Archive of articles published on the 30th of May 2008

Young adults at risk: 13.7 million lack health insurance coverage
Lack of dental care may have life-threatening implications
Reduced access to NHS dentistry to blame for dramatic increase in dental abscesses?
7 in 10 patients surveyed hadn't heard of the Summary Care Record
Most caregivers of young children lack basic knowledge of potentially toxic household products
Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of SIDS
Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?
Treatment guidelines lead to four-fold increase in survival rate for cardiac arrest
Access to electronic medical records significantly increases efficiency of emergency care
US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives
New West Nile and Japanese encephalitis vaccines produced
Black patients with terminal cancer more likely to choose aggressive care at end of life
Blacks, Hispanics less likely than whites to receive follow-up radiation for early breast cancer
Golf prolongs life
Forest canopies help determine natural fertilization rates
NASA targets GLAST launch for June 5
Study suggests chemotherapy diminishes fertility in breast cancer patients
Leeds medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity -- TEEB
Self-assembled viruses
Smokers with advanced colon cancer may face higher odds of disease recurrence
New CITES quotas allow more caviar export, further jeopardize endangered sturgeon
Sophisticated soil analysis for improved land use
Potential therapy discovered for hypophosphatasia, a congenital form of rickets
Whole milk is effective and cost-effective as oral contrast agent
UNC health researchers explore how to take interactive video games to the next level
New research shows overheating newborns can increase the risk of SIDS
How about dessert?
Advil or Excedrin? New model helps predict product choices
Even low levels of air pollution may pose stroke risk
All bets are off: Office pools lead to unhappiness
Bikini-clad women make men impatient
Researchers pinpoint gene mutations responsible for 10 percent of schizophrenia
Unexpected results from study in mice may open new strategy against Alzheimer's disease
MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills
Yale researchers clear up Alzheimer's plaques in mice
Spontaneous mutations rife in nonfamilial schizophrenia
Look before you leap: New study examines self-control
Saving face with a baby-face? Shape of CEO's face affects public perception
Tumor suppressor genes speed up and slow down aging in engineered mouse
St. Jude finds young age may give survival advantage to children with certain brain tumors
Prevalence of pre-cancerous masses in the colon same in patients in their 40s and 50s
A chunky metabolism
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2008
UC Santa Cruz physicists eagerly await launch of NASA space telescope they helped build
Jefferson, Ohio State team find gene signature profile for metastasis
OHSU Cancer Institute researchers find novel chemo drug helps treat prostate cancer
Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain
Quest for better treatment for effects of menopause