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Smoking :: Brain damage may halt urge to smoking

Brain damage to insula may halt urge to smoking, findings appeared in the journal Science, published by AAAS.

Health Care :: Using nanotechnology to improve health care in developing countries

What is nanotechnology? How is nanotechnology expected to transform medicine and health care in the future? How can nanomedicine help the truly needy in developing countries? And what are the challenges of ensuring that nanotechnology meets the specific health needs of Third World peoples? These questions are the focus of an event and live Web cast at noon Tuesday, Feb_27 in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Diabetes :: Diabetes research – Half of Americans have gene that affects how body burns sugar

A recent study by a Saint Louis University researcher confirms findings that about half of the U.S. population has a version of a gene that causes them to metabolize food differently, putting them at greater risk of developing diabetes.

Inventors must counter negative effects of success on creativity, says management insights

R&D Managers who want to sustain the creativity of the inventors in their departments must cope with an unexpected problem — success — according to the January issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS?).

Psychiatry :: Evaluating the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment

With $2.5 million in new support from the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Adult and Child Mental Health Center, Inc. are evaluating the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment.

Bladder Cancer :: Development of agents to treat bladder cancer

Cancer occurs when a particular cell or group of cells begins to grow in an uncontrolled manner.

Diabetes :: Link between inflammation and diabetes

Although it is becoming clear that inflammation induced by obesity is an important factor linking obesity to type 2 diabetes, the effects of one of the most abundant soluble factors known to have both anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic effects (adiponectin) remain to be completely determined.