Archive of articles published on the 15th of September 2009

High-quality child care leads to academic success for low-income kids
Genes may explain why children who live without dads have earlier sex
Parental physical discipline through childhood linked to behavior problems in teens
Background TV found to have negative effect on parent-child interactions
Teacher support is key to self-esteem for Chinese and US youth
Children under 3 can't learn action words from TV -- unless an adult helps
Supplementing babies' formula with DHA boosts cognitive development
Quality of early child care plays role in later reading, math achievement
In study of low-income toddlers, spanking found to have negative effects
Treating bone loss in breast cancer survivors
MUHC/McGill researchers to WHO: Time to revise tuberculosis treatment guidelines
Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines
Can parasites cause anemia and undernutrition in Northern Rwanda?
The role of genetic factors in adult ADHD
American Cancer Society report describes unique cancer profile of Hispanic/Latino Americans
Heart study shows many suffer poor quality of life
University of Hawai'i at Manoa team unravels the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
Active older adults live longer, have better functional status
Weeding out marijuana: Researchers close in on engineering recognizable, drug-free Cannabis plant
WCMC-Q researchers unlock genetic secrets of date palm
A rare discovery: An engraved gemstone carrying a portrait of Alexander the Great
Machine vision for hot surface automatic inspection
Moving toward a new vision of education
Comprehensive cardiac CT scan may give clearer picture of significant heart disease
Dartmouth researchers get personal with genetics
Brain's response to seeing food may be linked to weight loss maintenance
Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents
Friction force differences could offer a new means for sorting and assembling nanotubes
University of Toronto study shows disparity of effect of climate change on UV radiation
Weighing costs, benefits of HIV treatments
Caistor skeleton mystifies archaeologists
CU-Boulder team identifies DNA "barcodes to help track illegal trading of wildlife products
Space-related radiation research could help reduce fractures in cancer survivors
Exotic timber plantations found to use more than twice the water of native forests
Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries
UT scientists discover link between protein and lung disease
Rome was built in a day, with hundreds of thousands of digital photos
Study predicts an uncertain future for forests
Possible genetic factor for male infertility identified
Scary music is scarier with your eyes shut
New UBC sequencing technique could boost pine beetle fight, improve cancer research
URI researcher trips amputees in effort to develop improved prosthetic legs
Northwestern United States could face more tamarisk invasion by century's end
Sheep that shed light on personality differences
James Webb Space Telescope begins to take shape at Goddard
Gut ecology in transplant patients
ISU researchers study insecticide-free method for control of soybean aphids
Two treatment innovations improve heart function after heart attack
Outcomes appear to be improving for conservative management of localized prostate cancer
Black patients experience worse cardiac care, lower survival rates
Acute kidney injury patients more likely to need dialysis within 5 years
Insulin, metformin do not reduce inflammatory biomarkers for diabetes patients
In-hospital kidney injury requiring dialysis linked to risk of chronic dialysis
Black patients have lower rate of survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
Reading Kafka improves learning, suggests UCSB psychology study
Oxygen-saturated blood reduces levels of damaged heart tissue following a heart attack
Under pressure: The impact of stress on decision making
Mount Sinai researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly
New X-ray technique illuminates reactivity of environmental contaminants
Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered
Study finds increased risk of death for patients with celiac disease-related disorders
Scientists say animal rights extremists threaten researchers and health outcomes
Exercise better than shockwave treatment for chronic shoulder pain
Failure to tackle climate change spells a global health catastrophe
Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet
Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world