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Minorities More Likely to Receive Alcohol Counseling

...egard the possibility of racial bias or stereotype toward blacks and Hispanics in medical settings and assume that the difference in who gets counseling about alcohol use is coincidental, Borrell said. Source-Newswie SRM...

Human Genetic Code for ALS Identified

...thout the disease. “This is the first major step toward understanding how genetics may influence the most common form of ALS,” says co-researcher Jeffrey D. Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. “The results will not only help us to better understand sporadic A...

Study Links Attempted Suicide With Genetic Evidence

...d study has found evidence that a genetic tendency toward suicide has been linked to a particular area of th...s a good indication that we are on the right track toward identifying a gene or genes that play a role in why a person chooses to take his or her own life,” s...

Sexualization Linked to Mental Health Problems in Girls and Women

...sing campaigns and merchandising of products aimed toward girls. Sexualization was defined by the task force as occurring when a person's value comes only from her/his sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics, and when a person is sexually objectified, e.g., made into a thing f...

Living in Poor Neighborhoods Raises Risks for Heart Disease and Stroke

...d restaurants, may make a significant contribution toward differing levels of heart disease, she said. Researchers analyzed data for the entire Swedish population - 1.9 million women and 1.8 million men living in more than 8,000 neighborhoods. They selected people without any history of coronary heart dis...

Stem Cell Transplants Explored as a Possible Treatment for Hearing Loss

.... Currently he's working on perfecting the steps toward eventual stem cell transplantation into humans, with the goal of first curing deafness in mice within the next five years. His lab is also busy studying the ability of birds to regenerate the tiny hair cells in the cochlea. It's these cells that conv...

Never-Betrayed Men Less Likely to Indulge in Child Sex Abuse

...tional efforts may need to be more heavily focused toward men to help them understand that such acts do occur and that the abuse often can contribue to a number of societal ills. Among the problems, she noted, are mental and physical health problems, substance abuse, victimization and criminality in adultho...

Genes May Trigger Repeated Premature Birth In Blacks

...sity//. The research is an important first step toward identifying women at risk for delivering babies too early and eventually could lead to treatments. Researchers at the university examined 711,015 records of births between 1989 and 1997 kept by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services....

Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

...ns that can assemble in membranes, as a first step toward making transmembrane proteins composed of a-amino acids,” she said. Source-Bio-io Technology SRI...

Research Explores Chiropractic's Effect on Diabetes

...ise guidance. The chiropractic care was directed toward correcting misalignments in the spine, called vertebral subluxations, which affect the relationship between the nervous system and organs. After one month of being on the program, the patient's glucose blood and urine levels had normalized and rema...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

...ing clear diagnostic criteria is an essential step toward making sure they get the help they need," said NIM...disorders, this could guide parents and physicians toward the right treatments," said first author Brendan Rich, Ph.D., of the NIMH Unit on Bipolar Spectrum D...

Lipid Plays Big Role in Embryonic Development

...hed to the outer layer while the apical end points toward the sphere’s cavity.” Cells make ceramide, which researchers are finding has many different jobs in the developing and mature body. Like other lipids, it helps make up membranes throughout the body, it has an insulation role in the skin and it is a...

Ceramide Directs Stem Cells in Embryo

...hed to the outer layer while the apical end points toward the sphere’s cavity.' Cells make ceramide, which researchers are finding has many different jobs in the developing and mature body. Like other lipids, it helps make up membranes throughout the body, it has an insulation role in the skin and it is a...

Gene Behind Lincoln’s Diseas

... nerve signals away from the nerve cell "body" and toward the synapse( the junction with another nerve cell). The researchers used microscopes to photograph nerve-cell axons by inserting a jellyfish gene into the worms to make the worms' neurons glow fluorescent green. The neurons were examined at three ...

Today’s Teens Slacking on Fruit, Veggie Intak

...cessed and fast food as a major cause of the trend toward less healthy food choices among adolescents. While both Larson and Glanz say there’s little research investigating exactly why adolescents might be choosing to eat fewer fruits and vegetables, they both agree that just educating teens about healthy...

Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, may Lead to Most Alcohol-Related Problems

...at prevention resources have tended to be directed toward treatment of alcohol dependence," said Roeber, "rather than prevention of more prevalent forms that are responsible for a large proportion of alcohol-related problems." He added that, at least in New Mexico, "alcohol-related prevention efforts should...

Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

...ove Americans away from government-run health care toward a system that will be better access to basic, affordable private insurance. The White House said that the proposal will also reduce the number of uninsured Americans by lowering their taxes and making it easier for them to afford insurance. Begi...

TB Intervention Program Improves Patient Outcomes

...ealth care services. This, we believe, is the path toward making TB control more responsive and reflective of local health systems and social constraints and resources. Our results show that the intervention we tested, consisting of a coherent package of sustainable activities targeting altogether health...

Transdermal Vaccine Effective in Treating Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

...ans, may direct the body’s reaction to the vaccine toward a response that is beneficial instead of overly aggressive and ultimately harmful, Dr. Tan said. The USF researchers plan to further test whether the transdermal vaccine can curb memory loss in Alzheimer’s mice as well as reduce their “senile” plaq...

'Families' - Doesn’t Cause Anorexia Nervos

...atively, will we be able to move the field forward toward the elimination of this disease." “Anorexia nervosa has the highest death rate of any mental illness, yet so few dollars are dedicated to the cure," stated Lynn Grefe, CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association. "These scientific advances de...

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