Archive: 02/03/2015

You can't take your genes with you: Strategies to share genetic information after death

Does the child of a person with a heritable form of cancer have the right to access their parent's genetic information after death? What if no consent was ever established? In the March 2 issue of Trends in Molecular Medicine, ...

Mar 2, 2015

Alcohol screening and intervention for risky drinking: A guide for physicians

A new review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides tips for physicians to help patients cut down on excessive alcohol use and is aimed at health care providers who are not addiction specialists. The article ...

Mar 2, 2015

Restoring ability to halt cell division may protect lung cells from cancer

Researchers led by a team at the University of Illinois at Chicago, have identified a novel role for a signaling mechanism in lung cells that permanently places them into a state of suspended animation called senescence. ...

Mar 2, 2015

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Survey of teen dating violence among US high school students

A survey of U.S. high school students suggests that 1 in 5 female students and 1 in 10 male students who date have experienced some form of teen dating violence during the past 12 months, according to an article published ...

Mar 2, 2015

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Mind-readers: Scientists crack a piece of the neural code for learning and memory (Update)

Lights, sound, action: we are constantly learning how to incorporate outside sensations into our reactions in specific situations. In a new study, brain scientists have mapped changes in communication between nerve cells ...

Mar 2, 2015

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Study shows minors easily able to purchase electronic cigarettes online

Teenagers in North Carolina were easily able to buy electronic cigarettes online because both Internet vendors and shipping companies failed to verifying ages in a study that assessed compliance with North Carolina's 2013 ...

Mar 2, 2015

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New genetic syndrome found, tied to errors in 'master switch' during early development

Analyzing a puzzling multisystem disorder in three children, genetic experts have identified a new syndrome, shedding light on key biological processes during human development. The research also provides important information ...

Mar 2, 2015

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Published outcomes announced from study on adolescent bariatric surgery safety

Cardiovascular risks of severe pediatric obesity, assessed among adolescents participating in the "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" (Teen-LABS) study, were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics. Teen-LABS ...

Mar 2, 2015

Sleep-walking neurons: Brain's GPS never stops working-even during sleep

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that navigational brain cells that help sense direction are as electrically active during deep sleep as they are during wake time—and have visual and vestibular cues ...

Mar 2, 2015

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Scientists override the body's inflammatory response

Scientists who have discovered the mechanism of a protein that suppresses inflammation in the body, say the information could potentially be used to develop new drugs to control inflammation.

Mar 2, 2015

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Archive: 02/03/2015

You can't take your genes with you: Strategies to share genetic information after death

Alcohol screening and intervention for risky drinking: A guide for physicians

Restoring ability to halt cell division may protect lung cells from cancer

Survey of teen dating violence among US high school students

Mind-readers: Scientists crack a piece of the neural code for learning and memory (Update)

Study shows minors easily able to purchase electronic cigarettes online

New genetic syndrome found, tied to errors in 'master switch' during early development

Published outcomes announced from study on adolescent bariatric surgery safety

Sleep-walking neurons: Brain's GPS never stops working-even during sleep

Scientists override the body's inflammatory response

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