Headline List of Feature News Available July 31 from Newswise

WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This list features newsavailable today on Newswise, the Internet-based database of news fromleading institutions engaged in medical, scientific, liberal arts &social sciences, and business research. The full text of these andother news items is available free to journalists by visitingwww.newswise.com or via e-mail.

MEDICAL NEWS

New Laser Treatments for Disfiguring Skin Conditions -- AmericanAcademy of Dermatology

Researchers have found another brain difference in people withdyslexia -- American Neurological Association (ANA)

American Psychiatric Association Tips:

1) Effect of Alcohol on Social Phobic Anxiety;

2) Study of Stalkers;

3) PTSD in Abused and Neglected Children Once Grown;

4) Viagra Useful for Women with Antidepressant-Induced SexualDysfunction

-- American Psychiatric Association

Two-embryo transfer is as effective as three in new vitrofertilization procedure -- Stanford University Medical Center

Stress common in AIDS victims who respond well to drug therapy --University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A new trial will assess whether eating certain plant compounds canpositively affect the lining of the uterus -- Cedars-Sinai MedicalCenter

Migraines may be brought on by eating too much fat -- Universityof California, Irvine

SCIENCE NEWS

Labs to develop artificial knee for landmine victims -- SandiaNational Labs

Population shifts, not storms, have caused rise in US propertylosses -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nearby supernova may have caused mini-extinction -- University ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign

Coexisting With Pesky Raccoons -- Trinity College

Amateur astronomers will monitor the Moon's south pole for visiblesigns of Lunar Prospector's crash -- NASA, Marshall Space SciencesLaboratory

New computer technology can identify objects undetectable by thehuman eye or radar -- University of California, Irvine

1999/2000 Meetings Calendar of the AAPS was released -- AmericanAssociation of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

Call For Significant New Investment in Research on the Environment-- National Science Foundation

LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES NEWS

Computer technology booming in nation's public schools --University of California, Irvine

Definition of 'use of firearm' should extend to guns traded fordrugs -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Freshman Engineering Enrollments Rebound -- American Associationof Engineering Societies (AAES)

Study of folklore aids understanding of society's underside --University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A new book examines the glorification of suicide as in literatureand its effects upon students -- University at Albany, StateUniversity of New York

The more adolescents are exposed to violent acts, the more "battleready" they say they are -- University of California, Irvine

BUSINESS NEWS

Legislation to change debtor laws, erect hurdles for women --University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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