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Young Adults Visit Doctors Least At An Age When Risky Behavior Peaks

The prevalence of substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, homicide and motor vehicle crashes all peak in young adulthood. Yet a new study's findings show that young adults underuse ambulatory medical care, infrequently receive preventive care and rarely receive counseling directed at the greatest threats to their...


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'Back-breaking' Work Beliefs Contribute To Health Workers' Pain

Whether from heaving, twisting, bending or bad lifting postures, it's well known that caring for the sick or elderly can lead to back pain. This often results in time off work or dropping out of caring professions altogether. New research suggests that the fear of getting back pain from care work is predictive of actually developing...

Switzerland Sends Its First Satellite Into Space

The first Swiss satellite in history -- extremely small and 100 percent student designed and built -- has been successfully launched from the Sriharikota space station in India. Constructed by the EPFL, with many institutional partners, the SwissCube has gone into orbit.

Ethanol-Drug Absorption Interaction: Medicinal Products Susceptible To 'Dose Dumping' Should Be Fully Tested, Experts Urge

Controlled release pills and capsules that show a tendency in the standard laboratory test toward "dose dumping" -- releasing their medicine in a faster and potentially unsafe manner in patients who have consumed alcohol -- should be withheld from the market until proven safe with testing in people. That's the conclusion of a new review of existing...

Paper Battery May Power Electronics In Clothing And Packaging Material

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery -- an amazing battery made out of paper. That's one potential application of a new battery made of cellulose, the stuff of...

NASA's Spitzer Spots Clump Of Swirling Planetary Material

Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around. The observations, made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, offer a rare look into the early stages of planet...

Pregnant Women Need Flu Shots, Organizations Urge

Eight maternal and child health information providers urged pregnant women to be vaccinated against both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu. The organizations partnered to issue a joint statement because the H1N1 virus has proven to be especially dangerous to pregnant women.

Measuring The Next Successful Antennas For In-body Health Monitoring Devices

Antennas for the latest implanted medical devices are being developed in the UK. In the near future, in-body medical devices such as pacemakers will use radio frequency (RF) technology to improve healthcare for patients. A low-powered, two-way wireless communications system linking an in-body device to a monitoring system can provide up-to-the minute patient data to allow doctors to adjust...