miscarriage because of age is | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Crystal Wright |
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| Infantcide | |
| I have a friend who has lost her child to SIDS. Infant death is devastating to the whole community. Nglect may be one reason children die, but sometimes it is ignorance. I read in an article that the death rate among | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
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| The Good News about Cancer | |
| I think it is great that they found a drug, Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. I was wondering what kind of pill it was? Does it have many side effects. How high is the percent of women taking this pill and coming | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Infantcide | |
| I think infant death is devastating anywhere you hear. Neglect might be one reason child die, but I coundn't see that being to high. How you were saying teen pregnancy is high in infant death, the reason why is because | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disappearing Act | |
| I agree on how people shoudn't blame Hollywood for anorexia. People can get the idea for anorexia anywhere in the world. The problem is that people only show skinny models in everything they don't show all sizes like | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Kasee Trefzger |
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| Color Coded Mice | |
| I think it is a good idea putting that stuff into the mice to see where the cancer is. Wouldn't it be diiferent to do that on humans? Have they tryed it on humans yet? | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | PIA D. McCLENDON |
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| 3 AMERICANS WIN NOBEL PRIZE THAT LED TO VIAGRA | |
| That is an excellent achievement for the scientist on an honor to receive a Nobel Prize. I'm curious to know that if their research was conducted on men and women, since the Viagra drug was only tested on men. Many | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Pia D. McClendon |
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| ALLERGIC TO CONDOMS? | |
| I found the comment to be rather interesting, because being allergic to condoms sounds rather silly. Ironically, I had a gentlemen to come into the pharmacy one night and ask if the box if condoms he had in his hand was | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Matt Massey |
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| godd news on E.Coli | |
| Smoking is hazardous to your health and something has to be done. One way to reduce the smokers in the world is to keep raising the prices of cigarettes, this way you would put these companies out of busines becasue the | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Matt Massey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Morning After | |
| How in the world can a pill work after intercourse? Some pills don't even work before intercourse. I have also heard of women becoming pregnant after their tubes were tied, so I don't know how this would work after | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Matt Massey |
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| Old fashioned water is best choice for health | |
| Water is better for you because it doesn't have sugar like fruit drinks do. Kids today drink to many fruit drinks and it causes them to be hyper. All that sugar for you isn't good whether you are an adult or a child. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Matt Massey |
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| Random Drug testing Comes Home | |
| This test takes away the privacy of your kids. I know that it is wrong to do drugs, but if you start doing random drug tests on your kids, then they will lose trust in you as a parent | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| inhaling insulin | |
| If the final tests succeed, it sill be a great invention making it possible to avoid daily needle work for diabetic patients. They won't have to go to a private place to get their daily dosage of insulin. Just imagine | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Bethany Vail |
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| Morning After Pill | |
| I have heard that this pil is very hard to get because you have to have certain things to get it. You have to be alreadly on the pill and you have to have used protection. The only way of getting this pill would be if | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Bethany Vail |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Morning After Pill | |
| I have heard that this pil is very hard to get because you have to have certain things to get it. You have to be alreadly on the pill and you have to have used protection. The only way of getting this pill would be if | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Bethany Vail |
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| Asian Lady bug | |
| I had noticed the lady bugs just appear out of no where and they were a problem with the children that I watch they thought that they were goung to hurt them. I did ot know that they were good for killing off other | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Bethany Vail |
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| Rats have to much on thier minds | |
| What kind of thought process do the mice have? Also how have the tests been done with what ht mice were thinking? | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
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| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| I think these random drug tests are a good idea. Parents have a right to know if their kids are using drugs. Parents need to play detective in their child's lives. Most parents don't know what goes on in the lives of | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
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| The Morning After | |
| Isn't this "new emergency contravention pill" not suppose to be used as a lone contraceptive. Someone using this should still use their normal birth control, not replace it with this "new emergency contraveption pill" | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Old-Fashioned Water is Best for Health | |
| There is nothing good in soft drinks. As my General Biology Lab class has learned. Probably the most popular soft drink is Mountain Dew. We learned during our sugar in soft drinks activity that mountain dew has about | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Old-Fashioned Water is Best for Health | |
| There is nothing good in soft drinks. As my General Biology Lab class has learned. Probably the most popular soft drink is Mountain Dew. We learned during our sugar in soft drinks activity that mountain dew has about | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| I as a parent of a nine year old can see the pros and cons of this new home drug testing. I have a very good relationship with my daughter, an honest one. We trust each other. I cannot see in the future ever using | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| I as a parent of a nine year old can see the pros and cons of this new home drug testing. I have a very good relationship with my daughter, an honest one. We trust each other. I cannot see in the future ever using | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random Drug Testing Comes Home | |
| I as a parent of a nine year old can see the pros and cons of this new home drug testing. I have a very good relationship with my daughter, an honest one. We trust each other. I cannot see in the future ever using | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
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| Is Your Thyroid Making You Crazy? | |
| This article talks about a common misdiagnosed ailment that affects women. Could it just be that if this common misdiagnosis is that the symptoms for throid disease, stress, and migraines are very similar. Is the fault | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
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| Organ Recipients Set Records | |
| This is wonderful. A lot of people use to die while waiting for organ donors. It is great that technology has improved that much so more lives are saved. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| Smoking Chokes China | |
| I wondered why they chose China for this study. Could it be because of the wealth of the country? That was my first inclination when reading this article because people in other countries may not have the available | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| Survey finds as we age the sex doesn't | |
| I was curious on this survey to know if Pfizer, Inc. did this survey of 1, 292 seniors after they had been using the Viagra product or was this preliminary information for completing the Viagra product? I would hope | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| New Procedures with Lymph Nodes surgical | |
| As I was reading this article, my friend came to mind who just had a mastectomy to remove one breast and 14 lymph nodes. It was a very invasive procedure and will require reconstruction of the tissue. It would be great | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A Not So Sweet Side of Sugar | |
| From all the information we have on how important fruit is in our daily diet, I would think that as long as you ate fruit in moderation it would not be detrimental to your skin tone. On the other hand, if you at fruit | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Oh/not those jet ski things again | |
| It is scary what modern technology comes up with for entertainment purposes and the ramifications it has on our environment. Should there be a certain perimeter surrounding certain known breeding areas that jet skis | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| The Morning After | |
| It is imporant for all to know that there are many more risks to having unprotected intercourse than getting pregnant. Pregnancy will not usually kill you but all the other scary diseases can. People need to keep in | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| Miscarriage: What happens when a pregnancy can't last, and why | |
| Nature has a way of taking care of itself. So often I see the result of genetic confusion in the hospital. It is very difficult for the parents to realize that it was nothing that they had done or not done to make this | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Linda A. Sluder |
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| Organ recipients set records | |
| It was good to read an article about the positive results of organ transplant. So often in the media we get the worst case scenarios as information. Sciencists have done amazing things in the past years as far as | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
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| Internet don't know doesn't say | |
| I found this to be interresting, being a woman and having one familiy mamber developing breast cancer | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| New prcedures with lymph nodes surgical | |
| I find this intersting but i would like to know what happens to the | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Survey finds as we age the sex doesn't | |
| I think it is nice to know that even thoug live slows down it | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Lazarus Syndrome | |
| I am glad to head that the AIDS rate is finally droping and more | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Birds do it, apes do it- stray from mates | |
| I guess we can say that man and beast do think alike. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How Spiders make thier webs | |
| This sounds like a new way for man to make money. and i belive | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriage | |
| I feel that this could help alot of woman how do put the blame on them selves. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Old-fasioned water is best choice for health | |
| I love to drink water and that is about the oly thing i do drink and i am glad to hear that it does so much for my body. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | KAthy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Clone technology could grow liver in a dish | |
| I think that it is scary that man can create another part of a human. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random drug testing comes home | |
| I think this is a good idea as long as the parents do not miss use | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kathy Smithkey |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| gOOd news on E coli | |
| I belive that i need to lrean how to cook the meat the right to | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| How to breath easier | |
| I am very much interested in seeing how spicyness of the food, less sodium, magnesium and vitamin C are techniquely related to the asthma symptoms. And also I wonder the spicy Korean salad(called kimchi) does the same | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The big pictue;France | |
| It must be a great news to the people who have lost a part of their body. It is such a great feeling to give something I don't need to a person who needs it desperately, and that's how I feel about my body parts and | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| I think this drug can help alot of people. Even if there are serious side effects, what is worst the side effects or cancer. Breast cancer runs in both sides of my family and if I had the option to take a medication | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| a risky fashion | |
| Biting to cut on their tongue was one of the methods they used to suicide in case of any situation of dishonor or indignity in ancient Korean dinasties. If they were still alive from those time, they would think of the | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Morning After | |
| I think this pill would be very useful. Many people are having sex these days and most of them would not be able to care for a child if they became pregnant. Also if they did become pregnant , and didn't want to have it, | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsum Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Birds do it, apes do it. | |
| Sometimes we need to do some speculation on what the nature does and listen to its wisdom. I've been realizing real peace and happiness come from having a happy family and a life full of love and faith. I would like Mr. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Miscarriages | |
| When it comes to a miscarriage, nobody is to blame. It isn't the woman's falt that the baby died. It was out of her control, nothing could have been done about it. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
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| " Faith Can Help you Heal" | |
| This newsnote was very interesting. I had heard that faith could help you heal but it was interesting to see statistical evidence on it. This article goes to show that it is important to have some kind of spiritual life | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
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| " Clone Technology could grow liver in a dish" | |
| What an interesting article. This will greatly reduce the waiting lists for organs. This is the direction I was hoping the cloning technology would take. It is more useful than cloning sheep. | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
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| " Old Fashioned Water is Best Choice For Health" | |
| Ever since I heard what Neutrasweet can do for you, I have cut down on my consumption of diet soft drinks. But I believe bottled water is better than tap water. I have heard that tap water can have different chemicals | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| " A Risky Fashion" | |
| Piearcing your tounge is unhealthy and stupid. Why would anyone want to do such a dangerous thing to themselves. It's scarry to think that people do this to look good. Because, they look like fools. I don't find | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Katie Kelly |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| " New Health Dirnks Or Old Style Snake Oil Elixirs" | |
| This was interesting. It exposes another one of those advertising scams. All these drinks are are just a way to get consumer's money and it looks like people are willing to pay for them. This article shows how | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| colon technology | |
| I just read Kathy Smithkey's comment on the news note about colone technology. I have a little different point of view. I don't think growing an organ is taking over god's job. It's always questionable whether living bod | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| continued for clon technology | |
| and after the second surgery he still is not doing well, he is diong worse. I really hope that the scientist will work on it really hard to make it available to public, and my brother in law will live long enough to get | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Random drug testing comes home | |
| As it is mentioned at the end of the news note, screening our own children wouldn't be so ethical, I think. When I was young, my mother always waid to me that she trusted me. When I was growing up, I tried hard to be goo | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Minsun Yim |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamoxifen for breast cancer | |
| I'd like to add to the news note about the side effects of tamoxifen. FDA calls for serious consideration on using the drug, becarse it could cause uterine cancer, cataracts in the eyes and trpled the risk of fatal blood | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Don't be a victim of highway crime | |
| I think that road rage is a problem. People get too impatient and do not realize that they will not get any place any faster by driving like a maniac. | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Allergic reaction to condoms | |
| I wanted to know how you can tell if it is the spermicide or the condom? How well was this experiment done? Should you use unlubricated condoms? | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Disapperaring Act | |
| How can you see the baby-fine hair growth and where does it occur. Anorexia is a horrible disease that can lead to death. It is sad that someone can go to that extreme to try to look better. There are plenty of other | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Rats have too much on their minds | |
| How can anyone tell if the rat's brains are overloaded? Are their brains so small that they are unable to learn anything else? I have never heard of such a thing in my life. It is pretty interesting and I would like | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The frog killer | |
| It is sad that the fungus can kill the frogs. The reason is because the fungus can get into their gills and suffocate them. The scientists need to research this and find a way to prevent it | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
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| DNA Test Prove that Jefferson Fathered Child of Slave | |
| I have heard that Jefferson was very conrtradicting in this situation. Supposedly, he was very much in love with this slave, but on the other hand, he was against letting the blacks have their freedom. | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Good News about Cancer | |
| It is good news that they have found a drug that prevents breast cancer in women, but what are the contraversies? There is not enough information in this newsnote to tell me much. What does this drug do and what kind | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Erin Hiestand |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Faith Can Help You Heal | |
| This is very interesting that prayer can slow down the heart rate and lower blood pressure. It also may give the elderly a sense of control over their life. People tend to live | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| The Frog Killer | |
| If this fungus is killing frogs, and frogs eat insects, then how will this affect the insect population? This could cause us to have a lot more insect problems. | |
| Submitted: 11-Dec-98 | Kristina Keeton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Smoking Chokes China | |
| I was very suprised to hear that China has surpassed the United States in deaths caused by smoking. It is crazy that smoking kills 2,000 men a day. Just think of how many lives would have been saved if cigarettes were | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Donald Morse |
| Metro sec: C 1 | Due: 10/07/98 |
| 09/27/98 | Submitted: 30-Sep-98 |
| Invasion of Cicadas Inevitable | |
| Tens of millions of dormant cicadas are under the ground in the form of nymphs. The cicadas that they're refering to are the 17 year or red-eyed cicadas. They're scheduled to awake and crawl out of the ground in | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| DIETING MAKES YOU FORGET | |
| I found this article very interesting, especially the fact that a person who is dieting has the mental capacity of a person who has been drinking alcohol. I totally agree with the article and believe that people should | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium Made Headlines This Year | |
| I had no idea that there was such a lack of calcium intake in this country. I guess now I can understand why the Got Milk posters have been stuck up everywhere. This article really made me think twice about my body. | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium made headlines this year | |
| I was not surprised at all to hear that Americans arn't getting enough calcium. Just about the only time I drink milk is with my cerial. If the rest of America is like I am, we would rather have cola's with our meals. | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cutting Cancer Risks | |
| It is interesting to see that something as simple as intaking more folate could cut a woman's chances of getting colon cancer by 75%. It would be interesting to see why men's chances of reducing the risk of colon is | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium Made Headlines This Year | |
| I had no idea that Americans aren't getting enough calcium. But then again, how many people do you ever see drinking a glass of milk.It said that 90% of adult women weren't taking enough calcium. It seems that they | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Iron's The Fire | |
| I was not aware that iron was so beneficial in learning and helping your memory. I also had no idea that cancer cells liked to live in iron rich blood. I would like to learn more about this genetic defect | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Iron's The Fire | |
| It said that they performed studies on high school girls to show that high doses of iron for eight weeks may increase results on tests verbally, and help learn and memorize. I'm not sure that is worth a greater chance | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Super Selenium | |
| I found this newsnote to be interesting. I am sure that I have heard of Selenium before. But I am not sure what foods it is found in. If Selenium has such great results with a drop in cancer mortality then why haven't | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Technology Puts DNA to Work to Fight Disease-Causing Genes | |
| It sounds like good news in the future. It says that Antisense are able to treat nearly any infection, inflammation, or cancer, with minimal side effects. They do not discriminate or kill healthy cells along with | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Helping Plants Cope With Stress | |
| It looks to me that they are doing a good job at making a better plant. It will be interesting to see if ABA can be used to help preserve endangered plant species. | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Super Selenium | |
| If the University of Arizona is right, then selenium looks to be a great cancer preventer. All you need is 200 Micrograms to drop your chances of all types of cancer by about 50%. I need to take a look at selenium the | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bird's-eye Approach Offer Best View of Cell Function | |
| They found that over 400 genes became active and rested at different stages of the cell cycle. It also said that tis will help in cancer research. I don't understand how it will help. | |
| Submitted: 21-Oct-98 | Jamie Madden |
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| Flu Medicines a Step Ahead of Latest Viruses | |
| So in the year 2001 we will have nasal sprays and pills to combat the viruses and neuraminidase inhibitors which block the protein that allows the virus to spread. I hope the years between are good flu seasons. | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Iron's The Fire | |
| I never really thought of too much Iron (in one's body) as being a danger. I think this kind of information should be more ecknowledged by people. | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cutting Cancer Risk | |
| Who would of thought that colon cancer could be reduced by seventy-five percent in women, by taking high amounts of folate over a fifteen year period. If this is true, which I guess it is then imagine how much cancer | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Four Women, Four Choices | |
| It brings ease to the minds of many women to read such a article. It is very soothing to hear that women now have different prcedures to choose from if they have breast cancer. Breast cancer, I could only imagine, is | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Flu Medicines a step ahead of Latest Virus | |
| If flu shots are supposed to work just fine then why are all these new flu medicines coming out? I understand that not everyone out there is willing to take one shot to prevent the flu virus from invading their bodies, | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Super Selenium | |
| Even though cancer is spreading disease in our society right now, it seems as though one can prevent it in many ways (although there is no cure). What many people fail to realize (which is of no fault of thier own) is | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Helping Plants Cope With Stress | |
| ABA is exactly what our world's plants need right now. With all the air pollution, heat, and chemicals its amazing to see how some plants are still alive. This discovery would really be important to our society. If ABA | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bird's -eye Approach offer best View Of Cell Function | |
| I propose the same qustion as Jamie Madenn does. How does the discovery of 400 genes being active and resting at different stages of a cell cycle, help in cancer research? Especially whne looking at yeast. I think that | |
| Submitted: 27-Oct-98 | erin hicks |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Iron's the Fire | |
| I think that this article was interesting because of all of the hype in our society about vitamins and other health enhancing pills, it is important that there is at least one person out there who recognizes when enough | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Donald Morse |
| A 14 | Due: 10/30/98 |
| 10/25/98 | Submitted: 29-Oct-98 |
| Ohio - made experiment in space to test how plants put down roots | |
| OSU scientists will work with three astronaunts aboard the shuttle STS-95 (the John Glenn mission) to test the effects of zero gravity on plants. They will use mung beans and corn plants. The scientists are interested | |
| Cincinnati Enquire | Jamie Madden |
| A10 | Due: 10-30-98 |
| 10-28-98 | Submitted: 30-Oct-98 |
| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| A new U.N. finding on AIDS' rapid spread in the developing world, will forecast a worldwide population of 8.9 billion by 2050, a 50 percent jump from today's 5.9 billion people, but well short of the 9.4 billion | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Technology Puts DNA to Work to Fight Disease-Causing Genes | |
| This particular newsnote interests me because I work in a Biotechnology lab. I was upset with the fact that the only disadvantage was cited as being cost. I find that hard to believe because of all the money that is | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | Deena Hundemer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Tamofixen for breast cancer | |
| Science has come a long way with medicines to help cancer patients. I find that the choice between taking the drug and having the consequences of the side effects quite un-nerving. The cancer patient must choose to | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | Robyn Henges |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimsonweed leads to bizaree behavior | |
| This newsnote should be read by a lot of people. I really never knew how dangerous a plant could be, especially one found right on school campus or even right outside your front door. Peole should really stay away from | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimson weed Leads to Bizarre Behavior. | |
| I thought this newsnote was interesting. It seems that we are putting a lot of effort into informing our youth on the effects of "Pot". Maybe there should be some effort also put into this deadly plant, such as | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of deodorant kills teen. | |
| I thought this newsnote was distubing. First of all his father knew his son was doing this and didn't have anything to say about it. That seems like neglagence on his part. It this kid took showers, I don't see how he | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of Aids | |
| I knew that Aids was a major problem, but I thought it was getting better, especially with all the Aids awareness programs, distrubutions of condoms, etc. I knew that Aids was a serious problem in South Africa, but I | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimson weed Leads to Bizarre Behavior | |
| As we discussed in class, I think that Jimson Weed is a very dangerous plant and maybe law enforcement officials should be spending more time destroying Jimsonweed plants than worrying about who's growing and smoking | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| I think this a great discovery because it could help not only with people suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, but I think it could also help with people who have had serious head injuries or have destroyed their | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Very Clever Birdbrains | |
| I found this article to be very interesting because I love animals and I have always believed that they are as intelligent as humans, just in their own context. We, as humans haven't figured out how animal's brains func | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heart Rhythm Gets Fix | |
| I wanted to comment on this newsnote because I think it is great when medical breakthroughs can prevent a sick person from having to take medicine. There are so many side effects from prescription drugs that while help- | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium Made Headlines This Year | |
| I chose to comment on this newsnote because I like to think that I'm a health concious individual and I think way too much emphasis is being placed on low-fat no fat diets. I think that that is simply not healthy. I | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Immortality Gene Discovered | |
| Have they found the fountain of youth? Can we be young forever? I wonder if there are cons to this cell immortality. I hope they can use this technology before I'm old and grey. | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Jamie Madden |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain Cells Can Regenerate | |
| That is something new to me. All of my life I have been told that brain cells do not regenerate. I was taught that when you drink and kill your brain cells, that's it , they are gone for good. Now this new research | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| "Very Clever Birdbrains" | |
| I have been a birder for about 10 years now, and It never fails to amaze me at how "clever" birds are. Having read many books on bird behavoir, I can't see how people can say the phrase "Birdbrained", because as anyone | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimsomweed Leads To Bizarre Behavior | |
| I have read and heard stories about the effects of jimsonweed on people, but I didn't know that much about what it did to people other than making them "high". I have overheard young kids wanting to know where this weed | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Greenhouse Gasses Being Absorbed surprisingly Fast | |
| I am glad to hear that greenhouse gasses are being reduced so fast and by so much. I would be shocked if it came to be known that extra vegetation growing on old abandoned farms is cause for the reduction. This would | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | Danielle West |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Fetal Fix | |
| The Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome would normally cause death in newborns. Their immune systems are delicate already and with no T-cells to fight off infection, the child would die. | |
| Audubon | Donald Morse |
| Vol.100(6), p.19 | Due: 11-25-98 |
| Nov.-Dec. 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Saving a "New Tiger" | |
| A study of DNA paterns that first appeared in the Journal of the Zoological Society of London, found that the Sumatran tiger is a seperate species and not a subspecies of other tigers. All tigers are in bad shape, but | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Dieting makes you forget | |
| I disagree with her comment and agree. I believe if anyone who is dieting doesn't eat th right foods and skips meals from here to there, or even skip meals often, they might start loosing their mind. there are so many | |
| Cincinnati Equirer | Bethany Vail |
| a11 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| Nov.24,1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| HIV cases up 10%,as youths shun prevention | |
| From the first discoverly of the AID's virus it has grown in rapid numbers. From 47 million poeple are now infected and 14 million have died from the virus. 2.5 million of that number are from this year. In Asia and | |
| Discover | Danielle West |
| pg 76 | Due: 11/25/98 |
| november 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| A World With No Antibiotics | |
| Almost every visit to the doctor ends with a perscription for antibiotics. Too many times this isnt even nessasary, many patients believe that these drugs can cure any cold. At least half of the human use of antibiotics | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Danielle West |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Dieting makes You Forget | |
| I agree with Binita that everyone should eat more nutrious foods but one important aspect of that is that we eat more "whole" foods instead of all the processed foods. Eating more whole food - in other words foods that | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Danielle West |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forcast Lowered by AIDs | |
| Nature has its own way of keeping the world from overpopulating. that may sound harsh because all those people die, but thats the way things work. At one point in time the plague was killing millions of people, wiping | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Jamie Madden |
| A2 | Due: 11-25-98 |
| 11-21-98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Pregnancy theory causes stirr | |
| A prominent French obstetrician is making headlines for saying fetuses of black women reach term seven full days before the expected delivery date for white women. This claim was made by Emile Papiernik, widely | |
| Submitted: 25-Nov-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Helping Plants Cope With Sress | |
| ABA might be the answer to saving endangered plant species. If ABA proves to be valuable in this regard, it could change the way that people look at conserving nature. A lot of times people can't buy, build or develope | |
| Time | Amanda Owens |
| Page 94 | Due: 11-25-98 |
| Nov. 30, 1998 | Submitted: 25-Nov-98 |
| Next Up: Prozac | |
| More adults are finding out that children have depression problems and they are having to take Prozac. About 3.4 million Americans under 18 | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| p A2 | Due: November 25, 1998 |
| November 6, 1998 | Submitted: 25-Nov-98 |
| Lab isolated building-block cell | |
| Scientists have successfully isolated and grown embroyonic stem cells in | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| p A2 | Due: November 25, 1998 |
| November 6, 1998 | Submitted: 25-Nov-98 |
| Lab isolated building-block cell | |
| Scientists have successfully isolated and grown embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The cells have multiplied endlessly in the lab dishes and the hope is that tissues will be grown to help people with various | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| p A2 | Due: November 25, 1998 |
| November 6, 1998 | Submitted: 25-Nov-98 |
| Lab isolated building-block cell | |
| Scientists have successfully isolated and grown embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The cells have multiplied endlessly in the lab dishes and the hope is that tissues will be grown to help people with various | |
| Submitted: 25-Nov-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study, Brain Cells can regenerate. | |
| I agree with Jamie on this comment, I too, have always been told and assumed that once you killed your brain cells that was it, they don't come back. I thought that ani-drug people were trying to tell us that drugs such | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Amanda Owens |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A World With No Antiboitics | |
| There are some people who go to the doctors just to get some antiboitics but there are those few who go to the doctors because they are sick and nothing seems to be helping them. | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Amanda Owens |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Dieting makes you forget | |
| I agree that dieting does make you forget but it depends on how you are dieting. If you are skipping meals and not put nutrion back into your body. Then yes you will start to forget things becauseyour body is tring to | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Focast Lowered Because of Aids | |
| You may be interested in Binita Patel's artical. It talks about Antisense,which blocks some bad genes. This may be used to prevent aids in the future. Aids like all other viruses attacks cells by injecting its DNA | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 69 People Dead From Viagra | |
| I am surprised that doctors would have prescribed viagra to these individuals without checking for dangerous drug interactions. I think these people illegaly got their viagra. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of Deodorant Kills Teen | |
| I think this kid had some mentail problems. Even more disturbing is the fact that the dad never got his son a shrink. For Gods sake the kid was covering himself with deodorant twice a day. Hey kid I got a tip for ya, | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimson Weed Leads to Bizarre Behavior | |
| You may be interested in Brinita Patel's artical. It talks about Antisense, mabie these Antisense will be able to fight off virues. Viruses inject their DNA into our cells. Our cells make more of the virus. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of Deodorant Kills Teen | |
| I think this kid had some meantail problems. Even more disturbing is the fact that the dad never got his son a shrink. For Gods sake the kid was covering himself with deodorant twice a day. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Immortality Gene Discovered | |
| I have also heared that vitamin C can help to fight off the affects of ageing. The vitamin C gets rid of Oxygen free radicals which are believed to cause ageing. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain Cells can Regenerate | |
| This artical is incerdible! I can't believe that they can regrow neurons quickly enought to reverse the effects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's deseases. This sounds like good news for us. Hopefully we will have ways | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 'Bugs Like These' | |
| Your subject reminds me of this big ecoli bateria scare. now we make beaf companies throw away tons of good meat because some ecoli is found. Truth is you have been eating ecoli in your meat for years. The ecoli is | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium Made Headlines This Year | |
| I know that execise also helps to build strong healthy bones. Weight lifting is the best at doing this. I know this to be true from my own experiences. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Helping Plants Cope With Stress | |
| Its amazing how genetics is changing our world around us. Making stronger and healthier plants is one of it's main focusses. Did you know that scientist have taken the same geans that make lightning buggs glow and | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Technology Puts DNA to Work to Fight Disease-Causing Genes | |
| Your artical gives hope to people who may be suffering from cancer. These Antisense sound great, being able to kill cancer cells without killing good cells. This alows patients to keep strength that would have been | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 'Bugs like these' | |
| I found this article interesting because not many people realize that there are some good types of bacteria that are actually beneficial to one's health. I also never knew that Lactobacillus acidophilus can fight yeast | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Immortality Gene Discovered | |
| This was a great newsnote because an immortal gene could help in fighting and possibly curing so many diseases such as cancer and AIDS. My question is whether or not these researchers have tried implementing this | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of deodorant kills teen | |
| I found this story to be very bizarre! I can't believe that you can die from spraying too much deodorant on your body! I wonder if the boy really did it because he was obsessed with smelling nice or if he just tried it | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | 69 People Dead from Viagra |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 69 People Dead from Viagra | |
| When Viagra first came out it was like a big joke to everyone because it was portrayed as being for old men and impotent men which I guess isn't really funny but many people found the whole thing humorous. However, I | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Jennifer Anderson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cutting Cancer Risk | |
| I think it's great that folic acid has been found to help fight off diseases, but I hesitate to think that there are no bad points to excessive use of the nutrient. Not to be pessimistic, but it seems to me that | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| T. Rex Was Barney To This Guy | |
| This article shows that their is still much to be learned about the past world of the dinosaurs. Maybe this discovery will inspire other people to look for and turn up different species of dinos. I would be curious to | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Darwin in the Dock | |
| I believe that even if the cell had been explored before or during Darwin's time, his thoery wouldn't have changed much. Darwin was a naturalist, and they tend to look at organisms as a whole instead of the individual | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is Ritalin Right for Child | |
| I'm curious as to what kind of "oils" would sedate a hyperactive child. It's undoubtful that diet would affect a child's activity level. Too many children are left with the decision of what they are going to eat. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bright Lights, Big Tumors? | |
| It's interesting that our bodies produce melatonin while we're sleeping. But haven't we known for a while that artificial lighting causes cancer? What about tanning beds? | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Doctor get Probation | |
| How did this woman not know someting was up if bacteria was eating her flesh? Also, what is up with only one year of probation in the medical field for negligence that resulted in death. That seems a little too | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Pregnancy theory causes stir | |
| Did this article say what caused this variation between black and white women or fetuses? That's a strange concept. Does the time it takes a fetus to reach full term vary between cultures as well? | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nicotine's Image | |
| Interesting title. I didn't thing nicotine's reputation could get any worse. It sounds like "The Patch" isn't a whole lot better than the real thing. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| T Rex was Barney | |
| Paleontology amazes me. 120 million year later and we're still discovering new phenomenons of that era. Did the article say whether they had proof of more than one Suchaminus tenerensis in that area? | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Saving a "New Tiger" | |
| The zoos should not have over half of this nearly extinct tiger species in captivity. It's great that the zoos have initiated breeding programs for the Sumatran tiger but couldn't they keep fewer in captivity? | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Lab isolated building-block cell | |
| Technology is great but getting a little scary. Not only the federal funds but the whole concept of embryonic research sould be banned. Call me old-fashioned but creating human beings in a labrotory takes all | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Cherran Maynard |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Next Up: Prozac | |
| Children are growing up way too fast nowadays. Parants need to realize that telivisions are not good substitutes for them. Children shouldn't even know what depression means, let alone feels like. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Jenni Hupp |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Color Coded Mice | |
| I thnk that this article is kind of a little of the I have to much time on my hands. I think that they should do a little more details. I thought this wasn't very good. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Jenni hupp |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Deveoloping new cancer therapiies | |
| I was really interested in this one. It was neat on how they thought things come about. | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Christina Scott |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Kimberrela's Slippers | |
| I think that it is very interesting that this mullosk could lead to finding the so-called missing link in man's evolution. If the discovery of this small creature is able to give us some clue to the missing parts of | |
| Submitted: 3-Dec-98 | Christina Scott |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Forecast Population Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| I think it is very sad that so many unfortunate people are dying from the AIDS virus; however, I feel that the planet is definately overpopulated and this may be mother natures method of population control. I believe | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A World with no Antibiotics | |
| I agree with this article. I believe that most Americans have it drilled in their head that they need medication for their symptoms, when they really don't. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is Ritalin right for you child? | |
| Since, I work in a pharmacy I am very aware of what and how Ritalin works. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nicotine's Image Takes a Turn For the Worse. | |
| Let's just say that this article has made a difference. After reading this article I went to find it and showed my aunt who I dearly love, who smokes. She read this article and found all the harmfull effects in detail, | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of deodorant kills teen | |
| WOW, I can | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| a world with no antibiotics | |
| this is serious enough that the center for disease control added this to their top ten list in 1996! | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Doctor gets probation | |
| I thought that the sibject of a maternity patient being | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Heavy use of deodorant kills teen | |
| WOW< I can't believe that a kid, even 16 years old, would actually spray himself twice a day with his deodorant. A kid actually thinks he smells that bad. What was he actually thinking? I wander if he had a problem of | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| bright lights, big tumors | |
| oddly enough, tibetan buddhist monks have been studying this problem for years, and commenting on the loss of natural daytime/nighttime cycles, and how it adversely effects us. another point scored for indigenous/ancient | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| is ritalin right for your child? | |
| once again; do the natural thing, stay away from the chemicals if you can! | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| pregnancy theory causes stir | |
| this probably only causes a stir in the rascist/bigot circle, where the white-supremist boneheads would take it as someone saying that black fetuses are | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| doctor gets probation in bacteria death | |
| i would say that this incident unfortunately ties directly with the article about antibiotic over-use. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| darwin in the dock? | |
| i don't agree with this guy at all. is there any way that he can test this theory, without actually having a cell identical to the ones he is spouting about? | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Is Ritalin Right for Your Child? | |
| I tried a Cheaper version of Ritalin after I was diagnosed with attension deffisite disorder or ADD. It did the oppsite of what it was suppose to do. Instead of calming my mind and allowing me to concentrate it made | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| t.rex was barney next to this guy | |
| i heard the paleontologist interviewed on npr and he also said, just for size reference, that the thumb bone from one of these claws was 17 inches long!!!! | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| lab isolated building-block cell | |
| just like the problem with the whole cloning thing... watch the ETHICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Flu Medicines a step ahead of latest viruses | |
| As I was reading throught he newsnotes comments, I had noticed somene thinks pills and nasal sprays are a good idea because many people hate getting shots. I disagree with this comment. I believ pills can be usefull | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| saving a new tiger | |
| someone will find a way to turn this discovery into a bad thing. when it was determined that red wolf were actually a genetic cross of timberwolf and coyote, they were taken off the endangered species list, because they | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | eric chapman |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| nicotine's image takes a turn for the worse | |
| i don't think this was intended for long term use in the first place was it?!?! | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| Aids is a scary subject. This is really getting out of control. People really need to realize that this type of disease can and could take over. Sometimes I wander if people realize that possibly the person that they | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Geena Erras |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| I really hope to god, that they soon find a cure for, the worst diseases' in the world, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Since, a famous and wonderfull actress by the name of Michael J. Fox, had now came out publically | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| " Nicotine's Image Takes a Turn for the Worse" | |
| This is just more proof that smoking is one of the worst things you can do to your body. It will be interesting to see how the population is effected from smoking in the next twenty years. Just about ninty percent of | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Kevin Briegel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Saving a " New Tiger" | |
| The reasion that tigers are having so much trouble with surviving is because of the loss of habitat. bigger animals, especialy carniverous ones need large territories to survive. I have studied this in lizzards from | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A World With No Antibiotics | |
| I know of people that go to the doctor's office just about every month, and always seem to come back with a bottle of some kind of antibiotics. It seems like that they are taking antibiotics as asprins. Some of theese | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bright Lights, Big Tumors? | |
| The more and more I read, it seems that their isn't anything left in the world that doesn't form/cause some kind of cancer. At this rate, In another twenty years it will probably be hard to find anyone who doesn't | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Lab Isolated Building-Block Cell | |
| I don't know where to stand on this issue. I can only barely imagine people going to the store and buying replacement body parts. I can't imagine how the world would go on if this was to happen. How would we support | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Donald Morse |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Doctor Gets Probation In Bacteria Death | |
| I don't think that this punishment is enough for this doctor. Doctors are supposed to be people you can trust with your life. When a doctor simply doesn't pay attention to what is going on, and a patient dies as a | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Allison Harley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Next Up: Prozac | |
| This newsnote was very interesting. I know many people that take Ritalin for attention deficit disorders and it seems to calm their nerves. I also know someone who took both Ritalin and Aderol for his problems, but had | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Allison Harley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Next Up: Prozac | |
| This newsnote was very interesting. I know many people that take Ritalin for attention deficit disorders and it seems to calm their nerves. I also know someone who took both Ritalin and Aderol for his problems, but had | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Jason Glasgow |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Saving a "New Tiger" | |
| I am very happy to hear about scientists taking another step to preserve a species of tiger. All of the tigers in the wild are endangered today. From the last I heard, the only snow tigers that existed were in | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Jason Glasgow |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Saving a "New Tiger" | |
| I am very happy to hear about scientists taking another step to preserve a species of tiger. All of the tigers in the wild are endangered today. From the last I heard, the only snow tigers that existed were in | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Allison Harley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| This article is interesting because it raises ideas about the brain's functioning. The brain is the most complicated organ in the body and it is interesting to read about new discoveries found when observing its | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Allison Harley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Immortality Gene Discovered | |
| This article was interesting to read, but it poses questions about the ethics of cloning genes. It is always exciting to discover new information in science, but it also makes you wonder how safe it is to clone genes or | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Allison Harley |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Very Clever Birdbrains | |
| This article is interesting because scientists have discovered that birds have the ability to remember things in a similar way that humans do. We know that all animals have certain abilities that and thought processes | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Jason Glasgow |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bugs Like These | |
| The need for certain bacteria in the body is interesting. Many doctors today are constantly prescribing antibiotics to every patient who walks through his door. By doing this the doctors are killing the good bacteria | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Jason Glasgow |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bright Lights, Big Tumors | |
| I have never heard of artificial light being a possible risk for cnacer. This study is very interesting to me because this could be a possible aid in shrinking tumors in people. Though this concept does seem kind of | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Jason Glasgow |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Jimsonweed Leads To Bizarre Behavoir | |
| I never knew that such poisonous plants grew in this area. Though you would think that if Jimsonweed is as toxic as they say, that people would stop trying to experiment with it. It seems to me that if just a little | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Darwin on the Dock | |
| Has Behe ever heard of DNA? Or noticed that the average height of humans has changed over the past hundred years? How about diabetes or other genetic disorders? | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| Less people, less pollution, less destruction to the Earth, | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Jenny Catron |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Smoking Chokes China | |
| It's not hard to believe smoking kills thousands of people every year. It's all over the news and in the papers how bad smoking is for someone's health. I wonder about all the other things that are not talked about as | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | MaryEllen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Immortality Gene Discovered | |
| Cells have a life cycle. One of the phases is death. If there is a disruption in the cycle, who is to say that the organism as a whole will live forever? There must be a reason that our cells function as they do. I | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| Nuerons have been shown to grow finger-like extensions even after they have been severed. This is hopeful for the spinal cord injuries as well as Parkinson and Alzheimers patients. There is a drug already being used to | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Pregnancy theory causes stir | |
| It seems as though the gestation period for a black woman should be the same as for other woman. It seems the same as saying the a chocolate lab should have puppies before a black lab. The only reason that this seems | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Next Up: Prozac | |
| Although Prozac has had a bad reputation, it can be a very helpful drug. Depression can be a debilitating disease and often must be treated with medication. Misuse or overuse as with any drug is not good, but in some | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nicotine's Image Takes a Turn for the Worse | |
| Nicotine is one of the worst substances of abuse because it is a neurotransmitter and extra nicotine in the body can have terrible effects on somatic nervous system. | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| 69 People Dead From Viagra | |
| Dead from Viagra? It seems as if the deaths could have been caused by the other conditions. Even if there were drug interactions, that is why it is necessary to check for interactions. There are numerous drugs that | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Greenhouse Gases Being Absorbed surprisingly Fast | |
| Is the reduced carbon in the atmosphere really due to the greenspace or have we become more aware of our use of hydrocarbons thus not putting the carbons on the atmosphere to begin with? | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forecast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| It is okay to predict that the world population would be decreased because of AIDS in the near future. However it is silly to think that you can predict the population fifty years from now. There could be a cure | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bugs like these | |
| Friendly bacteria is another reason not to overuse antibiotics. Broad spectrum antibiotics like Tetracycline kill Gram postive, Gram negative and normal intestinal flora bacteria. This means that yeast related | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Mary Ellen McKenna |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A World With No Antibiotics | |
| I believe this is true. In Hungary in the 1980's there was a great deal of antibiotic use. Penecillin was giving for every infection. So they began to watch the consumption of penecillin because the bacteria | |
| Submitted: 9-Dec-98 | Erin Weddle |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| A world with no Antibiotics | |
| I wasen't surprised to learn that antibiotics are overprescribed. I used to work as a pharmacy tech. and antibiotics was the fasted moving drug there. It seemed like everyone had a script for antibiotics. People | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Beulah Riek |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Gene Readers | |
| I think all of this is very interesting but, who would want to know what is wrong or could be wrong with them. This is to much like fortune telling to me. It's all and good if you have a deadly desease, that you | |
| Prevention | Kim Huckaby |
| Page 40 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| May, 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Healthy Skin and Bones | |
| Ultraviolet rays from the sun are not good for the skin, but is good for producing | |
| Prevention | Kim Huckaby |
| Page 40 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| May, 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Healthy Skin and Bones | |
| Ultraviolet rays from the sun are not good for the skin, but is good for producing | |
| Reader's Digest | Cristi Cole |
| Pages175-182 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| January 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Should You Be Genetically Tested? | |
| This article explains how it is possible to be genetically tested for certain diseases. It is very interesting because I can only imagine knowing that I am carrying a genetic gene for a disease. In some ways it may be | |
| Reader's Digest | Cristi Cole |
| Pages 175-182 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| January 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Should You Be Genetically Tested? | |
| This article is about how it is possible to be tested for many kinds of diseases that are genetic. This | |
| Good Health | Donald Colwell |
| Vol.(3) | Due: 10-13-98 |
| Summer 98 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| The importance of blood typing | |
| Since 1901 blood typing has been important. It makes transfusions safe. Mixing blood types can cause destruction of red blood cells and be life threatening. Four general types of blood are A-B-AB-O-Rh. Rh was not | |
| Good Health | Donald Colwell |
| Vol.(3) | Due: 10-13-98 |
| Summer 98 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| The importance of blood typing | |
| Since 1901 blood typing has been important. It makes transfusions safe. Mixing blood types can cause destruction of red blood cells and be life threatening. Four general types of blood are A-B-AB-O-Rh. Rh was not | |
| Science | Susan Lynn Bell |
| 282:284-287 | Due: oct. 13, 1998 |
| 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| Gene involved in lung, colon cancer indentified | |
| It has been discovered that mutations the gene PPP2R1B is in roughly 15% of all tumors studied. This is important because it suggests that the mutations are an inheritable trait. It also allows for tests to determine | |
| Family Circle | Louise Stuntz |
| Vol.111:#14:pp74+ | Due: Oct 13, 1998 |
| Oct. 6, 1998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| 10 Amazing but Simple Health Secrets | |
| Article includes such tips as when washing your hands, take your rings off because under them is a place that germs like to hide. Another has to do with using antiperspirent on your feet to cut down on blisters. If you | |
| Family Circle | Louise Stuntz |
| Vol.111:#14:pp74+ | Due: Oct. 13, 1998 |
| Oct. 6, l998 | Submitted: 12-Oct-98 |
| 10 Amazing but Simple Health Secrets | |
| (cont.) think you have a dust mite problem in your bedding, try rinsing it in a eucalyptus oil solution. And a tip I've heard before, buy milk in opaque cartons to avoid light-related changes in vitamin levels and | |
| Yahoo News | Ryan Thrift |
| page 1: 10/12/98 | Due: 10/13/98 |
| 10/12/98 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| Chemo-radiation ups pancreatic cancer survival | |
| Chemotherapy helps people with pancreatic cancer survive longer than people that have it taken care of by surgery. with chemo the average period of survival is 23.6 months and surgery is 14 months. This is because afte | |
| Scientific American | Melissa McCord |
| Pages 78 - 83 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| Septermber 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| The Evolution of the Periodic System | |
| The periodic table has involed from over 200 years of constant change and addations. The early version of the table (1862) was know as the telluric screw. Each full turn of the screw had elements with similar traits. | |
| Scientific American | Melissa McCord |
| Pages 78 - 83 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| Septermber 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| The Evolution of the Periodic System | |
| The periodic table has involed from over 200 years of constant change and addations. The early version of the table (1862) was know as the telluric screw. Each full turn of the screw had elements with similar traits. | |
| Sctienfic American | Melissa McCord |
| Pages 78 -83 | Due: October 13, 1998 |
| September 1998 | Submitted: 13-Oct-98 |
| Periodic System | |
| (continuted) Even thought the periodic table has had to go throught many changes becuase of the discovery of new elemnts and the quantum mechanics, it is still the most used and infulenced tool in science and biology. | |
| Submitted: 16-Oct-98 | Susan Lynn Bell |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Chemo-radiation Ups Pancreatic Cancer Survival | |
| This is the newsnote that really struck me because it is good to hear that they are making advances in the area of cancer, because I have a friend with cancer and if they help the people with pancreatic cancer live | |
| Submitted: 19-Oct-98 | Wendy Patton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Should you be Genetically Tested? | |
| This is an interesting concept that is getting a lot of attention in the news lately. However, I am somewhat trouble by the aspect of what people will do with this knowledge. | |
| Submitted: 20-Oct-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium | |
| I have heard so much about the importance of calcium in people's diets. I have heard that most American s don't get enough. It is very important to get enough calcium, especially females who are at high risk for | |
| Submitted: 20-Oct-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium | |
| I have heard so much about the importance of calcium in people's diets. I have heard that most American s don't get enough. It is very important to get enough calcium, especially females who are at high risk for | |
| Submitted: 20-Oct-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Women and Population | |
| Although it is wonderful when women have babies, I feel it is oppressive when it is the expectation of religions and cultures for women to reproduce. | |
| Cincinnati Enquierer | Kim Jakubowski |
| New Scientist | Due: 11/3/98 |
| 10/21/98 | Submitted: 23-Oct-98 |
| Sweetner May Satve Off Infections | |
| A plant sugar called xylitol, common in bubble gum, may help prevent ear infections in children. A study was done on children, and it did help to reduce some infections in the kids that were given the sweets with | |
| Submitted: 27-Oct-98 | Ryan Thrift |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer, Nutrition pg. G3, 10-11-98 by Tara Cummins 10-13-98 | |
| I thought the news note was pretty good and gave some helpful tips on the prevention of harmful bacteria in the newsnote. | |
| Submitted: 27-Oct-98 | W. PATTON, B.RIEK,J.CHRISTIE |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| CALCIUM | |
| IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY AMERICANS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH MILK. BOTH MEMBERS OD OUR GROUP DO NOT LIKE MILK. OUR AGES ARE 17, 31 BOTH FEMALES. WITH ALL THE OTHER DRINK OPTIONS AVAILABLE IT IS JUST AS EASY , OFTEN TIME | |
| Submitted: 27-Oct-98 | Marian Fenner, Tara Cummins, Paul C. |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium | |
| This newsnote brought up the question of why people don't get enough calcium in their diets. Is because they don't drink enough milk or dairy products? Women who are pregnant should be concerned about their calcium | |
| Popular Science | Beulah Riek |
| pg. 54 | Due: Nov. 3, 1998 |
| October '98 | Submitted: 28-Oct-98 |
| Got Milk? | |
| New cloning technique produce cows with life giving medicines in their milk. The predominant method creating animals that secrete medicine in their milk is by micro-injecting human DNA directly into aminals embryo's, | |
| Discover | Susan Johnson |
| Volume 19:pp.: 83-89 | Due: 11/3/98 |
| May 1998 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| Sheep Cloning | |
| Sheep cloned by French chemist. This leads to cloning bans in several states. Research opinions vary greatly. There are ethical barriers. The Food and Drug Administration has asserted itself stating it would be the | |
| Popular Science | Donald Colwell |
| Nov. 98,pg.32 | Due: 11-2-98 |
| Nov. 98 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| Pump it Up | |
| Most muscles in the body mend themselves after a damaging blow,but not the heart. A heart attack kills some cardiac cells, and without them the heart may not have enough strength to pump blood throughout the body. Now | |
| Better Homes and Gardens | Kim Huckaby |
| p:142 | Due: November 3, 1998 |
| November 1998 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| Coffee Can Put the Squeeze on You | |
| Drinking to much coffee can cause health effects. A study done by researchers at Duke University | |
| Submitted: 2-Nov-98 | Lou Stuntz |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Should You Be Genetically Tested? | |
| This is certainly a controversial topic. While I do not believe that it is something we should all jump on the band wagon and do, I do feel that it is a useful tool for people who believe that they carry serious genetic | |
| Cinti Enq. | Lou Stuntz |
| pp A1+ | Due: 11-3-98 |
| 12-1-98 | Submitted: 2-Nov-98 |
| DNA tests show Jefferson fathered child of slave | |
| Article gave summary of beliefs why this is thought to be so. Includes info on how the Y chromosomes are passed along thru the males in a family. It told how these chromosomes are passed along practically unchanged and | |
| Science World | Jessica Chrisite |
| vol.54 no.13 pp.19 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| April 13, 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Environmental Stress | |
| In the U.S. alone is only 5 percent of the world's population,but the U.S. uses 25 percent of the World's fossil fuels. When we(Americans) need living space we move in and take over habitats of other species, | |
| Science World | Jessica Chrisite |
| vol.54 no.13 pp. 19 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| April 13, 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Environmental Stress | |
| The United States has only 5 percent of the world's population, but consumes 25 percent of the fossil fuels. When we need living space we just push the other species aside, endangering their survival. We also pollute | |
| Science | Melissa McCord |
| Vol. #281 | Due: Nov. 3, 1998 |
| Sept. 4, 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Which of our genes make us human? | |
| This article was about the differences between humans and chimpanzies. 98% to 99% of our DNA is identical to that of a chimpanzie. | |
| Pediatrics electronic pages | Susan Lynn Bell |
| 102:e54 | Due: Nov. 3, 1998 |
| 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| TV, music videos linked to teen drinking | |
| It is said that kids do as they are taught to do. In the day of the electronics that we are in, it is not hard to concive or such things as kids drinking because that is what they see. each increase of 1 hour per | |
| Discover | Wendy Patton |
| Vol.19: No.11: pp.32 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| November 1998 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| These Butts Were Made for Walking | |
| Besides the fact that humans have bigger brains than apes, humans'gluteus maximus also is different. In apes, the gluteus maximus is a small muscle, whereas in humans it is much larger. In apes the muscle is attached | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Beulah Riek |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| dna tESTS SHOW jEFFERSON FATHERES CHILKD OF SLAVE | |
| iT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS SCIENCE CAN DETERMINE THE FATHER OF A SLAVE CHILD. DNA COULD BE AND HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICILA IN DETERMING ISSUES OF CRIME. | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Beulah Riek |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| dna tESTS SHOW jEFFERSON FATHERES CHILKD OF SLAVE | |
| iT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS SCIENCE CAN DETERMINE THE FATHER OF A SLAVE CHILD. DNA COULD BE AND HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICILA IN DETERMING ISSUES OF CRIME. | |
| Submitted: 10-Nov-98 | Wendy Patton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| TV,music videos linked to teen drinking | |
| This has been a debate that has been going on for a long time. there are statistics that show that people emulate what they see on TV and in magazines. There have also been studies that show that this is not the case. | |
| Submitted: 12-Nov-98 | Tara Cummins |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| TV, music videos linked to teen drinking. | |
| I agree with Susan Bell's newsnote. Most teens these days are watching to mush television and they are exposed to alcohol.Most teens watch movies that have their favorite actor or actress in it drinking. Then most teens | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Environmental Stress | |
| I agree with Jessica Chrisite's article. Is it necessary for the U.S. to use up 25% of the world's fossil fuels when it only takes up 5% of the population? Also, a vegetarian diet is a good way to be more environmenal. | |
| Cincinnati Enquier | Kim Jakubowski |
| vol 1 p.A12 | Due: 11.24/98 |
| 11/11/98 | Submitted: 16-Nov-98 |
| My Mother, the Mouse | |
| Ovarian tissue from African Elephants was transplanted into lab mice that were bred so that their bodies would not reject the tissue. Someday, mice could be "factories" in the process of impregnating endangered species. | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-98 | Carey Kieffer |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Healhy Skin and Bones | |
| Even though to much sunlight can be harmful for the | |
| Popular Science | Donald Colwell |
| PG. 56 | Due: Nov. 24 |
| Nov. 98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Gene Readers | |
| High-Tech chips read your genetic blueprints to predict what diseases you could get or help determine which treatments would work best for a disease you already have. To decode the answers, single strands of known | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Donald Colwell |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| My Mother The Mouse | |
| I agree with Kim. With all the advancements is technology today it isn't to far fetched to create a species using another host, after all look what we've done with cloning. You know what I'm talking about with the sheep. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Donald Colwell |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| My Mother The Mouse | |
| I agree with Kim. With all the advancements is technology today it isn't to far fetched to create a species using another host, after all look what we've done with cloning. You know what I'm talking about with the sheep. | |
| Ranger Rick | Susan Johnson |
| pg. 12-14 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| April 1995 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| How To Watch Wildlife | |
| This article details how to observe an animal and it's ecosystem. It gave information on where to look, trying different times, thinking small, using all your senses and about going in disguise. It also discussed | |
| Glamour Magazine | Wendy Patton |
| 312-313 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| October 1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Healthy Eating - New Choices, New Rip-offs, New news | |
| There is a buzz about healthier and more natural eating, primarily organic foods. What are organic foods? There really is no set definition for Natural or Organic foods. Also, there is no regulation of thes | |
| TIME | Carey Kieffer |
| Vol.152(No.20):pp.:96-97 | Due: 11-24-98 |
| November 16,1998 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| The Biological Mother Lode | |
| This article is about how scientists have isolated cells, called embryonic stem cells. These cells can grow into every kind of human tissue: bone, muscle, blood, and brain. Scientist hope that if they can determine how | |
| Evolutions of Bioninformatics | Beulah Riek |
| Internet | Due: 11-24-98 |
| November 98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Evoloution of Bioinformatics | |
| To profit most from the potential advantages of the new discovery and development technologie. The web can be a highly effective way for competetion for R&D competition in the mainstream of the discovery process.. The | |
| Reuters Health London | Susan Lynn Bell |
| none | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 1998 | Submitted: 25-Nov-98 |
| Global HIV cases up 10% in 1998 | |
| By the end of 1998 an estimated 3304 Million people worldwide will be infected with HIV. These numbers break down to be 11 people infected around the world every minute. which is close to 6 million new cases. One out | |
| Submitted: 25-Nov-98 | Ryan Thrift |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Healthy Skin and Bones | |
| I liked this article because it delt with daily health. This article also gives an alternate source of the vitamin D which is also in milk rather than | |
| Science News | Melissa L. McCord |
| Vol 154 pp 323-330 | Due: November, 1998 |
| November 21, 1998 | Submitted: 1-Dec-98 |
| Nuts To Your Health | |
| High-Fat and Healthful? For someone on a diet, nut where something to stay away from because 80% of their calories is fat. But recent studies show that most of their fat is monousaturated fat, which can be healthy. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Melissa McCord |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Sheep Cloning | |
| I agree that cloning show be baned, because it seems ethically wrong. I belive it is import to be able to use and it couse produce a great deal of knowledge to the medical, but I fear the people that would use cloning | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Wendy Patton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nuts To Your Health | |
| Not only are nuts a good source of monosaturated fat, they are also a good source of protein. This is beneficial to a person who eats a strict vegetarian diet. They provide the much needed protein and can add variety | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Wendy Patton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Global HIV cases up 10% in 1998 | |
| While most people dont want their children to learn about sexual issues until they are at a later age, this article is good evidence that earlier sex education is important. If children 15 years or younger are contracng | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Wendy Patton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Gene Readers | |
| This is another example of the continued work and research on DNA. Can these chips be put into a computer and then used for other purposes? | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Melissa McCord |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Calcium | |
| I agree with the comment about our age group not wanting to drink milk because of the many other chooses of drinks out there. I will aslo like to see the number of people with ostoperosis. | |
| US News and World Report | Wendy Patton |
| vol 125/no. 20/ pp 83 | Due: none |
| November 23, 1998 | Submitted: 1-Dec-98 |
| Hope for the Heart | |
| There are 2 main options when unclogging the coronary arteries, bypass surgery or angioplasty. Unfortunatley up to 1/3 of these procedures are ineffective leaving heart patients with chest pain, angina and fear of heart | |
| Submitted: 7-Dec-98 | Ryan Thrift |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Should You Be Benetically Tested? | |
| I think it is a good idea to be tested for genetic diseases. If they have the technology they should be using it. I think that I would like to read this article on my own it sounds interesting. | |
| Cinti Enq. | Louise Stuntz |
| Health Sect. p.D7 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 11/26/98 | Submitted: 8-Dec-98 |
| Necks help brains keep us moing | |
| Neuroscientists have discoved that not only do our brains use info from our eyes to determine the direction we are traveling but also input from our heads and our neck muscles. They hope that this discovery will lead to | |
| Submitted: 8-Dec-98 | Louise Stuntz |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Nuts to your health | |
| was glad to hear of this info, maybe I'll go back to eating more cashews. | |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Kimberly L. Morgan |
| pp.E3 | Due: 10/15/98 |
| 10/04/98 | Submitted: 17-Nov-98 |
| MANY USE MISTAKES TO BUILD STRONG COMPANY | |
| Rumpke of Greater Cincinnati had the largest garbage slide in the history of landfills. The slide took place at the Colerain Township landfill in 1996. Thirty acres of landfill slid down the ridge and after | |
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| 34565 | Due: today |
| 4/3/5 | Submitted: 21-Aug-97 |
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| Submitted: 27-Aug-97 | Leona H Smith |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Born to be Riled | |
| This article talks about possibly inheriting a variant of the serotonin-transporter geneone from mom or dad that may cause depression, insecure or dissatisfied. I would like to know more about this because I just read | |
| Earth | Karen Reissig |
| Pages 24-29 | Due: October 14, 1997 |
| October 1997 | Submitted: 7-Oct-97 |
| Kimberella's Slippers | |
| Research by paleontologists of fossils found on the floor of the White Sea,located south of the Artic Circle, has led to the conclusion that Kimberella was not a jellyfish but a mollusk. Since this member of one | |
| Discover | Karen reissig |
| Pages 18-19 | Due: March 3, 1998 |
| February 1998 | Submitted: 3-Mar-98 |
| Fetal Fix | |
| There have been positive results in treating Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome (scids) while in utero . Infants with this syndrome cannot produce enough T cells, the white blood cells that fight disease. A bone | |
| Loveland Herald | Andy Stout |
| A3 | Due: July 16, 1998 |
| July 8, 1998 | Submitted: 16-Jul-98 |
| Weather extremes cause tree stress | |
| If you live in the Cincinnati area you've probably noticed the enormous amount of rainfall we've had this year. Fallen trees and limbs are the only clear tree damage. Arborist Randy Haller says the wet springs and | |
| Submitted: 27-Jul-98 | Andrew Stout |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Chemical in marijuana may help stroke victims | |
| I think that it is great that a use for marijuana has been found in the medical world . I think that the drugs illegal use makes many docters shy away from trying it on their patients. If they don't forget these taboos | |
| Submitted: 28-Jul-98 | Laural Schroeder |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Chemical In Marijuana May Help Stroke Victims | |
| The article stated that one of the 40 chemicals in marijuana has been shown to help animals brain cells to fight the toxic chemicals that are caused by a stroke. This chemical is only helpfull whne taken in large | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Bird's- eye Approach Offer Best View of Cell Function | |
| I propose the same question as Jamie Madden does, how does the discovery of 400 genes being active and resting at different stages of a cell cycle help in cancer research? Especially when looking at yeast. I think people | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-98 | Binita Patel |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Helping Plants Cope With Stress | |
| ABA is exactly what our world's plants need right now. With all the air pollution, heat, and chemicals its amazing to see how some plants are still alive. This discovery would really be important to our society. If ABA | |
| Submitted: 29-Oct-98 | kasee Trefzger |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Birds do it, apes do it-Stray from mates | |
| In the article did they have any data shown of how these | |
| Submitted: 2-Nov-98 | Kimberly Conrad |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Don't be a Victum of Highway Crime | |
| What is the biological significance of this newsnote? I agree that it is important to take all precautions necessary in order to avoid crime, but the relationship between biology and crime is vague. Crime is a | |
| The Cinti. Enquirer | Minsun Yim |
| Pg. A1& A13 | Due: Nov. 3 |
| Oct. 30. 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer | |
| The government cleared the powerful drug tamoxifen as a way for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer to cut their odd of ge | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Miscarriage | |
| If 17% of women's eggs are chromosomally defective at 25 years of age and women are marrying later in life then the possibility of miscarriage is greater today then in the days of Romeo and Juliet (teen age lovers)!!! | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Birs do it, apes do it-Stray from mates. | |
| IBut aren't humans credited with a brain to reason. Even though we are classified as mammals, we should be in a higher pecking order -- that is we should know right from wrong! | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| "One Lamb, Much Fuss" | |
| IAs the article states "the cloned lamb remains young, and may not age or develop normally" -- this will lead us to overpopulation of young and normal developmently impaired. -- What good is this? | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| New Procedures with Lymph Nodes Surgical | |
| The article does not mention if/or any side effects that result from the procedure -- since the procedure is fairly new, data on the side effects are inconclusive! I don't think I would want the procedure! | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Developing new cancer therapies | |
| The article does not give any specifics about the testing procedure! The source was from the "Internet" but no other information about the source was given ("don"t know, doesn't say"). | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Color-Coded Mice | |
| If the entire animal has a greenish fluorescence color under a blue light what color are the cancer cells -- this is not mentioned! | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Allergic Reactions to Condoms | |
| I can see when the T-cells rebound that it would cause psychological stress but at the time of the first announcement of survival, I would not have a feeling of stress but one of relief. | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| "How spiders make their silk" | |
| Since spiders are pretty tiny creatures, I would think that they could be used in individual cells (somewhat like a bee hive) so that they would not eliminate themselves! | |
| Yahoo! News | Ryan Thrift |
| page 1 and 2 | Due: 11/2/98 |
| 11/2/98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| Experimental AIDS Drug Promising | |
| A new drug reduces the amount of the HIV virus in the blood in two weeks. The name of the drug is T-20 and it is a peptide the blocks the protein found on the surface of the HIV virus from fusing to the cell membranes. | |
| Life Magazine | Timothy W. Begley |
| Nov. 98, p.22 | Due: 11-03-98 |
| Nov. 98 | Submitted: 3-Nov-98 |
| "The Big Pictue: France" | |
| When doctors amputated Clint Hallam's right arm below the elbow in 1989, a few years after a chain saw accident, the 48-year-old New Zealand businessman pinned his hopes on a transplant that hed been tried only once | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Survey Finds as we age the sex doesn't | |
| Doesn't this prove that age is not a matter of years but a matter of mind (we think young even though our bodies are aging) over matter? | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-98 | rosanna ardine |
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| Allergic Reactions to Condoms | |
| This newsnote reads like a label warning which appears on most products sold -- warning of side effects and recommending options. | |
| Comptons Encyclopedia Online -Nature | marian Fenner |
| v2.0 | Due: 11-3-98 |
| Oct.1 1998 | Submitted: 5-Nov-98 |
| Pollen Grains Help to Solve Murder Mystery | |
| A team of forensic scientist used pollen grains to help answer questions about a decades old mass-murder.The bodies were discovered by construction workers who unearthed a grave containing skeletons of 32 men. A | |
| Redbook | Wesley Birkhold |
| page 44 | Due: 11/03/98 |
| October | Submitted: 5-Nov-98 |
| Using the Don't laugh Rhythm Method | |
| It is a fine form of birth controll if you are in along-term , monogamous relationship. | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Weather extremes cause trees stress | |
| I didn't find the original newsnote on this, but it seems to me that if the trees can't make it through Cincinnati's severe and wet weather, that other types of trees would take their place. | |
| Submitted: 9-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
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| AIDS drug shows promising | |
| This comment gives me chills becuase I have talked to other people who feel the same way about this population control. It seems like if someone did find the cure for AIDS, that they would get it to infected people | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-98 | Danielle West |
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| The Big Picture: France | |
| If this became possible, to attach limbs from a whole other person, would definatly change the lives of many amputees. It would be a very small shimmer of hope since all the tissue would almost have to be exact for this | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | erin hicks |
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| world population forcast lowered because of AIDS | |
| I found Jamie's article to be very interesting because when I think of AIDS I hadn't really ever thought of it as affecting such a large majority of people. This is not only due to my own lack of education , but also to | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | erin hicks |
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| Heavy use of Deoderant Kills Teen | |
| This article bothered me because I can not believe that although his parents did realize that he had a problem with this, they didn't encourage him, or force him to seek some kind of counseling or outside help. To me, | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | erin hicks |
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| Jimsonweed Leads to Bizzare Behavior | |
| After learning about this plant in lab, I soon started to see it appear in newspapers and other places. It is scary that this plant is so readily available to our culture and that it can cause so much harm. What is | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | erin hicks |
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| 69 People Dead from Viagra | |
| Although 63 of these supposadly viagra related deaths were men whom also showed other risk factors, there were also six who didn't. I belive that if you were to take a close look at our population, most of us do posses | |
| Submitted: 23-Nov-98 | erin hicks |
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| Green House Gases Being Absorbed Suprisingly Fast | |
| This article is a sign of hope for me. It is good to know that our environment is in a better state than it was four years ago. So I would like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to those of us whom have | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Donald Colwell |
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| My Mother The Mouse | |
| I agree with Kim. With all the advancements is technology today it isn't to far fetched to create a species using another host, after all look what we've done with cloning. You know what I'm talking about with the sheep. | |
| Aol News for Today | Jessica Chrisite |
| Health | Due: 11/24/98 |
| 11/24/98 | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| Fighting Breast Cancer! | |
| National Cancer Institute are doing many studies on fighting breast cancer. One study they are persueing at the moment is called TRC-9801. In the study they are using an antibody called Herceptin. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Amy Wilson |
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| Disappearing Act | |
| I think that a lot of women develop eating disorders because they know no other way to lose excess weight. The information given to the public about how to eat right and stay healthy and lose weight is so confusing and | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
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| How to Breathe Easier | |
| Ialso agree with some of the recommendation. I asthma symptons and find that | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Wesley Birkhold |
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| Rats Have Too Much on Their Minds | |
| I have seen the reats perform in a science show on television. | |
| Yahoo News | Ryan Thrift |
| 1-2 | Due: 11/24/98 |
| Tuesday November 24 1:41 AM ET | Submitted: 24-Nov-98 |
| ANot-So-Sweet Side Of Sugar-It Could Age You | |
| This article covers the aging effect that comes with eating fructose. Dr. Moshe Werman and Boaz Levi tested the fructose on rats and found that the rats that were taking in fructose were getting saggy Collagen. | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Jenny Catron |
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| Risky Fashion | |
| How can piercing your tongue cause your teeth to crack? I can see how all the other problems can occur, but cracked teeth? Was ther anything in the article to explain? Also personally, it seems like it could be a big | |
| Submitted: 24-Nov-98 | Jenny Catron |
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| Women's Heart Attacks Are Worse | |
| I just wanted to coment on something else related to women and heart attacks. What a lot of people don't know is that heart disease is very high among women. Heart disease once was thought of as a man's disease. But | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
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| Organic Foods | |
| I disagree with some of Wendy's article. A majority of my diet is organic foods. They are not tasteless. They do not lack any more nutrients than inorganic foods. You just have to read the food labels. Also, fat-free | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
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| Global HIV Cases up 10% 1998 | |
| These statistics in Susan's article are alarming! Maybe more AIDS education for all people will help to decrease the number of cases. People would be more aware. | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-98 | Kim Jakubowski |
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| How to Watch Wildlife | |
| Susan's article seemed to have good tips on observing animals. There is definately a certain technique to do it, and some ways are better than others. Certain items you could bring with you to animal-watch also could | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Melissa McCord |
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| Coffee can Put the Squeeze on You | |
| It was interesting the effect that coffie has on the body. I personally do not drink coffee, but I plan to pass on the information to the many coffee drinkers I do know. | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-98 | Melissa McCord |
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| TV, music viedos linked to teen drinking | |
| I though the fact about every hour of watching increased the tendency to drink, but I wonder what research they did to come up with that number. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Flu Medcines a Step Ahead of Latest Viruses | |
| I think that the pills and nasal sprays are a good idea because many people hate getting shots. It will give many people the chance to have a vaccine that they could'nt stand to get before. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
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| Doctor gets probation | |
| I thought that the subject of a maternity patient being infected by a flesh-eating bacteria to be very weird and interesting at the same time. Since this was her doctor who was taking care of her he is the one truely at | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
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| Is Ritalin right for your child? | |
| This subject is very important to those with child because Ritalin has lasting affects. I feel that the idea of changing the childs diet is a good idea. It seems that most things in life can be cured from a change in | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| technology Puts DNA to work to Fight Disease-Causing Genes | |
| I think this is wonderful research. It is good bcause scientists are able to fight different diseases without using drugs. It is a natural way of fighting disease. If more research is done, maybe someday it will be | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
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| T. Rex was Barney next to this guy | |
| I think that is a great newsnote due to its realistic possibility of other dinosaurs. Many species have not yet been discovered on this earth even thought they lived many many years ago. The only shocking information | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Calcium Mad Headlines This Year | |
| I don't understand why so many people are'nt getting enough calcium. It is a very common mineral found in many foods. I believe I get enough calcium, because I drink a lot of milk and eat many dairy foods. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| 69 People Dead From Viagra | |
| I don't think people should really worry about viagra them. Thousands of people have taken it and have been fine. Most of the people who taking it are generally older and have a higher risk of dying. Any drug that a | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
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| World population forcast lowered because of AIDS | |
| I think this newsnote is an accurate account of the population in today's society due to the increasing AIDS crisis. I think that this comment should have a front headline because this affects many people. With the | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Jimson weed leads to bizarre behavior | |
| I think that the media needs to do a better job of educating the public about Jimson weed. Young people really know the terrible things Jimson weed can do to them. If teenagers are going to be so irresponsible with | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Shannon Meier |
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| Heavy use of deodorant kills teen | |
| I found this newsnote to be facinating,yet impossible. This to me seem almost impossible,but in fact this has to be true. I would think that good hygiene would not kill you, but I would say guess again. If there was | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| I think this whole article is completely wrong. The whole AIDS epidemic is blown all out of proportion. Not as many people have AIDS as what we think and as what the media says. AIDS is becoming more obsolete because | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Study: Brain cells can regenerate | |
| I think this is great news for everybody. I was always taught that once a brain cell is dead it can't be replaced. The only bad thing is, drunks and potheads might justify their behavior with this research. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Is Ritalin right for your chils? | |
| I think that most kids that are on ritalin really don't need it. Doctors are giving it to kids that are brats and just need to be told no every once in a while. Only psycologists should be able to give it to kids. It | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Nicotine's Image Takes a Turn For the Worse | |
| The best thing for people to do is to never even start smoking. I don't feel sorry for peolpe who try to quit and something like this happens to them. They should have never began smoking to begin with. If they hadn't | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| Bright Lights, Big Tumors? | |
| I am glad to hear this news. I love to be in the dark and I always sleep in the dark. Of course there will always be something else to give me cancer. | |
| Submitted: 4-Dec-98 | Randi Kratzer |
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| A world With No Antibiotics | |
| Doctors have been prescribing to many drugs to people for years. This research is just an example of this. They have been giving so many drugs that diseases are becoming ammune to the drugs. What are people going to | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| Using the Don't Laugh Rhythm Method | |
| With the amount of technology today to abstain seems almost midevil. My question is how happy would a female be if she was abstaining from sex when her body was screaming for it? | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| World Pop. Lowered Becuase of AIDS | |
| In response to Ms. Hicks comment: All I have to say is SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!!! | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| A-not-so sweet side of sugar- It could age you | |
| It doesn't matter what you eat, drink, touch, or breath they all have some sort of detrimental effect. I think that everyone has to make the decision of what they are willing to give up and what they aren't; assuming | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| TV music videos linked to teen drinking | |
| There is always a new excuse for bad parenting. | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| Darwin in the Dock | |
| Has Mr. Behe ever been educated about DNA/RNA? How about diabetes or other genetic disorders? What is Mr. Behe definition of useless? Can the cell not survive or be passed on, or does it not serve a purpose from that | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| World Population Forcast Lowered Because of AIDS | |
| Less people, less pollution, less destruction to the Earth; and the Problem with this IS???? | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
| Comment on a Newsnote | |
| Brain Cells can Regenerate | |
| In response to Ms. Kratzer's comment; if that is a justification of the drunks and "potheads" then they were obviously too stupid to begin with. | |
| Submitted: 6-Dec-98 | Nicola Houghton |
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| Saving a "New Tiger" | |
| We discover new species of organisms constantly and then start saying how we have to conserve their habitats but no one ever seems to take the time to realize that conserving their habitats starts on a personal basis. | |
| yahoo!news | Ryan Thrift |
| page 1 | Due: 11/30/98 |
| 12/7/98 | Submitted: 7-Dec-98 |
| Big Antarctic Ozone Hole Lasting Longer Than Ever | |
| This article was about a hole in the ozone that is about 13 million square km and lasted 100 days. The last record hole was in the 1970's and was 10 million square km. This is a 3 million km difference in the two. | |