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...train is traveling, and CD4 is the distance of the engine from the edge of the cliff." The study found that among HIV-infected patients with a history of alcohol problems and who were treated with HAART, those who consumed moderate or at-risk amounts of alcohol had higher HIV RNA levels and lower CD4 cell c...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...ng to the term "souped-up." In the space where the engine normally resides sits an array of electronic instrumentation that turns this ordinary vehicle into a high-fidelity driving simulator known as SIREN (Simulator for Interdisciplinary Research in Ergonomics and Neuroscience). These instruments allow Mat...Teens struggle to find accurate, useful health information online
...used on general-purpose search engines. For search engine and site designers, it's important to understand how teens search and to build sites with that in mind. For example, most of the students relied on only the first few results from search engines, suggesting it's important that health sites appear nea...UCI to lead first public health study exploring link between air pollution and heart disease
.... Ultrafine particles are produced primarily by engine combustion, with diesel engine exhaust containing a particularly high concentration. Because they are so small (less than 100 nanom...Air pollution may significantly worsen respiratory allergies in individuals with genetic risk
...hers have found that airborne components of diesel engine exhaust significantly worsen allergy symptoms in people with a certain genetic makeup. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have found that genetic char...