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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
The New Crime Deterrent: Happiness Happy adolescents report less involvement in crime and drug use than other youth, a new UC Davis study finds.The paper, "Get Happy! Positive Emotion, Depression and Juvenile Crime," is co-authored by Bill McCarthy, a UC Davis sociology professor, and Teresa Casey, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, and will be presented at 10:30 a.	22 Aug 2011
Community Organization Can Reduce, Negate Impact Of Alcohol Outlets On Neighborhood Violence The density of businesses that sell alcohol in a community has been tied to local levels of violence, but new research has found that the influence depends on the nature of the community. More stable communities can see little to no influence but more disorganized communities are not so fortunate.	22 Aug 2011

Heart Disease News
Over 90% Of Heart Attack Patients Requiring Angioplasty Getting It Within Recommended 90 Minutes The vast majority of patients who have a heart attack and require angioplasty are receiving the right treatment within 90 minutes, compared to just 44% in 2005, researchers from Yale University School of Medicine reported in the journal Circulation.	22 Aug 2011
Wedded Bliss Triples Long-Term Survival After Bypass Surgery Giving your heart to a supportive spouse turns out to be an excellent way to stay alive, according to new research from the University of Rochester. Happily wedded people who undergo coronary bypass surgery are more than three times as likely to be alive 15 years later as their unmarried counterparts, reports a study published online August 22 in Health Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association.	22 Aug 2011
Screening Newborns For Congenital Heart Disease About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defect, but often outcomes can be improved with early detection.	22 Aug 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
First Computerized Genome-Scale Model Of Cancer Cell Metabolism Scientists are constantly on the hunt for treatments that can selectively target cancer cells, leaving other cells in our bodies unharmed. Now, Prof. Eytan Ruppin of Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science and Sackler Faculty of Medicine and his colleagues Prof.	22 Aug 2011
Football Analysis Leads To Advance In Artificial Intelligence Computer scientists in the field of artificial intelligence have made an important advance that blends computer vision, machine learning and automated planning, and created a new system that may improve everything from factory efficiency to airport operation or nursing care.	22 Aug 2011
A New Lower-Limb Prosthetic Allows Amputees To Walk Without The Leg-Dragging Gait Characteristic Of Conventional Artificial Legs The device uses the latest advances in computer, sensor, electric motor and battery technology to give it bionic capabilities: It is the first prosthetic with powered knee and ankle joints that operate in unison.	22 Aug 2011

Mental Health News
In Mental Illness Men More Likely To Develop Substance Abuse, Antisocial Problems; Women More Likely To Develop Anxiety, Depression When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, while men tend toward substance abuse or antisocial disorders, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.	22 Aug 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Complexity Of Choices In Medicare Advantage Program May Overwhelm Some American Seniors The wide choice of managed care plans that the Medicare Advantage Program offers could be counter-productive, says a new study published in Health Affairs and authored by Harvard Medical School researchers.	22 Aug 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Higher Rate Of Extramarital Sex And Divorce Among Veterans Veterans were significantly more likely to have ever engaged in extramarital sex and ever gotten divorced than people who were never in the military, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.	22 Aug 2011
How Sticky Egg Captures Sperm Researchers have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the fertilisation process, in a new study published in the journal Science.The research identifies the sugar molecule that makes the outer coat of the egg 'sticky', which is vital for enabling the sperm and egg to bind together.	22 Aug 2011

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