Released: 19-Jun-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Mutant Bacteria May Help End Infection In Skin Burns
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech Medical Center researchers have discovered that interrupting bacteria cell communication may significantly reduce infections in burn wounds.

Released: 20-Jun-1998 12:00 AM EDT
La Nina Expected to Extend Drought for Southern Region of the United States
Texas Tech University

Researchers from Texas Tech University say current drought conditions across the southern region of the United States may continue straight through the winter months, meaning less chance of rain and dismal prospects for 1999 agricultural crops.

Released: 29-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Chinese Students Prefer Learning Business Practices on U.S. Campus
Texas Tech University

After 21/2 weeks at Texas Tech University, Zhang Jin Zhi said American higher education is superior to Chinese. ''American is better. In Chinese class, we learn more knowledge, but in American class, we learn to practice it.''

Released: 29-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
MesoNet System to Provide Future Relief
Texas Tech University

Texas and many other states in the South that are currently suffering through drought conditions may be better prepared to handle future droughts due to a weather tracking system Texas Tech University researchers are developing.

Released: 26-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Texas Tech Team Embraces Hurricane Bonnie
Texas Tech University

Hurricane Bonnie will provide scientists with an opportunity to document the nature of severe winds. Texas Tech scientists will position themselves in the path of the hurricane to collect wind data using a portable experimental wind tower.

Released: 27-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Possible Causes for Sick Building Syndrome
Texas Tech University

A study by Texas Tech Medical Center researchers has pinpointed two fungi as possible causes for sick building syndrome, according to a study, published by the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal .

Released: 21-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Researchers Know Beans About Cancer Research
Texas Tech University

The once-maligned castor bean may be the next heavy hitter in cancer treatment, according to ongoing research at Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Released: 30-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Meditation Program Helps Relieve Chronic Pain
Texas Tech University

To help treat chronic pain patients, a Texas Tech Medical Center psychologist has developed an effective pain/stress management program which combines both meditation and yoga exercises with medical and psychological treatment. 85 percent of participants who used meditation practices to self-regulate pain reported a relief from symtpoms.

Released: 12-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Future Car Receives Fuel Cell
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University's FutureCar Research is receiving an energy boost from Energy Partners, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla. The company is donating a hydrogen-powered fuel cell that Texas Tech will install in a Chevrolet Lumina when the cell arrives the first week of December.

Released: 16-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Yoga and Meditation Help Relieve Chronic Pain for Sufferers
Texas Tech University

To help people with chronic pain, a psychologist at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center has developed a program combining both yoga and meditation with remarkable results. Over 80% of the participants reported more effective stress and pain management.

Released: 17-Feb-1999 12:00 AM EST
Possible Link Between Cancer, Diet and Hormones
Texas Tech University

The medical community is slowly accepting that nutrition and gender play a role in disease process. As part of this, a researcher at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center has co-authored a book which examines the roles gender and nutrition play in women's cancer.

Released: 30-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Beef Researchers Probe Quality and Safety Issues
Texas Tech University

Animal scientists at Texas Tech University are exploring methods that could produce beef at higher standards of quality and consistency. They also are investigating techniques to make beef products safer for consumers.

Released: 30-Mar-1999 12:00 AM EST
Texas Tech Approves Fire Ecology Center
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech researchers are preaching the gospel of fire. With a newly created Fire Ecology Center, the scientists hope to inform the public about the benefits controlled burns have for ecosystems and their inhabitants.

Released: 28-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Electrical Power Deregulation Could Hurt Texas Agriculture
Texas Tech University

Preliminary results of a study conducted by Texas Tech University, of how electrical power deregulation may affect the Texas High Plains economy, show there could be a negative impact on agriculture and related businesses.

Released: 28-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Cotton Gin Waste to Feedlot Fare
Texas Tech University

Agricultural economics researchers at Texas Tech University recently completed a study to evaluate the demand for cotton gin waste as a roughage ingredient to cattle feed at feedlots. The study shows that use of gin trash in cattle feed can reduce the cost of the feed as much as 5 percent.

Released: 5-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Tornado's Aftermath
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University's Wind Engineering Research Center experts have arrived in Oklahoma to perform damage documentation on the tornado that struck Oklahoma City.

Released: 7-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
In-Residence Shelter Saves Lives in Oklahoma
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech wind researchers traveled to the Oklahoma City area to survey damage and find additional ways to save lives. In Del City, Okla., they located an in-residence shelter that survived the storm and withstood the devastating winds of Monday's deadly tornado.

Released: 3-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Longer Cotton May Open New Markets for Texas Crop
Texas Tech University

Researchers at Texas Tech University are touting a longer staple cotton that could open new markets for the Texas crop. The new breed may allow cotton farmers to broaden their demand base and markets for the crops before they are ever produced.

Released: 23-Jul-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Stay-Green Sorghum Developed by Gene Mapping
Texas Tech University

Researchers are narrowing the gap between sorghum that dies prematurely and lines of the crop that seem to display "stay-green" characteristics allowing plants to mature normally in high-heat areas, and creating higher yield for producers.

Released: 3-Aug-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Arsenic and Old Paint
Texas Tech University

Are jealousy and greed enough to cause a father to allow his son to die? That is the question regarding Charles Wilson Peale posed by a Texas Tech Univeristy art historian. The mystery contains controversy & intrique.

Released: 1-Sep-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Seaweed May Be Solution to Beef Industry Woes
Texas Tech University

Initial research projects show that cattle that grazed forage treated with seaweed extract has marked positive effects on animals' immune function, weight gains, carcass quality and even the shelf-life of finished meats, according to Texas Tech researchers.

Released: 1-Oct-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Unity in Agriculture Focuses on Awareness
Texas Tech University

Who will speak for agriculture? The Unity in Agricultural Awareness Conference will answer that question. This national conference is aimed at unifying agricultural awareness efforts and providing an information outlet for educators and media personnel to dispel the untruths surrounding the industry.

Released: 1-Dec-1999 12:00 AM EST
Battling the Painful Blues
Texas Tech University

Happy scenes of the holidays can fade to physical pain and dark moods for some people.

Released: 10-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Extreme Body Art Borders on Self-Mutilation
Texas Tech University

Whether it is an implanted piece of plastic beneath the skin or cutting flesh to create a permanent scar, body art is becoming more and more extreme, says a Texas Tech Medical Center professor of nursing.

Released: 23-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Emotional, Physical Health Just a Laugh Away
Texas Tech University

A daily dose of laughter can bring serious health benefits, says a member of the Texas Tech Medical Center's neuropsychiatry department.

Released: 30-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
12-Year-Old Successfully Treated for Hantavirus
Texas Tech University

A 12-year-old Lubbock youth has been treated successfully for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center physicians.

Released: 15-Apr-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Do Some Spring Cleaning in Your Medicine Cabinet
Texas Tech University

Take a look in your medicine cabinet and do some cleaning; only use antibiotics when prescribed by your physician and always take the entire course of antibiotics because it often takes 10 to 14 days to effectively kill bacteria.

Released: 12-May-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Planning Wedding: Emotional, Financial Stress
Texas Tech University

In planning a wedding, stick to daily routines to control stress; think about managing time and finances better, develop a plan of action, take smaller bites, manage money and other resources more realistically and avoid excessive debt, says a Texas Tech Medical Center professional.

Released: 17-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Texas Falls Short in Immunization Rates
Texas Tech University

Only 71 to 90 percent of 2-year-olds in the U.S. are fully immunized, and according to a study just released by the Institute of Medicine Committee, that number is too low; only 73 percent of children in Texas are fully immunized, making Texas one of the four lowest ranking states in coverage.

Released: 20-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Texas Tech Professor Touts Radical Competition Theory
Texas Tech University

The accepted theories of how businesses compete are wrong, according to Shelby Hunt in Texas Tech University's College of Business Administration. His recently developed Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition makes clear the uselessness of long-accepted theories of competition.

Released: 19-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Texas Tech Researcher Joins in NATO-Funded Project
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center researcher Barbara Pence, Ph.D., is part of an international team in a NATO-funded project to investigate incidence of esophageal cancer in the former Soviet Union.

Released: 23-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Nursing Shortage Key Issue
Texas Tech University

An aging workforce, declining enrollment in U.S. nursing schools and increasing market demand are just a few of the reasons jobs for registered nurses are expected to grow 23 percent in the next six years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

   
Released: 14-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
TTUHSC's Jump in Research Awards
Texas Tech University

Federal research dollars awarded to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in fiscal year 2000 were 2.3 times the amount for fiscal year 1998. And overall research funding for fiscal year 2000, totaled $12,950,422.

Released: 14-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Unique Athletic Training Graduate Program
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's School of Allied Health has launched a graduate program like no other in Texas. The new master of athletic training program is one of only three that exists in the country at a university medical center.

Released: 20-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Support Group to Raise Awareness of Stuttering
Texas Tech University

More than 3 million Americans - including James Earl Jones, Bruce Willis and Carly Simon - stutter. About 5 percent of the population has stuttered at some point in their lives. And for about 1 percent, the problem persists into adulthoood.

Released: 25-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Precautions to Ensure Safe, Healthy Halloween
Texas Tech University

It's the night of the year when children ages 5 to 14 are four times more likely to be killed while out walking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, but Halloween doesn't have to give parents a scare. A few precautions can keep mishaps to a minimum.

Released: 26-Oct-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Misconceptions Keep Many from Getting Flu Shot
Texas Tech University

Despite the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, many are still hesitant to get the shot because they think it might actually cause the flu.

Released: 28-Aug-2006 1:50 PM EDT
Experts Available as Ernesto Approaches
Texas Tech University

Tropical Storm Ernesto is approaching Florida. Texas Tech University has a number of wind scientists with extensive experience researching hurricanes such as Rita and Katrina and can speak as experts about various aspects of these devastating storms.

Released: 28-Aug-2006 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers Make Chemical Warfare Protective Nanofibers Out of Deck Sealer
Texas Tech University

A Texas Tech researcher has created a fabric with polyurethane fibers, which may prove a boon to protection against chemical warfare.

Released: 5-Sep-2006 5:10 PM EDT
Expert Available as Recovery Month Begins
Texas Tech University

September is Recovery Month, an effort to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment. Dr. Kitty Harris, director of the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, is available to speak to issues involving college student substance abuse and recovery.

Released: 10-Sep-2006 12:15 PM EDT
Curriculum Keeps College Students Sober
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University's Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery has developed and is distributing the nation's first curriculum to establish recovery communities on college campuses. The move comes as higher education increasingly relies on peer-based recovery programs to battle student substance abuse and attrition rates.

Released: 18-Sep-2006 7:00 PM EDT
Agricultural Economics Expert Can Speak About Tainted Spinach
Texas Tech University

An E. coli outbreak that has prompted recall of spinach products will create a short-term economic "disaster," especially for growers and marketers, as existing inventories can't be sold for fresh consumption. The long-term impact to the industry will depend on finding the cause of the outbreak and whether consumers feel assured that the incident is isolated or preventable.

Released: 27-Sep-2006 11:35 AM EDT
Former CIA, KGB Officials to Discuss Cold War Intelligence Operations
Texas Tech University

Former intelligence officials from the CIA, KGB and agencies from Southeast Asia hold conference to discuss post-Cold War intelligence.

Released: 4-Oct-2006 5:35 PM EDT
University Offers Halloween Experts
Texas Tech University

Vampires and gargoyles and bats ... oh my! These professors just might know who "“ or what "“ goes bump in the night.

Released: 19-Oct-2006 7:00 PM EDT
Computer Models: More Temperature Extremes, Dramatic Precipitation in Our Future
Texas Tech University

Future weather forecasts call for longer droughts and heavier rainfall, thanks to global climate change, says a Texas Tech researcher and scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Released: 2-Nov-2006 6:55 PM EST
Former Ambassador, Diplomat Available to Speak on 50th Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution
Texas Tech University

How a Hungarian child who took flight during the night became an internationally renowned ambassador, scholar.

Released: 16-Nov-2006 4:35 PM EST
Experts Available as Holiday Season Approaches
Texas Tech University

Tis the season for holiday stories. Texas Tech University experts can speak on a range of seasonal topics. Learn which wines, toys and books to buy. Get tips on keeping the checkbook in the black. Host a party in style "“ and be stylishly dressed. And learn how to keep recovering drug and alcohol addicts from succumbing to holiday pressures.

Released: 1-Dec-2006 7:15 PM EST
Psychologist Busts Holiday Myths, Urban Legends
Texas Tech University

Psychologist busts myths about high suicide rates, domestic violence during holiday season.

Released: 24-Jan-2007 5:25 PM EST
Traditional Foreign Language Teaching Loses Students
Texas Tech University

Standard foreign language teaching approaches may leave students in the lurch when it comes to learning and speaking fluently and spontaneously. Studies show listening and reading languages first help students with retention, comprehension.

Released: 30-Jan-2007 11:10 AM EST
Valentine’s Day Experts Available for Interviews on Love, Communication and Not-So-Happy Endings
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University offers love experts on the good and bad sides of love and relationships.


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