Smoking :: Cigarette smoking impairs ligament healing
The list of reasons you shouldn’t smoke has gotten longer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are reporting that smoking interferes with ligament healing.
Research
HIV :: New amfAR research grants to optimize HIV treatment
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will grant almost $1.2 million for 10 new research projects aimed at increasing understanding of the social and biological factors that influence the treatment of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR?s vice president of research.
Child Care :: Parents of chronically ill kids are helped by better access to federal and employer leave
Working parents are more able to care for their chronically ill children when given greater access to federal and employer-provided time off from their jobs, according to a RAND Corporation study issued.
Drug Abuse :: Vaccines help kick drug habits
A pair of new vaccines designed to combat cocaine and methamphetamine dependencies not only relieve addiction but also minimize withdrawal symptoms, according to study results presented today by Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) researchers at the Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in Quebec City, Canada.
Aging :: The art of aging – New journal unites humanities and gerontology
With the release of its inaugural double issue this June, the Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts (JAHA) seeks to create a dialogue between the humanities, medical science, and the social sciences around issues of aging, according to journal editors Anne Wyatt-Brown and Dana Burr Bradley.
Brain :: Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain
Why does putting our feelings into words ? talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal ? help us to feel better” A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less intense.
Mental Health :: Moon jobs will tax mental health of workers
Depression, anxiety, and low productivity will characterize the lunar jobs of tomorrow, says Rutgers-Camden HR scholar. Think your job is tough” Can?t wait for summer vacation to ?get away from it all?” Just wait, says a Rutgers University?Camden researcher. In the not-too-distant future, some jobs will challenge workers placed far, far away from it all.
Obesity :: Overweight children not being managed
Children with weight problems are rarely managed by their family doctors, and doctors are missing a vital opportunity to redress the obesity epidemic, new research from the NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity has found.
HIV :: Ancient retrovirus sheds light on modern pandemic
Human resistance to a retrovirus that infected chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates 4 million years ago ironically may be at least partially responsible for the susceptibility of humans to HIV infection today.
Parkinson’s Disease :: Promising results from gene therapy clinical trial for Parkinson’s disease
In what could be a breakthrough in the treatment of neurological disease, a team led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has completed the first-ever phase 1 clinical trial using gene therapy to battle Parkinson’s disease.