Tripling tobacco taxes worldwide would avoid 200 million tobacco deaths
2014-01-02
Tripling tobacco taxes worldwide would avoid 200 million tobacco deaths
Controlling tobacco marketing is also key to helping people quit smoking
TORONTO, Jan. 2, 2014—Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third ...
US global share of research spending declines
2014-01-02
US global share of research spending declines
New analysis shows Asia gaining, due to increased support from both government, industry
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The United States' global share of biomedical research spending fell from 51 percent in 2007 ...
Drivers engaged in other tasks about 10 percent of the time
2014-01-02
Drivers engaged in other tasks about 10 percent of the time
NIH, Virginia Tech study shows crash risks greatest for teens
Drivers eat, reach for the phone, text, or otherwise take their eyes off the road about 10 percent of the time ...
High blood pressure potentially more dangerous for women than men
2014-01-02
High blood pressure potentially more dangerous for women than men
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jan. 2, 2014 – Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, according to scientists at Wake Forest ...
To grow or to defend: How plants decide
2014-01-01
To grow or to defend: How plants decide
Crop breeding for semi-dwarfed plants could also improve disease resistance
Scientists have discovered how plants use steroid hormones to choose growth over defence when their survival depends on it.
The findings ...
Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
2014-01-01
Insight into likelihood of retinal detachment following open globe injury
Findings published in Jan. issue of Ophthalmology
BOSTON (Jan. 1, 2014) – Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important ...
New molecular targets identified in some hard-to-treat melanomas provide potential treatment option
2013-12-31
New molecular targets identified in some hard-to-treat melanomas provide potential treatment option
December 30, 2013 New York, NY / Los Angeles, CA: Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the charitable initiative supporting ground-breaking research ...
Sleep to protect your brain
2013-12-31
Sleep to protect your brain
A new study from Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that one night of sleep deprivation increases morning blood concentrations of NSE and S-100B in healthy young men. These molecules are typically found in the brain. Thus, ...
Researchers use Hubble Telescope to reveal cloudy weather on alien world
2013-12-31
Researchers use Hubble Telescope to reveal cloudy weather on alien world
Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today's forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds.
A team of scientists led by researchers in ...
Hyperhomocysteinemia patients with dyslipidemia are more likely to have stroke
2013-12-31
Hyperhomocysteinemia patients with dyslipidemia are more likely to have stroke
Hyperhomocysteinemia and abnormal blood lipids are independent risk factors for stroke. However, whether both factors exert a synergistic effect in the onset of stroke remains unclear. ...
Fetal umbilical vein for reconstruction of middle cerebral artery
2013-12-31
Fetal umbilical vein for reconstruction of middle cerebral artery
Umbilical vein has been substituted for artery in vascular transplantation, but it remains unclear whether the stress relaxation and creep between these vessels are consistent. A recent study reported ...
PLGA tubes are superior to autologous nerve graft for repaired sciatic nerve
2013-12-31
PLGA tubes are superior to autologous nerve graft for repaired sciatic nerve
The viscoelasticity of natural and artificial biomaterials can be suitable for human physiological function by matching stress relaxation and creep properties. Dr. Chengdong Piao and ...
Large-aperture planar lens antennas with gradient refractive index
2013-12-31
Large-aperture planar lens antennas with gradient refractive index
It was recently shown that large-aperture lens antennas can be designed by using gradient-index (GRIN) metamaterials and that higher directivity and gain can be obtained than with traditional dielectric lens antennas. ...
Cloud mystery solved: Global temperatures to rise at least 4°C by 2100
2013-12-31
Cloud mystery solved: Global temperatures to rise at least 4°C by 2100
Cloud impact on climate sensitivity unveiled
Finnish research team reveals how emotions are mapped in the body
2013-12-31
Finnish research team reveals how emotions are mapped in the body
Researchers Aalto University have revealed how emotions are experienced in the body
Researchers Aalto University have revealed how emotions are experienced in the body.
Emotions adjust our ...
Competition in a rough neighborhood: Plant success in a desert environment
2013-12-31
Competition in a rough neighborhood: Plant success in a desert environment
Water use efficiency and relative growth rate govern competitive interactions in desert winter annuals
Many people think of deserts as inhospitable places devoid of life, but numerous plants ...
Loyola bioethics study finds medical students concerned about desensitization to dying patients
2013-12-31
Loyola bioethics study finds medical students concerned about desensitization to dying patients
Loyola's Neiswanger Institute study finds medical students concerned about becoming insensitive when dealing with a dying patient
MAYWOOD, Ill. – The imminent death ...
New studies give strong boost to binary-star formation theory
2013-12-31
New studies give strong boost to binary-star formation theory
VLA observations support 1 competing explanation for how double stars are formed
Using the new capabilities of the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), scientists have discovered previously-unseen ...
Final recommendations on lung cancer screening
2013-12-31
Final recommendations on lung cancer screening
Embargoed news from Annals of Intenral Medicine
Final word: Task Force says screen high-risk populations for lung cancer
High-risk adults between the ages of 55 and 80 should receive annual lung cancer screening ...
Climate change spurs tropical mangroves to expand in the north
2013-12-31
Climate change spurs tropical mangroves to expand in the north
As mangrove trees lose ground to deforestation and urban sprawl, one development seems to be giving them a boost: climate change. Fewer winter cold snaps have enabled them to conquer new territory around their northern ...
Mangroves expand north as Florida freezes decline
2013-12-31
Mangroves expand north as Florida freezes decline
Mangrove forests have been expanding northward along the Atlantic coast of Florida for the last few decades not because of a general warming trend, but likely because cold snaps there are becoming a thing of the ...
With few hard frosts, tropical mangroves push north
2013-12-31
With few hard frosts, tropical mangroves push north
N Florida coast transformed by extreme weather change, not overall warming
COLLEGE PARK, MD – Cold-sensitive mangrove forests have expanded dramatically along Florida's Atlantic Coast as the frequency of killing frosts ...
Minority physicians care for a majority of underserved patients in the US
2013-12-31
Minority physicians care for a majority of underserved patients in the US
Minority physicians also play a large role in the care of patients with poorer health, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Black, Hispanic and Asian ...
Conversations on sex lacking between doctors and teens
2013-12-31
Conversations on sex lacking between doctors and teens
DURHAM, N.C. – Doctors are missing a prime opportunity to share information about sex with their teenage patients by failing to broach the subject during checkups, according to researchers ...
High good and low bad cholesterol levels are healthy for the brain, too
2013-12-31
High good and low bad cholesterol levels are healthy for the brain, too
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- High levels of "good" cholesterol and low levels of "bad" cholesterol are correlated with lower levels of the amyloid plaque deposition ...
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