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1. NEWS : SPORTS: HORSE RACING: Legendary Racehorse Barbaro Dies
From: David P. Dillard
2. WOMEN: CAREERS: NIH Leads Effort To Help Women In Science And
From: David P. Dillard
3. [Net-Gold] B Movie Links
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4. [Net-Gold] Baseball History 3
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5. TOBACCO CIGARETTES CIGARS AND SMOKING: HEALTH AND MEDICAL ISSUES :
From: David P. Dillard
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1. NEWS : SPORTS: HORSE RACING: Legendary Racehorse Barbaro Dies
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:23 am ((PST))
NEWS : SPORTS: HORSE RACING: Legendary Racehorse Barbaro Dies
Nation
Legendary Racehorse Barbaro Dies
by Julie Rovner and Alex Chadwick
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 4:00 p.m. ET
NPR
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7062273>
Day to Day, January 29, 2007 The racehorse Barbaro was euthanized Monday
after suffering a series of complications from a leg injury incurred at
the Preakness Stakes last year.
Veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center
performed surgery on the horse Saturday night in an attempt to ease the
weight load on his right hind leg, which had a painful abcess.
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Barbaro is euthanized
By Dan Gelston, AP Sports Writer | January 29, 2007
Boston Globe
<http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/horse_racing/
articles/2007/01/29/barbaro_suffers_another_setback/?p1=MEWell_Pos1>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/27hg8u>
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. --Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday
after complications from his gruesome breakdown at last year's Preakness,
ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across
the country.
"We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go
on without pain," co-owner Roy Jackson said. "It was the right decision,
it was the right thing to do. We said all along if there was a situation
where it would become more difficult for him then it would be time."
A series of ailments, including laminitis in the left rear hoof and a
recent abscess in the right rear hoof, proved too much for the gallant
colt.
Barbaro battled in his ICU stall for eight months. The 4-year-old colt
underwent several procedures and was fitted with fiberglass casts. He
spent time in a sling to ease pressure on his legs, had pins inserted and
was fitted at the end with an external brace. These were all extraordinary
measures for a horse with such injuries.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson were with Barbaro on Monday morning, with the
owners making the decision in consultation with chief surgeon Dr. Dean
Richardson.
"I would say thank you for everything, and all your thoughts and prayers
over the last eight months or so," Jackson said to Barbaro's fans.
The news that Barbaro had been euthanized first was reported on the
Thoroughbred Times Web site.
On May 20, Barbaro was rushed to the New Bolton Center, about 30 miles
from Philadelphia in Kennett Square, hours after shattering his right hind
leg just a few strides into the Preakness Stakes. The bay colt underwent a
five-hour operation that fused two joints, recovering from an injury most
horses never survive. But Barbaro never regained his natural gait.
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro euthanized: paper
Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:35 PM EST
Reuters Canada
<http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&;
storyID=2007-01-29T183541Z_01_N29195898_RTRIDST_0_SPORTS-
HORSERACING-BARBARO-COL.XML>
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<http://tinyurl.com/23ypmr>
Richardson had said on Sunday that Barbaro suffered a significant setback
in his long recovery.
The horse developed a deep abscess in his foot last week and underwent
surgery on Saturday at the New Bolton Center, Richardson said in a
statement.
Richardson, who performed the surgery, said the operation carried
significant risk but that it was the best option for the horse, whose
damaged leg had been placed in a skeletal fixation device to give the foot
a chance to heal.
But his front legs began to show signs of stress, the Daily News reported
on its Web site (http://www.philly.com).
"He started to have changes in the front feet," the colt's owner, Roy
Jackson, told the Daily News. "Now, we were dealing with all four feet.
Dean's advice was and we were all concurrent on everything that we just
don't want the horse to suffer."
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Barbaro Is Euthanized After Struggle With Injury
By JOE DRAPE
Published: January 29, 2007
The New York Times Company
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/
29cnd-barbaro.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin>
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<http://tinyurl.com/yp7bdn>
The original fracture healed well, but Barbaro developed laminitis in his
left rear hoof last July. The condition is frequently caused by uneven
weight distribution among the horses legs, and it is often fatal.
Veterinarians at the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania
recently had to remove damaged tissue from the affected hoof.
Before the Preakness, horsemen and horseplayers saw Barbaro, a son of
Dynaformer, as an exceptional colt.
He had dispatched 19 opponents in the Kentucky Derby in dominating
fashion, and his rsum summoned memories of Affirmed, Seattle Slew and
Secretariat, the last three winners of the Triple Crown.
Like Slew, Barbaro left Churchill Downs undefeated in six races, winning
victories that were as remarkable for the versatility Barbaro had shown as
for their outcomes.
His first three victories were won handily on grass not on dirt, the
surface of the Triple Crown at distances of a mile, a mile and a
sixteenth, and a mile and an eighth. When Barbaros trainer, Michael Matz,
tried him on dirt last spring in traditional Derby prep races at
Gulfstream Park in Florida, Barbaro glided to victory on a sloppy track in
the Holy Bull Stakes, then showed fierce grit to prevail in a stretch duel
in the Florida Derby.
A former equestrian who had won a silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta
Olympics, Mr. Matz decided as soon as Barbaro arrived at his training
center in Maryland as a 2-year-old that the colt was preternaturally
talented. Mr. Matz aimed to make him the 12th Triple Crown champion, the
first in 28 years.
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2. WOMEN: CAREERS: NIH Leads Effort To Help Women In Science And
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:31 pm ((PST))
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:49:32 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NIH Leads Effort To Help Women In Science And Medicine Fulfill
Potential
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH Office of the Director (OD)
http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
http://orwh.od.nih.gov/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 29, 2007
CONTACT: NIH News Media Branch, 301-496-5787, <e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marsha Love, NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, 301-496-9472,
<e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NIH LEADS EFFORT TO HELP WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE FULFILL POTENTIAL
NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni has created the Working Group on Women
in Biomedical Careers to examine issues raised in the recent National
Academies report, "Beyond Bias and Barriers, Fulfilling the Potential of
Women in Academic Science and Engineering," and to respond to the
challenges issued to government funding agencies to maximize the potential
of women scientists and engineers.
"It is critical to address the barriers that women face in hiring and
promotion at research universities in many fields of science," said Dr.
Zerhouni. "I have appointed the NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical
Careers to help address this challenge and to develop innovative
strategies and tangible actions that can be implemented to promote the
advancement of women in research careers both within the NIH intramural
community and throughout the extramural research community."
Dr. Zerhouni and Dr. Vivian Pinn, Associate Director for Research on
Women's Health and Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health,
will co-chair the Working Group, which will carefully consider the
recommendations in the National Academies report.
This report, which was initially funded by the NIH Office of Research on
Women's Health, as well as Eli Lilly and Co., the National Science
Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the National Academies, called for an
urgent broad national effort to maximize the potential of women scientists
and engineers in academia. The committee that produced the report was
chaired by Donna Shalala, Ph.D., President of the University of Miami and
former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
The National Academies is composed of the National Academy of Sciences,
the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the
National Research Council. They are private, nonprofit institutions that
provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a
congressional charter.
The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), Office of the Director,
National Institutes of Health (NIH) serves as the focal point for women's
health research at the NIH. For more information about NIH's Office of
Research on Women's Health or the Working Group on Women in Biomedical
Careers visit
<http://orwh.od.nih.gov/>
or
<http://orwh.od.nih.gov/careers/careerdev.html>
The Office of the Director, the central office at NIH, is responsible for
setting policy for NIH, which includes 27 Institutes and Centers. This
involves planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities
of all NIH components. The Office of the Director also includes program
offices which are responsible for stimulating specific areas of research
throughout NIH. Additional information is available at
<http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- "The Nation's Medical Research
Agency" -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
http://www.nih.gov
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
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3. [Net-Gold] B Movie Links
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:33 pm ((PST))
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:59:30 -0000
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4. [Net-Gold] Baseball History 3
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:34 pm ((PST))
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:47:52 -0000
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5. TOBACCO CIGARETTES CIGARS AND SMOKING: HEALTH AND MEDICAL ISSUES :
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:02 pm ((PST))
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:17:21 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Damage to Specific Part of the Brain May Make Smokers 'Forget'
to Smoke
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
<http://www.nida.nih.gov/>
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Thursday, January 25, 2007, 2 p.m. ET
CONTACT: Dorie Hightower or Sara Rosario Wilson, 301-443-6245,
<e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Contacto en Español: 301-594-6145
DAMAGE TO SPECIFIC PART OF THE BRAIN MAY MAKE SMOKERS 'FORGET' TO SMOKE
Preliminary research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has found that
some smokers with damage to a part of the brain called the insula may have
their addiction to nicotine practically eliminated. The study is published
in the January 26, 2007 issue of the journal "Science."
"The researchers found that smokers with insula lesions were 136 times
more likely to have their addiction to nicotine erased than smokers with
other brain injuries," says NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow. "Research that
identifies a way to alter the function of this area could have major
implications for smokers and addiction treatment in general."
Dr. Antoine Bechara of the University of Southern California and his
colleagues identified 19 smokers who had experienced some degree of brain
damage, resulting in lesions on the insula. Of these, 13 quit smoking. The
scientists also identified 50 smokers whose brain injuries did not include
damage to the insula. Of these, 19 quit smoking.
The scientists recognized that individuals from both groups -- those with
damage to the insula or damage to other brain regions -- were able to quit
smoking. However, some smokers experienced a greater ease in quitting. The
scientists developed four behavioral criteria for determining who fell
into this group; those who reported: (1) quitting smoking less than one
day after the brain injury; (2) their difficulty of quitting was less than
three on a scale of one to seven; (3) that they did not smoke again after
quitting; and (4) no urge to smoke since quitting.
The researchers found that twelve of the 13 participants who quit smoking
following damage to their insula met these criteria as compared to only
four of 19 participants who quit smoking after sustaining damage to other
brain areas.
"Participants with damage to the insula were overwhelmingly more likely to
experience a true disruption of the urge to smoke, characterized by an
almost immediate cessation of smoking with no reported struggles to
maintain their abstinence," said Dr. Bechara. "We know that the insula
plays a role in the desire to smoke by anticipating physical effects
brought on by emotions such as those induced by environmental cues. Thus,
damage to the insula could lead smokers to feel that their bodies have
'forgotten' the urge to smoke."
"Cigarette smoking is the most common preventable cause of illness and
death in the modern world, and it is an addictive behavior," says Dr.
Volkow. "While additional research is needed to replicate these findings,
the current study suggests that damage to the insula can impact the
conscious 'urge' to smoke, making it easier for smokers to quit and remain
abstinent. Medications that target receptors within the insula may offer
promise in developing more effective smoking cessation therapies in the
future."
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a component of the National
Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA
supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse
and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to
ensure the rapid dissemination of research information and its
implementation in policy and practice. Fact sheets on the health effects
of drugs of abuse and information on NIDA research and other activities
can be found on the NIDA home page at
<http://www.drugabuse.gov>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
<http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2007/nida-25b.htm>.
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David Dillard
Temple University
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