A study sponsored by Pfizer, reported last month, indicated that lower may be better.

A study sponsored by Pfizer in a similar patient group given 400 milligrams a day found no increased risk of heart disease.

The company is also spending about $1 million to sponsor various studies in the United States into garlic's health benefits.

A 1998 study sponsored by the trade group found that overcrowding was the No. 1 reason people quit their clubs.

The tribe has sponsored several archeological studies on the reservation.

Many drug makers are sponsoring cost-benefit studies to help justify their prices.

Tracking studies sponsored by the partnership indicate a substantial shift in social attitudes against illegal drug use from 1987 to 1989.

The study, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, will involve 22,000 women and is expected to last 5 to 10 years.

A study sponsored by the Education Department shows that 55 percent of college graduates had no educational debts upon graduation in 1990.

The companies, sometimes indirectly, have sponsored such studies in several states, including Georgia and North Carolina.