Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 7 June 2008

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Saturday 7 June 2008

Teenagers Attending College Less Likely To Engage In Risky Sexual Behavior
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups...
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Drugs With Fewer Side Effects
A Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects...
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Another New Wrinkle In Treating Skin Aging
Topical applications of a naturally occurring fat molecule have the potential to slow down skin aging, whether through natural causes or damage, researchers report. Through both the normal aging process and external factors...
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Other Medical and Health News for 7 June*

Niacin's Role In Maintaining Good Cholesterol

Improving Self-Esteem Through Admiration Of Celebrities

Training Can Increase Fluid Intelligence, Once Thought To Be Fixed At Birth

Spontaneous 'Ratcheting' Of Single Ribosome Molecules Observed By Researchers

Neurologically Impaired Mice Improve After Receiving Human Stem Cells

Progress Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Impacted By Public Funding

New Superconductors Offer Potential For Industry, Medicine, Transportation And Energy Generation

MU Researcher Finds Varying Attitudes Toward Masculinity In Mexican-American Men

Debate Of Tough Ethical Issues Surrounding Genetic Tests For Adoption, Adult-Onset Diseases, Tissue Banking And Newborn Screening

Penn Scientist Receives L'Oreal USA Fellowship For Women In Science

FISH Vs. Cytology In Post-Cystectomy Tumor Surveillance

Blocking Signaling Protein Prevents Prostate Cancer Spread, Jefferson Scientists Find

External-Beam Radiation Therapy Raises Rate Of Secondary Malignancies Relative To Radical Prostatectomy In Men With Prostate Cancer

Synvista Therapeutics Reports Results Of Three Phase 2 Clinical Trials Of SYI-2074 In Diabetic Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists

Ending Cervical Cancer Featured At Summit; QIAGEN CEO Issues A Call To Global Women Leaders

Rosetta Genomics And M. D. Anderson To Develop A MicroRN Based Diagnostic Test To Identify Risk Of Recurrence Of Lung Cancer

Precancerous Lesions Of The Endometrium: Uterus And Fertility Can Be Preserved

The Relationship Between Panic And The Inability To Express Emotions

Should Medical Decisions Be Shared Between Doctors And Patients?

How Behavior Can Condition Allergic Rhinitis

Health Promotion And Prevention In The Area Of Sexual And Reproductive Health For Young Men Coming From Different Social And Cultural Backgrounds

Improving Cancer Diagnosis And Support Services For Asian Patients

Salmonella In Garden Birds Responsive To Antibiotics

Link Between Sustainable Farming And Health To Be Studied By UNC

New Drug Development For Pregnancy-Related Conditions Lagging, Experts Say

USA Today Examines NIH Report On Nonsurgical Incontinence Treatments

Evaluation Of Urinary Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 Test For Detection Of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

IMP3 Expression External Validation As Independent Prognostic Marker For Metastatic Progression & Death For Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients

Pregnancy And Alcohol - No Drinking Is The Safest Option

A Review Of Maternal Obesity And Complications In Pregnancy

Tobacco, Cannabis And Alcohol Habits Among Pregnant Women Reported From Antenatal Clinics, Australia

Smoking Habits Among Hong-Kong Chinese Pregnant Women

Conflict And Crisis Settings: Promoting Sexual And Reproductive Rights - Reproductive Health Matters Journal

JMAR Technologies To Exhibit At The American Water Works Association's Annual Convention And Exposition June 8-12

Sangamo BioSciences Provides Update On Diabetic Neuropathy Clinical Programs

Genta Submits NDA Amendment To FDA For Genasense As Treatment Of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Sanford Health Seeks Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

Modified Technique Further Reduces Lung Surgery Pain

New Guidelines For Treating Resistant Hypertension

MRI Useful And Reliable In Surgical Planning Of Patients With Rectal Cancer

Advertising, Alcohol And Adolescents

Kidney Cell Suicide In Diabetes Patients

Scientists Demonstrate Feasibility Of Preventing Malaria Parasite From Becoming Sexually Mature

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