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Smoking :: New research on secondhand smoke discovers nonsmoking workers immediately absorb potent carcinogen

Offering alarming new evidence on the dangers of permitting smoking in the workplace, scientists have found that nonsmoking restaurant and bar employees absorb a potent carcinogen — not considered safe at any level — while working in places where they had to breathe tobacco smoke from customers and co-workers. The carcinogen, NNK, is found in the body only as a result of using tobacco or breathing secondhand smoke.

Cancer :: Bacterial pathogen may be key to understanding cancer development

A research team including University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton is using the bacterial pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes to understand the mechanisms of cell growth and cancer development.

Infectious Disease :: LSUHSC grants fund infectious diseases research and clinical trials

Chancellor Larry Hollier, MD, announced that the Louisiana Board of Regents voted to award LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans a $3.3 million grant and an equal share of a $5.9 million grant from their Research Commercialization and Education Enhancement Program.

Psychology :: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

In the new book Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things (Prometheus Books, $18), psychologist Dr. Madeleine Van Hecke investigates many humorous anecdotes that gently nudge the reader into a deeper understanding of human fallibilities. Dr. Van Hecke explains why we mess up and shows how our minds only work for us 80 to 90 percent of the time. She combines humor, pragmatism, and theory to help the reader understand what gets in the way of good thinking.

Alcoholism :: Researchers identify alcoholism subtypes

Analyses of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) reveal five distinct subtypes of the disease, according to a new study by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Smoking :: Cigarette taxes do reduce smoking but can lead to bootlegging, says Mailman School of PH

Increasing cigarette taxes is an effective strategy for reducing tobacco use but there may be negative consequences especially in disadvantaged minority communities.

Health :: New policies on childhood anaphylaxis, emergency contraception and human/veterinary medicine

The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician group, voted at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new policies.

Genetic :: Protein Plays Crucial Role in Repairing Genetic Damage

Researchers have discovered that a protein called ATM kinase, which plays a crucial role in repairing double-strand breaks in DNA, also helps prevent cells with this type of DNA damage from dividing, thereby blocking the passage of persistent DNA damage on to daughter cells.

Lung Cancer :: New cancer treatment adds to survival rates in lung cancer patients

Patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer who receive an initial high dose of chemotherapy before their treatment begins can expect an increase in overall survival, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, the official journal of ASTRO.

Virus :: A new bat virus in humans

CSIRO scientists have played a key role in discovering that bats are the likely host of a new virus that can cause a serious but apparently non-fatal respiratory tract illness in humans.