EU Parliament delays key vote on tobacco controls
The European Parliament delayed Thursday a key vote on proposals to clamp down on tobacco industry marketing aimed at women and youngsters.
Sep 5, 2013
Archive: 05/09/2013
British Vogue tells teens: fashion shoots aren't real
Their skin is flawless, their make-up perfect and their hair sleek, but to teenage girls hoping to emulate fashion models, British Vogue has a message—it's not real.
Sep 5, 2013
Young adults with autism found to have difficulty transitioning into employment
A study published in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have more difficulty transitioning into ...
Sep 5, 2013
Drug resistance-associated genes: A cornerstone for the control and protection against tuberculosis
BGI in collaboration with Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other Chinese institutes, have completed the genome sequencing of 161 Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can cause an infectious disease tuberculosis ...
Sep 5, 2013
Studies highlight impact of addiction, housing on crime
A Simon Fraser University-led study of more than 31,000 B.C. offenders has found that offenders with mental disorders are not as strongly associated with repeating crime as may be commonly thought. Meanwhile the odds of recidivism ...
Sep 5, 2013
Combo of social media, behavior psychology leads to HIV testing, better health behaviors
(Medical Xpress)—Can social media be used to create sustainable changes in health behavior? A UCLA study published Sept. 3 in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates that an approach that combines ...
Sep 5, 2013
What scientists can see in your pee
Researchers at the University of Alberta announced today that they have determined the chemical composition of human urine. The study, which took more than seven years and involved a team of nearly 20 researchers, has revealed ...
Sep 5, 2013
