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for Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Kids and diabetes risk: Do chromosomes hold new clues? (September 25, 2010) -- Children who have a high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes might be identified earlier by way of telltale biomarkers now being sought in new studies. ... > full story
Use of sunless tanning products -- common in teens -- may encourage sun safety in women (September 25, 2010) -- About one in ten US adolescents uses sunless tanning products, and an intervention promoting these products as an alternative to regular tanning may reduce sunbathing and sunburns among adult women, according to two new reports. ... > full story
People are cautious in asking help from their community, online gift exchange study finds (September 25, 2010) -- People are cautious in exchanging favors and items with other people in their community. Researchers, who studied an online gift exchange service, say that many people buy services because it does not occur to them that someone in their community could help them or they are too shy to ask for a favor. ... > full story
Cell division typically associated with cancer may also protect the liver from injury (September 25, 2010) -- Researchers have found that the liver, which is known to have a tremendous capacity for regeneration, also has an amazing degree of diversity. A better understanding of this process may reveal why some individuals are more susceptible to different forms of liver injury than others, which could lead to new therapies for the treatment of liver disease. ... > full story
Postoperative high blood sugar appears to be associated with surgical site infection (September 25, 2010) -- High blood glucose levels after surgery may be an important risk factor for infection at the surgical site in patients having general surgery, according to a new study. ... > full story
Moving closer to outdoor recreation not a recipe for being more physically active (September 25, 2010) -- A new study looking at the relationship between body mass index, or BMI, and neighborhood walkability, socioeconomic status, reasons for choosing their neighborhood and how physically active they were, fruit and vegetable intake and demographic information such as age, gender, job status and education, found those who chose to move to be closer to outdoor recreation weren't necessarily more active. ... > full story
Preserving nerve cells in motor neuron disease (September 25, 2010) -- A team of researchers has identified a way to prevent symptom onset, weight loss and paralysis, and extend survival in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), providing a new avenue of research for the development of therapeutics for ALS and other motor neuron diseases. ... > full story
Physical limitations can take a significant toll in breast cancer survivors (September 25, 2010) -- Basic physical limitations following breast cancer treatment can have far-reaching consequences that substantially affect how long a patient lives, according to researchers. ... > full story
Abortion does not cause depression or low self-esteem in adolescents, national U.S. study finds (September 25, 2010) -- A new study has determined that teenagers who have abortions are no more likely to become depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers whose pregnancies do not end in abortion. ... > full story
Genetically engineered salmon safe to eat, but a threat to wild stocks, expert says (September 25, 2010) -- An expert comments on potential FDA approval of the first genetically engineered animal for use as food. ... > full story
Researchers create first molecule-blocks key component of cancer genes' on-off switch (September 24, 2010) -- In the quest to arrest the growth and spread of tumors, there have been many attempts to get cancer genes to ignore their internal instruction manual. In a new study, a team of scientists has created the first molecule able to prevent cancer genes from "hearing" those instructions, stifling the cancer process at its root. ... > full story
New map offers a global view of health-sapping air pollution (September 24, 2010) -- In many developing countries, the absence of surface-based air pollution sensors makes it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to get even a rough estimate of the abundance of a subcategory of airborne particles that epidemiologists suspect contributes to millions of premature deaths each year. ... > full story
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