Regulators push for location data in 911 calls
FCC proposed rules require cellular companies to provide caller location during 911 calls within two years. With about 100,000 wireless 911 calls daily, regulators aim for accuracy within feet. Options include network tweaks or embedding GPS in handsets, with upgrades by 2004 and subsidies to encourage upgrades.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Bill Kennard
Mike Amarosa
TruePosition Inc
Defense Department
Ellen Kirk
San Jose
Boom in multiple births fueled by fertility drugs and age
Washington AP reports a surge in multiple births from 1997 with over 6,700 such babies and more than 104,000 twins born to at least one sibling. The National Center for Health Statistics links the rise from 1980 to 1997 to aging parents and fertility treatments, noting many twins among women in their late 40s.
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U.S
National Center For Health Statistics
John Kiely
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of
Cincinnati
Organ rejection drug Rapamine approved by FDA
The FDA approved Rapamine to help prevent kidney transplant rejection. Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories in Philadelphia will market the immunosuppressant as an important addition to the limited options. Approval followed two clinical trials involving 719 U.S. patients and 576 patients in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories
Philadelphia
United States
Australia
Canada
Europe
Leptin shown to curb appetite signals weight loss
A study at Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge reports leptin injections reduced appetite and induced weight loss in a severely overweight 9-year-old girl with a rare genetic defect. The finding supports efforts to uncover genetic and environmental factors in obesity and potential treatments.
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Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Cambridge
England
New England Journal of Medicine
Three Air Force pilots win Silver Stars in NATO Yugoslavia
Capt. James L. Cardoso led a three man rescue team into Serb territory on March 27 to save a downed F 117A pilot during NATO air war over Yugoslavia. Capt. Sonny P. Blinkinsop and Capt. Adam B. Kavlick received Silver Stars for their roles. The mission occurred early in the 78 day campaign. no allied crews were lost. The rescued pilot’s name was not disclosed by the Pentagon.
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Air Force
NATO
Yugoslavia
James L. Cardoso
Andrews Air Force Base
Sonny P. Blinkinsop
Adam B. Kavlick
Belgrade
Pentagon
Breakthrough on Drug Addiction Compulsion Linked to Protein Delta FosB
Yale researchers report that Delta FosB, a long lived brain protein, drives cocaine craving. In mice, exposure to cocaine triggers Delta FosB in a brain region, flipping a molecular switch that sustains addiction and compulsive drug seeking. Eric Nestler notes the switch remains on once activated.
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Associated Press
Yale School of Medicine
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