New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
...ucted by the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) reveals parents' primary concerns as they ready their teenagers for the new school year. Not surprisingly, most parents (67 percent) reported that, to them, academics were the most important aspect of their adolescent's life. While nearly 60 percent of par...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...vegetation line are accessible with InSAR." InSAR reveals a pattern of ground inflation in the months preceding a new eruption, as pressure in the magma chamber increases. Following an eruption the pressure abates and deflation occurs. Also revealed are localised deformations that occur as magma dikes prop...New research calls for schools to be more aware of head injuries
...ol and classroom performance following head injury reveals that teachers are often unaware of the injury and ...ospital with TBI (35 mild, 13 moderate, 19 severe) reveals that one third of injured children performed below average in the classroom. Children in the sev...Getting relief from pain can be shocking
...eleased findings from a series of new studies that reveals a successful new way to apply electrical fields to the spinal cord for pain relief. These studies review a new spinal cord stimulation system recently approved by the FDA for chronic pain. Half of all physicians' office visits in the U.S. are related...AIDS toll in African heartland isn't always what people think
...ce on magnitude of the problem." The research also reveals that in four of the five countries studied, a majority of the prior adult mortality was not among heads of households or spouses, but among others, usually adult children. What's crucial, the studies show, is not only about how many are dying of AIDS...How odors help make multimodal memories
...leagues have performed brain activity mapping that reveals new details of how "the recollection of a seaside holiday may conjure up the sight of a beach umbrella, the sound of crashing surf, and the smell of brackish seaweed." While researches know that the hippocampus acts to associate sensory memories into...Survey provides comprehensive look at use of complementary and alternative medicine in US
...scuss the findings of a new nationwide survey that reveals the extensive use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States. The survey also provides data on who is using CAM, the most commonly used CAM therapies, and why people are turning to CAM, among many other related topics. Who...New research reveals head injury in children has lasting impact
New research from the University of Warwick reveals that children with even mild head injury may be at risk of long-term complications, including personality changes, emotional, behavioural and learning problems. The study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry examined mo...Tumor suppressor gene family may be key to new colon cancer drugs
...h, published in the May 21, 2004 issue of Science, reveals more options for creating personalized therapies tailored to counteract mutated gene pathways present in individual tumors. "What makes this discovery significant is that we've found mutations that directly affect cancer development," says Victor Vel...Hidden cost of depression in seniors: $9 billion in care from spouses, children
ANN ARBOR, MI -- A new study reveals that depression among senior citizens carries a huge unrecognized cost: many extra hours of unpaid help with everyday activities, delivered by the depressed seniors' spouses, adult children and friends. Even moderately depressed seniors, the Univers...Controlling hormones could reduce risk of strokes in younger people
...s in blood vessels grow and develop. The research reveals blood vessels in CADASIL patients over-react to the hormone Angiotensin II, part of an important hormonal system that regulates blood pressure. This is an important mechanism by which these gene abnormalities lead to poor blood supply in CADASIL pati...New medical research shows safer flooring could cut hip fractures
...ed in May's edition of the journal Age and Ageing, reveals results of a two-year study. The research suggests that if uncarpeted concrete flooring was replaced with carpeted wooden surfaces throughout all residential homes the risk of elderly residents breaking a hip in a fall could drop by up to 80%. Howev...NHS trusts putting safety of pregnant doctors at risk
... disturbing article in this week's BMJ Careers. It reveals how some pregnant doctors are expected to work excessive hours and are often exposed to violent or aggressive patients. It also uncovers major discrepancies in the way trusts apply guidelines to protect the rights of pregnant women in the workplace. ...Storage limits on our visual hard drive
...agnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a technique that reveals the brain regions active in a given mental task by registering changes in blood flow and oxygenation in these regions, to identify where the capacity limit of visual short-term memory occurs. The brains of research participants were scanned with fMR...Improving health for mothers and children in South Asia
...nd tackling socioeconomic issues. A second article reveals that high levels of postnatal depression among South Asian women are affecting their children's health and development. The authors suggest that not only will nutritional programmes need to be strengthened to ensure that poor children and their mothe...Researchers testing compounds that may stop replication of T-cell leukemia virus
...substrate is treated with a fluorescent agent that reveals the location of cuts in the amino acid chain. When researchers add a potential inhibitor compound to the substrate, they determine the rate at which it cuts the chain. The slower the rate, the better the inhibitor, Dennison explained. "Later this yea...Mayo Clinic researchers discover gene mutations that 'ignore' stress, lead to heart failure
...y, describes the work as groundbreaking because it reveals critical molecular mechanisms which may in turn point to possible new treatments for heart failure. "Very little is known about stress tolerance of the heart in health and disease," says Dr. Terzic. "This discovery opens a new field of investigatio...Erectile dysfunction has devastating effect on morale
...t did not work, according to new research. It also reveals that men are more distressed by impotence than has generally been realised. This study will be available on bmj.com on Monday 29 March 2004. Researchers interviewed a random sample of 40 men prescribed sildenafil who had attended a men's health cli...Women's health research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh scientists
... to body mass index (BMI) and risk of preeclampsia reveals a sharp increase in risk from a BMI of 16 to 35, according to Lisa M. Bodnar, Ph.D., MPH, R.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the Magee-Womens Research Institute. Preeclampsia is a complication of pregnancy that is potentially life threatening to both mo...New research shows rural South Africa faces stroke crisis similar to affluent western countries
...o control the coming epidemic of vascular disease, reveals a new report "Prevalence of Stroke Survivors in Ru...hronic diseases are set to create a health crisis, reveals the report. The prevalence of disabled stroke survivors has important implications for health care ...