Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...re one opportunity to work with adolescents on the topic of risks and preventive measures with oral sex as well as vaginal and anal sex, Halpern-Felsher said. "Parents and caregivers also should find opportunities to engage teens in discussions about the emotional and social aspects of all types of sex, to......ve been used to study cancer-associated genes. The topic of Dr. Jacks' talk is "Modeling cancer in the mouse." Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph.D. , Director and Professor in the Cell Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix Department at the Burnham Institute, La Jolla, Calif. Dr. Courtneidge is a leader in the field o...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
... become a frequent and respected speaker about the topic on radio and television. In 2002 Gibbons formed the nonprofit Memory Foundation. The foundation's signature program is Leeza's Place, a series of community-based locations that offer comfort, education, and care freely to people newly diagnosed with ...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...rate and teach in academia, Ct-Arsenault chose the topic of pregnancy after perinatal loss for her doctoral...scarriage as a maternity nurse in the '80s and the topic became her passion. To her astonishment, she found only five studies on the subject. That was in 199...Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
...ior medical staff is now focused on this area. The topic of referrals now has more prominence and role playing has been introduced. New doctors are not allowed to refer on their own for the first two weeks in post and are given intense support and supervision. The authors say: ''Education about how to r...Mayo Clinic: Biomarker that may improve quality of life during treatment for colorectal cancer
...g shirts or tying shoelaces.While the work on this topic is early and further studies must be performed, its possible applications to patient care have significant potential for improving the quality of life during treatment. For example, identifying which patients are most vulnerable to these side effects...Cancer like colonisation for Aboriginal women
...re for the last 15 years. She said she chose this topic because she wanted to explain why Aboriginal women didn't use palliative care and cancer and palliative care were linked. She felt an affinity with the history of indigenous Australians because of her personal story of being a "halfcast" African Ame...Lighting of the future among topics at BGSU Emerging Technology Forum
..." at 9:30 a.m. OLEDs will then be Dr. Bipin Shah's topic during a session beginning at 2:20 p.m. In part because it costs less and lasts longer, OLED technology may eventually replace conventional lighting devices, said Dr. Ina Manea, director of development for the Wright Photoscience Laboratory at BGSU. ...Large survey suggests schizophrenia less prevalent than textbooks say
...e conducted the most comprehensive analysis on the topic and now report their findings in the May issue of the international open-access journal PLoS Medicine . The researchers have done what is called a systematic review of the medical literature, which turned out a few surprises. And knowing about preva...High cost of malpractice insurance threatens supply of ob/gyns, especially in some urban areas
...he obstetrics and gynecology profession has been a topic of national concern in recent years. It has received widespread attention both in the media and in the discussions and writings of health care professionals. The reasons for the rising costs in this specialty are myriad, but Ransom notes that a part...High school start times deprive teens of sleep, affect academic performance
...ng data and to discover more about the fascinating topic of themselves," the authors said. Other researchers on the study were Imke Janssen, statistician and Evanston Township High School parent; and Adam Schiff, a former Evanston Township High School student, currently in medical school....Occupational and Environmental Exposures of Skin to Chemicals-2005
... be hazardous to skin and health. This will be the topic for an international scientific conference "Occupational and Environmental Exposures of Skin to Chemicals-2005" in Stockholm, Sweden 12-15 June 2005. Wet work and skin exposure to solvents, cement and pesticides are some of the important causes of ...Research: Noise, visual cues affect infants' language development
...As the woman talked a man spoke about an unrelated topic in the background. In one video, the audio matched what the woman was saying. In a second, it did not match. In the third, a still frame of the speaker accompanied the audio. Finally, the audio was synchronized with an oscilloscope pattern, which flu...Mayo Clinic finds kidney disease associated with 'benign' prostate obstruction
...ey International. "This is the first study on the topic to sample the general community," says Andrew Rule, M.D., the Mayo Clinic kidney specialist who conducted the study with epidemiologist Steven Jacobsen, M.D., Ph.D. "Symptomatic and non-symptomatic men were compared, unlike clinical trials and studi...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...hem. She is the first of several speakers on this topic at session WE-E-I-609 (Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 PM), w...researchers that may not be that familiar with the topic or know why it is important. As Krupinski points out, the radiologist is the final link in the imag...Swamped city: New Orleans and nature
...etland efforts, the book also addresses the larger topic of how nature and the environment play an important role in how cities function and take shape. Colten said that this is an idea geographers have often overlooked when it comes to their study of cities. "One of the central tenets of geographers for...Armed forces search for ways to improve survival in the combat zone
...chers and outside experts to investigate important topic areas. In the first phase of the study, LSRO's expert panel reviewed and ranked 59 research pre-proposals for resuscitation fluids and adjunct therapies in an effort to determine which held the most promise for improving survival from combat blood-l...What are the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information?
... may be achieved by citing earlier research on the topic and seeking out comments from independent experts who could put a new finding in perspective." "Sometimes health research throws up contradictory findings. Is a gene linked to a disease? One study finds a link. Another does not. Such situations dem...Depression linked to previously unknown dopamine regulator
...aline as the root of depression has been a central topic of research. Drugs that currently treat depression (SSRIs and MAOIs, which acutely modify levels of serotonin or noradrenaline at the synapse) have significant delays before becoming effective, and a large percentage of people are resistant to the cu......d regulatory aspects surrounding the controversial topic of sports doping during a special half-day symposium on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 8:55 a.m. 11:35 a.m. at the Washington Convention Center, Room 156. The symposium is entitled "Preventing Doping in Sports: A Herculean Task." Highlights of the symposium...