Green space can make people happier for years Nearly 10 years after the term "nature deficit disorder" entered the nation's vocabulary, research is showing for the first time that green space does appear to improve mental health in a sustained way. The report, ...

Top chemical advances and more from the year 2013 From stretchy electronics to Martian chemistry, the most notable advances in the chemical world in 2013 appear in the year-in-review issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the ...

AML score that combines genetic and epigenetic changes might help guide therapy COLUMBUS, Ohio – Currently, doctors use chromosome markers and gene mutations to determine the best treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). ...

Cosmetic outcomes after breast-conserving therapy may vary by race Subjective ratings appear lower in African-American patients, reports PRS Global Open Philadelphia, Pa. (January 7, 2013) – As perceived by both patients and doctors, the cosmetic results ...

Stopping tumors in their path New study sheds light on most common and deadly form of brain cancer Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly form of primary malignant brain cancer accounting for approximately 15% of all brain tumours and occurring mostly in adults between ...

Study shows women continue to outlive men as numbers of centenarians on the rise TORONTO, January 8, 2014 – The number of centenarians in Ontario increased by more than 70 per cent over the last 15 years with women making up more than 85 per cent ...

Researchers at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center discover ovarian cancer biomarker MicroRNA predicts treatment response Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified a microRNA biomarker that shows promise in predicting treatment ...

Negative feedback makes cells 'sensitive' New research has shown that negative feedback loops in cell signalling systems can be essential for a cell's ability to perceive the strength of a growth stimulus. Cells lacking the feedback loop became insensitive ...

Heart attacks hit poor the hardest Tel Aviv University researchers show that socioeconomic status is predictor of higher risk of disease and death after an attack As people get older, their bodies wear down and become less resilient. In old age, it's ...

The ironic (and surprising) effects of weight stigma UCSB psychology professor finds that messages designed to encourage weight loss may actually have the opposite effect (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — If you're one of the millions of people who ...

Penn biologists establish new method for studying RNA's regulatory 'footprint' Increasingly, biologists have come to realize that RNA is not merely a transitional state between DNA and proteins but plays a major role in determining whether and how genes ...

Scripps Florida scientists identify possible key to drug resistance in Crohn's disease JUPITER, FL, January 7, 2014 – Two-thirds to three-quarters of the estimated 700,000 Americans living with Crohn's disease, an autoimmune condition that can disrupt the entire ...

Massive exoplanets may be more Earth-like than thought 'Super-Earths' likely to have both oceans and continents Massive terrestrial planets, called "super-Earths," are known to be common in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Now a Northwestern University astrophysicist ...

Many small exoplanets found to be covered in gas New measurements of mass expand knowledge of exoplanets' compositions During its four-year mission, NASA's Kepler space telescope discovered thousands of "planetary candidates" in our Milky Way galaxy -- the vast ...

Sugar-sweetened beverage tax could reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes in India A sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax could help mitigate the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes rates in India among both urban and rural populations, according to a study published this week ...

Link found between intimate partner violence and termination of pregnancy Intimate partner violence in women (sometimes referred to as domestic violence) is linked to termination of pregnancy, according to a study by UK researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. ...

50 years of tobacco control significantly extended lives of 8 million Americans Former smoker John Hilburn says a cigarette warning label and costs prompted him to kick the habit 30 years ago WASHINGTON — The Surgeon General's report of 1964 which outlined, for the ...

Despite declines in smoking rates, number of smokers and cigarettes rises Population growth since 1980 drives increases in countries including China and Russia while Canada, Mexico, and the United States see strong declines SEATTLE — Globally, smoking ...

Research shows molecular, protein targeting therapies may be best treatment for certain lung cancer CINCINNATI—University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute researchers have found that using therapies specifically targeting the molecular profile ...

Long-term varenicline treatment supports tobacco abstinence in people with mental illness Extended treatment with the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) significantly improved the ability of individuals with serious mental illness to maintain ...

BPA increases risk of cancer in human prostate tissue Fetal exposure to a commonly used plasticizer found in products such as water bottles, soup can liners and paper receipts, can increase the risk for prostate cancer later in life, according to a study from ...

Study estimates tobacco control in US has saved 8 million lives in last 50 years Researchers estimate that tobacco control in the U.S. since 1964 has been associated with the avoidance of an estimated 8 million premature smoking-attributable deaths, with the ...

Overall prevalence of smoking has decreased globally, although number of smokers has increased Since 1980, the global prevalence of daily tobacco smoking has declined by an estimated 25 percent for men and 42 percent for women, although because of population growth, ...

Adults with mental illness have lower rate of decline in smoking In recent years, the decline in smoking among individuals with mental illness was significantly less than among those without mental illness, although the rates of quitting smoking were greater ...

Combination therapy does not improve ability to quit smoking after 1 year Among cigarette smokers, the combined use of the smoking cessation medications varenicline and bupropion, compared with varenicline alone, resulted in better rates of smoking abstinence ...