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Nearly 40 percent of American taxpayers wait until the last week before the April 15 deadline to file their annual income tax returns.

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Some endeavors like medicine or clinical research are described as combining art and science, meaning they bring the facts and figures as well as the intuitive and emotional interpretation of them. The April 11 kickoff of construction at the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute melds art and science in a number of ways.

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For patients with heart conditions, medication can mean the difference between running a mile and racing to the emergency room. Few data exist to show whether these patients take their meds. U-M completed the first-of-its-kind study to see how their patients did. (American College of Cardiology meeting)

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Ten Detroit-area hospitals are taking better care than ever of their heart attack patients, a new study finds, thanks to a simple tool kit that helps health care professionals remember all the proven therapies that national guidelines recommend.

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Why the confusion over whether Dick Cheney had a heart attack in November 2000? It may have been because of the new definition for myocardial infarction. UMHS research has shown that the new defition, introduced in September 2000, may have dramatic implications.

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A ripped aorta can kill you swiftly and painfully if you don't get skilled help - or even if you do. That bleak reality is the central conclusion from new results in a major study of the phenomenon. But the data also give clues that could help cut the death toll.

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Building on recent discovery of a potent potential antibiotic, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy researchers have found a previously unknown family of metal-requiring enzymes in bacteria. The antibiotic compound inhibits enzymes in this family. (Journal of Biological Chemistry, 3-16-01)

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The benefits of work-place wellness programs will be addressed on March 21 during the Wellness in the Workplace Conference in Ann Arbor.

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While the U.S. economy's sluggish growth rate since last summer has sparked fears of a recession, University of Michigan economists say that those worries are unfounded.

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Women coping with alcoholism report greater problems with both physical and social functioning, more bodily pain, and poorer physical and mental health than men.

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With the release of detailed population numbers from the 2000 Census, the debate begins about what these numbers really mean. The following demographers, sociologists, and psychologists are available to provide context and background for the new U.S. Census numbers.

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The University of Michigan Health System has won a $33.6M grant - one of the largest of its kind in the nation - from the National Institutes of Health to fund advanced medical research at its General Clinical Research Center for five years.

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University of Michigan resaearchers will discuss kids' dental fears, soft drinks and cavities, a diabetes-periodontal disease link and African American oral health at the American Association for Dental Research 30th Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

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A University of Michigan study shows that the cleanliness of the home children grow up in predicts their educational attainment and earnings more than 25 years later.

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Warning of impending crashes without annoying drivers is a tricky timing problem; University of Michigan experiments help researchers get it right.

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Unless vehicles--and the devices in them--are engineered to help prevent accidents due to distrations, the situation will only get worse, says director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

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Nearly one-third of U.S. high school seniors often worry about race relations, and about 20 percent think that relationships between Blacks and whites have been getting worse. (Social Indicators Research)

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A University of Michigan Health System study shows that female athletes may be at an even greater risk for a certain type of knee injury than their male counterparts due to the differences in the muscle structure around the knee.

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To help keep all motorists safe, developers of telematics products must be sure to include older subjects in safety and usability evaluations of the devices.

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AIDS researchers collaborating in cyberspace leads to fresh insights and more efficient use of resources but presents some challenges as well.

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"My contention is that as the baby boomers get older and die off, we'll come to realize that the dominant national priority---and the dominant global priority---for the 21st century will be intellectual capital," says James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and professor of science and engineering at the University of Michigan. "Ideas are the key to the new economy, and educated people produce the ideas."

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"Physicians and patients understand that genes influence health and disease, but most don't realize the harmful effects pharmaceutical drugs can have on genetically susceptible people."

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Galaxies and black holes are so intimately connected that it is almost impossible to find one without the other, according to a University of Michigan astronomer.

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A senior research scientist with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute urged development of "workload managers"---computer systems that assess driving demands and driver capabilities on a moment-by-moment basis and adjust the flow of information to the driver accordingly.

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Unmarried people age 70 and older who lived with their adult children received about 40 hours a week of paid home care compared with 26 hours received by unmarried elders who were equally disabled and lived alone.

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The University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) announces its 2001 Media Award for Excellence in Coverage of Women and Gender. Submissions will be accepted for print and electronic (radio/television/on-line) media.

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A new study suggests that contrary to expectations, the deaf-blind can regain significant ability to recognize speech using a cochlear implant. In fact, the eight patients studied improved significantly, even perceiving speech better than a comparison deaf group. (J. of Otology and Neurotology, 1-01)

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The same protein that helped Maurice Greene become the "world's fastest man" at this summer's Olympic Games in Australia could one day help millions of Americans who suffer from a common type of progressive heart failure, according to a new animal study at the University of Michigan Medical School. (J. of Clinical Investigation, 1-15-01)

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The younger deaf and hearing-impaired children are when a cochlear implant awakens their hearing, the better they will do on speech recognition tests later in life. (Otology and Neurotology, 1-01)

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Cancer patients who now endure months of treatment - and then weeks of anxious waiting to see if it worked - may soon get word of their tumors' response within days of starting therapy, thanks to a new use for a widely available MRI technique. (J. of the National Cancer Institute, 12-20-00)

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Women, the traditional family caregivers, may not get the attentive care they often provide others when their physical condition worsens in old age, a new study finds. Elderly disabled women, married or single, received fewer hours of care from family members than men.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan and the Geological Survey of Norway say they have solved a longstanding and controversial puzzle over the position of Pangea, the ancient supercontinent that began breaking up some 200 million years ago to form today's continents. (American Geophysical Union meeting)

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A U-M geologist describes how the use of virtual reality in the geological sciences can foster collaboration, enhance education and advance research into such complex processes as mixing behavior in Earth's mantle.

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Cigarette smoking among American adolescents continues its "encouraging ongoing decline," according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future study, conducted at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

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Use of the drug "ecstasy" by American adolescents continued to rise sharply this year, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future study, conducted at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

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The State of Michigan Life Sciences Corridor has awarded the first grants from tobacco settlement revenue to support life sciences research and economic development throughout the state. University of Michigan awards totaled $47.8M.

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People at risk for heart disease shouldn't wait for results from big clinical trials of homocysteine-lowering nutrients before having their levels tested and taking more folic acid and vitamin B12 to cut homocysteine levels and heart risk, a new cost-benefit study finds. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 12-11-00)

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Teams of workers that labored together for several months in specially designed "war rooms" were twice as productive as their counterparts working in traditional office arrangements, a study by University of Michigan researchers has found.

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A radioactive compound used for decades to find cancer is now showing surprising promise in helping to kill those tumors too. All 11 children treated for neuroblastoma in the drug's first clinical test initially had a positive response with no significant side effects.

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A test commonly used to screen newborns' hearing may give false positives in up to a third of cases, causing new parents needless worry and costing more in the long run. But a slightly more complex test gives normal-hearing babies a passing grade nearly all the time. (American Journal of Audiology, 12-00)

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A University of Michigan researcher has made a surprising discovery that will make blood plasma transfusions even safer. This study will ensure that human parvovirus B19 is not transmitted through the donor plasma supply, potentially causing harmful effects in some patients.

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Living in a city is risky, especially for men, according to a University of Michigan study of 3,617 adults. (American Journal of Public Health, 12-00)

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An implanted 'pacemaker' that helps control seizures in people with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy may also affect some patients' breathing during sleep, according to results of a small pilot study. So far, the unexpected effect appears small, and not harmful. (Neurology, 11-28-00)

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University of Michigan psychologist James S. Jackson has been awarded more than $8 million to conduct a landmark study of African American life at the start of the 21st century.

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The poverty rate for African Americans in 1999 was at a record low of 27 percent. And the Black-white gap in high school graduation is lower than it has ever been.

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Yersinia pestis---the bacterium that causes bubonic plague kills quietly and efficiently by first slipping inside immune system sentinel cells and cutting off the communication lines they need to call for help. (Science, 11-24-00)

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The old adage "once a cesarean, always a cesarean," has met with significant controversy over the years. But a new study suggests that low-risk women shouldn't agonize so much over the decision. (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 11-20-00)

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Extra pounds can be expensive for middle-aged women, according to University of Michigan researchers analyzing data on more than 7,000 men and women in their 50s and 60s.

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Experts know a lot about what heart attack patients need. But at many hospitals, there's a troubling gap between what experts say is best, and what patients actually get. Two new studies report on an effective way to get patients the therapy they need far more often.

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University of Michigan professor and materials scientist, has discovered an inexpensive and relatively non-toxic method for producing a variety of silicon-based chemicals from sand or rice hull ash and antifreeze. (J. American Chemical Society)