Ms. Needleman is a staff reporter in The Wall Street Journal's New York bureau.

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Robert Needleman and Barry Zuckerman were well-armed with the latest knowledge of brain research and stimulation.

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"Frankly, not having a computer crash three times a day is a revolution, " says Red Herring's Needleman.

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In 1991 a new research head, Philip Needleman, shifted the focus to aspirin substitutes that avoid causing ulcers.

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Ms. Needleman is The Wall Street Journal's small-business assistant editor in New York.

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Ms. DeBaise is The Wall Street Journal's small- business editor, and Ms. Needleman and Ms. Maltby are staff reporters in the Journal's New York bureau.

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Climate scientists can also find kinship with Dr. Herbert Needleman, who identified a link between lead contamination and impaired childhood brain development in the 1970s.

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Needleman's theory was that one could spare the stomach by selectively blocking the enzyme responsible for inflammation, COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2), while avoiding the one involved in maintaining the stomach lining, COX-1.

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Needleman and Zuckerman knew that more than 96% of all kids from birth through age 5 saw a pediatrician at least once a year for what was known as well-child checkups.

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One of those practitioners is Dr Phillip Needleman.

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Needleman contributed to this article.

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