Archive: 18/11/2015
Study finds high prevalence of incapacitated rape among college women
Some 15 percent of women are raped while incapacitated from alcohol or other drug use during their freshman year at college, according to new research.
Nov 18, 2015
Higher nicotine, carcinogen levels among smokeless tobacco users compared with cig users
U.S. adults who used only smokeless tobacco products had higher levels of biomarkers of exposure to nicotine and a cancer-causing toxicant—the tobacco-specific nitrosamine NNK—compared with those who used only cigarettes.
Nov 18, 2015
Investigational immunotherapeutic increased bladder cancer survival
Background: Noguchi explained that immunotherapy has emerged recently as a viable and attractive strategy for the treatment of advanced cancer. "In this study, we assessed whether a novel immunotherapeutic approach that we ...
Nov 18, 2015
Young whites usually more optimistic than minority peers about likelihood of living to 35
A new study of young people finds that, with one exception, whites are more optimistic—sometimes drastically so—than their minority peers about their likelihood of living to 35.
Nov 18, 2015