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Raising the federal excise tax on cigarettes - as proposed by President Clinton - won't encourage young cigarette smokers to use marijuana instead, an economist from the University of Illinois at Chicago predicts in a new study.

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Gene therapy is effective in controlling pain in animals, a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher and colleagues at the University of South Carolina and the University of Pittsburgh report in the March 16 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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The recent finding by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago that humans and rats absorb and eliminate some drugs at the same rate may have a dramatic impact on future drug development.

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In 1963 anthropologist Paul Hockings took his first census of a tribe-like community in the mountains of southern India. Now his 32-year study is being praised for getting to the heart of development issues in South Asia.

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Bacterial vaginosis, a condition that can lead to serious health complications in women, may be caused by a sexually transmitted virus that infects vaginal lactobacilli, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study.

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Using an advanced microscope facility, researchers have identified a key step in the development of sensory cells in the inner ear known as hair cells.

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A researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago is among a group of researchers who have designed and tested a program to help older adults overcome their fear of falling and proved its effectiveness in a five-year study. She also enumerates Fall Prevention Tips for older adults.

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UIC researchers are convinced that small imperfections in the fit of prosthetic joints are at fault in rare but bothersome cases of prosthetic joint failure, and they have developed tools and a technique to address the problem.

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The earliest fossil of a ground-based ape has been identified by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher and colleagues at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Yale University and Northern Arizona University.

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The most effective way to reduce teenage smoking is for states to concentrate on comprehensive tobacco-control programs, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago report.