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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Elizabeth Craver
Metro, B5
Due: January 19, 1999
January 12, 1999
Submitted: 12-Jan-99
Local emergency officials train for chemical-biological attack
The tristate emergency officials had their first taste of what might happen if terrorist attacked us. Even though Cincinnati is not a terrorist target, officials need to take precautions just in case. The emergency officials learned about different types of bio-chemical terrorist threats. Cincinnati is just one of the 120 cities participating in the Domestic Preparedness Program. This program prepares cities for any attacks, that involve chemical and biological weapons. This way the city will be prepared and know how to handle the situation safely.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Elizabeth Craver
Metro, Pp. C2
Due: February 9, 1999
January 10, 1999
Submitted: 12-Jan-99
Flesh-eating bacteria kill woman in days
Frances Wild had died, after two days because of symptoms related to damaged flesh and muscle. She died shortly after emergency surgery doctors had removed the damage to her body. Frances had went to her doctor, the day of her surgery, with a fever and an inflamed boil. The illness is not a threat to healthy people with a normal immune system. It is also not contagious, said Keith Armitage, an infectious-disease expert at University Hospitals.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Elizabeth Craver
Pp. C2, Metro
Due: March 2, 1999
January 10, 1999
Submitted: 12-Jan-99
Study links vision loss, stroke
Suddenly losing your vision is known as retinal vein occlusion. A Cincinnati research team believes that this might be a genetic mutation that is related to strokes and other blood clot problems. This research has been conducted before by other researchers. There are more than 9 million Americans who suffer from being blind and severely visually impaired. Retinal vein occlusion happens suddenly and is the least common cause of blind- ness. It can occur at any age. Retinal vein occlusion is being identified by genetic testing. There are still tests being conducted.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Shelly Dold
Metro, B5
Due: January 19, 1999
January 17, 1999
Submitted: 18-Jan-99
Face-Lift to Give Hospital New Life
Good Samaritan Hospital, Greater Cincinnati's busiest hospital, is starting a $5.2 million project devoting an entire floor to the neonatal intensive care unit. This project will double the floor space and also increase the number of bassinets from 37 to 47. The reason for the growth of this hospitals neonatal unit is that intensive care occupancy rates have been 90% for the last 18 months. These rates are tied to the fact that Good Samaritan attracts many women with high risk pregnancies. This project will start in March of this year and should be done by the year 2000.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Amy Ilg
Metro B7
Due: 01/19/99
01/12/99
Submitted: 18-Jan-99
Local emergency officials train for chemical biological attack
On Monday, January 11, 1999, the area officals got their first taste of what might happen if a terrorist attacks the city with a chemical or biological weapon (Bonfield, B7). A few more than 50 officals gathered in a police training classroom in Longworth Hall in Downtown Cincinnati to learn about the threats posed by the poor man's atom bomb. This meeting was Cincinnati's first session as it has become part of the Domestic Preparedness Program run by the Department of Defense. In 1997 and 1998 Cincinnati has spent about $79 million and already almost $50 million in 1999, to gain support for the preparedness for the attacks.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Angela Merkle
A20
Due: January 19,1999
January 17,1999
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Polio Eradication Elusive in India
The World Health Organization also known as WHO is trying to wipe out the polio virus in India. The Rotary International had volunteers that were stationed on street corners around India to give the polio vaccination to millions of children. The polio vaccination has to be distributed to people more than one time to ensure the polio virus is gone. The WHO will not declare a country polio-free until the country has no report of new cases for three years. All children have to have polio vaccinations until every country is polio free. Everyone should take precautions to help wipe out the polio virus forever.


New Scientist
Eric Ball
Vol. 1967 pp.30-31
Due: 1/19/99
4 March 1995
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Molecules To Make Plants Tick
This article discussed the circadian clocks that are inside most plants. The authors are trying to discover if todays biological clocks have decended from ancestors, or if they have evolved independently. A researcher has also found that if you keep a plant away from the sun, it will still open and close using the circadian clock that it biologically posseses. This is important because, it tells us that the plants have an internal clock, not one that has to be activated by the rays of the sun. The location of this gene is important because, it would give farmers the opportunity to grow plants that would produce fruit two or three times a year.


Discover
Nikki Kraus
pp.34
Due: 1-19-99
January 1999
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
IRIS ID
A computer scientist, John Daugman, has created a camera that scans and recognizes the unique patterns in the iris, the colored area of the eye. "The camera uses infrared light to image the iris and then creates a digital code based on the iris's fiber pattern." Daugman has done extensive comparisons and has found that no two irises are alike. He has found "that irises are even more distinctly individual than a person's DNA." Preliminary testing is being used in Britain to access automatic teller machines with this new device.


New Scientist
Patti Deffinger
No2153/Page 12
Due: 1/19/99
Sept. 26, 1998
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
"Can't Take the Heat"
Due to the rising temperatures in the Artict, the guillemot population is in great danger. These seabirds first began living in the area 25 years ago. They were able to due so because the temperature had dropped enough to allow them the time to breed and nest between periods of heavy snowfalls. The birds need to have at least 80 days without snow to make their nests and raise their young. The continuous drop in temperatures, however, has lead to a decrease in the population of guillemots living in the area. The birds are not able to find enough food. This is due to the fact that fish do not live in the ice-free areas.


New Scientist
Jennifer Smith
pg. 7
Due: January 19, 1999
September 26, 1998
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Easing the agony
Marijuana is often the topic of discussion. Unfortunately, marijuana it is more often than not, talked about as a leisure activity rather than a medical use. Today, people who smoke marijuana believe it does more than get you high. It has been said that cannabis is capable of releiving pain. Researchers in the US have discovered an active ingrediant in marijuana, known as THC. THC targets the same pain centres in the brain as the drug morphine. This theory has had little study behind it. They have tested it on rats and are still not sure if the results are do to the THC or the fact that the rats are too high. It is still under research.


Environmantal Nutrition Newsletter
Cristi Cole
Pages 214-216
Due: January 19, 1999
February 1999
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Herbal Supplements-Reall Life Horror Stories
This article talked about how herbal supp. aren't so good for our bodies. It says that herbal products are often untested and not really regulated by the gov't. They are not tested unless their becomes a problem with


Environmental Nutrition Newsletter
Cristi Cole
Pages 214-216
Due: January 19, 1999
February 1999
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Herbal Supplements-Real Life Horror Stories
(CON'T). Then it is too late if they have already done damage to the body. Prescription drugs and over-the-counter meds. are tested before they go into the stores so I think that herbal supplements should be also. There are many effects to the body after a prolonged use of supplements. Most herbal supplements do not post a warning on their containers about this. Some of these effects are severe vommiting and dirrehea, and ir- regular heart beat and even death. Many people think that herbal supp. are good for you but this article was important because many, many people are mistaken and take too many too often.


New Scientist
Kelly Potts
pp.10
Due: 1-19-99
September 26, 1998
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Warm Gaints
This article discuses the bady temperatures of eleven saltwater crocodiles in Nothern Oueensland. To read the body temperature of the crocodilies they feed them chicken carcasses with temperature-sensitive radio transmitters inside of them. This study concluded that smaller crocs lose heat more rapidly than large ones.


New Scientist
Katy Neal
p.7
Due: 1-19-99
9-26-98
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Easing the Agony
The question this article asks is marijuana an effective pain killer for todays' medical patients. Ian Meng and colleagues at the University of California Medical Center analysed the effect of marijuana on a specific pain centre in the brain, the RVM. The RVM controls pain signals to the brain. The experiment consisted of given rats an injection of THC and observing them as thier tails laid close to a heat lamp. They were much slower in moving thier tails. The question still remains is the reaction delayed because of pain killer or being high.


Science News
Katie Kelly
Vol. 153 No. 7
Due: 1/21/99
Feb. 14, 1998
Submitted: 20-Jan-99
What's So Sexy About a Canary Song?
Everyone thinks that a male Canary song makes females go wild. Well, females favor two note trills from the males. Eric Vallet of the University of Paris found that repeditions of two notes appealed to females more than a single note. The two note trill causes females to engage in frequent sexual displays. Males can repeat the two note call 16 to 20 times per second. Vallet plans to do more study to tell whether the Canary trill demands fancy interplay between the two sides of a bird's vocal organ.


Seventeen Magazine
Laura Utter
Feb.99, pg. 76
Due: 1-21-99
Jan. 99
Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Pregnancy Could Cause Varicose Veins
Some women develop varicose veins as ther enter their forties or fifties as part of the aging process. However, the weight of carrying a fetus puts pressure on the leg veins, weakening their walls. As the veins lose their elasticity, they become longer and wider, filling up with blood more quickly and resulting in those bumpy bulges called varicose veins. Some women have varicose veins either surgically removed or sealed off so that blood flow is rerouted. The condition can recur in a different vein at another time. Varicose veins have also been proven that they are notn-heretitary.


Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Jennifer Goble
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Face - Lift to Give Hospital New Life
I think that Shelly has a good point on this article. Children's Hospital needs to


Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Jennifer Goble
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Face - Lift to Give Hospital New Life
I think that Shelly has a good point on this article. Children's Hospital needs to expand their facility. Their hospital isn't large enough to accomodate for everyone's needs.


New scientist
Crystal Wright
no.2153
Due: 1-21-99
Sept.26 1998
Submitted: 21-Jan-99
Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?
The question asked is why do boomerangs come back? Aboomerang works by a combonation of aerodynamic and gyroscopic effects. With it thrown at about twenty degrees vertical it causes the boomerang to spin rapidly. The uppermost blade at the top and the lower on bottom, causing the upper blade to move faster, and produces a force in the direction of a turn The rotation of the boomerang makes it like a gyroscope, when the overturning torque occurs it causes the the boomerang to arc and turn around.


Submitted: 21-Jan-99
Crystal Wright
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Herbal Supplements-real life horror stories
This article is shocking news, my mother takes many herbal vitamins and does not know the dangers. I still believe that prevention medicine is better than any medicine. Take care of yopur body and you will not have to indulge in any drugs. I never take medication for anything, buy I did once and i became very ill, it was only Nyquill.


Submitted: 21-Jan-99
Elizabeth C., Kathy S., Jen L., Shelly D., Hannah H.
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Herbal Supplements-Real Life Horror Stories
We believe that anyone interested in taking an herbal supplement should take it to their doctor. By allowing your doctor to review the ingredients, and discussing it with him or her, you may avoid problems. Your doctor should be able to make you aware of any potential side effects and advise how much is too much.


Enquirer
Jenni Hupp
A13
Due: 1-21-99
1-21-99
Submitted: 21-Jan-99
Study Finds Two Methods Better Than One For Infertility
Combining artificial insemination with Hormone treatments appears to give infertile couples a better chance of pregnancy than either method alone. Doctors try to do both methods seperately, but both combined have proven to work better. The researchers noted the risks of using hormones include multiple pregnancy and possibly an increased chance of ovarian cancer. During the study, there were three quadruplet pregnancies, four sets of triplets and eighteen sets of twins. The costs of this is very expesive to do.


Submitted: 26-Jan-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Pregnancy Could Cause Vericose Veins
Why do women only get vericose veins. I have never heard of man getting these. It boggles me that the veins do this. What is the cause of the veins bulging like this? I am glad to hear that it is not hereditary. My female family members have vericose veins and it does not sound like they feel to good. i hope this does not happen to me. I wonder if they will ever conclude on this study because it sounds like a good one to find out about.


Submitted: 26-Jan-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Flesh-eating Bacteria Kill Woman in Days"
The idea of flesh-eating bacteria is very scary. The stories that I have heard are about death occuring within a couple days of the first symptoms appearing. This article appears to be no exception to that. From Elizabeth's summary, it appears that we have nothing to fear if we have a healthy, normal immune system. I hope this is true. I would like to know where this bacteria came from. If it is not contagious, why have we heard of such an increase in cases like this?


Time
Debra Meyer
pp. 42-43
Due: January 19, 1999
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
The Biotech Century
Altering DNA may in the future become a new trend in detailing out future. Medical researchers believe that in the next century we will be able to conquer disease, determine our children's eye color or gender, and even determine our child's IQ. The article suggests their concerns for such technology. There should be a line drawn for the severity of this particular technique. The power of technology is capable of what we allow it to accomplish. The fact of genetic engineering being able to cure disease is a plus, but when it comes to tampering with a child's identity, there should be limits.


Community Mental Health Journal
Tanya Hartness
Vol. 34 #6: pp. 545-546
Due: January 19, 1999
December 1998
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
" Physicians assisted suicide" or "Physician aid-in-dying"
This article states that the voters in Oregon passed an act labeled, "Oregon's death with dignity". This act made it legal for oregon physicians to adminster a life-ending drug to terminally ill patients. After they passed this act, Oregon had a debate over what this type of assistance should be called, "physicians assisted suicide" or "Physician aid-in dying". I find this debate to be a litte crazy, after all no matter what it is called, these physicians will be doing the same exact thing, killing terminally ill patients before they die naturally. The point is no matter what the name is, the physicians are doing the same thing. Who cares?


Submitted: 26-Jan-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Polio Eradication Elusive in India"
I read this article also. It was heart-wrenching to read about the tragedies that Polio can cause in the lives of young children. I am hopeful that WHO can wipe out Polio. I did not understand why the article declares that India will be Polio-free after three years without an occurance. We still have our children vaccinated against Polio. It seems that it is a never-ending fight to keep our children from contracting this disease.




Time
Debra Meyer
89-90
Due: 2-9-99
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 7-Feb-99
On the Horizon
Many diseases attack healthy cells and destroy them. Genetic researchers have been studying these damaged cells and have come up with a way to replace these cells with healthy ones. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin were able to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone tissues (pp 89). This has given hope to doctors to try and make healthy body tissues of all sorts to cure disease. The idea has brought about new ideas such as gentic engineering and lengthening the life-span of cells. The road may be long for these cancer vaccines, but scientists state, it is very promising.


Time
Debra Meyer
89-90
Due: 2-9-99
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 7-Feb-99
On the Horizon
Many diseases attack healthy cells and destroy them. Genetic researchers have been studying these damaged cells and have come up with a way to replace these cells with healthy ones. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin were able to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone tissues (pp 89). This has given hope to doctors to try and make healthy body tissues of all sorts to cure disease. The idea has brought about new ideas such as gentic engineering and lengthening the life-span of cells. The road may be long for these cancer vaccines, but scientists state, it is very promising.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Jackie Art
pp. A1
Due: Febraury 9, 1999
Monday February 1, 1999
Submitted: 7-Feb-99
Scientists: HIV came from chimps
This article discussed how scientists have now discovered that HIV came from chimps. It talks about how chimps are immune to it, but how they passed it on to people in Africa. It also discusses how scientists are now studying why chimps do not get sick from this virus, and how this could possibly affect our findings for medications to help cure this now incurable disease.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Shelly Dold
health/science p. A15
Due: February 9, 1999
February 7, 1999
Submitted: 7-Feb-99
Scientist Tackling Age Related Blindness
Age-related macular degenerations is the leading cause of blindness in people older than 50. Scientist are now working on a drug that will not cure the disease but will slow down vision loss. This drug will only help wet AMD, which is about 90% of cases. So far there is only one treatment for this disease which is a laser that cauterizes the blood vessel. The problem is that only 15% the people affected with the disease qualify. Visudyne is a light activate drug that is injected into your arm and then travels into the eye's abnormal blood vessel. When you shine in a beam of light the drug begins to work. 61% tested have improved vision.


Modern Maturity
Jeffrey Henderson
Page 66
Due: 02/10/99
January-February 1999
Submitted: 8-Feb-99
A Year Round Resolution
This article is about something that should be very important to everybody; physical fitness. The article discusses how everybody needs a good fitness routine in their lives, yet only about 15% of people get this workout. Many people use their New Year's resolution to say that they are going to work out and yet they do not do it. I felt that an article like this one that tells the benifits of physical fitness would be interesting for anyone to read. The author of the article is Edward Jackowski, who is the CEO of Exude Fitness. For more info on physcal fitness try www.exude.com


Modern Maturity
Jeffrey Henderson
Page 66
Due: 02/9/99
January-February 1999
Submitted: 8-Feb-99
A Year Round Resolution
This article is about something that should be very important to everybody; physical fitness. The article discusses how everybody needs a good fitness routine in their lives, yet only about 15% of people get this workout. Many people use their New Year's resolution to say that they are going to work out and yet they do not do it. I felt that an article like this one that tells the benifits of physical fitness would be interesting for anyone to read. The author of the article is Edward Jackowski, who is the CEO of Exude Fitness. For more info on physcal fitness try www.exude.com


Enquirer
Jenni Hupp
internet
Due: 2-9-99
2-9-99
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Genetic Test Tailors AIDS Treatment
In recent months doctors have increasingly turned to individual resistance testing. A new study that was released Thursday showed that this payed off, Analyzing patients' viruses foro genetic signs of resistance seems to improve treatment outcomes. The previous treatments are not curing anything. Dr. Douglas Richman of the University of California estimated that as many as two dozen of these test are now on the market. At the start of the studies, median viral level was 28,000 copy's per milliliter of blood. All were switched to the new druds and their viral level dropped to 815, compared to 7950 in the comparison group. This could be helpful.


Time Magazine
Amy Taylor
vol.153 p.56-59
Due: 2/9/99
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Good eggs, Bad Eggs
The growing power of prenatal genetic tests is raising thorny new questions about ethics, fairness and privacy. The daily advances in our ability to forecast any of the 4,000 inherited disesases our genes might bequeath


The True Spirit of Heathcare
Jaime Vaught
http//:www.alexian.org/babies/thirdtri/csection.html
Due: Feb. 9, 1999
no date
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Cesarean Sections: When are they Necessary?
Most expectant parents assume that they will deliver vaginally. Most of them will deliver that way, but approximately 15 to 18 percent of babies are born by C-section, a procedure where a fetus is delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen. The two most common reasons for a C-section are failure of labor to progress because the baby's head is too large to fit through the pelvis; and maternal or fetus distress. Other reasons include: Breech presentation, placenta previa- the placenta is abnormally low and covers the cervical opening, abruptio placenta- the placenta separates prematurely from the wall of the uterus, and prolapsed cord.


New Scientist
Eric Ball
vol. 2160 pp.32-36
Due: 2/9/99
Nov. 14, 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Just for you
The article 'Just for you' focuses on the use of DNA testing to discover the best medical treatments for patients that need to take medicine. The article also describes pharmacogenomics "... an emerging science that aims to describe at the genetic level precisely why some people respond well to certain drugs and others don't" (32). Supporters of pharmacogenomics say that many genes have been implicated in toxic drug responses. For instance, this technique can be used to discover which children, with leukaemia, can be treated with 6-mercaptopurine.


The Cincinnati Post
Angie Merkle
3B
Due: 2-9-99
2-8-99
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Drug Therapy Gaining on Exercise
One day drug therapy may replace excercising. This will be done by the use of insulin. There has been a gene therapy found that seems to slow the age loss of muscle tissue by thirty percent. Many other researches have been found to help with genetics. There has been a drug developed and is being tested that may help with fat-burning. It has a metabolic effect that is similar to excercising. This drug is still being tested and will probably come into effect within the next ten years.Genetics studies are expanding rapidly and times are changing.People will be able to be lazy by sitting and taking a drug that gives them the same results as excercise.


NewScientist
Jennifer Smith
Pg. 3
Due: February 9, 1999
February 6, 1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
"Half the story"
HIV seems to be quite a hot topic these days. No matter if it is a discussion about coming up with a permanent cure or ways to prevent it from ever happening, it is talked about. As much information I hear about HIV, I never was informed about its origin. Did you know HIV came across seas from western central Africa. Did you also know researchers believe the virus was passed onto humans from chimpanzees. How would the disease be passed from chimpanzees to humans you ask? It is easy to imagine the whole concept of how it happened. Humans hunt chimpanzees for food and those who butcher and cook them are handling the chimpazee's blood.


The Sciences
Carrie Stewart
Vol. 38 No.6, pp.7
Due: Feb. 9, 1999
Nov./Dec. 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Extra!Extra!Extrasolar extra!
Astronomers have discovered ten planets scince the year 1995. Recently two more plantets have come into view. From a telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, a team of astronomers detected motion in their stars, which was caused by the planet's gravitational pull. Both of the recently discovered planets are about the size of Jupiter. One of them has a central star that makes a round trip every three days. The second planet has an orbit similar to earth's; a year there is about 440 days long. This second world is the first one discovered at such a similar distance from it's main star to earth's.


Reader's Digest
Cristi Cole
pages 59-63
Due: February 9, 1999
February 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
When is a Cold Not a Cold?
This article was about how many people think that when they get sick it is a cold, and a lot of times it may be more than that. Colds are transferred through people by germs on the hands, and I learned that a cold can not be transferred through kissing. The bedt prevention of the common cold is frequent hand washing. Bronchitis and sinustis are two things that many people mistake for just the common cold and this can be dangerous be cause these are more dangerous to the body. This article says that when you start to feel under the weather to rest and drink lots of fluids to prevent a sickness.


Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Cristi Cole
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Easing the Pain
I think that if a patient is in pain then they should be allowed to use marijuana as a pain reliever. I don't see what the problem is. They should be able to use it until the medical feild finds another drug to use for them or until they prove that it is entirly unsafe. I think that if cancer patients know that it is a pain killer, or even just said to be a pain killer, then they will find a way to use marijuana just like everyone else does. If it helps someone who is dying or in pain, even if it is psychological, let them do it.


Science
Nikki Kraus
vol. 282 pp. 2177
Due: 2-9-99
December 18, 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Down on the Animal Pharm
Researchers have developed herds of sheep and other animals making human proteins. One protein, Alpha-1-antitrypsin, is already being tested as a potential treatment for cystic fibrosis patients. This protein is very expensive to obtain the goal was to develop a herd of animals that would secrete the protein into their milk so that it could be easily obtained. Early skeptics questioned if this gene could be successfully passed on to successive generations, and if so, would these animals produce the protein in an active form and in sufficient quantities. The production of this protein is a success and is now going through clinical trials.


Discover
Tanya Hartness
vol.19(#8): pp.60-69
Due: February 9, 1999
August 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Climbing Through the Brain
This is a very interesting article about an eight year old child whos brain has not developed properly. Docters found that this childs brain was smooth rather than rough, making his functioning was very low.Docters are now looking into neurosurgery, to operate on a brain that is not forming as it normally would. As the doctors looked in to the middle of gestation when the brain is being furrowed, and realizing why this childs' brain has not formed properly. So, with no cure for an underdeveloped brain, these doctors know why the brain is like this, and think that one day they will be able to fix this problem throgh neurosurgery.


Science News
Katie Kelly
Vol. 155
Due: 2/11/99
January, 30, 1999
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Night life Discovered for Bumblebees
Researches have discovered that bumblebees can navigate outside their nest in the dark. Someone left an infrared monitoring system on at the State University of New York. The next morning, researchers discovered that the bees traveled outside the nest at night. Lars Chittka, of the University of Germany, says that bees use odor and some kind of magnetic compass to navigate in the dark. Other studies show that honeybees have built in compasses, but this finding is new for bumblebees. Another interesting finding is the time of day that bumblebees travel. The peek times for bees to be out of the nest is midday and midnight.


Prevention
Linda Sluder
1
Due: 02/11/99
March 1999
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Dong Quai Flunks Hot Flash Study
In this particular article, a study was done in 1997 of 71 postmenopausal women with hot flashes. This study was conducted in California. Half the women took 4.5 g. of dong quai root daily for 12 weeks and the other half got a placebo herb. Hot flashes decreased in both groups and there was no difference between the dong quai group and the placebo group. The researchers decided that more study was needed on the dong quai herb because it is common in traditional Chinese medicine for the dong quai root to be given with many other herbs and not just by itself.


The Old Farmers 1999 Almanac
Laura Utter
Vol. CCVII: pp. 118
Due: Feb. 11, 1999
1999
Submitted: 11-Feb-99
How to Predict the Weather Using a Pig Spleen!!
Gus Wickstrom of Tompkins in Sackatchewan, slaughters a pig every six months. He takes out the spleen,and divides it into six areas each representing one month. The top portion represents the current month, and the bottom represents the 6th month. Where the spleen thickens indicates a change in wheather usually a cold spell. Where there is a bulge, expect even more inclement weather. Even wind and rain can be read within the variations in the spleen.


Popular Science
Tim Begley
February 1999, p.26
Due: 2/11/99
2/11/99
Submitted: 11-Feb-99
The Human Body:Mind Expansion
Scientists had long thought that once a person reaches adulthood, his/her brain no longer grows cells. Although some monkeys and rats are known to have the ability to regenerate brain cells, human brains, it was believed , are too complex to tolerate any tampering once hard-wired. But new research has overturned that dogma and found that human brain cells indeed regenerate-and do so throughout a person's life...the finding opens the door to new treatments for many neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's in which brain cells die off or become damaged. By studying the chemistry involved, new drugs are hoped to be developed.


Submitted: 11-Feb-99
Tim Begley
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Iris ID
I would like to mention that this particular type of technology has, like many others, eveloved from the minds of science fiction writers. Many of us have seen this technology at work, at least in theory, through books and/or through Hollywood's portrayal of these theoretical technologies.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
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Drug Therapy Gaining on Exercise
This article might solve burning fat that has accumulated but what does age loss of muscle tissue really mean - is it strength ?? Not quite clear on this point. What happened to if you don't use it , you lose it!


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
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"Half the story"
This article clarified the article "HIV came from chimps" in which there was no mention of how the HIV was transferred from chimps to humans.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
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Night life discovered for Bumblebees
This article fails to suggestion the importance of the bees navigating outside their nest in the dark and what does the peek times for bees doing so have to do with all of this?


Submitted: 15-Feb-99
Jennifer Goble
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Scientists: HIV Came From Chimps
This article is very informative for all people. We need to know this information to be able to find out important things about the HIV virus. Many people don't really know much about it and this is a very informative article for everyone to read. It's not just important for people who have HIV, but also for people that want to know about it or could get it.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Scientists: HIV came from chimps
I wonder how they decided this. I was wondering how much testing that they have been doing to come up with this answer. It sounds kind of wierd that they immune to it, since they are so closely related to humans. If it is true, how come it is taking so long for them to come up with a cure. It would be great if they do because there are so many people suffering from this incurable disease. This would save a lot of lives and cut down on losing our loved ones.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Katie Kelly
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Bad news On Water
This newsnote was very interesting> I never knew that a water sofener could be so dangerous. I would have liked the newsnote to go into more detail as to what symptons you should look out for. Also, I would have liked learn more about the study like who did it, where they did it and what they did.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Katie Kelly
Comment on a Newsnote
Moderate Drinking May Cut Stroke Risk
I would never have guessed that drinking alcoholic beverages would cut your stroke rate. I wish the media would tell us more about the benefits of alcohol instead of the drawbacks of it. I think that if kids were more aware of this fact, they might not drink as much.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Katie Kelly
Comment on a Newsnote
Study Finds Two Methods Better Than One For Infertility.
Why would anybody want to go through the risk of multiple births or ovarian cancer just to have a baby. To me, this does not seem worth it. I would much rather adopt a child. While the cost of both the methods and adoption are high, adoption is much safer.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
Comment on a Newsnote
Double up on Earache Medicine, Doctors told
This article bothers me a little because of all the things I have heard about ammoxicillin not working because the bacteria starts to fight against it after so much. I was wondering why the doctors would even consider to double the dosage. It sounds like that would not be the best idea for the child. This new way might be more potent, but is it really helping our children or making it worse.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Physicians assisted suicide or physician aid in dying
I really think that a patient should die of natural causes. I would think the doctor would want his or her patients to live. Why would you even want to take someone's life? It is the greatest gift. This article upsets me very much because what if there is a chance for the patient to pull through. By taking the life of the patient you will never know. I think Oregon should rethink their decision before this goes to far.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
Comment on a Newsnote
Warm Gaints
i would see that idea to be very true. I would think that a smaller croc would lose their heat more rapidly than larger ones, just because they were smaller. I wonder if this experiment hurts the crocs. What happens to the transmitters inside the crocs? I would be more worried about the safety of wildlife, not the experiments.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
Comment on a Newsnote
IP-6 cancer
This article is very positive about this nutrient, but the question is, are there any side effects? Does it help more than it would harm? Are the results reliable? The positives all sound great. It would be wonderful


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
Elizabeth Craver
Comment on a Newsnote
IP-6 cancer
This article is very positive about this nutrient, but the question is, are there any side effects? Does it help more than it would harm? Are the relts reliable? The positives all sound great. It would be wonderful to have a reducer of various cancers. Maybe they could also come up with some cures using this, if it works. It would brighten a lot futures, such as those with and without cancer.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Moderate drinking may cut stroke risk
I thought it was very interesting to read this newsnote. Who would have thought that just two alchoholic drinks a day could do so much. Strokes are a big problem for people today. I am not a big drinker but I will definitly think about consuming some drinks to help save me from a stroke


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Bad News On Water
It was interesting to read this newsnote as well. I never knew that drinking water that has water softener in it could be so bad. I personally do not own one but I know people who do. I will be telling them about the harmful side effects when drinking this water. It is scary to think that it can do that much damage to high risk people.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Pregnancy Could Cause Varicose Veins
I know many different people who have varicose veins. Most of them are over forty. The exception is my sister-in-law. Almost two years ago she had a baby. After that she started to see these varicose veins popping out. I can now tell her that it most likely was do to having a baby. She will be happy to find this out. She was worried because she is only 32 years old. I am glad to have found this out.


Submitted: 16-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Study Finds Two Method Better Than One For Infertility
My brother and his wife had a horrible time getting pregnant. It took up close to two years to get pregnant. They tried all sorts of different treatments. It was very expensive since it did not work at first, so they had to keep spending money. It would have been nice for them to know about combinding artifical insemination with hormone treatments, it may have worked better and faster. It is no longer uncommon to see couples having problems getting pregnant. Maybe this will solve many people agony.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
hemophilia Treatment Promising
Gene therapy is very interesting. If it would be able to help with the problem in mice and dogs, it should be very useful for the humans. It should be tried on human volunters and if it works it would be a great stride in finding many people with Hemophilia


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Whats so sexy about a canary song
Over the years there has been many studies on the oppisite sex. There has been studies that showed that different smells can attract sex partners. Two notes trill that causes females to engage in fequent sexual display is very interesting. I think every think around us, very think we see,hear and feel contributes to the sexual display in both male and females,


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Pregancy Could cause varicose Veins
Varicose veins is a thing that happens to some people when they get older. This problem also happens in males as well as females. Varicose viens are not life threatening and you have the decision to get surgery or leave them alone. Im glad to hear that they are not heretitary because people in my family have them.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Moderate drinking May Cut Stroke Risk
Alcohol is a funny chemical. It can help you make youself become more healthier if you only drink a few drinks a day. If you drink more than a few drink a day it can cause you to have higher risk of hemorrhagic strokes. But like most things too much of a good thing can hurt you. This study was interesting to show the efects of alcohol has on the body.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Two Methods Better Than One For Infertility
This study is important to the people that are having problems with getting pregnant. Doctors should have a better way to control multiply pregnancies. They parents should not have to make the decision of how many babies they should kill to keep the rest of them alive. This is a very two sided case study, good for the parents,bad for moral issues.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Jeffrey Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
Herbal Supplements-Real life Horror Stories
I want to comment on the newsnote involving herbal supplements. I must say that I aggree that something needs to be done about these drugs being on the market without reguation or testing. I know this for experience. For a while I was taking the dietary supplement "Ripped Fuel" while working out. I got very good results for the first couple of weeks but after that it started messing up by body. It was affecting my energy levels. Because of this I looked into the drug and found that it is not even FDA approved. So people should really look into these things before taking them. You never know what you are going to get out of it.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Jeffrey Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
Iris ID
I want to comment on the newsnote entitles "Iris ID". This article is one that can really make you think about how far advanced technologically this world is getting. To be able to ID someone from their iris with an infrarad light is amazing to me. Some people think that there is the danger that people can know too much about you because of things like this but I think that if we have the knowledge why not use it.


Submitted: 18-Feb-99
Jaime Vaught
Comment on a Newsnote
Herbal Supplements-Real Life Horror Stories
This article (newsnote) brings to your attention that not all herbal supplements or vitamins are good for you. It scary. All the commercials that advertise these herbal vitamins, push you to buy these because they are good for you or supposedly good for you. Why aren't these supplements not being tested for side effects or health risks? This makes me think twice before buying anthing from a Nature Store .


Submitted: 18-Feb-99
J. Goble, K. Potts, J. Scott, B. Lampe, M. Vance, K. Neal
Comment on a Newsnote
Iris I.D.
Our group thinks that the topic of this article would benefit everyone that uses an A.T.M. machine. Although there are disadvantages to this also. If you were to have someone you trust try to get money out for you they would not be able to. This would become a very big problem if you really needed money and you did not have time to go to the A.T.M. However, we still feel that this is a good thing because it shows advancement in the world of technology.


Submitted: 18-Feb-99
Kelly Potts
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Herbal Suppliments: Real Life Horror Stories
I think that this article would have been a very interesting article to read. There are lots of people out there, including me, who take herbal suppliments and don't really accually know what they are taking or what they are actually doing to your body. Herbal suppliments are something that is only going to get more popular and therefore people need to be informed about them.


Submitted: 18-Feb-99
Kelly Potts
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Herbal Suppliments: Real Life Horror Stories
I think that this article would have been a very interesting article to read. There are lots of people out there, including me, who take herbal suppliments and don't really accually know what they are taking or what they are actually doing to your body. Herbal suppliments are something that is only going to get more popular and therefore people need to be informed about them.


Time Magazine
Amy Taylor
vol. 153 pp.56-59
Due: 2/9/99
January 11,1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Good Eggs, Bad Eggs
The growing power of prenatal genetic tests is raising thorny new questions about ethics, fairness and privacy. The daily advances in our ability to forecast any of the 4,000 inherited diseases our genes might bequeath us have created such a thorny knot of private, ethical and social issues that the new genetic procedures are the subject of some 20 bills in Congress. As many as 9 out of 10 pregnant women in the US submit some prenatal screening. To look more closely at the baby's genetic prospects, doctors must probe the long stretches of DNA along the chromosomes consituting its genes. Is genetic testing worth all of the risks?


Cincinnati Enquirer
Paul Cipollone
A1
Due: February 9, 1999
2/1/99
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Scientists: HIV came from chimps
This article states that HIV came from chimps. The disease that now infects 35 million people worldwide. Chimps have carried it for hundreds of thousands of yars, but are immune to it. SScientists are trying to understand how chimps have dealt with this over time. People are still not comfortable in believing that this disease came from chimps. HIV is a recent affliction to people evidence suggest that the virus first infected people in the 1940's or 1950's.


New Scientist
Patti Deffinger
No2154
Due: 02-09-99
October 3, 1998
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
"Soaking it Up"
Due to the vast amount of forests that are cut down each year, global warming has become an issue that needs immediate attention. This article discusses how trees are being planted to correct the problem. This article explains how Europe's forests are responsible for absorbing up to a third of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This harmful gas is emmited from our cars, factories, and power stations.Trees absorb this gas & con- vert it to plant tissue. The trees release this gas when they decay. It is important that new trees are continuously planted to replace ones that are cut down to create a balance between gas absorbed and gas released.


New Scientist
Jennifer Goble
page 13
Due: 02-09-99
January 23,1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Over The Limit
This article is not about people who are addicted to alcohol, but simply for people who drink enough to damage their health. The recommended dosage of alcohol per week is 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units of alcohol for women. They designed a WHO team to help people to control their intake of alcohol. The WHO team gives people that consume more than the recommended amount of alcohol a 5 minute chat about reducing their intake of alcohol.


New Scientist
Michael Vance
Page 6
Due: January 9, 1999
January 16, 1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Fidgets against fat
If you ate a lot during Christmas time and you stayed fit it was probably because you fidget a lot. A new study shows that people who eat a lot but move around will stay slim. Some people can eat a ton of food and not put on a pound, then some have to watch what they eat or they will put on weight. But it is still unclear to why people stay slim. No one can say if the findings will fight against obesity. This won't happen because we can' t ask people to increase there fidgeting so we will never know if this really is a way to lose weight.


New Scientist
Kelly Potts
pg 16
Due: 02-09-99
October 3, 1998
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Daddy Knows Best
This article discusses how a gene essential for normal maternal behavior comes from the father. The gene that provides this maternal behavior is called Mest. Scientist engineered male mice that lacked the Mest gene and then mated them with healthy female mice. The female mice that they produced from this study had little or no maternal instincts compared to female mice that had fathers with the Mest gene that had normal maternal behavior.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
The Biotech Century
This technology like most other discoveries for the betterment of the human species must be used very carefully -- in the hands of the wrong people (like Hitler) it can be devastating!


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
When is a Cold Not a Cold?
Does washing hands help prevent bronchitis and sinustis which are more serious to the body? It doesn't tell you how to distinquish betwen the cold and bronchitis or sinustis.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
Margarine as a Health food
I can't understand how Benecol spread can raise your over all blood cholesterol, and also lower it as much as 9%!


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
The human body: mind expansion
If the human brain can regenerate brain cells, why do we have such diseases as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's still occuring?


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
Easing the agony
Does this article say that marijuana is the lesser of two evils - marijuana instead of morphine? Or is it simply a way of making the use of marijuana legal?




Submitted: 19-Feb-99
Linda A. Sluder
Comment on a Newsnote
Hemophilia Treatment Promising
The area of gene therapy is very interesting. It is important that we find "cures" for the diseases that are out there but then the question is raised as to how will we supply resources such as food and shelter for all of us who will be living well into the 100's? Another concern I have is who will be taking care of me in my old age and it sometimes scares me to see a couple of generations from now, how will people be taking care of themselves and the environment.


Submitted: 19-Feb-99
Linda A. Sluder
Comment on a Newsnote
What's So Sexy About a Canary Song?
This was an interesting newsnote but I guess I am not sure on what relevance the Canary trill has. I assume it would be a concern if the canary were on the endangered species list and had to someone had to reproduce this trill for mating purposes.


Submitted: 19-Feb-99
Linda A. Sluder
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Pregnancy Could Cause Varicose Veins
I personally was able to avoid varicose veing during my pregnancy because of the 10 weeks I had to spend on bedrest. I know several women who did get varicose veins along with their pregnancy due to the weight of carrying a fetus. Not getting varicose veins is one of the few advantages of having a premature baby. I did not have the uncomfortable feeling of the time between 30-40 weeks.


Submitted: 19-Feb-99
Linda A. Sluder
Comment on a Newsnote
Bad News On Water
I know that there are certain minerals that our body requires and that we get from drinking water. We also get fluoride from the drinking water. If we were to only drink softened water, we would have to obtain these minerals from other sources in our diet. It is sometimes difficult to obtain the minimum that we need now without adding more. I'll just continue to dring regular tap water.


Submitted: 19-Feb-99
Linda A. Sluder
Comment on a Newsnote
Study finds two methods better than one for fertility
Infertility treatments have their pros and cons. My twins were a product of fertility and being unable to just have children like most we had to resort to hormone treatments to boost the odds. It is very hard not to be able to have children like most other people. The drawback to infertility is the increased risk of multiple pregnancy, premature babies, and long term learning or physical handicaps. Everything has a price and fortunately for my children, I beat the odds.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Molecules to Make Plants Tick
I found it to be very interesting that plants will still open and close regardless of the sun, due to their circadian clocks. I think it would be very helpful to farmers in their plant growing. I personally love fruits and vegetables, and it could help our agriculture very much once more research is done.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
IRIS ID
Upon reading this article, i was once again amazed at the discoveries of technology. A camera that could scan the iris of the eye for identification purposes could prevent a lot of theft.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Herbal Supplements real life Horror Stories
I agree, herbal supplements should be tested and approved by the FDA. So many people could very easily save their bodies damage by taking the time to realize what they are putting into their bodies. Not everything that claims to be good for you necessarily is. There are many things these supplements could contain that could be very harmful to us. I believe they should have to be tested before they should be allowed in our hands.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Pregnancy Could Cause Varicose Veins
I have known for quite some time that varicose veins are caused by pregnancy, but at the same time I have also wondered if there are any studies being done to help women with this. It is my understanding that they can be quite painful. The article also said that they are non-hereditary, but I believe that they are, or at least can be. I know that they run in my family. They may not be hereditary, but I believe that they are depending on the severity of them.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Study Finds Two Methods Better Than One for Infedeltiy
This treatment may give people a better shot at having children, but what are the consequences of them having multiple births? Many people who are trying to get pregnant may not want more then child at a time to take care of. Are sscientist working on this in order to help prevent multiple births? Also, what are some of the other side effects this may have on the health of the mother, father, or baby?


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
The Biotech Century
I agree with Debra on her newsnote. The ability to help cure disease is definetly a plus as far as genetic engineering goes, however, messing around with a childs genetic make-up is wrong. We should love our children for who they will become, not for what we can make them before they are born.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
On the Horizon
I think it is wonderful that scientists are possibly finding a cure for cancer patients! I have to wonder if thispossibly study could also be used or at least tested on other diseases such as HIV and AIDS.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Scientist Tackling Age Related Blindness
I enjoyed reading Shelly's article. I knwo that even though I am very young, I fear the loss of my body functions when I get older, and I hope that all of this testing will help the people of future generations age with


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Scientist Tackling Age Related Blindness
I enjoyed reading Shelly's article. I knwo that even though I am very young, I fear the loss of my body functions when I get older, and I hope that all of this testing will help the people of future generations age with more comfort.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
A Year Round Resolution
Jeff's article nailed exactly how people are. There are so many people I know that claim that they want to be in better shape, and do nothing about it, but continue on the same unhealthy habits that they have now.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Jackie Art
Comment on a Newsnote
Genetic Test Tailors AIDS Treatment
It always amazes me to see science progressing, especially when it comes to us getting closer to curing a terminal disease or virus. I can only hope for my generation that we find a cure for this particluar virus.


Submitted: 23-Feb-99
Lacey Sullivan
Comment on a Newsnote
Herbal Suppliments-Real Life Horror
I think this newsnote was really biased. The author was writing about the harmfull side-effects of herbal suppliments, but forgot to give credit to all of the benifits of herbal suppliments. I can understand the author trying to make readers aware of the harmful side effects, but without giving credit to all herds can do, that is wrong. Given this might be because she was trying to be breif, I can understand. The article also did scare me being that I just started taking an herbal suppliment, Ginseng.


Submitted: 23-Feb-99
Lacey Sullivan, and Candis Evans
Comment on a Newsnote
IRIS ID
This article was very interesting. We were not the only one's who read this newsnote, and felt a little intimidated. Technollgy is a great thing, but this article confirimed our theory that some things are going a little over board. We are sure this new infrared light will be a useful thing to help keep things confidential, and private, but who knows what this could do to your eye. Now we know infrared light is not harmful, but we had to ask the question of what we will find out in the future, cause now everything is harmful 20years later. This article was a real :)


Submitted: 23-Feb-99
Katy Neal
Comment on a Newsnote
Fidfets against Fat
This is music to a lot of peoples' ears. I know that a lot of us college students do not exactly have time to work out like many other people. Keep in mind that we are lugging heavy book bags and walking miles a day,


Submitted: 23-Feb-99
Katy Neal
Comment on a Newsnote
Fidfets against Fat
This is music to a lot of peoples' ears. I know that a lot of us college students do not exactly have time to work out like many other people. Keep in mind that we are lugging heavy book bags and walking miles a day, up and down steps, so don't worry about all that snacking during studying.


Submitted: 23-Feb-99
Katy Neal
Comment on a Newsnote
The Above!!!!
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I DID!!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Submitted: 25-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Genetic Test Tailors Aids Treatment
This was an interesting newsnote. I have never heard of this individual resistance testing. Something has to change with the Aids treatment because people are not reacting to the previous drugs. In the future, this new idea will help cure this awful disease.


Submitted: 25-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Good nws on blindness
Blindness is very serious. It is great to know that radiation can stabilize to progression. It is promissing because in 60 percent it workes


Cincinnati Enquirer
Jackie Art
Health and Science
Due: 3-2-99
2-23-99
Submitted: 25-Feb-99
Scientists find a clue to a mystery of the mind
For many years now, scientists have been trying to figure out when the brain actually produces consciousness and now, they may have. Thay have studied the moment of perception, and have figured out when that takes place Millions of neurons thorughout your brain are firing (A9). You know that you recognize someone or something, but how does it all come together so quickly? Now, scientits on France may have found an important clue. They are measuring the integration of the brain. They were able to calculate the synchrony between emissions of brain cells. This could help us as humans understand consciousness.


Submitted: 25-Feb-99
amanda retzler
Comment on a Newsnote
Dong Quai Flunks hot flash study
Most post menopausal women experience hot flashes. These, I hear, are not very comfortable. So this new study with Dong Quai root is good to hear. If this really works like it says people will start to use it. It wonderfull..


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Dong Quai Flunks Flash Study
It is interesting that the natural herbs are now coming into the medical feild. Many women are the postmenopausal with hot flashes are they are looking for help. More research needs to be done because even the women that got the placebo herbs were feeling better. The doctors need to find if the Dong Quai root is really helping


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
How to Perdict the Weather Using a Pig Spleen
This is an expample on how much the world has evolved. the pig spleen that perdicts weather is interesting But i would like to know how accurate the spleen really is. Gus Wickstrom does the weather forcast in unusall ways but if it is better then todays technology we need to look into it.


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
The Human Body:Mind Expansion
There are many people that are effected with Parkinson and Alzheimer and neurological disease the new drugs that are made to help these peole would change the life style with the peole that are effected. Along with these changes i would think that there would be many other drugs that could help others with different diseases.


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Genetic test tailors AIDS Treatment
This is a good idea for looking for better treatment for the peoplethat need the help. If some people have gotten better on the new drug then this could open new doors for other effected with the same thing.


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Wesley Birkhold
Comment on a Newsnote
Breast Removal Does Cut Cancer Incidence
Many women of all types are effected by breast cancer and and are looking for help getting the berast removed if your family has had past history of breast cancer looks like a good idea by the scientific finding of the study


USA Weekend
Jeff Henderson
pp. 8-9
Due: 03/02/99
February 26-28 1999
Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Bottom Line: Is it good for you? Or bad?
This article deals with the fact that different foods are seen as good for you one day and then bad for you the next. This is something that happens all of the time and it is leading people to not trust scientists who decide what is good for you and what isn't. The main foods that are discussed in this article are fiber, coffee, and margerine. All three of these foods at one time or another, have shown to be both good for you and bad. The problem is, who is right and who is wrong? In this country people are constantly worried about health and if we can't trust science to tell us what is healthy and what isn't, then who can we trust?


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Jeff Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
IP-6 shuts down cancer
I think that Cindy's article on the cancer-fighting nutrient was very informative and interesting. If things like this can be found in such simple foods as corn and whole grains then who knows what other life saving agents may be in other foods. Seeing that scientists are finding this information out is good because it shows that people are constantly looking for cures for diseases.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Jeff Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
"Double up on earache medicine, doctors told"
This newsnote was very informative and can be useful for many people. I am sure that a lot of people , including myself are unaware of the fact that some common anti-biotics are losing their effectiveness. It is amazing to see that people are building a tolerance to these drugs. It kind of makes you wonder if some day no drugs will work any more. SCientists are constantly having to come up with new, stronger medicines so that this does not happen.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Jeff Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
"Physicians assisted suicide" or "Physician aid-in-dying"
I have to agree with Tanya on this article. Though assisted suicide is a heated debate in this country right now. The title of what to call it should not be. No matter how you look at it the doctors are ending patients lives. Whether it is right or not is what should be on debate, not what the official name for it hould be. not happen.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Jeff Henderson
Comment on a Newsnote
"Physicians assisted suicide" or "Physician aid-in-dying"
I have to agree with Tanya on this article. Though assisted suicide is a heated debate in this country right now. The title of what to call it should not be. No matter how you look at it the doctors are ending patients lives. Whether it is right or not is what should be on debate, not what the official name for it should be.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Amy Taylor
Comment on a Newsnote
Herbal Supplements - Real Life horror Stories
Herbal supplements could be very dangerous if not taked carefully. Many people take prescription medication and without much research on the herbal supplements. There could be many interactions with different mediacations.< I believe before anyone begins taking herbal supplements they need to ask their doctor first.> A herbal supplement could do more harm than good. All need to take herbal supplements with caution.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
Comment on a Newsnote
How To Predict the Wether Using a Pig Spleen!!
This newsnote was very interesting. I never imagined that you could use an animal spleen to predict the weather. However, I would like to have seen the newsnote to go into more detail of any tests that were done on the spleens. This method of predicting the weather may be more accurate than the expensive equipment the meterologists use.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
Comment on a Newsnote
The Human Body: Mind Expansion
Wow! Interesting newsnote. I read in the paper where running can help to regenerate the brain cells as well. It would be interesting to see if they can come up with some sort of drugs to help people who have suffered brain damage as a result of something like a car crash. These findings lead to so many oprotunities that it is impossible to mention them all.


New Scientist
Jennifer Smith
pg. 6
Due: March 3, 1999
February 20, 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
"Dying so we might live"
Most people today know a little something about AIDS. Some people even know someone, maybe even a loved one, who has the HIV virus. It is a tragic disease that has taken many lives, and changed many others' lives. Keeping all of this in mind, is it really worth killing other living things in order to find a cure for this disease? Well, this is what is happening in the US. More than 100 apes have been deliberately infected with different strains of HIV since the early 1980's. Some scientists even claim chimp experiments are flawed. There are 40 million people infected in the world, but does that still give scientists the right to kill chimps?


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Jen Landrum
C6
Due: 3-2-99
February 28, 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Holmes High Offers Prenatal Exams, Parenting Classes
The steps of reproduction are sometimes taught in biology classes. This biological event can be confusing to some people, especially teenagers. These are the people who need to be well informed about reproduction and the steps they can take to prevent it. At Holmes High school, 30 girls out of 850 become pregnant each year. That is 30 girls too many. Karen Samples makes a very good point in this article. She talks about sex education classes and how these classes teach children how to postpone sexual involvement, but not how to have sex safely. Reproduction is a very important part of life, and we need to teach children how to prevent it.


The Sciences
Shelly Dold
pg.8
Due: 3/2/99
Nov/Dec 1998
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
The Organizer: The Gene That Knows Where Your Heart Is
Biologist have discovered that a single gene is responsible for regulating the pathway that leads to the asymmetry of visceral organs and where they are found in our bodies. This idea was test on frogs, chick, and mouse embryos. Biologist tell us that during normal development genes are turned on, on the left side of the embryo due to signaling molecules.


Endangered Species
Jaime Vaught
pp. 1 of 3
Due: March 2, 1999
1996
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Federal Wildlife Laws and Governing Agencies
The term endangered is used by international abd national org. to define plants and animals currently endanger of becoming extinct. In most cases, the factors causing an arganism to become endangered are human- related. one of the most comprehensive wildlife statutes ever enacted is the Endangered Species Act(ESA) of 1973. The goal of the ESA is to bring about recovery of listed species so that they no longer need proctection. The ESA provides protection for listed species. Species considered to be in danger of extinction are listed as endangered, and are provided the most stringent protection. A species can be listed as threatened or CONT.


Endangered Species
Jaime Vaught
pp. 1of 3
Due: March 2,1999
1996
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Federal Wildlife Laws and Governing Agencies
CONT. endangered for one or more of the following reasons: current or threatened destruction, modification, or reduction of habitat or range; overuse for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes; disease or predation; ineffective protection regulations,and other natural forces or human activities affecting chances of survival.


Science News
Nikki Kraus
Vol. 155 pp. 15
Due: 3-2-99
Jan. 2, 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Green Tea Belittles Cancer
For years nutritionists have been promoting green tea's anticancer benefits. The question of how this tea works its magic has remained somewhat unanswered. Now researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. believe they have uncovered at least part of the answer. Green tea contains a potent antioxidant by the name of epigallocatechin, or EGCg. This compound shuts down quinol-oxidase, an enzyme that cancer cells need to divide and reproduce. Normal cells need this enzyme to grow while the cancer cells react to it by halting any further enlargement.


Science News
Nikki Kraus
Vol. 155 pp. 15
Due: 3-2-99
Jan. 2 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Green Tea Belittles Cancer (cont.)
Usually the tumor cells live indefinitely but when the EGCg-stunted cells fail to reach a critical size needed to divide they succumb to a programmed cell death.


National Geographic
James Cooper
pp. 37
Due: 3-2-99
January 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Earliest Evidence of Modern Behavior
According to archaeologist Christopher Henshilwood, evidence has been found that reveals humans resembling modern behaviors existed nearly 80,000-95,000 years ago. This is more than 40,000 years earlier than what experts term modern. The discovery took place off the coast of South Africa in Blombos Cave. The cave contained a variety of man made standardized bone tools, as well as sophisticated hunting tools. The cave also held perhaps the world's earliest evidence of catching large fish. Henshilwood thinks the fish were lured with bait and then speared with points tied to wooden shafts.


GLAMOUR
cristi cole
102-109
Due: 3/2/99
March 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
My Perscription Couldn't Kill Me...Could Me?
This article was about how many perscription drugs are addictive. This kind of scared me because I think that I take a lot of perscriptions. The lady in the article took some type of nasal spray for her migraines and she became addicted to it. When she stopped taking it she began getting irritated and moody and she went to the doctor and he said that she was having withdraws from her medication. Even though t hough the FDA approves a drug your doctor should tell you it's additictive rates. If they don't it is our responsibility to find out, just so you know.


The Furrow
Katy Neal
pp. 25-26
Due: March I, 1999
March 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Edible Vaccines
Scientist at Ontario's University of Guelph are developing transgenic alfalfa plants that contain vaccines and growth enhancers. This hads many advantages for producers, consumers, and animals. Producers same time and do not have to hassal with giving shot vaccines. The consumers do not have to worry with any residues, do to the digestion of the vaccines. Animals do not have to go through the stress of being rounded up and put in to chutes to retain them. It sounds like a good idea to me.


New Scientist
Eric Ball
vol. 2146 pp.26-30
Due: 3/2/99
Aug. 8, 1998
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
A Gut Feeling
Everybody has heard that junk food is not healthy because the elevated levels of fat can cloge your arteries, but you may not know that junk food has high levels of sulphurous compounds, and these compounds could create problems ranging from inflammatory bowel diseases to colon cancer. These organisms, officially known as sulphate-reducing bacteria, find plenty to feast on in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment of your 'gut'. Sulphur aditives are in almost every food: everything from sausages and burgers to jam, dried raisins and instant soup. These compounds have also been found to cause allergic reactions particularly in people with asthma.


Discover
Angela Merkle
62-63
Due: 3/2/99
January 1999
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
The 11-year-old Debunker
Is therapeutic touch an alternative healing technique? A little girl named Emily Rosa was a seventh grader that experimented with therapeutic-touch practitioners to determine if they could detect human energy fields. She wrote a paper and submitted it into the Journal of the American Medical Association. With her findings, not many of the practitioners could feel her human energy field when she placed her hand over theirs. Many of them claim that she was to young for them to feel her. The practitioners feel that therapeutic touch can help with colic to Alzheimers disease. Could this be true?


Time
Debra Meyer
65
Due: March 2, 1999
August 3, 1998
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Going Out on a Limb
Louisville doctors announce the first successful hand transplant before they even lift a scalpel (article). Surgeons are sure that this type of transplant will have a huge success rate. The only obstacle would be to find a donor and a patient to receive the transplant. The Louisville doctors only fears are that of rejection. They are looking for the benefits to outweigh the risks. A similiar transplant was attempted in 1964 in Ecuador, but the donor hand was rejected within two weeks (article). The Louisville team of doctors is still very optomistic, and are prepared for any obstacles that may come in their way.


Muscle & Fitness
Linda Sluder
16, pp. 34
Due: 03/05/99
March 1998
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Getting High
A study published in the Archives of the Internal Medicine found that more than 86,000 female nurses drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day had a lower suicide rate than those who never or rarely drank coffee.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Linda Sluder
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The Old Farmers 1999 Almanac
If the weather is that easily indicated by a pig spleen, then the weather forecasters are spending entirely too much money on weather information systems. I personally can tell sometimes when it is going to get colder because after my bunion surgery on my foot, it aches as an indicator of cold temps on the way.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Linda Sluder
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Study Linds Parkinsons To Chemicals
Unfortunately, with pollution and pests on the rise, it appears from this study that the enviornment is affecting our health in many more ways than first thought.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Linda Sluder
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Good News on Blindness
I wonder if the radiation treatments used to stem "wet" macular degeration of the eyes would also aid in the treatment of other minor causes of blindness. I have not seen any other reports relating to this topic.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Linda Sluder
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Breast REmoval Does Cut Cancer Incidence
I remember hearing of this reduction in breast cancer incidence for healthy breasts. Some studies have shown that these women who have elective breast removal are then at greater risk for uterine and ovarian cancers.


Mademoiselle
Katie Kelly
Pg. 98
Due: 3/4/99
March, 1999
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Pouring On the Pounds?
Do you ever drink a liquid instead of eating solid foods? A study at Purdue University found that eating solid foods is better than drinking liquid. Subjects were given extra calories in the form of food for one month. Surprisingly, their calorie intake and weight stayed the same. Then, the subjects were given the extra calories in the form of liquid for another month. Their calorie intake and weight went up. One reason for this is the fact that liquids pass through the digestive tract faster than solids. So, when you are hungry solids are better for you than liquids.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Eric Ball
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IRIS ID
As with any security device, the IRIS ID will have its pros and cons. I believe that the IRIS ID would be benificial, because it would give many a better sense of security. For instance, someone could steal your ATM card and use it anywhere, but the IRIS ID prevents that from happening because nobody can duplicate the iris of your eye. But there are also some negative that come with the IRIS ID. If you needed some money from an ATM, but could not get to one, for one reason or another, you could not send a family member to get your money for you, because they do not have an exact copy of your iris.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Eric Ball
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Good Eggs, Bad Eggs
This is just another dangerous step in the direction of ordering your baby from a list of options. I do agree that prenatal screening is a positive procedure, if the doctor believes that the fetus could be in some type of danger, or the mother or father have a history of pre-birth diseases, but these procedures should not be done with the thought that the fetus is expendable. I am trying to figure out what happened to the old addage that you should love your child unconditionally. We are turning into a society that depends more on science and less on ethics.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Eric Ball
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Ounce by Ounce, Surviving Octuplets Showing progress
To answer the question, "Is this (keeping the babies alive) a natural biological occurrence?" No, but neither is saving a heart attack patient with open heart surgery. The other question presented, "Should we tamper with nature in this way?" Yes. You would have a difficult time finding a mother that would tell you to just let her new born child die because it needs medical attention. In essence, it sounds as if Mrs. Chukwu is being penalized for her religious beliefs. It is basically being asked if she should abort the birth of one (or more) child(ren) to save the lives of the others. Why shouldn't we take advantage of the medical knowledge we have


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Eric Ball
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Double Up On Earache Medicine, Doctors Told
Many children remember the days of the of amoxicillin, but it appears that many physicians have become lazy, and they have become accustomed to just writing the prescription for the mediciation before loking for alternatives. The evidence in the newsnote gives thought to the fact that the infection is evolving, and becoming ammune to the effects of the amoxicillin. So, in order to gain back the strength it once had, amoxicillin must be used less frequently, and with other forms of treatment.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Too-Low Chlesterol Might Lead to One Kind of Stroke
I do not know much about cholesterol, but 200 sounds like a lot. I always thought that cholesterol of any amount was not good for a person. I wonder why some doctors give you the impression it is okay while others say something different. I wonder which is true? Some or none?


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
James Cooper
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Safer Food for a Tastier Millenium
I believe a government should continue trying to improve the quality of our food. I for one would give up some flavor for more peace of mind. If a goverment spent more money on the quality of food, it would save money in the long run. Healthier food can lead to healthier people, thus saving the government money on healthcare cost.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Cristi Cole
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Dying So We Might Live
I think that ths whole topic is just wrong. These scientists should NOT intentionally inject animals with the HIV virus just so that they can test new drugs on them. That is not morally correcr, or at least I don' thin k that it is. I think that people who have HIV should maybe be given a chance to volunteer to be tested on instead of torturing these animals. These animals are innocent and shouldn't be infected with a deadly disease. This is just my opinion though. I just wish that there was some other way to test the new experimental medicine.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
James Cooper
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Dolly Open the Door on Cloning
I believe that cloning of humans would be a problem waiting to happen. As with anything that is origianlly good and beneficial eventually someone will exploit the process to do something bad and detramental. I think cloning is unnatural and therefore should not be conducted on Homo sapiens.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Daddy Knows Best
Do you really think mice are the best animal to test maternal instincts on. I do not think so. The best would be a human. I wonder how they came to the conclusion that this is true. I do not think some dad's contain Mest, so does that make the daughters of those fathers inappropriate mothers, later in life? This really troubles me. I do not think that this Mest comes from a male. I think girls learn to be mothers by watching other mothers. I do not agree with this article.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Elizabeth Craver
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Just for You
Do you relly think this works? If it does, how come it has taken this long to discover? I wonder if they can use the DNA and find other things wrong with a person. This could possibily include the AIDS virus or anything to do with this deadly disease. I would think that they would at least try. It would be a great help to our dying victims.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Cristi Cole
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Physician Assisted Suicide
I think that people outside of the family of the person who is dying shouldn't be involved in any decisions about the patiens life. I can tell you right now that if I was on the verge of death and I knew that I was goin g to die then I would want someone to help me through it and take me out of my misery. I don't think obviously that doctors should do this without the patients consent but if the patient asks for it and they are in an o.k. state of mind then it should be legal. I just know that I don't want to suffer for days, weeks, or months, I'd want to be put out of my misery if it is possible.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Elizabeth Craver
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On the Horizon
This article lokks to interesting. It looks like scientists have been hard at work looking for cures. I am very thankful for this. I wish I could find out how they are coming up with ways to replace damage cells. I think that would be neat. I wonder what else they could separate to create healthy cells for the rest of the body?


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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Easing the Agony
Marajuana use for medicine has been researched for years now. What I don't understand is if researchers are still doing research on marajuana, why are some states already making it legal for patients to use this to deal with pain. I think they should finish researching marajuana before making it legal.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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Pregnancy Could Cause Vericose Veins
I have seen many women who have developed vericose veins from pregnancies. There is still hope for these women. Now, women can have these veins removed from a laser. I have heard that this procedure is inexpensive and it does not cost very much.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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"Physicians assisted Suicide" or "Physicians aid-in Suicide"
I do not think it matters what they call it but i do think it is a good law to be passed. Many people are against this but do not understand how painful it can be when you are terminally ill. I think that it should be the patients choice not someone who istn't even affected by the illness.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Leaks From old Silos
Jamies article was pretty interesting. Although it's upsetting to hear that something like that could happen. Something that's serious and could possibly harm our environment. Sometimes these things happen very close our home. I can remember back in the 80's when the news came out about Cecos, the hazardous waste dump in Owensville. They supposedly were having leaks of hazardous wastes, but EPA says they tested the area and found contamination( but yet they close it down) Go figure! Still to this day they are still involved in the clean up of Cecos and the hazardous waste that was placed there.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Cincinnati ?
Wow! This is a pretty powerful article. Last year I did my eight page research paper for English Comp II on Chemical and Biological Warfare. I read eight books and got some information off the internet on the subject. And what I read was pretty scary. I had no idea that a lot of countrys are stockpiling chemical and biological weapons. I learned about the Geneva Protocol. And who is really abiding by it and who isn't. And that we (U.S.) have a stockpile and have used chemical and biological warefare in the past, and more than once. It's very scary to think that the whole world could be wiped out with one drop of a deadly virus.


Time Magazine
Amy Taylor
153 pp.60
Due: 03/02/99
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Playing the Odds
Do we want our health insurers know our DNA. The dark side of genetic testing is that information affecting our future health is as valuable to insurers as it is to doctors, but for very different- and disturbing


Time Magazine
Amy Taylor
153 pp.60
Due: 03/02/99
January 11, 1999
Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Playing the Odds
Do we want our health insurers know our DNA. The dark side of genetic testing is that information affecting our future health is as valuable to insurers as it is to doctors, but for very different- and disturbing reasons. More than 30 states have passed laws prohibiting genetic tests of applicants for jobs or insurance, according to the Council for Responsible Genetics. Insurers already make their money by spreading risk over as large a population as they can, calculating that the healthy will pay for the sick-and some. So do we as Americans want insurance companies know our genetic background so they can have more of our money?


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Typecasting
Donald very interesting article. I would like to know where are these birds at? Are they in the U.S.? Also what does it mean nomadic bird? I looked in my North America field guide to birds and didn't find it.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Flesh-Eating Bacteria Kills Woman in Days
Your newsnote mentions that the flesh eating disease is no contagious to someone with a normal immune system. What do they mean normal? Healthy? Also I think there was a incidence of the flesh eating illness somewhere around here ( Ripley ?) and it was a little girl I think 1 1/2 years old. I wonder if she had a normal immune system or if because she was so young her immune system wasn't mature. But anyhow she didn't die. She did however lose some limbs. Very scary.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Face-Lift to Give Hospital New Life
Just from my experience Good Sam is an excellent hospital. I had my son 2 years ago there and he was in N.I.C.U. for 2 days. Everyone was great. When I went to N.I.C.U. every two hours to feed him everyone was helpful and friendly. There was never chaios with the nurses. The special care nursery seemed very organized. I think with the reputation they have for their special care unit is great. If I were to have any more children I'd go back there in a heart beat. They are defiantly on top of things and know their business.


Better Homes & Gardens
Jenny Catron
pp 96-98
Due: March 4, 1999
February 1999
Submitted: 4-Mar-99
The Chicken Pox Vaccine
The article states that most vaccines are mandated by law, the chicken pox vaccine is not. Every year children die from chicken pox. The American Academy of Pediatrics has put the vaccine on its list of recommended vaccines.Chicken pox strikes mostly between the ages of 1 and 9. Although rare, complications may include pneumonia and inflammation of the brain. Also secondary infection may occur like group strep A. Dr. Jon Abramso of pediatrics at Lake Forest University School of medicine states that flesh-eating bacteria have increased and a majority of them are associated with chicken pox.The vaccine provides a 90% protection against the disease


Discover
Tanya Hartness
Vol. 20 (No.2): pp.40-50
Due: March 2, 1999
February 1999
Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Closing in on a cure for the common cold. The Cold Warriors
This is a very interesting article about a cure for the common cold. We have heard for years that you just have to wait a cold out but according to this article, we will no longer have to wait out the common cold. Researchers have worked on a cure for many years, but we are now closer than ever to having a cure for the common cold. Research has costed from $350 to $500 million dollars. I just wonder if we should have spent that much money to cure something as little as a cold. After all, a cold has never killed anyone. Although, it is very interesting to know that they are getting close to the cure for the common cold.


Forbes
Hannah Hertlein
NA
Due: March 2, 1999
Winter 1997
Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Good Work, Wang
In this article, Christina Wang and her colleaques at Harbor University conducted a study on whether or not an increase in scrotal temperatures will minimize sperm production. By making her test subjects wear jock straps every day for a year, Wang was able to record an increase of a degree and a half in her male subjects' scrotal temperatures. However, Wang found through her studies that this increase is not enough to lessen the chances for males to get their counterparts pregnant. In other words, don't count on "tightie whities" as a form of birth control.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Amy Taylor
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Physicians assisted suicide or Physicians aid- in-dying
How could a state legislature even think about putting this topic on the legislature on the ballot for people of this country to vote is physicians have the right to kill other humans. I dont agree with this debate or the state of Oregon. All Oregon is saying by adopting act is that they think suicide is alright. What kind of an example is Oregon giving to the young people of America?


Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Jennifer Smith
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"Bottom Line: Is it good for you? or bad?"
This is scary thought of not knowing what could be good for you or what could be bad. So many times I hear of new diets that seem reasonable enough. How will we ever know if food is good or bad for us? I guess if a diet seems too good to be true, it probably is. I have herd of some pretty ridiculous diets. I quess those diets may work, but the question is if it the healthiest way to loose weight!


New Scientist
Patti Deffinger
No 2174, page 6
Due: 03-02-99
February 20, 1999
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
"Dying So We Might Live"
This article discusses whether or not chimps should be used in experiments by researchers to try and find a vaccination for the AIDS virus. Several chimps have already been infected with HIV strands that can kill them. Until recently, findings showed that HIV did not cause AIDS in chimps, so they were not considered good research models. However, now it seems that Frank Novembre of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center in Atlanta, has discovered one chimp that carries the AIDS virus. This strain is not exact to the strains found in humans, so many people still do not feel the killing of these chimps is justified.




Submitted: 9-Mar-99
amanda retzler
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Breat Removal Does Cut Cancer Incicence
This was an interesting Newsnote. I had no idea that removing both breast because of family history was so effective. This idea can help a lot of women. The problem is that the breast are a part of women and for some it might be difficult to do this.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
amanda retzler
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How to predict the Weather Using a Pig Spleen
This was a neat news note. Who would have figured that a pig spleen could predict the weather. Today, even with all the technology, we have problems predicting the weather. Maybe weather people should try this...


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
amanda retzler
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The Human Body: Mind Expansion
This newsnote was interesting to me. I did not know till now that human brain cells can be regenerated throughout a persons life. We need to find a cure for the diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimer's because a lot of people get this. It is very devistating for them, as well as, their families. Hopefully it will happen soon


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus
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Just for you
I think that the DNA testing to discover the best medical treatments for patients is a much needed research. It is time that the medical field take into consideration that everyone is an individual and that prescribing medicines collectively does not always work. From experience of seeing my grandmother become somewhat of a guinea pig for new medications I feel everyone can benefit from these researches. If we could pinpoint more accurately which drugs will work best then those people can live a much more normal life.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus
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Good Eggs, Bad Eggs
I don't want to judge if this kind of testing is good or bad but I wonder what happens if there is testing done on a fetus and the fetus does have some kind of inherited disease. Does this mean aborting a baby that is not perfect? How accurate are these tests? and If these tests come out wrong does this add a tremendous amount of undue stress on the mother-to-be?


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus
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Easing the Pain
I agree with Cristi Cole's comment that people who are in pain should be allowed to use marijuana as an option to aleve their pain. I wonder why marijuana is legal in some European countries yet the United States gives it such a negative connotation? I do think that the person choosing to use marijuana as a pain killer should be taught the knowledge of when and how much to use, the effects of it, and the possibilities of becoming addicted. Other drugs readily prescribed by doctors can also become addictive,maybe just psychologicall, but none the less addictive.)


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus
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Physicians assisted suicide or Physician aid-in-dying
I think it is the patients choice to decide if they want to live or die. How many people want to suffer horribly in life or even see a loved one go through that? I think that the doctor should not give the actual dose to the patient but let the patient have the control to decide. I think a doctor giving a patient a drug is no more responsible for what that person does with the drug as a gunshop owner is responsible for what someone does with a gun purchased at their store.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus
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Easing the Pain
I agree with Cristi Cole's comment that people who are in pain should be allowed to use marijuana as an option to aleve their pain. I wonder why marijuana is legal in some European countries yet the United States gives it such a negative connotation? I do think that the person choosing to use marijuana as a pain killer should be taught the knowledge of when and how much to use, the effects of it, and the possibilities of becoming addicted. Other drugs readily prescribed by doctors can also become addictive,maybe just psychologicall, but none the less addictive.)




Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Climbing Through the Brain
This article was very interesting, I think it's kinda scary to think that anyone of us could have been born with a problem such as this. Makes you realize that doctors can not solve everything, and that many things will happen in the future that we can not control no matter who we are!


Submitted: 11-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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"A Year Round Resolution"
I feel physical fitness is very important for everyones life. Not only does it help you to be healthier, but it also helps you to feel less stressed and better about yourself. I know very many people use this as a New


Submitted: 11-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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"Cesarean Sections: When are They Neccessary?"
I have heard that Cesareans should not be done unless needed, but recently my sister had a Cesarean just because she asked the doctor if she could. A few years before that she delivered triplets by Cesarean for obvious reasons and the doctor saw no problem with delivering this way again. If they are harmful I do not know why he would let her do this.


Submitted: 11-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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"Double up on Earache Medicine, Doctors Told"
I don't understand why doctors should have to double the dosage of medicine. If children are having such problems with their ears isn't there something else the doctor can do. I know when my neices were little and they were having a lot of problems with their ears the doctor put tubes in their ears. Although, I don't know if this really works any better.


Submitted: 11-Mar-99
Shelly Dold
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"Pouring on the Pounds"
I would have to agree with this. Recently my sister was trying to lose weight. She was using shakes as a meal supplement, but was onl gaining pounds instead of losing. This is because many times she was so hungry she would end up binging to satisfy her hunger. Liquids are not very filling and many people can not go on just liquids all day. They would be better off if they just tried to eat things that are healthier for them.


Submitted: 11-Mar-99
Nikki Kraus, James Cooper, Angela Merkle, Angela Iannelli
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Iris Id
We think this device seems to be an interesting addition to modern technology. However, we have several questions to affects it might have: What are the possible complications that could occur to the eye from repeated exposure to the infrared light, if any? What happens when people have glaucoma or a stigmatism of the eye, or obtain this later in life? Will this affect how the machine properly functions? This machine seems like a good idea but we are concerned with any possible problems to the eye.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
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$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart egg Donor
This raises a lot of questions on if this is a good idea. In a way I don't think it is right because then any one who is infertile could pay some one to have there baby. If you could do that then everyone would start to pay people for having there baby because you could have a smarter baby. What happens if the person who is carring the baby then decides she wants to keep it. It is a good idea if you put some restriction on it like; the carrier must have about the same intelligence as the parents and must look some what like the parents.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
Haelth warning should be put on cigars they are just as bad for you as cigarettes. It doesn't matter if you don't inhale the smoke or not a lot of cigar smaokers chew on the end of the cigar so it is just as deadly. People are so worried about cigarettes but if they knew the dangers about cigars it just might open some of the smokers eyes.


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I'm going to try to submit again. Edible vacines was a good article to do a newsnote on. MAny people, especially animal lovers would love this concept. Today to many harsh tactics are taken on animals to test new drugs. Plus it would be a good idea fo those who dislike needles or can't even be injected by one. If the edible vacines are effective then everyone could benefit from this new type of vacine.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
chris smyth
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Edible Vacines. I feel this was i good article to do a nesnote on. With this article you can take many different angles towards it. Animal loveers for instence would probably love this atricle. There are to many harsh tactics that are taken on animals to test newly discovered drugs and drugs in generall. Many people would like this new stlye of vacines because there are o needles involved. There are many people who can't stand the the thought of needles yet alone being injected by one. So if this vacine turns out to be effective, this new technique would be beneficial to everyone.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
chris smyth
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I agree with Tanya Hartness on the common clold. Sure they've made a good effort to cure the common cold but spending 300 to 500 million dollars is a bit ridiculous. A common Cold is just a cold it's not like it is some deadly or horrible disease that you're going to die from. Any ways how often to you get a cold anyways. Plus if they do find a cure how expensive is the vacine going to be, and how many people are going to be willing to pay that price. High dollar for a common cold!.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Jennifer Goble
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A Gut Feeling
This article is very informative because many people do not know what junk food can actually do to you a. This article is very essential for parents, teachers , and children to know because when it comes down to people eating junk food they really dont know what they are eating.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Jennifer Goble
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"My Perscription Couldn't Kill Me ...Could Me?"
This article is important to all people, even doctors. Many people do not realize how perscription drugs can harm your body. I know how it feels because during the bad allergy seasons, my allergist puts me on steriods help my reactions with allergies. He monitors me and my body when I am taking them because they can be very addictive, if they are not properly taken. Many people need to know about this, especially people that take pain medication.


Submitted: 16-Mar-99
Jenny catron
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Dying So We Might Live
I think it's risky to be infecting anyone or anything with something that can ultimately kill someone. Infecting monkeys with the aids virus is a serious thing. What if the monkey accidently got out? He doesn't know he has aids and so therefore can accidently infect someone. I don't know if that really could happen, but it seems to me such a risky thing to do, injecting something live with something that can kill it.


Submitted: 16-Mar-99
Jenny catron
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Federal Wildlife Laws and Governing Agencies
I think it's really sad that the human do things that are harmful to theirselves, to their children, other people, the environment, and animals. I can understand that sometimes a person doesn't know when they are doing something that will harm something else. They are usually ignorant of knowing right from wrong, but the people who knowingly do harm to our world makes me think who do they think they are. I was curious about whether article mentioned some things we can do to help.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"My Prescription Couldn't Kill Me ... Could Me?"
This is a very real possibility. I have a relative who became addicted to prescription drugs. Another problem is all the drugs that doctors put the elderly on. Many elderly people see different doctors and specialists . Each doctor may give prescriptions and then during a hospital visit, another prescription will be issued. None of the doctors even know what the other doctors have prescribed. Many elderly people just take the drugs and don't ask if they need them all.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"A Gut Feeling"
This was new to me. I've never heard of any complaints or problems due to sulphur. I've had many problems with my stomach since I had food poisoning several years ago. There are so many things that are bad for us that it is hard to eat and know you are safe.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Scientists Find a Clue to a Mystery of the Mind"
The human brain is a marvelous thing. I don't think scientists will ever know the wonders of the human mind. But, it would be an amazing thing to study. Perhaps if this discovery leads somewhere they will be able to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease and other problems with memory.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"To Have and to Hold"
I think that medical transplants are a wonderful thing when they are used to save someone's life, but the idea of hand transplants is disturbing to me. I realize that losing a hand would be traumatic, but is it worth risking your life to replace it? The drugs to avoid rejection are addictive and have many possible side effects. The person who had the transplant must remain on the drugs for the rest of his or her life. This creats a moral dilema for doctors. Do the risks outweight the benefits?


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Double up on Earache Medicine, Doctors Told"
This situation is a bit alarming to me. I have heard a lot about antibiotics. My family doctor will not prescribe antibiotics unless the illness is diagnosed as a bacterial infection because overuse of antibiotics build up resistance to them. Now some doctors are doubling the dose because the amoxicillin is building up resistance? Is there something wrong with this picture?


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Physicians Assisted Suicide" or "Physician Aid-in-Dying"
I agree that the dilemma created by this new law should not be what you call it. There is a moral dilemma created here. Is it the right of doctors to determine when the life of these patients should end? Maybe it is not an issue that doctors should have control over. Doctors are supposed to save lives. I would never want to be kept alive with machines, but I don't think I could ask someone to kill me.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Kathy Sapp
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"Closing in on a Cure for the Common Cold. The Cold Warriors"
I was amazed to read how much money was spent researching a cure for the common cold. I agree that this money should go to research for cancer, heart disease, asthma, MD, or some of the many other dangerous diseases. I think most people can suffer through a couple weeks of sneezing and runny noses. I am thankful when that is all I suffer from during a winter.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
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The Chicken Pox Vaccine
I can't believe the chicken pox vaccine is not required by law. I think that every infant should have it when they are born. If the vaccine provides 90% protection, it looks the the FDA would make it a requirement that everybody recieve the vaccine.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
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Pouring on the Pounds
This article was very interesting. When I want some to eat that is quick, I usually grab a liquid. Now I know why I never feel full after I drink them. And this prves that the sports drinks like gatorade may fill you up for a short time but you will be hungry. I now reach for solid food that is healthy.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
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Getting High
I do not understand how this could be. Caffine makes you hyper for a short time followed by a low. One problem with the article is that is does not specify if the people drink caffinated coffee or decaf. Regardless, I had a hard time fimding validity in this argument.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
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Breast Removal Does Cut Cancer Incident
I disagree with this article. Just because people in your family had breast cancer does not mean you will get it. It seems pointless to remove the healthy breasts because your family has a history of breast cancer. If your breasts are healthy, leave them alone. Monthly self exams are the best way to spot breast cancer.


Submitted: 17-Mar-99
Katie Kelly
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Hemophilia Treatment Promising
This test is great. I hope the doctors get the approval to work on humans. Living with hemophilia would be so scary. You would be afraid to do anything for fear of getting a cut. From what I have read in the newsnote, it looks like it would work just fine in humans.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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The 11-Year-old Debunker
I've read and heard about such therapeutic healing. And I'm not sure if I really believe that the touch is actually healing the person. Or if it's the person's positive outlook on life. Also is this therapeutic heal- ing different from what your article is talking about Angela? I've also heard about some sort of magnetism that supposedly comes from our body. Is this all the same? Someone was just telling me the other day that if I spank my children I should never do it with my hands because of the magnetism that comes through your hand to the childs bottom. I didn't know what to say. I just said I don't spank my children.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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My Perscripton Couldn't Kill Me... Could It ?
Your absolutely right. People should always ask question to their doctor. But that's not always easy to do. Sometimes you may not know what questions to ask, because you don't know enough about the situation to ask. I've always been told by my mother just ask, the doctor would love to explain. But I can say that I don't always ask because I don't know what to ask. Sometimes if I can I research whatever it is I want to know and if I still have questions then I do ask the next time I go to the doctor. But it's so important if you ever have any questions, not only about yourself but your kids also , you should ask the nurse or the doctor.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Jenny Catron
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Green Tea Belittles Cancer
I use to work at Murray Bros. at Eastgate Mall and we sold candy, spices, extracts, flours, beans, and teas. And we sold a lot of tea, especially green tea. After working there for 7 years I grew kind of curious about why people bought more green tea than the other tea. So I asked. Most people were more than willing to share their answers. The majority of the people didn't buy just because it tastes better than other tea, but because it was suppose to be healthier and it was kind of a natural healer for certain ailments. I don't know if it's true. I never bought any. But I always thought that was interesting. I learned a lot working there.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Tim Begley
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11-year old debunker
The human mind is an incredible thing. I have heard many religious people claim to be healed by 'laying on of hands' and other such phenomena. However, I believe that the most important factor is whether or not the thinks that the treatment will make them better. If a sick person expects to be ill, then they will remain ill. If they believe that a treatment will work, then they will get better.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Tim Begley
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Scientists: HIV came from chimps
It has been known for a while, at least in theory, that HIV started out in chimps. However, they have just recently been able to determine which species it originated in. This species is not affected by the virus, and doctors are trying to figure out why, and can they apply this ammunity to humans.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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Can't take the heat
I feel sorry for the birds, but in fact we as humans are doing the damage to wildlife. We constantly have to have the best and we dont care if it hurts the environment or not. I believe before we buy or consume anything


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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Can't take the heat
I feel sorry for the birds, but in fact we as humans are doing the damage to wildlife. We constantly have to have the best and we dont care if it hurts the environment or not. I believe before we buy or consume anything we need to make sure that it is good for the environment. We have to be concerned for our children because what we do will now will eventually fall back on our children. Do we want our children pay for our stupidity?


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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easing the agony
Marijuana is a real hot topic for the medical world. There are many debates going on today about this particular case. But I believe there should be another way of getting the THC. Smoking marijuana is not the answer to to everything. Everyone just wants it to legal so they whole world can be high all the time. If it is used for medical reasons than everyone will have the same problem and want marijuana. I dont think it should be legalized.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Amy Taylor
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Pregnancy could cause varicose veins
Varicose veins is a scary thing for women who care about their outside apperance. The women in my family just say if it is going to happen no matter what we do then let it happen. It is just the process of aging and society needs to understand that some day everyone is going to get older and should just deal with it.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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Closing in on a cure for the common cold.
Tanya has found an interesting article. I can not believe all that money was spent on finding a cure for the common cold. The common cold is always going to be around just like the flu. Everyone still gets the flu after recieving the flu shot. The are many forms of the common cold so i dont belive there is ever going to be a cure for the common cold.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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On the Horizon
This article seems to be very interesting. It is amazing how much technology has risen in the past 10 years. Growing new cells to replace damaged cells could prolong life. It could even be the next cure for cancer.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy Taylor
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Face-lift to Give Hospital New Life
I believe that it is necessay for Good Sam Hospital to devote a whole floor to neonatal intensive care unit. There is a huge rise in born babies with numerous medical problems. I dont know if it is because of all the carcingens being put into the air of if it is because of all the teen mothers but we need more care for all of the newborn babies. I dont have any children, but if i was going to have a child with various medical problems then I would want my child in the best hospital who could take care of my child .


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
amy taylor
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Half the Story
jennifer passes ago an interesting article. I did not know that HIV was passed from Africa. Now I know where I dont want to go on vacation.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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Ounce by Ounce, Surviving Octuplets Showing Progress
As I was reading this newsnote I wondered to myself, why would you make babies suffer if you do not have to? I think that fertility treatments are ok if you absolutely can not get pregnant. Otherwise, you have people getting pregnant with multiple babies and they end up spending months, and months in the hospital under a watchful eye and people waiting around for a doctor to say they are all going to be ok. If you really sit down and think about it, do you really want to sit there and hope that your children do not have the long term effects of blindness, deafness, mental retardation, or severe cerebral palsy? Think about things before!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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Finding a cure for cancer would be the best news that I think that I have ever heard!!!!!! Researchers think that they have found a way to shut down cancer using the nutrient insositol hexaphosphate, or IP-6. This nutrient attacks the cancer cells, before they can have a chance to attack you? So is this really a cure or something that doctors can give you before hand, as a this might help drug. What about the people that are losing the battle in fighting cancer, or have already lost the horrible battle. Just this year I lost my great aunt, and now my cousin is fighting for her life. I am hoping and praying that they can come up with a cure


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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Natural Cures For Kids
Giving a person herbs is ok if the doctor has cleared it first, I have heard some pretty scary stories about parents giving their child herbs, and then they do not help they make the situation worse. Consulting a physician should always be the first thing that you do when your child gets sick is to contact the doctor, and get that advice first. I think that using vitamins, is about the only thing that I would give my child without doctors advice. Herbs can be good for you, but yet they can also be very harmful.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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Holmes High Offers Prenatal Exams, Parenting Classes
Do we really think that these classes are going to help. I graduated high school two years ago, and when I used to sit through the sex education classes there it used to be a big joke. Everyone in the class used to sit there and look at each other and laugh. I personnally think that there is no way to prevent teens from getting pregnant unless you lock them up in a room, and now we know that, that is not an opinion. Teens need to understand what a responsibility babies are. All of my friends have kids, and I just look and think, i can finish school before all of this starts.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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To Have and to Hold
WOW, transplanting a hand, is probably the wierdest thing that i have ever heard. People have heard of hearts, livers, lungs, and other internal parts. I have even heard of putting a hand, or limb back on, but never a transplant of a hand? Taking a hand off of one person and attaching to another person. I think that surgeons are amazing, they have to be calm and patient, to reattach tissues, skin, muscle, tendon, bone, nerves and blood vessels. This is just one more thing that makes our world better, but then who are we in competion with? I hope that no one ever stops researching.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amy Ilg (104)
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Dolly Opened the Door on Cloning
I think that it is completely crazy that we are cloning animals. Messing with natural things like this really upsets me. I hope that this does not lead to cloning people. A child should look like his or her parents, not just one of them, or to come out looking like neither one of them. Looking at your child should remind a parent of what they created not what they wanted their child to look like. I think that cloning is unhuman. What will happen if they start to clone people, babies and what ever else that they want cloned. I think that parents should just be proud of what you create, not what a doctor did to create the child.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jennifer Smith
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Safer Food for a Tastier Millenium
Safer food should be more of a priority than if it tastes good or not. I am sure it wouldn't make food so distasteful that it would even be a significant change. If it means saving 9,000 lives a year, then I think it would be all worth it. Besides, half of Americans are over weight anyway, so we could spare some tasteful foods. Maybe Americans would not be so over weight then. Those same people who are worried about what the foods will taste like are probably the same people who have weight problems.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jennifer Smith
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Climbing Through the Brain
I think it is absolutely wonderful the technology we have that enables doctors to do such a thing as looking at someones brain in order to find the source of the problem. Everyday technology improves, sooner or later, technology will be so evolved that we will not even have to worry about anything. If anything happens to someone, then with technology, there has got to be a way to fix it or cure it.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jennifer Smith
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Daddy Knows Best
What is the point of this article? Is it to just infor us about mice, or is it to let us know because mice react this way, humans do too. I know a lot of research is done on mice in order to test for humans, but is this one of those experiments. If it is, that could mean better parents for the next millenium. If the mest can be replicated, or taken from one person to another, children would have no worries.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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"To have and To Hold"
This article was very interesting. I had no idea procedures like this cold be made. It is a little reasuring that if something tragic were to happen and limbs had to be removed, now we know it is possible for us to have them reattached.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Candis Evans and Lacey Sullivan
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"To Have and To Hold"
This article is a perfect example of how high-tech we are becoming. That is a scary concept, limbs being reattached, but is comforting at the same time. Also the money is a great issue. 15,000 a year protocol. That seems worth it, but the money issue is of many concerns.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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"Listeria-Related Recalls of Food Increase Sharply
This article manke me very glad that I dont eat meat, and I don't have to worry about a lot of thins. But this recall was also milk and cheese products, which i eat a lot of. It is very sad that their mistake of producing bad products killed people, and many miscarriages. I would have some very hard feelins toward the company if I were them. It is scary that the listeria bacteria is on the rise according to this article.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Candis Evans and Lacey Sullivan
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Listeria-Related Recalls of Food
Does anyone else wonder why these listeria infested products got on the market? Simple carelesness, orwhat? A person dies because of that, and many illnesses and miscarriages. Talk about someone else paying for your mistake. We trust the produsers to keep us safe from things like that when we are buying their products for our family.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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"Natural Cures For Kids"
It would be very scary to give your kids herbal remedies, but sometimes they work better that perscriptions. It was said that the herbal remedies might not always work, but when they do they are proving helpfull.I would stick to antibiotics just because they have been working for years, and herbal remedies are not a sure thing.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Candis Evans and Lacey Sullivan
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Holmes High Offers Pernatal Exams, Parenting Classes"
This article was good to read, because I have alwaays thought that if there was a class good enough to teach how easy it is to get burth control, and the other benifits of birthcontrol, then girls would get it and be safe. They also need to focus on some way of showing the cost of having a baby and all of the facors that come along with that.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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"Holmes High Offers Preanatal Exams, Paenting Classes"
This article should be the senario at every high school, even if the numbers are smaller. Every high school should have a better sex education course, and the numbers should drop. I belive with a very strong course about sex, kids might take a second look, or at least realize their options.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Cure for the Common Cold
It's good to hear the common cold is almost cured. Some of us can quit suffering. I wish they would have said what is being used to find the cure, that's interesting to know, but it wasn't said.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sulllivan and Candis Ecans
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A Gut Feeling
I hate hearing things about food I like, but this will make me quit eating junk food for a while. I live on junks food practically, so i was glad to hear what is exactly bad about these kinds of foods.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sulllivan
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My Perscirption Drug Couldn't Kill me.....Could It?
This article is what I've always believed . I also thought that a lot of perscrptions were addictive, because I felt like I had to keep taking them. Luckly I havent had to have a prescription in a while, but it is very hard for me to take medicine because I dont know what's in it.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Drug Therapy Gaining on Exercise
I definetly think exercising is so much better for you than taking some pill, that they probably don't even know half the side effects of. And if they did we probably don't hear half of them. This pill will be for the lazy people, because I like exercising it's personaly rewarding, and if i see results i would be more proud than if i was just taking a pilll.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Dolly Opened the Door on Cloning
I just wonder why we need people to be cloned, haven't we gotten by just fine without clones? I think this would be nothing but trouble.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Physicians assisted suicide
I am glad to hear in Oregon doctors are alowed to give a life ending drug to terminally ill patients. It is their life, and if they believe they will only live it in agony, then let them decide.


Introductory Biology - Carter

New Scientist
Jenny Scott
p. 15
Due: 1-19-99
September 26, 1998
Submitted: 19-Jan-99
Gene Therapy rejuvenates Muscle
An experiment on mice suggests that bigger stonger muscles can be produced by gene therapy. Ordinary aging and patients with muscular dystrophy takes up one third of our body strength and slowing down the loss of strength could able the aging to be mobile for a longer period of time Lee Sweeney developed a way to test muscle loss using an insulin-like growth factor and injecting it into the leg of young and old mice. As a result, the legs of the old mice regained their youth from the injection, and young mice gained even more strength.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Amanda Owens
section A3
Due: 1/20/99
1/12/99
Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Local emergency officals train for chemical-biological attack
Domestic Preparedness Program run by the Department of Defense will train Cincinnati's police and fire chiefs on bio-chemical terrorist threats. The city will use $300,000 loan from the military to buy equipment for the training. After the truck bombing in Oklahoma City it has been made claer that no city is immune to any bombing. The Department of Defense thinks it will be better to be perpared than to be caught off guard.


Audubon
Donald Morse
101.(1)p:88
Due: 1-20-99
Jan-Feb. 1999
Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Typecasting
The highly nomadic red crossbill Loxia curvirostra of NA is and has been puzzling taxonomists for a long time. They have discovered that there are eight distinct types of red crossbill. But the question is are these eight types just subspecies or are they so far removed from each other to become seperate species. What makes it even harder is that these birds are very nomadic and travel into each others ranges looking for conifer trees in which they feed. One biologist started catching the birds and keeping them in aviaries for extended periods. It was found that all types had differences in size,voice,bill structure,and feeding methods.


The journal of the American Medical Association
Minsun Yim
p235-242,278-280
Due: Jan. 20. 99
Jan. 99
Submitted: 20-Jan-99
Diet drug reduces obesity-related risks
Dr. Heymsfield of Columbia University and associates found that obese adults who used orlistat(sold under the brand name Xenical), along with a weight-loss diet and dietary counseling, had greater reductions in blood pre ssure, waist circumference, cholesterol levels, and insulin levels compared with people who took a placebo. Orlistat is the lipase inhibitors which block fat absorption and has been proved to be more effective on loosing weight and maintaining the weight loss. It has side effects of gas,need to defecate, increased defecation, etc. Dr. Heymsfield cautioned any weight loss drugs should be used as a supportive aid with diet, exercise.


Submitted: 21-Jan-99
Christina Scott
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Gene Therapy Rejuvenates Muscle
I think that this study is very important. Muscular Distrophy is a terrrible debilitating disease, and if there is anyway to slow down the process of muscle break down I think it would be a great benefit to those people I am not sure if it natural to slow down the aging process; death is a part of life and we must except that. I do think that it is necessary to help slow down premature aging; this new study could lead to just that.




Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Donald Morse
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Local emergency officials train for chemical-biological attack
I have been a member of a local vol. fire department for about 3-4 years. A chemical or biological attack is everyone's worse nightmare - for it would stress resources to the max. I am glad to hear that a somewhat local FD is going beyond the regular HAZMAT training, to incorporate the new threat from terrorism. I agree that it is better to be prepared than caught off gaurd. The money spent on this new threat would be well spent.


CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
ROBYN HENGES
A3
Due: 2/10/99
FEBRUARY 5,1999
Submitted: 9-Feb-99
New AIDS treatment called risky
Is it possible that the human body's defense system can hold down the AIDS virus? The experiment on the "Berlin patient" a newly infected AIDS patient, shows that the stopping of treatment is possible. He has been free of the virus for two years now. Dr. Lori of Georgetown University, Washin gton thinks that patients should be weaned off medicines and let their body do the defense. Many doctor's object due to the chance of rapid reoccurance and potential high death rates. Experiments are patients choice.


Submitted: 9-Feb-99
Robyn Henges
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Local emergency officals train for chemical biological attack
I defintely believe that the traing for police and firefighters should be top priority. If and when a destruction such that as the bombing in Oklahoma City, noone was trained to react. Everyone was panic and really was clueless as to how to find people. If there was training maybe they could have reacted faster and possibly saved more lives. Noone knows when something of that scale is going to happen, so the best way to react is to trained. That is going to be the best money ever spent by the Defense Department.


msud-support.org/descrip.html
Danielle West
internet
Due: 2-10-99
unknown
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
MSUD is an inherited metabolic disorder that, if untreated, causes mental retardation and sometimes death of a child. It gets its name from the sweet, or maple sugar smell of the urine. This disorder affects the way the body metabolizes certain components of protein. The disorder causest the body to not be able to metabolize the amino acids - leucine,isoleucine, and valine. They accumulate in the blood causing a toxic effect that interferes with brain functions. This disease is not widely know and researchers are discovering a way to screen for it in newborns. Without detection babies only two weeks old will experience seizures,coma,or death.


Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Robyn Henges
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease
I thought this was an interesting finding. I did not known that the lack of ability of digesting proteins could potentially cause mental retardation. My brother is mentally retarded, he has tristomy 21. My knowledge this point was that mental retardation happened at birth due to genetics or low oxygen at birth. This article was really nice.


Wild Ohio
Donald Morse
9(4):16
Due: 2/10/99
Winter 1998-99
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
American Burying Beetle Reintroduced
The American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus marginatus , also known as the carrion beetle, was once distributed throughout Ohio. Pesticides, prevalence of outdoor lighting and habitat destruction are some speculat- ion on why the beetle has vanished from Ohio. In 1989, the beetle was added to the Federal Endangered Species List, with the last known Ohio record being in 1974 in Hocking Co. Since 1993, ODW, OSU, and USFWS personnel began reintroducing the beetle to hilly southeastern Ohio. Prevoius successful reintroductions in other states have given hope to the entomologists. The only natural occurring populations remaining are in the central US.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Minsun Yim
A1
Due: 2.10.99
2.5.99
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
New treatment doubles time window for reversing strokes
Last thursday, Dr.Furlan of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation has released the test result of a new clottdisolving medicine called prourokinase at a conference sponsored by the


Cincinnati Enquirer
Minsun Yim
A1
Due: 2.10.99
2.5.99
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
New treatment doubles time window for reversing strokes
Last Thursday, Dr. Furlan of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation has released the test result of a new clottdisolving medicine called prourokinase at a conference sponsored by the American Heart Association. Doctors have sho wn they can reverse massive strokes up to six hours after the start of symtoms by squirting the medicine directly into brain. The new approach is not only fast and effective, but also offers better treatment for the worst strokes and a doubling of the three-hour window that now is the deadline for stroke victims to get help before they suffer permanent brain damage.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Mary Ellen McKenna
A-19
Due: 10-Feb 1999
Nov. 6,1998
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Painkiller on a Stick Wins OK
Hundreds of thousands of cancer patients will have a new delivery system available in March for a painkiller containing fentanyl. Fentanyl is now only available through injections or patches. The FDA approved the use Actiq, a raspberry flavored narcotic lollipop. The lozenge is placed between the gums and check allowing the fentanyl to seep through the mouth tissue and into the bloodstream in minutes. Strict guidelines are nessary because Actiq is ten times stronger than morphine so Anesta is using heavy foil packing, lock for the cabinets where it is to be stored and childresistants fanny packs.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Amanda Owens
Health Page E4
Due: 2-10-99
1-20-99
Submitted: 11-Feb-99
Exercise can help take the edge off aging
From 1987 to 1995 the number of health clubs membersform the age of 65 and older has jummped from 140,000 to 1.3 million. A report from the federal Administration on Aging says that less than a thrid of Americans 55 and regularly do physical activity. Physical activity is crucial fr\or aging Americans because it improves the oxygen intake which will decrease every decade by about 5 - 15% in adults over the age of 25. Exercise can reduce the risk of disease, it can also control lateonset of Type II diabetes, lower the risk of coronary heart disease.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Amanda Owens
Comment on a Newsnote
Gene Theraphy rejuvenates Muscles
The gene theraphy sounds like a great idea. This would allow aging people the chance to do things they may not have been able to do when they were younger or they may not have had the time for. Gene theraphy would also allow the younger people chances to do things that they might have thought impossible for them to do. This could also be used to help those whose muscles are be distroyed by a disease.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Amanda Owens
Comment on a Newsnote
Gene Theraphy rejuvenates Muscles
The gene theraphy sounds like a great idea. This would allow aging people the chance to do things they may not have been able to do when they were younger or they may not have had the time for. Gene theraphy would also allow the younger people chances to do things that they might have thought impossible for them to do. This could also be used to help those whose muscles are be distroyed by a disease.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Carey Kieffer
Comment on a Newsnote
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
I really enjoyed this article. It gave me someting to think about before I have kids. I think that I would have my children tested as soon as possible after birth to make sure that they don't have this awful disease.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
Scientist Tackling Age Related Blindness
This article is most confusing - what does "This drug will only help wet AMD, which is about 90% of cases". What is wet AMD???


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Rosanna Ardine
Comment on a Newsnote
Scientists: HIV came from chimps
Could this possible be like the problem that women carry the gene for hemophila but do not have the disease? Except of course HIV is not inherited from the chimps -- or maybe it is -- are we descendents from aps???


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Donald Morse
Comment on a Newsnote
The Frog Solution
This is a very interesting article. It is good to know that scientists are finding new antibiotics to cope with bacteria that has become resistant to present day antibiotics. Currently, the world seems to be seeing a decline in amphibians as well as major deformations in frogs. We should spend more money and time researching orginisms for possible new medicines. This is another reason why we should try to conserve as much biodivers ity as possible.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Donald Morse
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer kills rare Bengal white tiger
I have only had the opportunity to see white Bengal tigers a couple of times at the zoo. These white variations are cool looking. To me, it doesn't seem surprising that these white tigers are rare - as light complect- ed creatures seem to have more health problems/weaker immune systems than regular, darker colored ones. It is sad to hear that this rare variety is having such a hard time coping.


Submitted: 12-Feb-99
Donald Morse
Comment on a Newsnote
The Frozen Zoo and Garden
Back about three years ago, when I was taking ecology training courses at a Cincinnati Nature Center, they had the person then in charge of CREW do a presentation on the type of work that they do. I found it kind of hard to understand back then. They brought a cat that (I thought) they said was the first test tube cat ever. They brought plants in different stages in development as well. I found all of this very interesting, even though I didn't understand it. Now that I have a little better understanding of how it all works, I realize how vital these frozen zoos/gardens are to preserve biodiversity on this planet.


Submitted: 17-Feb-99
Robyn Henges
Comment on a Newsnote
POLIO BY ERIN HICKS
This is a really interesting article for the reasons that I thought there were no more cases of polio. With India being such a large country I can be really dangerous to the population and could result in many deaths to young children. I hope that the goal set by the WHO is reachable. My neighbor has the disease and it is absolutely horrible. This is something that maybe the United States could help with. Either donate money so they can afford the supplies or send the supplies to them. It would not be wasteful spending on our part (US).


TIME
Renee Sturgill
nov. pg 63
Due: 2/10/99
98
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Margarine as Health food
As generations have went by butter lovers have said that margarine should not qualify as food. There is a manufacturer that agrees. The makers of Benecol spread considers it as a nutritional suplement. It will raise


Time
Renee Sturgill
Nov. pg 63
Due: 2/10/99
98
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Margarine as a Health food
As generations have went by butter lovers have said that margarine should not be qualified as a food. There is a manufacturer that agrees. The makers of Benecol Spread consider it as a nutritional suplement. Benecol spread has been known to raise your over all blood cholesterol, but it will also lower it as much as 9%. Before they can sell it to America they must resolve a dispute with FDA's. Benecol the main ingrediant is derived from pinetrees. It appears to help reduce the body's absoption of dietary cholesterol into blood.


CinCinnati Post
Jamie Madden
12a
Due: 2-10-99
2-6-99
Submitted: 10-Feb-99
Aquarium Taking Shape Fast
There will be 11,000 marine animals in the Newport aquarium. It should open in May 1999. Forty tons of salt and 27 tons of chemicals will be used to make the salt water. Several shark breeds will be among the 600 species that will live in 1 million gallons of water. There are 90,000 pounds of acrylic tubing, display windows and bridges throughout the aquarium.




Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
Diet drug reduces obesity-realted risks
There is truly only one way to loose weight and that is through carteovascular and anibolic responces caused from exercise. You can only loose weight through a rise in your matabolisim. For really obese people they need to first allow their stomachs to shrink. This can be done by allowing them to eat some of what they want and to drink alot of water. This allows the body to feel full and yet little food is eaten. They then need to gradualy lower the amount of water they drink. This shirnks their stomach to a normal size which takes less food to fill. Then proper diet and exercise are needed to loose the weight.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
The Real Truth About Cat And Dog Food!
I have something else you should know about cat food. I had found out that cat food causes cancer in dogs if they eat it. I told my parents this but they , like most parents, didn't listen to me. They feed my dog cat food shure enought the dog had cancer all over it's body. So watch letting your dog eat cat food even if they love the taste.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
No Title mentioned Erin Hicks artilcal 1/7/99
Vacines will be very imporytant in India and South east Asia in the next few years. The problem will be the coast of vacinating these people, for Asia is noe in financial ruin. A bad typhoon could cause a spread in diseases, like Polio.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
The Frozen Zoo and Garden
I think that keeping these stock piles of endangered species is a great idea. Did you know that they can almost make a endless supply of endangered species from one fertilixed egg. However, all individuals are exactly the same and can't bread together with other individuals. They cut the cell in half and use doner cytoplasm from a comman animal. After the cell grows back it can be cut again, and so on and so on. I think this should be used to add species back into the wild.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
" Gene Wars "
I new it! I had thought of this exact thing a few months ago. I figured that their had to be someone working on it. A viruse depending on how engeniered could stop cancer in a few weeks which would mean a higher success rates for people with cancer. Most people don't know they have cancer untill they are months from dieing. The viruses not only have the potrntial in stoping the cancer but also the ability of rebuilding the dammaged areas. There may even viruses made to groe organs to replace old failing ones.


Submitted: 22-Feb-99
Kevin Briegel
Comment on a Newsnote
Chilling Out
This seems like common knowledge to me. If you go outside in the winter the most important area to cover to prevent heat loss is the head. The part about the sudden infant death syndrome is interesting however.


Submitted: 26-Feb-99
Donald Morse
Comment on a Newsnote
Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I don't think the problem is what the people do with the animals after they buy them, but what the zoos are doing to get excess ammounts of animals. If they are over-breeding these animals, what stress does this put on the animals, does this threaten them as a species in captivity (breeding sucess). I don't think it is a good idea for zoos to breed exotic animals to death to make money, so that they can buy more rarer animals. This kind of thing may lead to exitinction in captivity, putting some animals in the wild in grave danger from extinction (hopefully they are in the frozen zoo!).


TIME
Carey Kieffer
Vol.153(No.8):pp.:54-55
Due: March 3,1999
March 1,1999
Submitted: 28-Feb-99
How to Build a Body Part
Scientists have found stem cells, which are the most immature human cells ever discovered, which were taken from embryos before they had decided what they were going to form in the body. From these stem cells scientists


TIME
Carey Kieffer
Vol.153(No.8):pp.:54-55
Due: March 3,1999
March 1,1999
Submitted: 28-Feb-99
How to Build a Body Part
Scientists have found a way to make body parts from stem cells, which are immature cells that have not yet decided what to become in the body. These stem cells have the possibility of becoming any type of cell in the human body. These new findings could eliminate the need for donors and lessen the occurance of organ rejection because the new organs would come from the recipiants own body. With more research this new type of treatment could be used in human trials within the next two years.


Submitted: 28-Feb-99
Carey Kieffer
Comment on a Newsnote
Painkiller on a Stick Wins OK
I think that this new way of administering painkiller may be better for the patients, but it sounds like it could be very dangerous for everyone else. Even though the company that manufactures it is taking precautions against children getting a hold of it, how well can these precautions really protect kids?


Submitted: 28-Feb-99
Carey Kieffer
Comment on a Newsnote
Aquarium Taking Shape Fast
I'm really glad that there will be a better aquarium in Newport. It will be a great place to visit. I hope that it will be finished on time so that I will be able to enjoy it as soon as possible.


Submitted: 28-Feb-99
Carey Kieffer
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer on Tap? The Case Against Chlorine
It is really frightening to find out that one cause of cancer could be chlorine, considering that chlorine in present in so many everyday things. Hopefully these findings are false or there will be some way to reduce the chlorine in our daily lives.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
A Bug in the Heart
Wow, if ther can be a cure to help stop humans getting heart attacks, that would be wonderful. If such anti-biotics such as tetracyclines and quinolones help stop this then there could be a pollibelity of a "drug boom." If they could find another cure to help people fight against horrible heart diseas or heart attacks, that would be great!


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
New Aids treatment called Risky
I believe AIDS is a very sensitive and opinionative subject. Many people have different thoughts and beliefs on this subject. I think you play against the odds if you have the virus and you decide not to be on any medicne. In a way it can be a good idea, if you think you're body can handle th defense system and if your body can't then the medicine taken could only help or not. Either way it's a two way street to me.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
When a cell does an Embyo's Work, a debat is Born.
To me this sounds a little bizarre. Could a human actually be grown from individual cells plucked from human embryo's? I honestly can't visualize this actual happening. Yeah, maybe you can do this experiment on a mouse, but humans are way to risky and complicated to me, to even see this happening.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
Feds fight lead poisoning
We, as humans, have so many things to worry about in our everyday life. Whether, or not we are drinking the clean and healthy water, food we digest is okay for us to eat, or even if we could wake up everday in our lives. Thinkin about people getting lead poisoning or any kind of poison is scarey, even how they could receive it.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer on Tap? The case against chlorine.
I've been led to believe that if chlorine could be with standed in our bodies then many diseases, including AIDS, could be killed off. If chlorine poses a serious health threat by imitating the sex hormone estrogen, it's possible to see that there can be increased rates of breast cancer in women, as well as sexual deformities and decrease fertility in both humans and animals.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geeena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
Chilling OUt
It is so unbelievable interesting and neat on what and how they do experiments on animals to test for certain things. Finding out what a monkeys temperture in his arteries is unbelievable. Since this experiment has been done finding out about th cartoid artery is neat. Testing on animals can be dangerous, but if they help out on finding diseases' for humans, then there needs to be a chance to be taken,(plus only go so far)


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
The Real truth aobut cat and dog food
You know, I could believe it, the things they put in dog food or cat food. It doesn't surprise me one bit. If the FDA does know about this and not doing anything about it then something needs to be said. I guess if there hasn't been an increase in pets deaths, and it's healthy for them, ( If its true by Richard Pitacairn D.V.M.).


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
Diet drug reduces obesity-related risks
I believe you can only go so far with "Diet Drugs." My opinion on it would be, if a grown adult is very obese and it's very noticable to others then there can be a need for it. If there are people that don't need it and they also abuse it. I believe you can go so far. I know, for example, that some and most pharmacy's won't even dispense any diet related drugs to any customer, because of their beliefs.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer kills rare Bengal white tiger
It's sad and unbelievable dipressing to find out and here about animals that you've maybe seen at the zoo, die. It's horrible knowing an animal has a disease and you know that there in pain, but they can't tell you anything. They might be able to whine or cry, but you wouldn't know why their crying or whinning. Sometimes I know that animals can be hard to read when they need something and you know that their tyring to tell you.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
Comment on a Newsnote
"Gene Wars"
This new technology will be very help full in helping our society to over come these disease that we can't fight. Being able to go in and correct the problem maybe just what we need to do. This technology maybe help full but it could also be deadly because then people wont care what they do because we can go in and have it corrected.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Geena Erras
Comment on a Newsnote
A radical solution
Breast Cancer is a deadly, scarey and painfull disease to have. Since this disease runs in both sides of my family and in all but one generation, it's scary to believe that I could be the next in line to go through that horrible process. I'm very familiar with the drug tamoxifen(which reduces the breast cancer by 50%) it's very hard to believe how many men and women are on this type of drug for cancer.


Submitted: 1-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
Comment on a Newsnote
The Frog Solution
Being able to break down bad bacteria is help to a world of ever changing bacteria. This will allow us to develope antibiotics that will protect us from many different forms of bacteria maybe even depleting the of different forms of bacteria.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Robyn Henges
A 11 Front Page
Due: 3-3-99
2-26-99
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
U.N. launches effort to thwart spread fo AIDS
A very important yet upsetting number is given in this article, nearly 600,000 children under the age of 15 and 2.5 million people from 15-24 have the HIV virus, the virus which causes AIDS. These numbers were the figures at the end of 1998. The U.N.AIDS campaign leader, Peter Piot, is lifting the program "Listen, Learn, Live." He is hoping that this will teach the younger generation about the dangers of unprotected intercourse and the use of I.V. drug users sharing needles. He chose this group for the reason that they are the most affected. He hopes that the epidemic will soon come to an end and the only way is to teach the dangers.


Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
Comment on a Newsnote
New Hand Please Transplant Recipient
This operation was just the beginning of what our technology is capable of doing. I really hope that the man does not reject the new hand because it will allow him to do things that he was not able to do before. If I was in his case I would go for the transplant, what do you really have to lose, other than gaining the ability of having both hand again. If this transplant works it will help others in the same situations. I believe transplants 100%. I am a organ donor myself.


Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Robyn henges
Comment on a Newsnote
Feds fight lead poisoning
I always have wondered about the paint in my house, whether it has lead in it. I know that it does not because my parents make sure, but if you don't have someone that watches out for it it really could be deadly. For those in low income housing that should be monitored by the feds and if lead is detected then it should be corrected. Low income houseing is the government to begin with and they should have all responsiblities for fighting lead poisoning. In my mind more money should be awarded to the families of those who have suffered with lead poisoning.


Yahoo News/Internet
Minsun Yim
pg. 1
Due: March. 3. 99
March. 2. 99
Submitted: 2-Mar-99
Test reveals genetic tie to hearing loss
According to Reuters in Chicago, about half of U.S. hearing loss case are caused by a genetic mutation, and a bool test on newborns with evidence of hearing problems could help uncover it. Roughly one child in 500 is bor n with some degree of hearing loss. In the half of the cases with a genetic cause, 40 percent of those are linked to parents who do not have a hearing problem but carry the recessive gene Cx26. Identifying the mutated Cx26 gene would help professional caring for the children, and eliminate the need for other expensive tests.


New York Times
Christina Scott
online source
Due: March 3, 1999
March 3, 1999
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
With the new technologies in the field of genetics it is becoming more and more possible for couples with fertility problems to have their own children. Recently a couple, who wishes to remain anonymous, put adver- tisements in newspapers at Ivy League Colleges requesting a young women who was at least 5'10" and scored 1400 or better on her SAT to donate a few of her eggs. The couple offered to pay any qualified donor $50,000. The couple feels that this is the best way to have a child that resembles them and has relatively the same intelligence level. This does raise a moral question; is it right to sell children to the highest bidder?


Newsleaf
Donald Morse
33.(2):9
Due: 3/3/99
March/April 99
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Wildflower Decline
As spring quickly approaches, many people will be going out to look at/for wildflowers. But this year they might be a little disappointed, for there is a new threat to wildflowers - the numbers of plants are declining. The large-flowered trillium, Trillium grandiflorum is one such plant that is being impacted by the increasing population of white-tailed deer. Lake Katherine SNP in Jackson Co. OH. once had a large no. of LF trillium,but within a period of five years,99 percent of LFT have been eaten by deer. The deer then moved on to eat mayapples, bluebells significantly reducing their no.s as well.Deer hunting has helped the no.s rebound.


CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
RENEE STURGILL
A3
Due: 3/3/99
3/1/99
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
GERMS AT ROOT OF SOME DISEASE
FROM GALLSTONES TO ARTHRITIS TO HEART DISEASE MANY OF THESE ILNESSES HAVE ROOTS IN GENES. THE RESEARCHERS ARE SAYING THAT YOU CAN CATCH KIDNEY STONES, CEREBRAL PALSEY, AND ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. FOR SOME DISEASES INCLUDING HEART DISEASE MANY SCIENTIST FEEL CERTAIN THAT MICROBES PLAY A CONTRIBUTING ROLE. VACCINES OR ANTIBIOTICS MIGHT HAVE UNEXPECTANTLY ROLE IN THE TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC DISEASE. IN 1997 BOSTON RESEARCHERS SAY THAT MEN WITH HIGH LEVELS OF PROTEIN IN THEIR BLOOD HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK. RESENTLY GALLSTONESAND KIDNEY STONES HAVE JOINED THE LIST OF DISEASES.


Newsstand
Binita Patel
Science section
Due: 3/3/99
3/3/99
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Japan May OK Birth Control Pill
After nine long years of waiting for the approval of the birth control pill in Japan, it finally happened today, 36 yrs after the FDA approved the pill in the U.S. The pill should hit and japanese market at the end of the year, as soon as The Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council send in their recommendation. To many people's suprise, most Japanese doctora are against the pill since each abortion is very costly. One in every five pregnancies in Japan, end up in abortion. The pill should significantly reduce this number. The Japanese are also concerned with the promotion of condoms and the reduction of the spread of AIDS.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I cannot believe that Cincinnati Zoo would participate in such an inhumane profit making process. I am disguisted with such behavior and especially with the response that "we trade animals......once it leaves the premises, it's not their concern." If people at zoos cannot respect their animals then who in society will.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer on Tap? The Case Against Chlorine
That is very scary to know that although chlorine maybe one of the most pervasive chemicals in our enviroment, it imitates estrogen and causes breast cancer and sexual deformities.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Painkiller on a Stick Wins OK
This narcotic lollipop sounds like a good idea, but my only concern is that is it just not a lollipop. It is ten times stronger than morphine and therefore very dangerous to those not knowing its effects.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
When a Cell Does an Embryo's Work, a Debate is born
This issue is very hard to take a side upon, but after looking at both sides, I agree with the fed. government when they say that they will not fund a research in which human embryos are destroyed. I do not believe that human embryos should be destroyed just in order to build tissues and new organs. Its a processs in which you desroy one life in order to help someone elses.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Polio
I think that it is wonderful that the World Health organization are taking the time to help out those in India. India is a country in which any infectious disease can pass easily, due to its over-populated states. These immunizations should reduce the death rate a lot.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Frozen Zoo and Garden
I guess it was only time until they had frozen zoos and frozen garden. Personally, I do not have a problem with them because i think that it helps to have them in case a animal cannot sucessfully reproduce, and as the zoos say, they provide a form of genetic diversity insurance for species that an endangered.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer Kills Rare Bengal White tiger
I think that it is so sad that cancer is taking over everything and everyone. I am beginning to think that there is not one thing out there that doesn't cause cancer. If cancer continues to become common in Bengal white tigers then they too will soon become extinct.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Binita Patel
Comment on a Newsnote
The Real Truth About Cat and Dog Food!!
Since the FDA lets unsavory animal part pass in dog and cat food just because the nutritional balance is lacking, it makes me wonder that they allow in our food. I am just disguisted with this!!!


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
Comment on a Newsnote
New Hand Pleases Transplant Recipient
A hand transplant is something I have never heard of before. I wouldn't have thought that such an operation could be physically possible, let alone be successful. I don't see how the parts could line up properly. The newsnote states that the doctors were concerned with the nerves to regenerate and function properly, and that would be one of the major concerns to whether this type of operation could be done more often.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Allison Harley
Comment on a Newsnote
New AIDS Treatment Called Risky
It is always interesting to read about new discoveries, especially new treatments that can help AIDS patients. I know that most patients are put on many expensive drugs that have several side effects. I think that it is important for doctors to explore more options with treating AIDS patients especially if it can benefit the patient. Sometimes the side effects that the drugs cause can be very harmful to the patient's health and if the body can defend itself, then the drugs may not be necessary.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Allison Harley
Comment on a Newsnote
Selling Exotic Animals for Profit
Before reading this article, I had no idea that zoos were selling exotic animals to people that wanted them just for the sport of hunting. I think that the officials at the zoos should know better than to commit such an act. If they know that there would be no room to keep the animals, then they should think twice about breeding them.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Allison Harley
Comment on a Newsnote
New Treatment Doubles Time Window for Reversing Strokes
I think that technology today is amazing. It is surprising that we now have the ability to reverse strokes up to six hours after the symptoms begin by just using medicine. This can probably save many patients' lives and help keep others from becoming paralyzed or losing their memory.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
Comment on a Newsnote
New Treatment Doubles Time Window for Reversing Strokes
This new treatment that they just introduced by injecting prourokinase directly into the brain to disolve the clot. This will probably end up saving many people's lives, and save many stroke victims from having severe brain damage. Previously there was not much doctors could do once a stroke has already begun. I think t;his procedure will prove to be very useful in the future.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
Comment on a Newsnote
Selling Exotic Animals for Profit
This idea of zoos selling animals to game ranches is an outrage. The only thing the Director of the Captive Wildlife Protection Program for the Humane Society had to say was they are not responsible for the animals they're sold. the zoos should not sell their animals to people or places that they well know are going to use them on hunting ranches. If the zoos are becoming overcrowded witha certain type of species, they should not le that species continue to breed in the zoo unless they intend to sell them or trade them to another zoo. Not hunting reserves wher they're confined to a specific area.


Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
Comment on a Newsnote
Cancer on tap? The Case Against Chlorine
This newsnote is the first time I have anything about chlorine being cancerous. I hope that further research is done so that people know whether chlorine can cause cancer. The results may have a major effect on the way things are done in the world. Chlorine is in many chemicals we are exposed to everyday, particularly water. We also need to know whether the effects are caused by certain levels of chlorine, or any level of chlorine


ABC Evening News
MaryEllen McKenna
ABCnews.com
Due: March 3, 1999
February 19,1999
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Iceland's Genetic Study
Karl Stefansson, a nuerologist, is storing a genetic profile of every Icelander in a computer database. He is planning to sell the info to drug companies or anyone doing research. Because of the potential benefit the Icelandic government approved this project. The 270,000 residents have roots back to the Vikings, and few have immigrated to Iceland in the past 1000 years. This homogeneity and small gene pool makes Iceland the best place to study such things as mutations that cause disease. Stefansson's company will provide residents with free access to drugs produced by this project, but 25% of the residents object due to fear of discrimination.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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New Aids Treatment Called Risky
Back to Nature! Mother Earth doesn't like all of these man-made solutions! They don't fit into the Natural Order of things. We've known for years that people needed to be weened off of antibiotics before they built up a tolerance, but still the AMA tends to prescribe them for anything from a cough on up to a real sickness. Sooner or later we are going to have to start heeding the warnings.


Submitted: 4-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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When a Cell Does An Embryo's Work...
I think the idea of being able to healthy replacement tissue and/or organs is a wonderful idea! The concept of an entire human being seems terribly unethical to me. We need to watch the God/Goddess Complex when we are dealing with such things.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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When a cell does embryo's work, a debate is born
I think that science has gone too far. I don't think that they should be growing animals, and especially not even trying to grow a human. I am certainly glad that the government won't fund this type of thing.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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New AIDS treatment called risky
This article was interesting to me. Its neat how these people are finding different cures for these diseases. I think that it is possible for your body to fight such a disease on its own. There are so many people taking so many different types of drugs . In some cases it could be making the situation worse. Either way it goes your going to die so why not try something new after all it might work.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Jennifer Anderson
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A Bug in the Heart
I wanted to comment on this newsnote because it talks about the use of antibiotics as a preventive measure. I highly disagree with that because I think that one of the reasons that different strains of viruses are so strong and sometimes lethal, is because of doctor's that haphazardly hand out antibiotics to people who don't really need them. I believe that if antibiotics are used to try and prevent heart disease it could have devastating effects later on as far as strength of infection to the heart.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Jennifer Anderson
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Cancer on Tap? The Case Against Chlorine
I wanted to comment on this newsnote because it is so alarming if it is true because chlorine is found in so many everyday things that people use and consume. This would mean that not only is tap water very unsafe, but what about swimming pools and bleach used for cleaning, etc.? I am also curious as to how chlorine can imitate the sex hormone estrogen and how that effects the human body. I definitely think that more research should be done to find out more about this threat, and the public should be more informed.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Jennifer Anderson
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I wanted to comment on this newsnote because my family and I have been supporters of the zoo and members for a while now and this reports disappoints me greatly. I believe that zoos are important because they allow the public to visit and come to appreciate wildlife so that perhaps they think twice about how they treat the environment and animals, but after reading this newsnote I am beginning to think twice myself about how I feel about supporting the zoo. I think back to when the zoo issue was on the ballot and how sad I was when it didn't pass, now I feel misinformed and frankly deceived.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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No title by Erin Hicks 1/7/99
This is a very shocking article. To hear about the country living like that is sad. Polio is a very serious virus and the united states should definetly do something to help them out, especially by helping to immunize all the children. That would at least help with keeping the virus down.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Jennifer Anderson
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The Real Truth About Cat And Dog Food!
I cannot believe that things such as beaks, feet, feathers, claws, eyeballs, blood, and pus can be found in pet's food and the F.D.A. knows about it and they don't do anything about it! I think this supports yet another reason not to eat meat period because you just never know about what goes on in large industrial facilities. I agree with the veterinarian that said it is best to make homemade meals for your pets, and for yourself no less!


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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The real thruth about cat and dog food
This is terrible what the FDA is letting happen. Feeding dogs and cats there own kind plus feathers, claws, blood and pus is not going to give them the nutrients they need. Animals deserve the same kind of treatment as as humans, and that doesn't mean feeding them other dogs for dinner. I would definetly feed my dog homemade food.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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Cancer on tap? The case against chlorine.
This article is very alarming, chlorine is used a lot for cleaning, doing laundry, and its even in our drinking water. If this really causes/increases breast cancer this could be a real problem. What will they do to our drinking water to eliminat ethis problem.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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New AIDS treatment called risky
I strongly agree with Eric m Chapman about people taking to many antibiotics. That is why so many people don't respond to them any more there bodies are so full of them that they can't take any more.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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The Fozen Zoo and Garden
This article was very impressive to me. I think the fact that the zoos are doing this is great. This will keep most of the animals and or plants out of extinction and back into the wilderness. I also think that people shouldn't hunt certain animals and they might not need to do this.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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Diet reduces obesity - related risks
I think that it is good that doctors ar efinding drugs that reduce the risk in blood pressure, waist circumference, cholesterol levels and insulin levels. But I personally feel that if you do your part by exercise and having a complete balanced diet you wouldn't need to take all these diet pills.


Submitted: 5-Mar-99
Renee Sturgill
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Japan may OK birth contol pill
This artical was pretty stunning to me. One out of five pregnancies end up with an abortion. That is pretty terrible. Its no wonder why the doctors are wanting to dissagree, they won't get that money from killing a real live human. I think the pill should have been over there when it first came out so they could have prevented so many deaths.


The Cincinnati Enquirer
Jamie Madden
B1
Due: 3-3-99
2-27-99
Submitted: 3-Mar-99
Leaks from old silos complicate cleanup
In Crosby Township two concrete silos filled with radioactive waste at the former Fernald uranium processing plant looks to be bad. There is a protective layer of hardened foam atop the k-65 silo domes is begining to crack, and increasing the number of cancer-causing radon gas are leaking into the atmosphere. Sealing the cracks could cost up to 100,000 dollars depending on what sealer is used.


Cincinnati Enquirer
Randi Kratzer
A2
Due: 3-3-99
February 27
Submitted: 4-Mar-99
Health Labels Urged for Cigars
Requiring health warnings on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco but not cigars sends the wrong message, said Surgeon General David Satcher. Top officials at the Health and Human Services Department hope the report by its inspector general will push another agency, the Federal Trade Commission, to require such warning labels. The FTC has been considering the matter since last April but has yet to announce a decision. The FTC has the power to require the labels on its own, and it plans to report to Congress on the issue this spring.




Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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cancer kills rare Bengal white tiger
I feel bad because he died of cancer, and I feel sorrier because he died after spending his whole life in the zoo. I wonder living as a such a grand, glamorous animal and dying of cancer is better than living as a small frivolous creature perfectly contented in the wild. When someone dies, we think about how we want to live.


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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cancer kills rare Bengal white tiger
I feel bad because he died of cancer, and I feel sorrier because he died after spending his whole life in the zoo. I wonder living as a such a grand, glamorous animal and dying of cancer is better than living as a small frivolous creature perfectly contented in the wild. When someone dies, we think about how we want to live.


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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chilling out
In the orient, we meditate to take the heat out of brain and down to stomach. They say cool brain and warm stomach make us mentally, physically gealthier. I guess this news note scientifically supports the wisdom of the east.


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun YIm
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cancer on tap
I wonder about chlorine often, because i love clorox. I try not to use it as often as I'd like to, because I heard it can cause harm to our body. And now I can


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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cancer on tap-continued
And now I can't even drink tap water? Is there anything that is only good for our health, but not harmful at all?


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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Selling exotic animals for profit
This news is pretty shocking to me. I thought it was another responsibility of zoo to let the over populated animals adapted to the wild and let them go. It is very disappointing to learn that people chose to work with animal because they love animals, and don't care about them.


Submitted: 7-Mar-99
Minsun Yim
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Feds fight lead poisoning
I reak about lead poisoning in children from the Parents magazine. If a child had non-productive behaviors, couldn't concentrate, didn't have appetite, a test can be done for lead poisoning at pedeatrician's office.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
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A bug in the Heart
Heart attacks are very dangerous and it wuld be great to know that there was a medicine that would lower risks for heart attacks. Perhaps this would help in controllin deaths for young adults who have heart disease and suffer with the risks of having a deadly heart attack. With the disease in my family I would live at ease if I knew that I could take medication and it would lower my risks. My greatest fear is to die from a heart attack. I hope that the medication really shows results.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
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When a cell does Embryo's Work a dabate is born
I totally agree with the government. I believe that children ( embryos) should be conceived the way that god intended it to be, from a women and a man. I think research gets to invloved in the natural works that God does and that is make children not laboratories. It can be very dangerous if they begin to do this sort of experiment all the time. I truthfully am against any kind of research that deals with cloning or cell embryonic development. It should be left up to the people to produce not labs.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
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New Treatment doubles time window for reversint strokes
This is an excellent discovery! Hopefully this drug will have the same effects on everyone with long term advantages. Strokes effect a lot of people everyday and now that might decrease with this new medicine. I know someone who has suffered from a stroke and he lost all functions of his left side, maybe the drug will prevent that from ever happening to anyone ever again.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
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A Radical Solution
I disagree with the article and comment. My mother is taking tamoxifen and is seeing great results from the drug. My mother does not have cancer, but she has a tumor that they are controlling growth by using the medication. I have never heard that this drug can cause cancer. It is to fight breast cancer. It is not logical for a doctor to give tamoxifen to a patient if they even feel that it will cause cancer. So far I am pleased to see how well my mother is doing and how well the drug helps her out.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Robyn Henges
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Exercise can help take the edge off
Today many Americans are over weight and they do less exercise than ever before. The older you become the more exercise you should do. Maybe if people did the exercise than possibily the heart attack statistics would decrease. Exercise is the goal to living a successful life and more people should do it.


Scientific America
Danielle West
p 68
Due: 03/08/99
march 99
Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Timing of Birth
Almost six to eight percent of all newborns arrive before term. This is mostly due to spontaneous premature labor. Doctors have been striving to learn why this happens. Interventions that prevented spontaneous premature labor could spare a great many infants from death or lifelong disability. Now, a hormone unexpectedly found in the placents they have found influences the timing of delivery. This may lead to ways to prevent premature labor. They have discovered that in women who deliver early there is an eccessive amount of (CRH) in the placenta. They are working on how to thin this protein to prolong gestation.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
DANIELLE WEST
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CANCER ON TAP?
I WONDER IF ANYONE ELSE HAS NOTICED BUT EVERYTHING CAUSES CANCER NOW DAYS. SO IT WOULD JUST MAKE SENCE THAT THE CHEMICALS IN OUR DRINKING WATER AND OUR POOLS WILL CAUSE CANCER ALSO. EITHER WAY I BELIVE CANCER WOULD BE A PROBLEM, EVEN IF WE LIVED COMPLETELY OFF THE LAND AND EVERYTHING WE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WAS NATURAL, PEOPLE WOULD STILL GET CANCER. UNFORTUNATELY THERE PROBABLY WILL NEVER BE A CURE. ALTHOUGH WE COULD LESSEN OUR CHANCES OF GETTING CANCER BY NOT CONSUMING SO MANY CHEMICALS IN OUR FOOD AND WATER.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
DANIELLE WEST
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SELLING EXOTIC ANIMALS FOR PROFIT?
How awful is it that we sell animals for profit. That is the biggest representation of how we take advantage of our resources. We are animals but yet we abuse our power and intellect over the others. Why do we think that we have the right to do this to another species. I doubt the cincinnati zoo is involved in this, Im sure there are some sort of watchful eyes over a zoo that big. Many animals have given birth in captivity in the cincinnati zoo that couldnt anywhere else in the world, its a well known zoo.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Danielle West
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new hand pleases transplant patient
It is amazing that entire limbs can be reattached but even more amazing that doctors can now attach someone elses limb. All the networking of nerves and blood vessels must take hours to reattach. Doctors put as much into these transplants as the patients get out of them. I read one article that said a transplant took 9 hours from start to finish. doctors sometimes work in shifts to get them done. so the transplants that these patients recieve does come at a cost.


Submitted: 9-Mar-99
Danielle West
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New AIDS treatment called risky
This is a very controversial subject but it does make sence. some people have a theory that medicines make your own immune system weaker. There is an old saying - what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger. but in this case it could kill you and I couldnt imagine any doctor suggesting this. Everyone's immune system works differently and depending on how advanced the HIV is will determine how hard your body can fight off disease. AIDS will kill you no matter what so getting off of the medicine will not solve anything because we already know that the body cant get rid of it itself.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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New Hand Pleases Transplant Recipient
I think that it is amazing that a man has been able to recieve a hand transplant. I would not have imagined that a person could recieve the hand or any other apendage of another person. It does not seem like it would match correctly.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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When a Cell Does an Embryo's Work, a Debate is Born
This is a very scary article. I am glad that the government is not supporting this research. This could easily become a disaster. This technology could get into the wrong hands and like the article says human embryos could be discarded or destroyed. If this is already being done in mice, how far is it going to go?


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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Now AIDS Treatment Called Risky
If this has happened to one patient I wonder if it has happened to others. I do not believe that this treatment is good for all patients though. I think that this is probably just one isolated case unfortunately.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I think that it is terrible what zoos are doing to these poor animals. I thought that zoos were supposed to help and protect animals, not kill them. I am surprised that I have never heard about zoos doing this. If the zoos are producing so many animals, why don't they just stop breeding them?


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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Cancer on Tap? The Case Against Chlorine
I wish that were actually some common substances in our lives that did not cause cancer. It seems like everything is harmful to us somehow, no matter how safe we think it is. I think that Americans would just stop worring about what will kill us because we all have to die some way.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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American Burying Beetle Reintroduced
I am glad that the state realizes that Ohio needs to be aware of endangered species. It is good to hear some positive news about wildlife. I hope that the beetles are able to prosper successfully.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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Painkiller on a Stick Wins OK
I do not think this is a very good idea. I do not understand why the patients can't just take the medicine in the injections or patches. The reason why I don't think this is a good idea, is because I believe that there will be some children who will find these lollipops and will eat them. And if it is such a strong medicine, I am sure that it could kill them.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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The Real Truth About Cat And Dog Food!
I don't understand how pet food manufacturers can get away with this. Now I am going to think twice about what I am feeding my poor kitties. Maybe I won't feed them anything store-bought again.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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A Radical Solution
I definitely think this is a very radical solution. I don't think I could do something like that to my body if I was healthy. But I do see the reasoning behind it though. The procedure really does have good results. I don't understand taking the drug tamoxifen if it can give a person cancer.


Submitted: 8-Mar-99
Randi Kratzer
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Cancer Kills Rare Bengal White Tiger
It is so sad that one of the white bengal tigers has died. They are so rare and it is a shame when we lose one. But at least she had a fairly long life.




Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
Westarted a class discussion on the subject and I beleive the egg may be an egg,but it still is part of the woman. I think it would be like giving up your own child. I think that the question is raised that should children be sold to the highest bidder, I'm if you can sell a part of you then you can pretty must sell a child which in my opinion is wrong. Children should not be bought or sold they should just be loved.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Listeria-related recalls of food increase sharply
I found this newsnote to very sad. With this bacteria infecting people unfortunately more than one person is affected by the problem. First of all did the company know about it and didn't care to worry about it? If so then this doesn't say to much about the company. Maybe this was an accident, but maybe the way that they are proceesing the products are creating the problem. Hopefully this doesn't result in any other problems,some one said that 16 people have did from this in the tri-state


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Leaks from old silos complicate cleanup
This story should be an easy open and shut case. Fix the problem. I don't think that money really matters when the plague of the twenty-first century is out and about. Cancer has been deemed the plague of the twenty- first century because there is no cure and seems only to be increasing. I know from personall experience because three members of my family were diagnosed with cancer in the past month. For the peoples sake seal the hole


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Health labels urged for Cigars
This newsnote surprised me because I though that all nicotine products came with warning labels. Cigars are big and smell the least they could do is have a warning label. From working in a restaurant Many people chew their cigars so it is similar to tobacco chewing. They still could get lip cancer or cancer of the mouth. For those who don't know thw risks put a label on the cigars,this should be a no thought required answer.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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DNA Evidence shows few birds are monogamous
This newsnote was interesting because with the changing times of society so do morals change. Many people in our own society don't have monogamous relationships so why should birds. I mean our mental capacity is much greater yet we still choose to practice unsafe sex and have multiple partners. So have we gone to the birds or have they come to us


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Wildflower decline
This surprised me to find out through all the weather wehave been having that the deerare the probelm to our lack certain wildflowers. Do you think that the weather has effected the animals to come out more offered so they eat the wildflowers. What can we do to help preserve the flowers because I am certainly not going to shoot bambi. Maybe weshould feed the deer so they won't eat the flowers,but then they would become domesticated What can we do to help?


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Fountain of Youth
I found this article to be interesting becasue we could use help in the cancer and aging departments of life. The technique is very unique to try on the foreskin to find out the dividing patterns of cells. Why did they choose the foreskin? Is it easier to work with or was it just available at the time,I mean were they testing the area before this experiment. I hope that they find a cure for both because women especially would be happy in both cases because we worry about aging and we have a higher chance of cancer.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Tests reveals genetic tie to hearing loss
Since we have recently been talking about genes this fit perfectly. From the given information I would think that the gene would be a X gene mutation because of the idea of the carriers and more women seem to be carriers then men. If there was any more information on the situation I would be interested to hear about the mutation happens and how the bool test works. I do think that it makes sense that the carriers are prone to have more kids with hearing loss then those afflicted.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Germs at the root of some diseases
This article is scary to think that you could catch heart diseases, and cerebral palsey. I am greatly interested in found out the studies they have done on subject to find out this information. How could someone catch Alzheimer's by shaking a hand or sharing a drink. This seems extremely farfetched to me that someone can catch heart disease like the common cold. I need more proof to believe this story. I don't think this a well supported claim.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Shannon Meier
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Cancer on tap? The case against chlorine
The idea that the use of chlorine among females increases breastcancer is scary because many of our household products have chlorine in them. Take for example bathroom cleaning supplies theseare mostly made of chlorine. Many women do do the cleaning around the house so I could understand that the effects would be higher in women,but I'm not sure how chlorine can effect the hormone levels in women. Chlorine is an outside product not ingested by females. I guess I don't understand.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Kevin Briegel
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I have heard of this problem before. I feal these animals ahould be re-released back into the wild wre there is territory for them. Funny that we, the tax payers, who pay for the Zoo have no say as to what is done with the animals. Taxation without repersentation, hum sounds familier. It is you and I who pay for it and it is us who can say where the animals should go. Wh=rite your local officials or state congress man about what to do about this injustice of our Constitutional Wrights.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Kevin Briegel
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit?
I have heard of this problem before. I feal these animals ahould be re-released back into the wild wre there is territory for them. Funny that we, the tax payers, who pay for the Zoo have no say as to what is done with the animals. Taxation without repersentation, hum sounds familier. It is you and I who pay for it and it is us who can say where the animals should go. Wh=rite your local officials or state congress man about what to do about this injustice of our Constitutional Wrights.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Kevin Briegel
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Cancer on Tap? The Case Against Chlorine
This is a very interesting artical! Someone should do a study to see if there is a higher percent of breast cancer cases in areas where the public recieves public water. We have a cistern but it is needing to be fixed and my dad has been bringing water back from Blue-Ash. You can't stand to drink the stuff if it is any other temperature than freezing cold. the water taste like when you acidently take a gulp of pool water. Yuck! I'll have to check my breast.......HA, HA HA!


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Kevin Briegel
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A Bug in the Heart
There are some kinds of bugs that do cause heart problems. I use to get strep throat alot as a child and I had to get tested for a kind of mutant strep. that causes heart problems latter in life. I think that this is a great study. I hope that they find out how these bugs cause heart desease so that doctors can start to prescribe antibiotics for these bugs.


Submitted: 10-Mar-99
Kevin Briegel
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When a Cell Does an Embtyo's Work, a Debate Is Born.
I just recently did an English Exit Exame on this same topic. I found out that contries are baning all genetics research because of the worries that cloning humans will bring. I find this outragous sience humans wouldn't be cloned for years to come, if at all. However, people will still be dieing who need organs and childern will still be cripled with genetic diseases.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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FEDS fight lead poisoning
I am certain that there is a large problem with lead poisoning. We were involved recently with the sale of a home and as part of the paperwork the seller is asked to disclose on knowledge of the use of lead base paints in the home. This was a little bit of a farce as the seller simply has to state that the lead content is unknown and they are off the hook. It seems as if we need to be more serious and perhaps test the paint. It is now an industry standard to test for radan and force that be repaired before selling. Why not the same with the lead? Also this is only applicable on houses built before 1978.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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New hand pleases transplant recipient
I saw a television interview with this gentleman. I believe somehow both arms were injured and they tranplanted the right hand onto the left arm. The strange things is that they had to put the hand on upside down. He thumb is on the bottom. Think about it. It had to be like that because otherwise the hand would face palm side out.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
Mary Ellen McKenna
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A radical Solution
I am not sure why an average woman would consider such a radical surgical procedure. However here we are talking about women who are at high risk of breast cancer through family history. Once you watch women who are


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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The frozen zoo and garden
This was really amazing. I had never thought of the Cinncinnati zoo as a front runner. I guess we hear periodically that there was a birth of a rare animal but I had no idea that they were doing anything this cutting edge. This was something that I expected from the San Diego Zoo or the National Zoo. I think that this is important in order to insure that the endangered species can reproduce even in difficult situations. I guess I hadn't thought about animals have fertility problems. This is a great solution.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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Cancer on tap? The case against chlorine
I did not realize the problems with chlorine acting as an estrogen agonist. That is interesting. There is an old saying about something in the drinking water causing pregnancy-like when several women in the office are pregnant at the same time. Maybe it isn't an old wives tale! In addition, there has been a concern raised over the lead content in tap water. The lead is inside some of the pipes used in faucets, even those appearing to have copper hardware. The problem is that when the water remains in the faucet the lead is deposited in the standing water. The solution is to let the faucet run for 30 seconds before pouring a drinking glass.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit
Since the newsnote enlightening me on the frozen garden, I am not sure that this is so wrong. If the Cincinnati Zoo needs money so badly and the citizens of Cincinnati are not overlyy supportive of the zoo financially,


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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Exotic Animals cont.
oops..I don't see anything so wrong with selling exotic animals to collectors. If the animals are exotic, they are probably being sold for a hefty price. Organizations that want to kill animals for sport are probably not looking to pay top dollar for them. For the most part the animals are probably someone's pride and joy and therefore treated well. In addition it generates much need funds for the zoo to do other important projects like a frozen garden.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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The frog solution
I am glad to hear that they are finding new antibiotics. However the bacteria will probably have the ability to form a resistence to this antibiotic as well. I still think that the real answer is not to overprescibe the current antibiotics. As a pharm tech, I am amazed at the large numbers of amoxil prescriptions filled year round. I wonder if this is helpful in patients who are allergic to say penecillin which I think also attacks the cell walls.


Submitted: 12-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
I almost did this too. I thought about this for awhile. Donating an egg is a lot more invasive than donating sperm. And guys have been paid for a long time for that service. With new technology, it is really nice for infertile couples to have this option. So I think that it is alright to "sell" the eggs. However aside from race I don't think that the couple should be trying to make a super baby. The newsnote claims the reasoning is that they felt this way the baby would resemble them. The are plenty of physically handicapped children born to athletes and autistics to genesus'. Sorry poor excuse for super baby!


Submitted: 13-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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A bug in the heart
Recently there has been a lot of publicity about the bacterial infections of the heart. Recently, my mom had a strange illness and the doctors were quick to do an echocardiogram to rule a bacteria out. It seemed rather urgent to the doctors to found it out quickly. Apparently it is a thing that if it is missed can be fatal in a short period of time. They were able to rule it out with a simple routine test. So I agree to blanket antibiotic prescriptions, however it must always be considered as a possibility. Look at how quickly it killed the character on NYPD Blue!


Submitted: 13-Mar-99
MaryEllen McKenna
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Iceland's Genetic Study
I was shocked that the Icelandic government could force participation on the people of Iceland. This is something that I agree can be of emense medical benefit, but it is not something that should be mandatory. Especially if the is a chance for a large financial profit to be gained while the individual's right are compromised. What is the citizen was force to undergo testing are it altered their life. What is their insurance was denied, when they would really need it? And we are against blanket fingerprinting. Soon there will a DNA databank. The samples are already being collected on people who are arrested, even if they are innocent.


Submitted: 14-Mar-99
Donald Morse
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DNA Evidence Shows Few Birds Really Monogamous
After a lot of reading on bird behavoir, I would have to say that this doesn't surprise me much. This might be nature's way of making sure that only the best male passes on his genes. I guess that birds have to have their fun too? See Page 1197 in Textbook


Submitted: 14-Mar-99
Donald Morse
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
I have really never payed any attention to whether cigars have the SGW on them. I guess that because tradional sophisticated people smoke cigars (and when their is a baby boy born.) If cigerettes have the SGW on them, I think cigars should too.


Submitted: 14-Mar-99
Donald Morse
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Aquarium Taking Shape Fast
I am glad to see an aquarium go up in our area. I hope that this aquarium prooves to be very educational. I had read that they are even going to make an exhibit that will resemble local aquatic ecosystems. I hope that this aquarium works out.


Submitted: 14-Mar-99
Donald Morse
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Listeria-related recalls of food increase sharply
I begining to wonder if I should grow/raise my own food. Maybe I should rely on hunting and fishing more. ;-)


Submitted: 14-Mar-99
Donald Morse
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Painkiller on a Stick Wins OK
I think that this lolipop would probably be prescribed out more than what it should. It could be bad if it gets out to the streets. I think the adults will once again look foward to going to the doc for that lolipop.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Health Label Urged
I was surprised to learn that cigars don't bear warning labels. I'm not sure how true this is but I heard that 1 cigar is the equivilant of 20 cigarettes on the lungs. I'm curious if any one happens to know if this is


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Leaks from old silos
Why is there any hesitation as to what sealer to use? Millions of tax dollars are spent on projects that tax payers are not even aware of. Now, a large community is breathing in cancer-causing radon gas while the government and Fernald debate how much to spend to seal the crack?


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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$50,000
Even though the ad has a high price tag, I don't think being the highest bidder is the issue. Buying another woman's healthy eggs who is physically and mentally comparable to the sterile mother is the closest this couple could possibly come to having their own child. If the couple is going through this much trouble to get a baby, then they definitely deserve one.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Wildflower
Did the article say if the white-tailed deer were attracted to the color, size or taste of the Trillium grandiflorum? What can you do, if anything, to keep deer away from wildflowers? (Besides Irish Spring!)


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Hearing Loss
Did the article say what the benefit of uncovering the mutated Cx26 gene would be to the newborn besides avoiding expensive tests? Are they working on a drug or surgery to correct hearing loss in infants?


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Promiscuous Birds
It surprises me that a male bird would help raise babies that were not his. I remember hearing that most male birds are extremely territorial. It seems like they would be territorial with their women, as well. I wonder if somehow the fathers helping to raise the babies don't know that the babies aren't really his?


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Listeria
That is extremely scary that one could have a miscarriage just from eating processed meats from a grocery store. Has Sara Lee addressed the situation(besides the recall) or made any attempts at restitution with the mother?


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Fountain of Youth
Telomerase's effect on foreskin cells sounds very similar to how cancer cells divide. That would be amazing if they could inject only healthy cells with the telomerase. It seems like they owuld also have to inject the cancer cells with an enzyme or something to slow down cell division. Unless injected in the very early stages of cancer, telomerase would have a lot of catching up to do in order to beat the divisions of cancer cells.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Radical Solutions
I would hope that removal of the healthy breast would reduce the chance of breast cancer by at least 90 percent. I can't really see why a woman would have a prophylactic mastecotomy unless she already had one unhealthy breast removed. Otherwise, the procedure seems a little to drastic just to reduce the risk of getting cancer.


Submitted: 15-Mar-99
Cherran
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Frozen Zoo
I kind of have mixed feelings about the frozen zoo. I love animals and its always depressing to hear about another animal added to the endangered species list but I think most animals become extict or evolve into a different species for a reason. For instance,dinosaurs would not have been happy living in today's conditions.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Listeria-related recalls of food increase sharply
I have heard of many products being recalled for problems that can cause risks to the consumer, especially food products. This is a tragic example of a problem that can be prevented. I think that manufactures should be more careful about inspecting the products that they produce before it is sold to the consumers so that these tragedies don't have to occur.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Wildflower Decline
I know that many people are against deer hunting because most hunters do it for sport. But I think that there is some benefit to it since the deer population has become overwhelming and it causes such problems as threats to wildflowers and other plants. The deer population is so great that there is a need for some of them to be eliminated so these problems won't happen. Deer hunting shouldn't be a major concern since they are not considered as an endangered species and they interfere with the environment.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
There are many different options that offer infertile couples a chance to have babies. This example of paying a donor for her eggs may sound kind of extreme, but I think it would be alright as long as both sides are in agreement about the issue. At least this way, the couple knows what kind of children that they might have, rather than adopting a child that may have a number of physical and mental problems without the parents' prior knowledge.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Healthh Labels Urged for Cigars
Before reading this article, I was unaware that there were no Surgeon General warnings on cigars. I'm sure that since most people do not inhale cigars, that they think that they are not as harmful as cigarettes. But I'm sure that they can still cause lung cancer and probably mouth cancer as well. I think that there should definitely be a label on cigars warning people about the possible health risks that can result from smoking them.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Leaks from old silos complicate cleanup
I think that there is a real problem in our society of many business trying to get around certain safety procedures because of the high costs involved. But I think that companies should realize that cleaning up spills radioactive materials is very important and it can eliminate many lawsuits against companies from victims of the spills.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Germs at Root of Some Disease
I think that it is always interesting to read about new discoveries in medicine. I think as much research as possible should be done to learn more about diseases and the causes of them. This way, doctors can find better ways of treating their patients and even find cures for them.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Allison Harley
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Test reveals genetic tie to hearing loss
It seems to me that more and more diseases or health-related problems have been linked to genetics. I think that it may be possible to find more treatments for diseases if we know the source of them. In this case of hearing loss, new treatments can be used since it is sometimes a genetical problem and that can eliminate many unnecessary and expensive treatments.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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Cancer on Tap
I had before heard that chlorine found in high amounts in tap water could be hazardous to your health, but to think that it could possibly play a hand in the numerous cases of breast cancer in this country is horrifying. Personally, i have a long history of breast cancer in my family and this is just one of those things that seriously makes you sit back and think. I had seen a special on HBO on women with breast cancer and their stories where they were interviewing specialists, and to hear what those doctors had to say, really made me rethink my own habits.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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Cancer on Tap
I had before heard that chlorine found in high amounts in tap water could be hazardous to your health, but to think that it could possibly play a hand in the numerous cases of breast cancer in this country is horrifying. Personally, i have a long history of breast cancer in my family and this is just one of those things that seriously makes you sit back and think. I had seen a special on HBO on women with breast cancer and their stories where they were interviewing specialists, and to hear what those doctors had to say, really made me rethink my own habits.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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American Burying Beetle Reintroduced
It is interesting to hear that such reintroductions have been successfull in other states. This gives hope to not only entamologists, but to all of us. Our environment is being destroyed at such a rapid rate!! I once heard that insects would be the only ones to survive such crises as nuclear war, and now to hear that some species are becoming extinct from forms of stress which we have put on the environment by us everyday is scary.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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Selling Exotic Animals for Profit
It really makes me sad to think that anyone, especially a zoo whom is supposably dedicated twords keeping animals safe would do such a thing. I don't think that this is right. I understand that the zoo does not have the funding to continue making followups on these animals after they leave the premises, but the motivation??? I mean come on it is a zoo, not petzmart. It's not like tey are selling goldfish. If they didn't have the motivation beforehand, i hope they find it soon.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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New Treatment Doubles Time Window for Reversing Strokes
I think that this discovery is wonderful. I had no idea that the time window for treating these stroke victims was so small. Threee hours is not alot of time when your deadline to meet is avoiding permanent brain damage.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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Painkiller on a stick
Now the FDA is asking for trouble. Come on. Narcotics in the form of a lollipop?? Every crackhead will be extremely happy to hear that they can now get there is a painkiller ten times more powerful than morphine avail able by perscription. I believe that this drugs if put into use should only be done so in hospitals and used for severe cases. it just seems to dangerous to have a drug in this foirm. Then again, that's just my own opinion.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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New Hand Pleases Transplant recipient
I remember when i first heard of these kinds of operations being done. I believe that it has opened an entire new world in medicine. For someone to be crippled in such a way that it affects their life in such a drastic way, such as the loss of a limb, is horrible. BUt to know that now there is hope that loss of a limb does not mean that person is crippled and that it can be corrected by surgical means, is a wonderful feeling!!


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
erin hicks
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New Hand Pleases Transplant recipient
I remember when i first heard of these kinds of operations being done. I believe that it has opened an entire new world in medicine. For someone to be crippled in such a way that it affects their life in such a drastic way, such as the loss of a limb, is horrible. BUt to know that now there is hope that loss of a limb does not mean that person is crippled and that it can be corrected by surgical means, is a wonderful feeling!!


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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A Gut Feeling
I also read this article and was very shocked at the dangers these sulphurous compounds pose to us as unsuspecting consumers. This threat is not something producers of these foods want us to know. I found it very very disturbing to know that these substances can cause bowel diseases or even colon cancer. My best friend has asthma and this new knowledge makes me worry something may happen to her. I know that this is not the only harmful additive that are put into our food unsuspectingly and it makes me scared to know how dangerous food is that is shipped a million places before arriving in my kitchen.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Scientists Find a Clue to the mysteries of the Mind
This article appealed to me because I am very interested in how the brain works. I have studied about how the brain functions during the sleep phase, so I found it interesting to read something about how the brain functions when we are conscious. The mind seems to be the most mysterious part of our bodies and it is the part that controls it all. I would love to know how I feel emotions, how I remember things, and why we think what we do. If we understood how the brain functions, all the problems of the world could somehow be solved. it is interesting to know we are learning more.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Binita Patel
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Aquarium Taking Shape Fast
I think that it is wonderful that city is finally recieving something as huge and great as the Newport aquarium. To be able to see sea creatures especially breeds of shark from the different oceans of the world should be a great learning experience. The one question that reamins on my mind is how they are possibly going to be all those creatures over her safely and where would you get tons and tons of salt from to fufill the requirements of these sea creatures?


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Earliest Evidence of Modern Behavior
This article struck me as interesting because we tend took look back at prehistoric times and view our anscestors as stupid savages. We fail to realize we started out the same as they did. Everything we have learned in our lifetime is due to what we have learned on our own added to all the many ideas those before us learned and passed on. We fail to realize, however, that everyone has the same instincts. Prehistoric peoples were given a brain that thought just like ours. These people were able to do many of the things we to today without all of our modern equpiment. Just looking at such works as the pyramids can show us this.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Binita Patel
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
I was not aware of the fact that there is no health warnings on cigars. Where have the FDA been? It seems as though they are always after every little thing, why not cigars? Although many people may not inhale, I believe that cigars probably have the same risks as cigarettes but not to that extreme.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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My Prescription Couldn't Kill Me...Could It?
This article was of great interest to me because I knew someone who became addicted to a prescription drug. We normally think of these people as people who liked the affects of overusing their drug and this turned into an addiction. We may feel they kept filling their prescription for the sole purpose that they liked the affects much as an heroine addict buys heroine. In many cases, however, the patient is simply going by what the doctor tells them to take. My sister-in-law did this after a bad car wreck. The doctor did not tell her they were addictive. When she failed to take her daily dosage, she felt sick and knew she was addicted.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Edible Vaccines
This article was of great interest to me as a former member of 4-H. I was aware of all the costs and work involved in providing vaccinations to animals. This is something that is much needed, however, and this new idea seems like a great one. It would be nice to know if these plants are as effective as vaccines. I would like to know how much of the plant is needed for the animals and also how long they need to be fed this. Is it every day or do the animals need to eat for a certain amount of time only.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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"To Have and To Hold"
This article was very interesting to me as a future teacher. I have learned about many difficulties faced by people with missing limbs and this article gives hope to those faced with this problem. Although it was just a hand that was translplanted, the process was very extreme and it appears a lot of information was gathered from it since it was the first one. As long as Matthew Scott continues to be successful with his recovery, I believe this operation will give much hope to those with similar problems.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Listeria-Related Reclass of Food Increase Sharply
This article submitted by Kathy was of great interest to me. Also, after hearing her discuss more about it in class, I become more wary of how it may affect me. Although I have always had faith in my food from the from the store (mostly because I was too hungry to worry). Now, however, I begin to think twice. Sure, we may think it must go through so much inspection that it has to be clean. The hard truth about this though is that many of the discoveries are not found until it is too late. By then , average people like you and me have been affected.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Natural Cure for Kids
Although herbal medicines seem really popular in today's socitey, I feel that parents need to be fully informed on how they work before taking them or especially before giving them to their children. I did not realize that they were mainly for preventing illness rather than correcting it until after reading this newsnote. Herbal medicines do show many benefits and seem to be much safer than prescriptive drugs. Parents must realize, however, the importance other drugs are for small children with serious illnesses. After all, herbal medicines are not good for everything.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Holmes High Offers Prenatal Exams, Parenting Classes
When I first read this article I thought that these classes seemed like a bad idea, because by teaching safe sex, students have the idea that sex is OK. Then I remembered taking my high school sex-ed class. I did not have sex in high school, nor did this class make me want to at all. To me and the rest of the class it was a big joke. It gave us something ot giggle about. Although it was uncomfortable, I do feel that I learned something about how our bodies work and the dangers of sex. I do not feel teachers should teach safe sex, beacuse teenagers know what that it and don't think it's "cool" if a teacher tells them to do it.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Patti Deffinger
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Closing In On A Cure For The Common Cold
Although, the common cold seems like a pain in the butt when we have it, I'm really not sure if it's worth spending up to 500 million dollars to combat. I believe I would rather have that money spent towards such diseases as cancer or AIDS. I would rather see a lower percentage of people be cured from dying before I saw 100% people cured from a minor cough and sniffle. We have plenty of medicines that help our colds go away, so I feel until there is extra money to be spent, our small amount of funding we do have should go to something serious.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Carey Kieffer
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
I thought that this newsnote was really interesting. I never knew that cigars didn't have warnings on them about how they affected your health. I think that the cigar companies should be more responsible and put warnings on their products.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Carey Kieffer
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$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
I think that young women offering their eggs to other couples who wish to have children is a great thing. I don't really think that it should be done as a way for a girl just to get money, but if the donor really wants to help a couple have a child then I think that this is a great idea.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Carey Kieffer
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Wildflower Decline
I found it very interesting that white-tailed deer are the reason for this season's wildflower decline. I didn't know that deer were such a problem. I think that deer hunting season should be extended to try and get rid of some of these animals, before they becaome an even bigger problem.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Carey Kieffer
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DNA Evidnece Shows Few Birds Really Monogamous
I thought that this article was really interesting. I never knew that birds were thought to be monogamous. Now that they have done more research and found out that birds are not monogamous maybe they will find out other things about birds that were not previously known.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
JAMIE MADDEN
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Chilling Out
Who would have thought that the blood in the carotid artery was cooler than the rest of the blood. Who would have thought to have tested the temperature differences. It could be linked to sudden infant death syndrome, but there has to be more to it.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
JAMIE MADDEN
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Cancer kills rare white bengal tiger.
It would be neat to compare and contrast animal cancer with human cancer. I heard that the white bengal tigers are cross-eyed. I wonder what kind of diet the bengal tiger was on. I wonder if it was similiar to the american diet.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
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Fountain of Youth
This enzyme with rejuvenating powers will be great because it means if you are getting older or fighting cancer you will have a better chance of winning.This will allow older people more freedom to move around like they used to when they were younger. It will also give people who have cancer a fighting chance where normaly they might not have a chance at all.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Amanda Owens
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Leaks from old silos complicate cleanup
The silos should be sealed by the company no matter how much it costs because it wouldn't have happen if they took good care of them in the first place.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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DNA Evidence shows Few Birds Really Monogamous
The only bird I have heard that is monogamous are doves. A study that reveals whether other birds that are thought to be monogamous aren't is interesting. Scientists should try to figure out why certain birds are monogamous and others aren't, and what characteristics are the same and different between monogamous and non-monogamous birds. I would like to know what instincts make a certain species monogamous.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
reguiring health warnings on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco but not cigars does send the wrong message. Cigar smoke is probably just as harmful as any other type of tobacco. Not labeling cigars as harmful may send the wrong message to people. Cigars seem to be more of a social thing than smoking them for addictions like cigarettes. People might change their minds about cigars if they knew how they compared to cigatettes.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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Wildflower Decline
The deer populations of Jackson County must be pretty abundant for the deer to greatly reduce a flower's population. Ohio's wildlfe organizations need to plant mare of these flowers and regulate them to make sure that these flowers aren't wiped out from the county. If some people start to farm these flowers and transplant them back into the wild, it will keep the flowers from being wiped out.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
Selling eggs to the highest bidder could get out of hand. I don't think that people shuld be going against nature's ways just to have a child. There are plenty of children that can be adopted, and are just as intelligent as any other child. Getting eggs from someone that is of a certain build and I.Q. doesn't garauntee that your child is going to look the same and be as intellgent.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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Test Reveals Tie to Hearing Loss
Knowing whether your child is subject to hearing problems from the Cx26 gene could graetly reduce problems in a child's life. If the parents realize that the child has hearing problems at birth, ti could reduce less problems later when parents think the child is not listening. That will cause the child from getting in trouble with his parents and teachers for not listening, when the child just can't hear very well.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jason Glasgow
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The Real Truth About Cat and Dog Food
The idea that animal shelters give their dead animals to plants so they can be turned into dog and cat food is crazy. The FDA needs to step in and do something about this. The newsnote didn't state what the cause of death was for the animals be ground into food. What would happen if they gave animals they had pu to sleep with a poisonous chemical to these plants, and the chemical gets into your dog or cat's food and kills it. This type of thing needs to be outlawed.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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Diet drug reduces obesity related risks.
It seems to me that every diet works at first Will this drug go for the long term? The side effects dont sound to good either.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
erin hicks
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fountain of youth
This discovery is one which is truly fascinating. I can only hope that it is used to fight cancer and not aging!! All we need is another million dollar cure for crow's feet and dark undereye circles!! However if it can be used in some way to fight cancer, then it may be the discovery that i get to see in my life time!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
erin hicks
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DNA evidence shows few birds really monogamous
I believe that a species will do what it must in order to survive. Even if this means that a female must mate with numerous males. How are we even to know that birds feel emotion? I never really knew that birds were supposably monogamous to begin with. Although it was interesting to find that out!!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
erin hicks
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50,000 offered to tall smart egg donor
although many people are morally opposed to these kinds of things, i believe that as long as a couple is willing ot provide a loving atmosphere and good upbringing for a child that it is perfectly allright to something like this.. I personally would have no problem helping a couple to have a child by donating my eggs, the $50,000 would be a nice touch too. Obvously the parents are financially well off if they are going to pay that kind of money to an egg donor. So you know that the child would be well cared for financially.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eirn hicks
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Pediatrics declare little benefits to circumcisions
I personally don't see how if a child is not circumcised that he doesn't develope infection. It just seems to me that it would be a better idea to circumcise your child because even if there are no proven benefits with something as uhmmm... important as that it is better to be safe than sorry!!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
erin hicks
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health labels urged for cigars
okay, i can understand putting health labels on tobacco products, but by know if someone who is smoking cigars doesn't know that use of tobacco can lead to cancer and emphasema, then they don't need a warning label,but a swift blow to the head.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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The real truth about cat and dog food
I doesn't seem that sick to me for my cat or dog to eat a claw or eyeball. I would hate to see what is in some of the food that I eat. I will still feed my dog dogfood regardless of this article.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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Health labels urged for cigars
I never noticed that cigars did not have a warning label on them. Common sence tells a person that they are just as harmful as cigarettes. Most people to not inhale cigars.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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Germs at root of some disease
I find it hard to believe that we can catch these types of diseases by germs. We could get arthritis by ingesting something that we shouldn't have. This could give a person a new perspective on life.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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The frozen zoo
A frozen zoo is something that I have never heard of. I is a well thought of precaution incase an animal or plant became extinct. We could bring them back to life. It reminds me of Jurrasic Park.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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When a cell does a embryos work
I first saw something like this on a John Stossil report. They say that body cells are like the original cell. The only difference is that the body cells are masked. This allowes them to perform their specific duty.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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New aids treatment called risky
This guy was infected with the aids virus, and now he has been free from the virus for two years. I wonder if this is one of those one in a million type things or if this could be future AIDS treatment. It will be interesting to see what is in the future for this study.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jamie Madden
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American burying beatle reintroduced
I do not know what this particular beatle looks like , but it would be neat to see one and think that I may have only saw it in pictures. I wonder how this creature will exist in its new home. Remember that they are being reintroduced, anything could happen.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jennifer Anderson
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A Radical Solution
I wanted to comment on the absurdity of removing healthy breasts to prevent breast cancer. I think personally that the quality of life is much more important than the quantity of life. Also, what surprises me is that even when the healthy breasts are removed, there is still a 10% chance that the woman could develop breast cancer and then the entire procedure would have been pointless. Not to mention the impact the procedure would have on a woman's self-esteem.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Christina Scott
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Erin Hicks (Polio)
I feel that it is important for countries that are still highly affected by the polio disease to take whatever precautions neccessary to eliminate this disease from their society. My dad had polio as a small child and is now mildly hadicapped as a result. He has very little use of his left arm and legs and I know that there are things that he cannot do because of it. I think that it is crucial that all the children in these countries be immunized so that they don't have to suffer any of these hardships.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Cancer on Tap?
This is very scary information due to the fact our water is full of chlorine. It reminds me of the article I read that talked about the hormone they inject in cows causes breast cancer in cows and anyone who drinks of the cow's milk. The hormone is passed on to those who drink it, humans. Therefore milk is one of the leading causes of breast cancer in women. Now here's another chemical in something we consume frequently that is also causing breast cancer. Very scary.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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New Hand Pleases Transplant Recipient
I also heard a lot about this on the news. The part that concerns me the most is the fact that the person has to continually take drugs to keep his body from rejecting the hand. From what I learned this was risky to a person's health. I don't know if the chance of having a hand is completely worth my physical health. Also I was astounded that one of the first people to go through with this story was very shady and got in a lot of legal trouble and is now on the run. He is not taking his medicine or under supervision, so his behavior really has hindered the growth of this new procedure. Next time I think a very good background check would be wise


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Feds fight lead poisoning
This is very sad because it really is more of a poverty issue. Old houses that have never been fixed or remodeled. These people living in them are undereducated and poor, not having the ability to do much about it. I am very glad to hear that the government is stepping in to do something about these homes, because lead poison can be very serious.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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When a Cell does an Embryo's work.
I really believe that issues such as these are debateable. I really think that the motives behind the research is what is important. Science has two faces. The knowledge can be used for good or for evil. Those are the risks we take. Just like in cloning. There is some things about it that would help us scientifically, such as new organs and such, but it could also be used for descrimination and control in society.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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50000 offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
This really makes me kind of laugh because, how would you really know the child is going to come out smart. I think anytime we start trying to get our hands in engineering a child to be the perfect child, we are in for a lot of problems. Talent and gifts are found in many ways, not just in intellect. I wonder about the integrity of the parents who want to pay for the development of this child. Do they really have the ability to love unconditionally? I would wonder if their love would be subjected to the performance of the child. Not love at all.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Pediatrics academy declares little benefit to circumcisions.
Circumcision dates way back as an ID tag for certain groups of people such as Jews. But I believe the health concerns are very important. It makes sense that because circumcision allows the penis to be in open air is going to be more healthy. Anything that is closed up has more risk of infection. If someone was to chose to not circumcise their child I really hope they teach the child to be extra careful and clean about it. To each his own.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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DNA Evidence Shows few Birds really monogamous
Another one that makes me laugh. I think it is neat that they were able to come up with this information. I have seen specials on monogomy in human relations. They blame nature for promiscous behaviour. They say that we are instinctal about wanting to spread out our selfs and reproduce. I don't deny that we are animals and by nature would like promouscuity. But the very fact that we are human is what should draw us to exhibit different behavior, to look for the deeper things in life, such as love, commitment, and faithfulness. Not reverting back to animal behavior jumping on whatever looks, smells, and taste good.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Germs are the root of some disease.
I would not doubt that germs do cause a lot of diseases, but I think sometimes we can go over board. Like Howie Mandell who is a germ fanactic. He doesn't touch doors, shake people's hands, and totally leaves his family and isolates himself in another house built specifically when some one in his house is sick. I think being health concious is important, but being a germ fanactic is a bit over board.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Health Labels Urged for Cigars
I think it is a good thing for the very fact there should be no special privilages for them. If ciggarette companies have to do so should cigar. Now will we listen to such warnings that is another story. I really don't think any of the warnings are doing any good in cutting down on the use. Education and Positive persuasion I think benefit more.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jeff Miracle
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Listeria-related recalls food increase sharply
Anything about food bacteria scares me. You hear so much of it and it seems to hit people really hard and fast. Just listening to the news last night, they were talking about a freezer at Biggs that was not working right. All the food was dethawled. So many people had purchased things that were not at freezing temperature and took them home. How many people may have infected meats and other foods in their freezers? It is very scary when we hear of such things, Alot of the processing of food is so much out of our hands. It almost makes it worth going completely organic. But the cost and hassle is extrodinary. We pay the price for convience.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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new hand pleases transplant recipient
this is a major step, if it works, but i still think it will be a long time before a completely successful limb transplant is done. we don't know enough about the complete functioning of the nervous system yet.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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a bug in the heart
people are already building an immunity to antibiotics because they are over-prescribed, the last thing we need is something else to start dishing them out at the drop of a hat for!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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feds fight lead poisoning
lead has been known to be a serious problem for a few years now. it seemed like most of the problems from lead paint, etc had been taken care of, but according to this article it looks as if it is still a very serious problem. 1 million children with lead poisoning is a little ridiculous!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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cancer on tap?
chlorine has been getting a finger pointed at it by environmentalists for years as a carcinogen, now this new stuff comes along. it amazes me that a chemical that can burn you bad enough to kill you is being ingested by us everyday... not smart.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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painkiller on a stick
it's a great idea, but just to play devil's advocate... how long do you think it will be before it becomes another expensive street drug?


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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american burying beetle reintroduced
the ohio division of wildlife has really been on the stick the last few years about reintroducing animals that have become extinct in our state, such as the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, river otter, etc. it's nice to see that kind of involvement from a government source!


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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leaks from old silos complicate cleanup
i think the 100,000 dollar price tag for fixing the leaks is absolutely nothing compared to the potential cleanup, health care costs, and environmental damage that could be racked up if it's let go! of course we're back to the same old thing we've always dealt with concerning nuclear waste... what are we really going to do with it in the long run?


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
eric m chapman
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fountain of youth
apparently dick clark has been using telomerase for years! the only problem i see here is... what if the foreskin cells never stopped dividing? we would have to arm n.a.t.o. with millions of circumcision tools to keep foreskins from taking over the world!


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Submitted: 13-Mar-99
Jennie Scott
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Holmes High Offers Prenatal Exams, Parenting Classes
Although some people may not want to accept it, many teenage girls are becoming pregnant and I think that this article presents a good point about educating students about reproduction. Today, more and more schools are offering day care centers within the school so that teen parents can complete their education without the hassle of finding a babysitter. In some cases, teenage girls do not have the money or support to get the proper care when they are pregnant. I agree that if it is possible, schools are doing a positive thing by offering parenting classes and teaching prenatal care.


Submitted: 13-Mar-99
Jennie Scott
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Daddy Knows Best
I found the idea that the gene that produces maternal instinct actually comes from the father. Before reading this newsnote, I would have thought that maternal instinct came from nurture rather than nature. Also, I


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Submitted: 15-Mar-99
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i agee with tanya hartness on the common cold. It is just a common cold its not like its some deadly disease. After all the money they have spent and failed on finding a cure for the common cold they'd put there effort on a disease. Spending 300 to 500 million dollars is a lot of money to spend on something that we haven't even cured yet. They need to focus on something else afterall how often do we catch the common cold anyways.


Submitted: 18-Mar-99
Amy Taylor
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Cesarean Sections: When are they Necessary.
I am a child who was born by C-section. Often times a C-section birth is often choosen before hand to because the doctor prefers to deliver this way. I dont think that the doctors should have the choice of delivering the baby, it should all depend onn the mothers health and the babies too.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Jennifer Smith
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Dolly Opened the Door on Cloning
Cloning has become such a hot issue over the past year especially. I share Kathy's concerns on how cloning will really be used. I do think it is a good idea to have it, because if it means saving lives in the end, then that is all that matters. Then again, if cloning is going to be used for other things other than coming up cures, then I think it will be more trouble than it is worth. If cloning can be monitored closely, I do not think it will pose to be a problem.


Submitted: 19-Mar-99
Lacey Sullivan
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Edible Vaccines
I don't like to read articles about what scientists are coming out with unless they are curing some disease. I think tha tbecuase I believe the more technology we have gotten the more the statistics have gone up in a bad way. Such as, there are so many things invinted that makes our life easier, but also lazier. and shots have always worked, now they are going to be able to give edible vaccines. I don't like that.


General Biology - Kossenjans

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Marian Fenner
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Due: 1-19-99
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Submitted: 18-Jan-99
I Polio eradication elusive in India I
The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal for wiping out the polio virus in India by the year 2000. The Rotary International service group has donated money, transported supplies, and staffed makeshift clinics during vaccination drives. India so far has immunized 92 percent of children younger than 5.