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Behavior :: Connection between teenage violence and domestic violence

Researchers tracing the development of violent behavior have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence. Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study.

Eye :: Omega-3 fatty acids protect eyes against retinopathy

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids protect against the development and progression of retinopathy, a deterioration of the retina, in mice. This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.

HIV :: UN to ensure patient confidentiality in HIV data collection

Aiming to protect the almost 40 million men, women and children living with HIV from potential stigma and discrimination, the main United Nations agency dealing with AIDS released new guidelines to ensure that patient confidentiality is not compromised in the process of collecting and storing information on the virus.

Children :: Firstborns, eldest children have higher IQs

Children raised as the eldest showed slightly higher IQs than their younger siblings, first-born children possess IQs that are 2.3 points higher, on average, than their younger siblings, revealed by Norwegian researchers.

Chemotherapy :: A faster way to recover from chemotherapy and marrow transplant

Researchers at Children?s Hospital Boston report finding a new way to increase stem cells in blood, suggesting a possible treatment to help patients who undergo chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant for leukemia and other cancers recover their immune function more quickly.

Obesity :: Researchers isolate new risk marker for overweight children

A study of 40 overweight children in Edmonton has revealed they all share something in common aside from being heavy: each one of them has high levels of apoB48, a structural protein found in intestinal cholesterol.

Vaccine :: New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection and disease.

Lung :: American Thoracic Society publishes new statement on pulmonary function testing in children

The ATS and European Respiratory Society (ERS) published a new statement on pulmonary function testing in preschool children. The document, which appears in the June 15 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, addresses the clinical, technical and epidemiological implications of pulmonary function testing in children aged 2 to 6.

Eye :: Penn study maps road to cure for inherited eye diseases

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified proteins in the rod and cones of the eye that could lead to the discovery of the genetic causes of a host of inherited eye diseases. The investigators hope to gain a clearer understanding of what goes wrong at the most basic level in these diseases that cause blindness and other disorders.

Neuroblastoma :: Neuroblastoma expert reviews progress and challenges in fighting difficult pediatric cancer

Childhood cancers are fortunately rare, but among them, neuroblastoma is a special case, accounting for 7 percent of all childhood cancers, but 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths. It typically occurs as a solid tumor in the abdomen, but also in the neck, chest, and pelvis, developing in the network of the body’s sympathetic nervous system.