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Video Game :: Study examines video game play among adolescents

On school days, teen boys who play video games appear to spend less time reading and teen girls who play video games appear to spend less time doing homework than those who do not play video games, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Overall, video game players did not spend less time than non-video game players interacting with parents and friends.

Tuberculosis :: Neutrophils stand guard against tuberculosis infection

In the July 2 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Adrian Martineau, Robert Wilkinson, and colleagues from the Wellcome Trust Center for Research in Clinical Tropical Medicine in London report that the activity of white blood cells known as neutrophils is one reason why some individuals exposed to the infectious bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis resist developing evidence of tuberculosis (TB) infection for longer than their peers.

Heart Attack :: Blood protein offers clues to heart attack in seemingly healthy people

We?ve all wondered how a seemingly healthy person can actually be at high risk for heart disease or a heart attack. Now researchers have uncovered a new clue to this mystery. The culprit: myeloperoxidase (MPO), a protein secreted by white blood cells that both signals inflammation and releases a bleach-like substance that damages the cardiovascular system.

Drug Abuse :: Aboriginal people with heroin addiction are less likely to use methadone therapy

Aboriginal people who use heroin are less likely than their non-Aboriginal counterparts to use methadone maintenance therapy for treatment of their addiction, according to new research from British Columbia, Canada.

Psychiatry :: Difficulty identifying odors may predict cognitive decline

Older adults who have difficulty identifying common odors may have a greater risk of developing problems with thinking, learning and memory, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Lung :: Reduced lung capacity linked to cardiovascular disease by inflammation

People who have a reduced lung capacity may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke because they show evidence of inflammation, reveals a study published online ahead of print in Thorax.

Multiple Sclerosis :: Antibody linked to MS significantly higher in spinal fluid of blacks

An antibody frequently used as a diagnostic marker for multiple sclerosis (MS) is present at greater levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of blacks with MS than Caucasians with the disease.

DNA :: CU researchers solve mystery of how DNA strands separate

Cornell researchers have answered a fundamental question about how two strands of DNA, known as a double helix, separate to start a process called replication, in which genes copy themselves.

Health Insurance :: 1 in 7 organ donors concerned about life and health insurance

According to a new review in American Journal of Transplantation, people who donate their kidney or part of their liver to help someone else may themselves encounter difficulty with life and health insurance, despite insurance companies saying otherwise.

Skin Cancer :: p53 gene mutations and inflammation trigger skin cancer

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a form of nonmelanoma skin cancer, which is the most common type of human malignancy with over 1 million new cases in the USA each year.