Thank you for saying this

The power of saying thank you.

One of the things I like best about living in America, or at least North Carolina, is that almost everyone is up for a conversation, almost all of the time. I’m walking down to the parking deck, or around downtown Durham, or off East Campus, and the stranger I walk past says “Hi, how are ya?” I’ve learned that the correct answer is, “I’m good, how are you?” After that the conversation can go of...

Thank you.

A scientific journal exists only because of the good will and assistance of its reviewers. We can only publish less than a fifth of the papers we receive and, in making our decisions, we depend on the expertise of many people. This year a total of 315 reviewers have helped us to decide about the papers that we should publish. Their names are listed below and we would like to take this opportuni...

Thank You.

Thank you!

We present candidate biographical information for the 2011 USAIN election here. Our sincere appreciation to all of the candidates for their willingness to run for a position on the Executive Council. Due to the Bylaw changes passed Fall 2010, we can now vote electronically. Anyone who has paid their 2011 dues is eligible to vote and has had an individually generated email sent to them that cont...

Thank You for NOT Smoking

PHYSICAL EFFECTS In the United States, smoking-related disease remains one of the most significant public health calamities. Although we have made great progress in tobacco control, it isn’t enough. Since the first Surgeon General’s report in 1964, more than 20 million Americans have died as a result of smoking. Most of those individuals were smokers, but almost 2.5 million of them were nonsmok...