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UAB Awarded $11.5 Million to Explore Ways to Test Youth for HIV, Link Them to CareTwo new grants are for leadership and coordination of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Intervention (ATN), a research network in the United States and Puerto Rico working to curb the epidemic through prevention, testing and treatment for youth ages 12 to 24. Projections show at least one-half of all new HIV infections each year worldwide are in youth under age 25, says Craig Wilson, M.D., a UAB professor and ATN leader. |
Released: 11/6/2009 9:10 AM EST
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
ScienceChannels:Space/Astronomy
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Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern PinwheelHubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 has captured the colorful and stunning detail of star birth in nearby galaxy M83. |
Embargo expired: 11/5/2009 9:00 AM EST
Released: 11/5/2009 9:00 AM EST
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) |
ScienceChannels:Story Ideas: Science
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Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular ModelingA theoretical physicist at NIST has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible. The method overcomes a longstanding timing gap in modeling nanometer-scale materials and many other physical, chemical and biological systems at atomic and molecular levels. |
Released: 11/4/2009 9:00 PM EST
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
MedicineChannels:Children's Health, Infectious Diseases
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Teen Girls Diagnosed with STI More Likely to Tell and Seek Treatment for Partners After Watching VideoA study at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center found that girls diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who watched a short educational video were three times more likely to discuss their condition with their partners and to ensure partner treatment than girls diagnosed and treated without seeing the film. |
Released: 11/4/2009 4:00 PM EST
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
ScienceChannels:Neuro
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Call for Entries: Public Asked to Submit Videos to 2010 Neuro Film FestivalPeople who have compelling stories to share regarding how they or a loved one has been affected by a brain disorder are invited to submit a short video to the 2010 Neuro Film Festival, an event by the American Academy of Neurology Foundation to help raise awareness about brain disorders and the need to support research into preventions, treatments, and cures. |
Released: 11/4/2009 12:30 PM EST
American Academy of Neurology (AAN) |
MedicineChannels:Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Story Ideas: Medicine, Story Ideas: Science
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Study Reveals a "Missing Link" in Immune Response to DiseaseThe immune system's T cells are both jury and executioner. How they shift from one role to another has been a mystery. Dana-Farber investigators report that when a T cell’s “receptors” lock onto antigens, parts of the receptors bend and signal the T cell to change from scanning to fighting mode. |
Released: 11/2/2009 5:00 PM EST
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
MedicineChannels:Diabetes
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Lifestyle Changes May Stave Off Diabetes for a DecadeSustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), a long-term follow-up to a landmark 2001 diabetes prevention study. |
Released: 11/2/2009 4:00 PM EST
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University |
LifeMedicineChannels:Children's Health, Economics
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Nearly Half of All U.S. Children Will Use Food Stamps, Says Poverty ExpertHolidays and tables full of delicious food usually go hand in hand, but for nearly half of the children in the United States, this is not guaranteed. “49 percent of all U.S. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity, two of the most detrimental economic conditions affecting a child’s health.” |
Embargo expired: 11/2/2009 4:00 PM EST
Released: 11/2/2009 12:00 PM EST
Washington University in St. Louis |
LifeChannels:Story Ideas: Life
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Professor Reflects on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Berlin WallAs the world observes the 20th anniversary of the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor of History and University Scholar James F. Tent, Ph.D., is available to discuss the history and legacy of the wall that once separated East and West Germany and became a symbol of the Cold War. |
Released: 11/2/2009 3:25 PM EST
Expert Available University of Alabama at Birmingham |
MedicineChannels:Cancer
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Th17 Cells Summon an Immune System Strike Against CancerA specific type of T helper cell awakens the immune system to the stealthy threat of cancer and triggers an attack of killer T cells custom-made to destroy the tumors, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the early online edition of the journal Immunity. |
Embargo expired: 10/29/2009 12:00 PM EDT
Released: 10/28/2009 3:35 PM EDT
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |