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Released: 23-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Treat Adult Day Care Clients Like Grown-ups, Not Kids
University of Utah

Adult day care centers that treat clients like children -- and provide little autonomy or privacy -- are more likely to have clients who are withdrawn from their peers than those centers that have a more age-appropriate setting and activities, according to researchers at the University of Utah.

Released: 23-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Using Polymers to Further Cancer Research
University of Utah

Researchers at the University of Utah have shown polymers to be a powerful weapon in combating cancer's resistance to chemotherapy treatments

Released: 11-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Notions on 5 Million-Year-Old Horses Challenged
University of Utah

A University of Utah professor and two colleagues are challenging the traditional notion that predecessors of the modern horse fed almost exclusively on grasses. Their findings may hold clues to eventually discovering what caused a major extinction in North America.

Released: 11-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Spousal Spats Among Equals Causes Blood Pressure to Soar
University of Utah

Married couples who see each other as equals are more likely to have larger increases in blood pressure while arguing than couples who have either a highly dominate or submissive partner, according to new research from the University of Utah.

Released: 10-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Spouse Spats Amoung Equals Causes Blood Pressure to Soar, U. Study Says
University of Utah

Married couples who see each other as equals are more likely to have larger increases in blood pressure while arguing than couples who have either a highly dominate or submissive partner, according to new research from the University of Utah.

Released: 9-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Valentine's Chocolates: More than They're Wrapped Up to Be
University of Utah

If you're planning to buy your Valentine the standard $5 box of no-name chocolates this year, you may get more than you bargained for. In a consumer behavior study on chocolate, University of Utah marketing professors found that the ostensibly innocuous candy is emotionally charged and capable of eliciting feelings of guilt and uncontrolled desire, causing some women to hoard, hide or even steal chocolate from others and some men to actively police the consumption of their feminine companions.

Released: 10-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Nonvolatile RAM Technology
University of Utah

University of Utah researchers have announced a breakthrough in the development of a new type of nonvolatile computer memory.

Released: 3-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Tragicomic Lives of Jewish Messiahs Chronicled in New Book
University of Utah

A University of Utah Hebrew scholar has spent 12 years researching 2,000 years of Jewish messiahs using many original sources and finds similarity among the messianic movements in a new book from Oxford University Press.

Released: 11-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Best Candidates for Sex Crime Treatment
University of Utah

Convited sexual offenders who are in their 40s, married and who earn at least $11 per hour are most likely to make it through half-way house treatment programs.

Released: 29-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Utah Offers Only On-Line MFA Degree
University of Utah

Distance learning has taken center stage at the University of Utah where the theatre department, in collaboration with Sundance Institute, has begun a new graduate program offering the nation's only on-line MFA degree in theater education and directing.

Released: 1-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Meteorite May Have Caused Unusual Rock Formation
University of Utah

Bands of "crinkly-looking" rock in and around Arches National Park in Southeastern Utah may be the result of a meteor impact during the Jurassic Period, according to University of Utah and University of California-Berkeley researchers.

Released: 12-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Kids of divorce likely to have smoking, drinking problems as adults
University of Utah

Children of divorced parents are more liekly to become smokers as adults than children who parents stayed together. Boys are more likely to become problem drinkers as adults than boys from intact families

Released: 10-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Living in a poor neighborhood can be hazardous to your health
University of Utah

People who live in poverty areas are 80 percent more likely to die than comparable people who live in better areas

Released: 19-May-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Testosterone levels rise in fans of winning teams
University of Utah

Men who watch their favorite sports team compete and win experience the same type of testosterone surges as the players.

   
Released: 22-Apr-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Don't Be Overly Friendly or Hostile with Ex-spouse
University of Utah

It's not a good idea to be extremely friendly with your ex-spouse, but it's not healthy to be overly hostile, either

Released: 6-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Valentine's chocolates: more than they're wrapped up to be
University of Utah

If you're planning to buy your Valentine the standard $5 box of no-name chocolates this year, you may get more than you bargained for.

Released: 4-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Positive attitude on illness may help the elderly ward off depression
University of Utah

Older adults who have a positive attitude about their physical health may be at a lower risk for becoming depressed.

Released: 24-Jan-1998 12:00 AM EST
Successful, ambitious women score more responses to internet personal ads
University of Utah

Single females looking for love through Internet personal ads are more successful if they avoid mentioning good looks and instead mention their successful careers



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