Archive of articles published on the 3rd of December 2009

Gastroenterology/hepatology societies issue recommendations on nonanesthesiologist administration of propofol for GI endoscopy
Lombardi's Shields leads special journal focused on tobacco research
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth
Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents
Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men
Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit
Watching movies featuring characters who smoke negatively influences Mexican-American teens
Acculturation affects smoking cessation success among Latinos
Mexican-American youths' risk of experimenting with cigarettes depends on susceptibility
Racial disparity in lung cancer rates narrowed in young adults due to larger decrease in smoking
Nicotine levels higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home
The buzz on fruit flies: New role in the search for addiction treatments
Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke over a lifetime increased breast cancer risk later in life
Increased nicotine levels detected in those who light-up earlier
Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk
Cigarette smoking increases colorectal cancer risk
Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood increases lung cancer risk later in life
Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women
New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent
Hope for men with nonobstructive infertility
Chinese 'herbal' cigarettes no healthier than regular cigarettes
Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart disease predictor
Parents encourage underage drinking
Major impacts of climate change expected on mental health
Forest deal at Copenhagen must avoid creating 'carbon refugees'
Grooving down the helix
Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance
Fish with attitude: Some like it hot
VAI researchers find long awaited key to creating drought resistant crops
Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
CWRU researchers report poor outcomes for CCI patients leaving hospitals on ventilators
Turbulence around heat transport
A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
More competitors, less competition
Hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting
The swine flu pandemic
Stellar family portrait takes imaging technique to new extremes
CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas
CCNY professor foresees rising Antarctic snowmelt
Lifelong memories linked to stable nerve connections
Papillomavirus silences innate immune response
Personality predicts success in medical school, says new study by U of Minnesota professor
Vaccination, antivirals and social distancing may blunt impact of H1N1 influenza
Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us
Species down, disease up
A window that washes itself?
Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development
Gladstone scientists identify strategies to protect new brain cells against Alzheimer's disease
By feeding the birds, you could change their evolutionary fate
NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites see Nida fading, and 97W getting organized
It's all in your head. No, really: How mental imagery training aids perceptual learning
Stopping MRSA before it becomes dangerous is possible, Sandia/UNM researchers find
2 heads better than 1 in new antibiotic method
U of M researchers discover how a brain hormone controls insect metamorphosis
Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots
Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information
New data show breakthrough microRNA-targeted therapy holds promise as new treatment for hepatitis C
New drug technology produces marked improvement in hepatitis C therapy in animals
Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery
Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions
Master gene plays a key role in development of a common childhood brain tumor
New method of measuring ocean CO2 uptake could lead to climate change 'early warning system'
Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution
Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools
Study links real-time data to flu vaccine strategies
UCSB, UCL scientists rescue visual function in rats using induced pluripotent stem cells
Scientists map deep origins of the 'Hawaiian Hotspot'
The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?
UC Davis helps orphaned mountain gorilla babies return home to Congo National Park
Quake prediction model developed
Birds call to warn friends and enemies
Understanding DNA repair and cancer
Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival
Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis
Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men
Popular diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of heart failure and death
Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought
The big blow-up
Mice holding back muscular dystrophy research