Early Whales Used Back Legs For Swimming Sep 18, 2008
(May 10, 2002) A team of international scientists, including Hans Thewissen, an anatomist and paleontologist at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), has discovered that the inner ear of. (July 23, 2007) Killer whales hold the gloomy record of being the most-polluted European arctic mammal, says a new study published in the latest issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (Science Daily)
Survivor's story Aug 12, 2008
She is also conducting research at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Her MSU co-authors on the dinosaur paper were ecologist Mark Taper and paleontologist Jack Horner. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Grew Fast to Beat T. Rex Aug 7, 2008
"They are actually hunting the younger ones. Once the Hypacrosaurus reaches that adult size, we think it's safer from predation. It's a size refuge." Cooper is also a researcher with the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Related. (Fox News)
Size matters: T. rex prey grew quickly Aug 7, 2008
"They are actually hunting the younger ones. Once the Hypacrosaurus reaches that adult size, we think it's safer from predation. It's a size refuge." Cooper is also a researcher with the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Once reached adult size, about 40 feet (12 meters) in length, the tables would of course turn, with the meat-eater coming out on top. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Duck-billed Dinosaurs Outgrew Predators Aug 6, 2008
Tyrannosaurs, however, reached adulthood after 20 to 30 years, said Drew Lee, a postdoctoral fellow in Ohio University's College of Osteopathic Medicine who co-authored the paper with Lisa Noelle Cooper, a doctoral student at Kent State University and a researcher with the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. "Our duck-billed dinosaur grew three to five times faster than any potential predators that lived alongside it," Lee said. (Science Daily)
Study Shows Rise In Cornwall's Dolphin, Whale, And Porpoise Deaths Jul 13, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 8, 2008) Four weeks since the shocking incident that led to the death of 26 dolphins near Falmouth, research sheds new light on the extent of the problems facing Cornwall's marine mammals. A study by the University of Exeter and Cornwall Wildlife Trust, published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation (July 7, 2008) has revealed a disturbing rise in the number of whales, dolphins and porpoises found dead on Cornish beaches. (Science Daily)
Medical schools prep for physician shortage Mar 31, 2008
In Ohio, first-year classes have grown by at least 10 students since 2002 at in Cleveland, Wright State University in Dayton, the and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, according to a Columbus Business First analysis of data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. First-year enrollment at the has increased by four seats over the past five years. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Columbus Carried Syphilis from New World to Europe Jan 16, 2008
The new research makes sense to Dr. Bruce Rothschild, professor of medicine at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, who's studied the evolution of syphilis by examining skeletal remains. "It confirms everything we've done," he said. (MEDLINEplus)
Study uncovers whale-land animal link Dec 21, 2007
The animal is a "missing link" to the sister species to ancient whales, said Hans Thewissen, an anatomy professor at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. "As a zoo animal, it looks nothing like a whale," Thewissen said. (CNN)
Whale 'missing link' discovered Dec 20, 2007
"We've found the closest extinct relative to whales and it is closer than any living relative," said study leader Professor Hans Thewissen of the Department of Anatomy at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Ohio, US.. Hippo link. (BBC News)
The land-based ancestor of whales Dec 20, 2007
Hans Thewissen, at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, and his colleagues examined fossils of a small, stocky artiodactyl belonging to a group called the raoellids that were found in Kashmir, India. The creature Indohyus looked similar to a mini deer and probably waded in the water like a hippo. (Nature News Service)
Hanging Around With Lemurs, The Planet's Most Primitive Primates Nov 4, 2007
She and her colleagues Chia Tan of the center for Conservation and Research for Endangered Species at the San Diego Zoo and Chris Vinyard of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine currently are investigating a trio of lemur species that primarily feed on the same type of bamboo. This arrangement surprised Yamashita and her collaborators, who would expect one of the lemur species to outcompete its fellow bamboo gourmands. (Science Daily)
Achievements for July 1, 2007 Jul 3, 2007
Dr. Sherman earned his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio and completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in Texas. He also earned a Master of Public Health from Emory University School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
KSU to battle bioterrorism Jun 1, 2007
These partners include the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Youngstown State University, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Summa Health System and Kent City School District. Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
City to study black-white differences May 25, 2007
Liz Piatt, assistant professor of community health sciences at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), will lead the effort to establish the local office, with help from the health department and the local Minority Health Roundtable. The round table formed its own health disparities subcommittee two months ago, but the chairman, Dr. Edmund Scott, doesn't see a new office of minority health as competition. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Scientists progress in successful tissue engineering Mar 24, 2007
This is a summary of abstract #1415, "Human Chondrocyte-seeded Tissue-engineered Scaffolds and OP-1 Effects", by W. Landis et al., of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, to be presented at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 23, 2007, in Room 294 of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, during the 85th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research. . (EurekAlert!)
