Indoor smoking bans: Are they creating unhealthy outdoor zones for secondhand smoke?
... of pollutants from secondhand smoke. Athens is a college town, and we have thousands of college kids standing shoulder to shoulder outside bars and restaurants on weekend nights. In select areas ...Binge drinking leads to neurocognitive deficits among college students
... study has found that binge drinking, common among college students, is associated with impaired decision mak...ge drinking can lead to poor decision making among college students, independent of impulsivity. Results are published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Cli...Brain activity reflects differences in types of anxiety
...ted 42 subjects from a pool of 1,099 undergraduate college students, using psychological tests to categorize them as "high anxious apprehension," "high anxious arousal," or neither. Other psychological assessments standardized the pool of participants by removing those with mood disorders or other complica...Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
...in about 12 hours. For this reason, sleep-deprived college students, athletes, soldiers or others who want to gain an edge in a competitive environment sometimes seek out the drug, calling it a genius pill. The application for cancer care is unique and entirely appropriate, Kohli said. Although some in th...African-American men understimate risk of prostate cancer
...African-American. Fifty-six percent had at least a college education level. Despite being referred for biopsy because they were known to be at increased risk for prostate cancer, usually due to a blood test, 55 percent of the African-American men at the time of prostate biopsy said they had a zero percent...Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
...he researchers found. People who had attained some college or a college degree were more likely than high school graduates to have a DPAHC. So were those who believed they ...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
...be the single largest gift ever given to a medical college -- from Joan and Sanford I. Weill, Chairman of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College. Additionally, Mr. & Mrs. Weill are making a $50 million gift to Cornell University -- the largest gift ever to the Ithaca campus from an individu...College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
WESTCHESTER, Ill. A common practice among many college students involves "pulling all-nighters", or a sin... Professional Sleep Societies (APSS). "Sleep in college students is generally inadequate, irregular and of poor quality. As sleep quality and quantity decr...Going to bed late may affect the health, academic performance of college students
...ology in South Korea, was based on a survey of 399 college students in Korea. "The present study shows that...er one stayed up at night, the more maladjusted in college life, in terms of global mental health, sleep quality and academic performance," said Kim. "It seem...New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...s. New data on the widely unstudied demographic of college students indicates that this group of 18 24-year-...ontrol in 2003, generally do not reach students at college or cell phones. As part of the course curriculum, students conducted a range of health screenings ...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...udies show that the incidence of mental illness on college campuses is rising, and a new survey of 2,785 college students indicates that more than half of students with significant symptoms of anxiety or depressio...Early-morning Friday classes may prevent students from getting sloppy on 'thirsty Thursdays'
Heavy drinking on college campuses across America is a pervasive problem. N... The high prevalence of problematic alcohol use on college campuses across the United States is well known. A new study has found that alcohol consumption on ...Obese girls less likely to attend college
... Texas -- Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to a new study from ...so shows obese girls are even less likely to enter college if they attend a high school where obesity is relatively uncommon. The findings appear in the July i...Brief motivational interviews work best long term for college students sent to alcohol counseling
...eas a few other studies using samples of high-risk college student volunteers have found written feedback interventions to be as effective as in-person feedback interventions, our results do not replicate these findings for mandated students. Therefore, in-person interventions may have a special role for ma...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
...nterological (GI) research careers in high school, college and medical school students. Youth are the future of scientific research, noted Sidney Cohen, MD, AGAF, Chairman of the Foundation. Our Foundation has recognized the need to begin fostering an interest in the field at the earliest point in a stude...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
...ool affiliated teams), middle school, high school, college and professional teams. There were a total of 20 deaths in 2006; two sandlot players, three in college, 13 middle and high schoolers. Only one death was directly related to the game; a 17-year-old high school player who received a spinal cord injur...To be or not to be a scientist
...T: Some of the Bay Areas brightest high school and college science students will gather at Childrens Hospital...its 17th year, the program matches high school and college students with scientists to conduct real life lab experiments. All 45 students designed and tested ......ive medicines to fight bioterrorism and assist the college in obtaining additional funding sources to develop medicines to fight other infectious and chronic diseases such as tuberculosis, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and bipolar disorder. "Anthrax has been identified by the Centers for Disease Contr...