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Certain factors and behaviors influence sexual hookups among first-year college women

Casual, no-strings sexual encounters are increasingly common on college campuses, but are some students more likely than others to "hook up"? A new study by researchers with The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, published online by the Archives of Sexual Behavior, suggests there are certain factors and behaviors associated with sexual hookups, particularly among first-year college women.

20 Jun 2013

Researchers monitor dynamic cellular events that take place during cardiac regeneration in zebrafish

In a study published in the June 19 online edition of the journal Nature, a scientific team led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine visually monitored the dynamic cellular events that take place when cardiac regeneration occurs in zebrafish after cardiac ventricular injury. Their findings provide evidence that various cell lines in the heart are more plastic, or capable of transformation into new cell types, than previously thought.

20 Jun 2013

Trees are effective tool in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments

In the first effort to estimate the overall impact of a city's urban forest on concentrations of fine particulate pollution (particulate matter less than 2.5 microns, or PM2.5), a U.S. Forest Service and Davey Institute study found that urban trees and forests are saving an average of one life every year per city. In New York City, trees save an average of eight lives every year.

20 Jun 2013

Study reports increasing number of pedestrian injuries caused by cell phone use

More than 1,500 pedestrians were estimated to be treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for injuries related to using a cell phone while walking, according to a new nationwide study.

20 Jun 2013

Genetic process that promotes cervical cancer warns about anti-viral therapies in certain cases

A new understanding of the genetic process that can lead to cervical cancer may help improve diagnosis of potentially dangerous lesions for some women, and also raises a warning flag about the use of anti-viral therapies in certain cases - suggesting they could actually trigger the cancer they are trying to cure.

20 Jun 2013

Nearly 70% of Americans use at least one prescription drug, say researchers

Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half take two, Mayo Clinic researchers say. Antibiotics, antidepressants and painkilling opioids are most commonly prescribed, their study found. Twenty percent of patients are on five or more prescription medications, according to the findings, published online in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

20 Jun 2013

Research: Stroke patients may be more likely to develop problems with memory and thinking

People who experience any stroke symptoms—but do not have a stroke—may also be more likely to develop problems with memory and thinking, according to new research published in the June 19, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Jun 2013

Chemical hormone released due to stress can trigger mechanism for late onset of Alzheimer's disease

A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Temple University.

20 Jun 2013

NUS researchers develop highly realistic 3-D tumor model to track progress of drug therapy

A team of NUS researchers from the Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery has developed a highly realistic three-dimensional (3-D) tumour model. As it replicates the conditions in the body, it is able to track the effectiveness and progress of drug therapy.

20 Jun 2013

Sports concussions and repeated hits to head may cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy

It's been widely reported in the media that sports concussions and repeated hits to the head cause a progressive brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

20 Jun 2013

CLOTS 3 trial demonstrates efficacy of Covidien's Kendall SCD system on immobile stroke patients

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that an independent study conducted by the University of Edinburgh has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of Covidien's Kendall SCD™ system with Vascular Refill Detection Technology on immobile stroke patients.

20 Jun 2013

Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center clinical researchers have launched an innovative clinical trial, unique in its design, which will evaluate the ability of a patient's own stem cells to prevent leg amputations in end stage peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

20 Jun 2013

Penn researchers find ALS disease progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern

The motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern which can be classified into four distinct stages, report pathologists with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Annals of Neurology.

20 Jun 2013

Research shows interaction of tau and amyloid-beta in brain may increase progression of AD

For years, Alzheimer's researchers have focused on two proteins that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and may contribute to the disease: plaques made up of the protein amyloid-beta, and tangles of another protein, called tau.

20 Jun 2013

EORTC starts phase 2 trial in elderly patients with HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer

Despite the fact that the incidence of cancer is many fold higher in persons over 65 years of age, we still have an inadequate understanding on how best to treat these older cancer patients. Furthermore, even though elderly patients are occasionally included in clinical trials, those elderly patients who are eventually included are mostly 'healthy' (fit) elderly patients.

20 Jun 2013

Gene switch off may increase risk of heart and blood vessel disease: Research

Risk of heart and blood vessel disease may increase when a particular gene is switched off, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Emerging Science Series Webinar.

20 Jun 2013

Surgeon provides guidance to identify ways to manage patients with sleep apnea

Although as many as 25 percent of patients undergoing surgery suffer from sleep apnea, few hospitals have policies to help manage the risks of this condition during surgery, and there is little evidence to help guide anesthesiologists and surgeons caring for these patients.

20 Jun 2013

Diapocynin antioxidant protects neurobehavioral function in mice with Parkinson's disease

Diapocynin, a synthetic molecule derived from a naturally occurring compound (apocynin), has been found to protect neurobehavioral function in mice with Parkinson's Disease symptoms by preventing deficits in motor coordination.

20 Jun 2013

UT candidate wins AHA fellowship to support research in cardiovascular, stroke discoveries

University of Texas at San Antonio biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate Anand Srinivasan has been awarded a $25,000, one-year doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA).

20 Jun 2013

TSRI scientists receive NIH grant to create new drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to create a potential new drug to attack the malignant cells that cause chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which is the most common leukemia in the Western world.

20 Jun 2013

Medical Condition News

Certain factors and behaviors influence sexual hookups among first-year college women

Researchers monitor dynamic cellular events that take place during cardiac regeneration in zebrafish

Trees are effective tool in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments

Study reports increasing number of pedestrian injuries caused by cell phone use

Genetic process that promotes cervical cancer warns about anti-viral therapies in certain cases

Nearly 70% of Americans use at least one prescription drug, say researchers

Research: Stroke patients may be more likely to develop problems with memory and thinking

Chemical hormone released due to stress can trigger mechanism for late onset of Alzheimer's disease

NUS researchers develop highly realistic 3-D tumor model to track progress of drug therapy

Sports concussions and repeated hits to head may cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy

CLOTS 3 trial demonstrates efficacy of Covidien's Kendall SCD system on immobile stroke patients

Researchers launch clinical trial on stem cells to prevent amputations in end stage PAD

Penn researchers find ALS disease progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern

Research shows interaction of tau and amyloid-beta in brain may increase progression of AD

EORTC starts phase 2 trial in elderly patients with HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer

Gene switch off may increase risk of heart and blood vessel disease: Research

Surgeon provides guidance to identify ways to manage patients with sleep apnea

Diapocynin antioxidant protects neurobehavioral function in mice with Parkinson's disease

UT candidate wins AHA fellowship to support research in cardiovascular, stroke discoveries

TSRI scientists receive NIH grant to create new drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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