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Enforcing bans on cigarette sales to kids reduces youth smoking

A new study finds that enforcing federal and state laws against tobacco sales to minors dramatically decreases underage smoking rates.

16 Apr 2009

New clues to how stem cells form

An Emory University study shows some of the first direct evidence of a process required for epigenetic reprogramming between generations – a finding that could shed more light on the mechanisms of fertilization, stem-cell formation and cloning.

16 Apr 2009

Court grants AstraZeneca temporary restraining order against Apotex in PULMICORT RESPULES patent litigation

On 16 April 2009, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey granted AstraZeneca's request for a temporary restraining order, barring Apotex (Apotex, Inc. and Apotex Corp.) from launching a generic version of AstraZeneca's PULMICORT RESPULES until further order of the court.

16 Apr 2009

Risks from colorectal cancer

Although the presenting features of colorectal cancer are well known, the risks they confer are less well defined.

16 Apr 2009

Cold and brown fat raise the prospect of a new method of treating obesity

Sven Enerbäck, Professor at the Institute of Biomedicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, is one of the scientists who published their results in The New England Journal of Medicine this week.

16 Apr 2009

Experts say propylthiouracil should not longer be used as first-line treatment for Graves' disease in children

Of the 4000 children with Graves' disease treated in the U.S. annually, 40 percent are routinely treated with the drug propylthiouracil.

16 Apr 2009

Feeling bored in marriage leads to reduced satisfaction

Feeling bored in marriage leads to substantially less marital satisfaction even nine years later, according to a study published in the April 14, 2009 issue of Psychological Science.

16 Apr 2009

Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell

One cell…one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer.

16 Apr 2009

Secret to night vision in nocturnal animals revealed

Researchers have discovered an important element for making night vision possible in nocturnal mammals: the DNA within the photoreceptor rod cells responsible for low light vision is packaged in a very unconventional way, according to a report in the April 17th issue of Cell , a Cell Press publication.

16 Apr 2009

A good midwife makes giving birth at home as safe as in hospital

Researchers in the Netherlands say giving birth at home with a midwife is as safe as doing so in hospital.

16 Apr 2009

Asthma linked to lack of vitamins A and C in the diet

A review of published scientific studies carried out by British researchers has revealed that people with low levels of the vitamins A and C were more likely to suffer from asthma.

16 Apr 2009

South Australian hospital battles to contain superbug VRE

The cancer ward at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in South Australia is currently battling to cope with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria called Vanocomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), a form of bacteria which lives in the gut.

16 Apr 2009

Lots of fruit and veggies not good for smokers!

According to researchers in the Netherlands, although eating lots of fresh fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of colon cancer for most people this is not the case with smokers.

16 Apr 2009

Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell

One cell...one initial set of genetic changes - that's all it takes to begin a series of events that lead to metastatic cancer. Now, Johns Hopkins experts have tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died of the disease. Culling information from autopsies, their study points to a set of genetic defects in a single cell that are different for each person's cancer.

16 Apr 2009

Evidence grows that maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism

New studies in pregnant mice using antibodies against fetal brains made by the mothers of autistic children show that immune cells can cross the placenta and trigger neurobehavioral changes similar to autism in the mouse pups.

16 Apr 2009

NIH grants will strengthen fight against HIV/AIDS-tuberculosis

The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health today announced it will award $11.75 million over five years in grants to institutions to strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti, Uganda and China and establish a new program in Tanzania.

16 Apr 2009

New updated clinical guidelines for HIV-associated opportunistic infections

The first complete update in five years of the U.S. guidelines for preventing and treating HIV-associated opportunistic infections has been released by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in cooperation with the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

16 Apr 2009