Archive of articles published on the 17th of April 2009

Colorectal cancer risks quantified
Alligators hint at what life may have been like for dinosaurs
Study points to disruption of copper regulation as key to prion diseases
Mystery shoppers cut underage smoking
Study finds college students better prepared
Effects of maternal exercise on fetal breathing movements
Differences among exercisers and nonexercisers during pregnancy
Smoke from cigarettes, cooking oil, wood, shift male cardiovascular system into overdrive
Low lead levels in children can affect cardiovascular responses to stress
Scientists discover new chemical reaction for DNA production in bacteria and viruses
Early isolation linked to enhanced response to cocaine
Laughter remains good medicine
Computational model examines the pathways of Alzheimer's that strikes at the young
Oral contraceptives impair muscle gains in young women
Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease
Male sex dysfunction drugs show promise in the lab for treating female sexual disorders
'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
Male impotence drugs may deserve a second look in women
A potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer
A novel method of isolating high quality RNA from Kupffer cells
Linked angina relates with gastroesophageal reflux diseases?
Could senna improve the quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate?
Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?
NC State study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff
Unlikely life thriving at Antarctica's Blood Falls
Female hormone cycle affects knee joints
Genetic switch potential key to new class of antibiotics
ASU professor tracks Columbine media discourse from 'school shooting' to 'terrorism'
Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod
TGen researchers discover possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to "breathe"
Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation
Scripps research team invents first technique for producing promising anti-leukemia agent
'Instant on' computing
OptiNose presents new data on highly effective treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis
Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell
Maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism