http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 9 May 2008 7:35 PDT kcowing@reston.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource Teenagers and young adults across Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies. Findings published today in BioMed Central's open access journal, BMC Public Health, reveal that a third of 16-35 year old males and a quarter of femal http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51068 Young women would accept age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia, but would want this test to be offered to everyone, rather than to people "singled out" according to their sexual history. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51069 A study of patients with psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia suggests an alternative explanation for why many sufferers lack motivation. The research is described today BioMed Central's journal BMC Psychiatry. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51027 Telehealth, using telecommunication technology to deliver health care, is increasingly being used to improve the delivery and availability of health care services to patients. A University of Missouri researcher found that patients who received a teleheal http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51025 The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the leading scientific journal Nature. The new study identifies a link between reducing sulphur http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=51015 ... Europe has long been split on biotech policy and the EU's 27 countries regularly clash over whether to approve new, finished GM varieties for import. ... http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50984 ... Europe has long been split on biotech policy and the EU's 27 countries regularly clash over whether to approve new, finished GM varieties for import. ... http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50985 Health care in the United States is expensive, but its funding is crucial because it also is a major contributor to the economy and can better lives, according to an essay appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50981 A new revision of clinical guidelines to help doctors manage patients with depression has challenged the rationale behind the UK government's policy of rolling out of cognitive behavioral therapy for milder depression. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50958 The gender gap is alive and well in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack and severe chest pain. One of the most striking findings: women were twice as l http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50956 Amidst an increase in new tuberculosis cases, researchers have begun investigating the effectiveness of new operating room filtration systems designed to protect staff and patients. According to pilot study findings published in the May issue of the Ameri http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50943 Location technologies are improving NHS care, but compatibility problems could limit their impact. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50944 Almost one-third of US parents have a surprisingly low-level knowledge of typical infant development and unrealistic expectations for their child's physical, social and emotional growth, according research from the University of Rochester. The new findin http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50862 Two new studies conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center point to the negative impact of parental job loss on children's health care and the importance of having continuous health insurance coverage to meet children's h http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50858 Nationwide, uninsured children in families earning between $38,000 and $77,000 annually are nearly as likely to forgo health care as uninsured children in poorer families. More than 40 percent of children in those income brackets who are uninsured all yea http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50857 Health insurance coverage and unpaid health care for full-time workers and their family members without employer coverage costs the US public $45 billion a year, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. This includes $33 billion in the cost of public http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50839 New research from the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support project shows there is no benefit -- and perhaps harm -- to providing advanced life support to patients with trauma injuries prior to transport to hospital. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50840 Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University study has found. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50824 Relatively inexpensive interventions were effective in helping health care providers in Latin America improve the way they treat mothers during labor and delivery, reducing bleeding and sometimes saving lives of women during childbirth, according to a Uni http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50783 A common component of the contraceptive pill could improve the neurologic outcome for patients with severe head injuries, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=50770