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UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China (AP)

UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing ...


Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.


Why can't some people give up cocaine?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...


Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...


Study finds link between childhood physical abuse and arthritis

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Adults who had experienced physical abuse as children have 56 per cent higher odds of osteoarthritis compared to those who have not been abused, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.


Examining genetic variations among the Huichol population of Mexico

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexican researchers examined the polymorphisms of three enzymes -- alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) and cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) -- in the Mestizo and Huichol groups.The Huichols, an indigenous ...


Halloween sex offender policies questioned

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The rates of non-familial sex crimes against children under the age of 12 are no higher during the Halloween season than at any other times of the year, according to a study published in the September issue of Sexual Abuse: A ...


Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely ...


Cocaine exposure during pregnancy leads to impulsivity in male, not female, monkeys

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult male monkeys exposed to cocaine while in the womb have poor impulse control and may be more vulnerable to drug abuse than female monkeys, even a decade or more after the exposure, according to a new study by researchers ...


Researchers Use Cell Phones to Collect Real-Time Data on Substance Use

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scenario: A group of friends are drinking at the local pub, when one gets a cell phone call. He takes it in a quiet corner; nothing unusual. But this isn't a "What's Up" call from a friend: It's a "What-are-you-doing-right-now?" ...


Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.


Child Abuse Raises Risk of Illness in Adulthood

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems — but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness ...


Scientists seek to manage dopamine's good and bad sides

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The good, the bad and the ugly: That's a quick summary of the effects of dopamine, a natural brain chemical that's linked to pleasure, addiction and disease.


Electronic medical records could be used as a predictor of domestic abuse

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Doctors could predict a patient's risk of receiving a domestic abuse diagnosis years in advance by using electronic medical records as an early warning system, according to research published on BMJ.com today.