Teen Driver Fatal Crashes Drops

Number of Teen Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes Drops, CDC Study Finds The number of fatal crashes involving 16- and 17-year old drivers dropped by more than a third between 2004 and 2008, but this doesn’t mean that parents and teens should be satisfied with the progress, according to a report by the Centers for [...]

Study Points to Cause of Migraine Headaches

From Britain’s National Health Services Scientists have discovered how to switch off the pain of migraines, The Daily Telegraph reported. The newspaper said that new drugs may soon be able to counteract the debilitating headaches. The study behind the news analysed the DNA of over 1,200 people to look for mutations within a gene known [...]

H1N1-What Next?

NIH Scientists Consider Fate of Pandemic H1N1 Flu Virus From the National Institutes of Health Whither pandemic H1N1 virus? In a new commentary, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, review the fates of previous pandemic influenza viruses in the years following a pandemic [...]

1 in 5 Men Who Have Sex With Men Has HIV-Half Don’t Know It

CDC Study highlights urgent HIV prevention needs for men who have sex with men, especially young men and men of color Approximately one in five (19 percent) men who have sex with men (MSM) in a study of 21 major U.S. cities is infected with HIV, and nearly half (44 percent) of those men are [...]

Scientists Helped Florida Panther Improve DNA

A paper published in the journal “Science” on Friday focuses on the long-term efforts of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and partner agencies to improve the health of the Florida panther population. Through a process called genetic restoration, scientists have helped increase the population of 20 to 30 animals in the early [...]

New Odor Sensor Found in Mosquitoes

New Odor Sensor Found in Mosquitoes Vanderbilt University researchers have identified a new odor receptor on the antennae of A. gambiae, which could help explain how the mosquitoes find humans. Credit: Laurence Zwiebel, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Researchers at Vanderbilt University have identified a new family of odor sensors that mosquitoes use to locate their prey. [...]

HHS Awards Nearly $100 Million in Grants for Public Health and Prevention Priorities

The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund grants will support state and community efforts to fight obesity, increase HIV testing, promote tobacco quit lines, expand mental health and substance abuse programs and track, monitor and res…

Delayed Puperty in Girls Linked to High Levels of Lead, Cadmium

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have found that exposure to lead in childhood may delay the onset of puberty in young girls, with higher doses increasing the chance for later maturation. The researchers analyzed data on blood drawn from more than 700 girls ages 6 to 11. They found that [...]

“Rescuing” Baby Wildlife Unnecessary

This time of year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) begins getting calls about “abandoned” baby wild animals that well-meaning people believe are in need of rescue. These rescues are unnecessary, and they actually may do more harm than good. After giving birth, adult wildlife must forage to provide food for themselves and [...]

New Study Says Stress May Delay Women Getting Pregnant

Women with high levels of substance indicating stress less likely to conceive A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Oxford supports the widespread belief that stress may reduce a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant. The study is the first of its kind to document, among women without a [...]

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