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Communication About Female Condom Vital to Young Adults, Researchers Say
July 21, 2014 — Communication researchers examine sexual health messages aimed at young college adults about the female condom. The first female condom was introduced in the U.S. in 1993, but drew little interest ... full story -
Epigenetic Tie to Neuropsychiatric Disorders Found
July 21, 2014 — Dysfunction in dopamine signaling profoundly changes the activity level of about 2,000 genes in the brain's prefrontal cortex and may be an underlying cause of certain complex neuropsychiatric ... full story -
Parents Rank Their Obese Children as 'Very Healthy'
July 21, 2014 — Parents of obese children often do not recognize the potentially serious health consequences of childhood weight gain or the importance of daily physical activity in helping their child reach a ... full story -
Stem Cells Aid Muscle Repair, Strengthening After Resistance Exercise
July 21, 2014 — By injecting mesenchymal stem cells into mouse leg muscles prior to several bouts of eccentric exercise (similar to the lengthening contractions performed during resistance training in humans), ... full story -
Mental Health Issues in Children With Relatives Who Participated in Manhunt After Boston Marathon
July 21, 2014 — Children with relatives who were called upon to participate in the interagency manhunt following the Boston Marathon attack carried a particularly heavy mental health burden, according to a study ... full story -
New Research Links Bad Diet to Loss of Smell
July 21, 2014 — Could stuffing yourself full of high-fat foods cause you to lose your sense of smell? A new study by neuroscientists says so, and it has researchers taking a closer look at how our diets could impact ... full story -
Process to Purify Water Using Seed Extracts Now Simplified
July 21, 2014 — Researchers have streamlined and simplified a process that uses extracts from seeds of Moringa oleifa trees to purify water, reducing levels of harmful bacteria by 90 percent to 99 percent. The hardy ... full story -
Genes That Contribute to Radiation Resistance Identified
July 21, 2014 — Forty-six genes in Escherichia coli have been discovered that are necessary for its survival at exceptionally high levels of radiation, researchers report in a new article. "The research has ... full story -
Described Novel Regulator of Protein Inactive in Over 50 Percent of Human Tumors
July 21, 2014 — The interaction between HERC2 proteins with another protein called p53 is inactivated in more than half of human tumors, researchers have discovered. The study suggests that mutations in HERC2 also ... full story -
Diagnostic Criteria for Christianson Syndrome
July 21, 2014 — A new study provides the most definitive characterization of the autism-like intellectual disability disorder Christianson Syndrome and provides the first diagnostic criteria to help doctors and ... full story -
Missing Sleep May Hurt Your Memory
July 21, 2014 — Lack of sleep, already considered a public health epidemic, can also lead to errors in memory, finds a new study that found participants deprived of a night’s sleep were more likely to flub the ... full story -
Human Platelets Successfully Generated Using Next-Generation Bioreactor
July 21, 2014 — A scalable, next-generation platelet bioreactor has been created to generate fully functional human platelets in vitro. The work is a major biomedical advancement that will help address blood ... full story -
New Drug Against Malaria Effective: Uses Synchrotron Light
July 21, 2014 — The CD27 drug is a true alternative against malaria, researchers now report. They have analyzed the crystalline structure of the DNA with the drug by performing X-ray diffraction experiments at the ... full story -
Age-Related Macular Degeneration Occurs Much Earlier Than Previously Assumed
July 21, 2014 — Even individuals under the age of 50 years can suffer early forms of age-related macular degeneration, researchers say. With the help of their findings, the researchers were also able to gain ... full story -
First Study Worldwide to Show Higher Concentration of Trace Elements in Bone Cancer
July 21, 2014 — In a study that is the only one of its kind worldwide, researchers have investigated the distribution of trace elements in the tissue of bone tumors. The result: tumor tissue contains higher ... full story -
Study Examines Incentives to Increase Medical Male Circumcision to Help Reduce Risk of HIV in Kenya
July 21, 2014 — Among uncircumcised men in Kenya, compensation in the form of food vouchers worth approximately U.S. $9 or $15, compared with lesser or no compensation, resulted in a modest increase in the ... full story -
Circumcision Does Not Promote Risky Behavior by African Men, Study Finds
July 21, 2014 — Men do not engage in riskier behaviors after they are circumcised, according to a study in Kenya. Three clinical trials have shown that male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of acquiring ... full story -
Enzyme Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
July 21, 2014 — Unclogging the body’s protein disposal system may improve memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to ... full story -
Healing the Heart With Fat? 18-HEPE Might Help, Study Suggests
July 21, 2014 — Too much dietary fat is bad for the heart, but the right kind of fat keeps the heart healthy, according to a new paper. Scientists in Japan have shown that mice engineered to produce their own EPA ... full story -
Genetic Risk for Autism Stems Mostly from Common Genes
July 20, 2014 — Using new statistical tools, scientists have discovered that most of the genetic risk for autism comes from versions of genes that are common in the population rather than from rare variants or ... full story
- Communication about female condom vital to young adults, researchers say
- Epigenetic tie to neuropsychiatric disorders found
- Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'
- Stem cells aid muscle repair, strengthening after resistance exercise
- Mental health issues in children with relatives who participated in manhunt after Boston Marathon
- New research links bad diet to loss of smell
- Process to purify water using seed extracts now simplified
- Genes that contribute to radiation resistance identified
- Described novel regulator of protein inactive in over 50 percent of human tumors
- Diagnostic criteria for Christianson Syndrome
- Missing sleep may hurt your memory
- Human platelets successfully generated using next-generation bioreactor
- New drug against malaria effective: Uses synchrotron light
- Age-related macular degeneration occurs much earlier than previously assumed
- First study worldwide to show higher concentration of trace elements in bone cancer
- Study examines incentives to increase medical male circumcision to help reduce risk of HIV in Kenya
- Circumcision does not promote risky behavior by African men, study finds
- Enzyme linked to Alzheimer’s disease
- Healing the heart with fat? 18-HEPE might help, study suggests
- Genetic risk for autism stems mostly from common genes
- New technique maps life's effects on our DNA: Powerful single-cell technique to study environmental effects on DNA
- Genetic cause of common breast tumors found
- Metabolic enzyme stops progression of most common type of kidney cancer
- Scientists map one of most important proteins in life -- and cancer
- Srikingly early seeding of HIV viral reservoir shown in study
- New HIV prevention recommendations combine biomedical, behavioral approaches
- Offering option of initial HIV care at home increases use of antiretroviral therapy
- Growth hormone analog may reduce risk of fatty liver disease in HIV-infected patients
- Effect on pregnancy of receiving antiretroviral therapy for prevention of HIV
- Combination treatment for hep C associated with favorable response among HIV patients
- Rate of HIV diagnosis in U.S. examined in study
- Researchers identify brain network with mapping technique
- New trigger for ovulation could make IVF safer
- Performance improvement program helps doctors better manage depression, report researchers
- Negative HPV test may predict lower cervical cancer risk than a negative Pap
- Antipsychotic drugs linked to slight decrease in brain volume
- Experts urge new discipline combining benefits of neuroscience, psychology treatments
- High-dose fluticasone effective against eosinophilic esophagitis, study shows
- New clues to brain's wiring found by scientists
- Interleukin-10 aids survival of cells transplanted to repair cardiac tissues after MI
- Targets for immunotherapy in early-stage breast cancer
- Immune cell's role in intestinal movement may lead to better understanding of irritable bowel syndrome
- Genetic variations may modify cardiovascular benefit of aspirin
- Adults with eosinophilic esophagitis should consider a diet change
- Eight ways zinc affects the human body
- New cellular garbage control pathway with relevance for human neurodegenerative diseases
- Novel mechanism for invasion of EV71 virus demonstrated
- Weight management program also reduces depression among black women
- 'Support' cells in brain play important role in Down syndrome
- Measuring the number of protein molecules inside cells
- Consuming probiotics for a month helps diminish fat accumulation in the liver, according to a new study
- Why the immune system fails to kill HIV
- Random nature of metastasis revealed by physicists
- Politically driven legislation targeting dangerous dogs has had little impact
- Predicting which HIV patients will respond better to future therapeutic vaccine
- Bowel cancer breakthrough may benefit thousands of patients
- Causes of death shifting in people with HIV
- Losing sleep over your divorce? Your blood pressure could suffer
- Discovery may make it easier to develop life-saving stem cells
- Vision loss associated with work status
- Sexual abuse in childhood linked to signs of atherosclerosis in midlife
- Gaps in efforts to enforce alcohol laws identified by national study of colleges
- Adding alcohol to energy drinks leads to an increased urge to drink
- Adolescent alcohol abuse disrupts transitions into early adulthood
- Older adults who walk out of necessity are at highest risk for outdoor falls
- Depression during a mother’s postpartum year linked to homelessness risk
- Fish oil may benefit alcohol abusers
- Eating lean beef daily can help lower blood pressure, study suggests
- In development, it's all about the timing
- Exploiting gastric vulnerability: How Helicobacter pylori identifies and colonizes sites of small injury in the stomach
- Don't skimp on shades this summer
- Protein-building enzymes have undergone metamorphosis, evolved diverse new functions
- Next step in creating HIV-1 immunotherapy using fossil virus
- Orthopedic surgery generally safe for patients age 80 and older
- Lipoic acid helps restore, synchronize 'biological clock'
- Crohn's disease research advances with protein identification
- Obese women may have learning deficit specific to food
- Brown fat found to be at the root of cancer-related wasting syndrome
- Gut microbes turn carbs into colorectal cancer, study shows
- Best advice for acne patients? Patience
- Hour-long home coaching greatly decreases re-admission, health care costs for Medicare patients
- Forty percent of Ontario female prisoners enter correctional system with a traumatic brain injury
- New gene discovered that stops spread of deadly cancer: Scientists identify gene that fights metastasis of a common lung cancer
- Faithful cell division requires tightly controlled protein placement at the centromeres
- Potential new therapy with brain-on-a-chip axonal strain injury model
- What are the risks of post-traumatic stress disorder after an accident?
- Gene that plays a surprising role in combating aging identified
- Transplanting gene into injured hearts creates biological pacemakers
- Anti-tank missile detector joins fight against malaria
- Preventing foodborne illness naturally: With cinnamon
- Research on persons with HIV/AIDS not taking medication, not engaged in care
- Investing in sexual, reproductive health of 10 to 14 year olds yields lifetime benefits
- Eradicating fatal sleeping sickness by killing off the tsetse fly
- Children not eating enough fruit and vegetables
- Increased levels of the body's own cannabinoids impair embryonic brain development
- Rare form of tongue cancer suggests screening vigilance
- Saving the heart in breast cancer treatment
- Best anticoagulants after orthopedic procedures depends on type of surgery
- For the sickest emergency patients, death risk is lowest at busiest emergency centers
- Effects of starvation can be passed to future generations, through small RNAs apparently without DNA involvement
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