Archive: 02/04/2015

Work explores social smoking on college campuses

Many of those who smoke at parties don't actually consider themselves smokers, UA professor Mimi Nichter found, and that calls into question what surveys tell us about smoking in college.

Apr 2, 2015

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When a norovirus expert got norovirus

Knowing about one in 15 Americans gets norovirus every year, I've had the "When the NoroCORE blogger got norovirus" post waiting in the wings for a while. I think the virus has a good sense of ironic timing.

Apr 2, 2015

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Study touts ways to teach youths about skin cancer prevention

Virtually every parent has at some point told their children to put on sunscreen before going outside. And those parents could just as likely tell you there's no more sure-fire way to make sure a child ignores your message ...

Apr 2, 2015

Raising the minimum buying age for tobacco could mean fewer people start to smoke

In 2005, the Boston suburb of Needham tried a new tactic to reduce youth tobacco use: the town raised the legal age for purchasing tobacco from 18 to 21. The results were dramatic – tobacco use among high school students ...

Apr 2, 2015

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Girl's massive airway tumor treated through new therapy

In July 2008, when Isabella Manley was just a few weeks old, she developed rapid, raspy breathing.

Apr 2, 2015

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Antioxidant therapy may have promising potential in concussion treatment

A new study out of West Virginia University suggests antioxidants may play a key role in reducing the long-term effects of concussions and could potentially offer a unique new approach for treatment.

Apr 2, 2015

Marker may predict breast cancer response to tamoxifen

The presence of lower-than-normal amounts of the protein TGFBR2 was associated with breast cancer resistance to treatment with the antiestrogen therapeutic tamoxifen, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal ...

Apr 2, 2015

Researchers find bimanual exam doesn't accurately screen for ovarian cancer

The most commonly performed ovarian cancer screening test—the bimanual exam—is unlikely to benefit healthy women, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Georgia.

Apr 2, 2015

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Study shows that females are more sensitive to external factors that promote alcohol use

A study conducted in rats measuring risk factors that contribute to alcohol abuse suggests females are particularly sensitive to alcohol-related cues and stress which elicits a "craving" response.

Apr 2, 2015

Mechanism by which exposure to vinyl chloride may produce cancerous mutations

In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, had unusually high rates of a rare form of liver cancer called angiosarcoma.

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Archive: 02/04/2015

Work explores social smoking on college campuses

When a norovirus expert got norovirus

Study touts ways to teach youths about skin cancer prevention

Raising the minimum buying age for tobacco could mean fewer people start to smoke

Girl's massive airway tumor treated through new therapy

Antioxidant therapy may have promising potential in concussion treatment

Marker may predict breast cancer response to tamoxifen

Researchers find bimanual exam doesn't accurately screen for ovarian cancer

Study shows that females are more sensitive to external factors that promote alcohol use

Mechanism by which exposure to vinyl chloride may produce cancerous mutations

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