October 2000


#649 October 2, 2000

The FDA Calls for Warnings on Overusing Antibiotics

A Personal Carbon Monoxide Sensor

A Practical Magnetic Levitation System

Air Pollution in Urban and Rurual Areas

A Better View of Brain Development

#650 October 9, 2000

New Insight into an Experimental, Anti-cancer Drug

Another Gene Linked to Obesity Discovered

Researchers Uncover a Chemical Pattern Linked to Immune Cell Survival

The Nation's Organ Transplant System Renewed

One Way to Grow Old Gracefully . . .


#651 October 16, 2000

New Evidence that that Human Maximum Age Span is Rising

UC Researcher Develops Odor-free Socks

A Device that Significantly Decreases Epileptic Seizures

The American Heart Association to Revise Food Guidelines

Serious Birth Defects Prevented by Folic Acid-fortified Foods


#652 October 23, 2000

The Differences in Memory Loss Caused by Small Strokes and Alzheimer's

How Physicians Can Help Victims of Domestic Violence

A New Obesity Treatment Program That Keeps the Weight Off

A Computer Program that Measures Brain Cognition

A Hardy Way to Deal with Stress


#653 October 30, 2000

Physicists Discover the First Direct Evidence of an Elusive Particle

A Positive Relationship Between Pain and Inflammation

What's Behind the Upward Trend in Maximum Human Life Span?

A Small Telescope with Big Implications

Is Alzheimer's Disease Intrinsic to Aging?