Archive of articles published on the 9th of June 2008

Study finds Chinese food good for your heart
New pathogen from pigs' stomach ulcers
Ongoing study continues to show that extra sleep improves athletic performance
Sleep extension improves alertness and performance during and following subsequent sleep restriction
Parents spending any part of the night with their infants report poor sleep
Nurses working overnight support the need for a restorative nap during the night shift
Potential dangers faced by narcoleptics who use nicotine outlined in new abstract
More marital happiness = less sleep complaints
Students with a delayed school start time sleep longer, report less daytime sleepiness
Sleep variables affecting school performance are different with each educational level
College students involved in extracurricular activities are more likely to have sleep deprivation
Reduced sleep on school nights begins in early adolescence
Nurses with adverse work schedules have poor sleep, which can affect their work performance
Sleepy driving highly prevalent among college students
Postpartum mothers of twins have significant sleep restriction, depressive symptoms
Excessive mobile phone use affects sleep in teens
Insomnia significantly affects the school performance of college students
Poor sleep can affect a student's grades, increase emotional, behavioral disturbance
Maternal depression, breastfeeding and a lower socioeconomic status can affect infants' sleep
Women worrying about cancer are more likely to experience sleep disturbances
Poor sleep a problem in long-term breast cancer survivors
Poor sleep quality and insomnia associated with suicidal symptoms among college students
World's oldest woman had normal brain
USC researchers identify gene that regulates glucose levels and increases risk for diabetes
Report confirms drilling, not earthquake, caused Java mud volcano
Specialist nurses can play a key role in supporting patients having radiotherapy
Duke scientists show why cells starved of iron burn more glucose
Young patient waited ten months before being diagnosed with cancer
Teenagers and young adults with cancer can face long delays before finally being diagnosed
Organizers of cancer clinical trials are neglecting teenagers and young adults
Cancer incidence and mortality in young people decreases with increasing deprivation
Prejudice or perception? New U of T research
Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy
More sensitive radiology monitoring in the Basque Country
MIT: Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
Bright light therapy may improve nocturnal sleep in mothers
Climate change hastens extinction in Madagascar's reptiles and amphibians
Who shalt not kill? Brain power leads to level-headedness when faced with moral dilemmas
Prevent a bone break, drink milk to boost calcium
Lost in translation
Internet, tolerance spark change in urban gay communities
Sun goes longer than normal without producing sunspots
Solid tumor cells not killed by radiation and chemotherapy become stronger
U-M researchers discover traits of aggressive form of prostate cancer
Missing protein in Fragile X Syndrome is key to transporting signals within neurons
Microenvironment a main driver of aggressive multi-lineage leukemia disease type
Mechanism may explain aspects of brain impairment seen in Fragile X Syndrome
Mixing and matching genes to keep nerve cells straight
MicroRNA controls expression of oncogenes
Outing the outliers: Strategy matches oncogene with subtype of prostate cancer
Tell me by the way I walk
RNA induction of an epigenetic hereditary pathology
Stem cell discovery sheds light on placenta development
Antibiotics can prevent wound complications of childbirth, Stanford/Packard study finds
Promising advances in islet cell transplants for diabetes
Livermore researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport
New catfish species named for museum mail supervisor
TB treatment for the elderly likely requires a boost to immune response
Persistent man-made chemical pollutants found in deep-sea octopods and squids
'Report cards' don't reflect preventable bypass deaths
Good dental hygiene may help prevent heart infection
UVA researchers make pivotal breakthrough in alcohol addiction treatment
Diabetes medication associated with slower progression of retina disease
Eating fish and foods with omega-3 fatty acids linked to lower risk of age-related eye disease
Men with vitamin D deficiency may have increased risk of heart attack
Racial disparities exist among diabetes patients treated by the same physician
Midlife smokers may have worse memory than non-smokers
Racial disparities in diabetes outcomes widespread across individual physicians
Researchers block transmission of malaria in animal tests
Interfering with the Global Positioning System
Combining radiation and surgery significantly improves survival for head and neck cancer patients
New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race
Morther's obesity a factor in newborn deaths for blacks, not whites, new study reports
Gene variation linked to earlier onset of Alzheimer's symptoms
Excessive drinking and relapse rapidly cut in new approach
High-dose immunosuppressant drug may reduce disability in MS patients
ATV study to improve fit, safety among kids
Arsenic and new rice
ADHD an advantage for nomadic tribesmen?
Potential biomarkers for pancreatic cancer identified
Researchers identify biomarkers of early-stage pancreatic cancer in mice and man
Managing noncommunicable diseases in Africa: what can we learn from TB control?
Ethical implications of modifying lethal injection protocols
Study shows how cocaine impairs fetal brain development
How the brain separates audio signals from noise
Hox genes control the path of neurons responsible for development of the nervous system