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People who drink alcohol are less prone to the sometimes crippling disease called rheumatoid arthritis compared with non-drinkers, according to a Scandinavian study published on Wednesday.

Although injury risk, depressive symptoms and drug and alcohol use are the leading causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality, health professionals often lack the time to screen for these behavioral concerns. A new study published in the June issue of Pediatrics suggests technology may be the key to identifying high-risk behaviors among adolescents. Researchers [...]

The Sexual Awareness for Everyone program, which seeks to raise sexually transmitted infection awareness and prevent risky sexual behavior in women, has shown success in reducing STI reinfection rates in a group of high-risk minority teenage girls, according to a study published in the June issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters health reports.

The fastest growing group of people using emergency departments is middle-income patients with health insurance, rather than uninsured patients, Baltimore Sun reports. According to a recent study published in the Annals of Emergency medicine, uninsured patients accounted for 15.5% of ED visits in 1996-1997 and 14.5% of visits in 2003-2004.

The number of uninsured Massachusetts adults declined by nearly half last year, according to the first major study of the state's health insurance law published online Tuesday in Health Affairs, the New York Times reports (Sack, New York Times, 6/3).

New research shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to walk or stand) child with a cervical spinal cord injury was able to restore basic walking function after intensive locomotor training. The study, published in Physical Therapy (May 2008), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), evaluated the effects of locomotor training in a 4 ½ year-old-boy, who had no ability to walk following a gunshot wound sixteen months earlier.

In an effort to understand how genes work, a collaborative study which includes the University of Southern California (USC) has identified a gene that regulates glucose levels. The results, which will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation and is currently available online, may provide further understanding of the underlying causes of diabetes.'Elevations of blood glucose are diagnostic of diabetes.

Uganda has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress and depression ever recorded, following extremely high of civilian exposure to violence and poor healthcare, a study published in BMC Psychiatry says today.The study, conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical medicine and Gulu University has found that 54% of those interviewed met symptom-criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, while 67% showed signs of depression.

OPKO health, Inc. (Amex: OPK) announced that a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Vision demonstrates that bevasiranib, its siRNA (small interfering RNA) agent is distributed throughout the eye, including extensive uptake into the retina. In two tissue distribution and pharmacokinetic studies in rabbits, results showed that bevasiranib was present in the retina and in targeted retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells following intravitreal injection.

A new study published this month in the Journal of Athletic Training (JAT) the scientific publication of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, reports that the activity level of athletes after concussions occurred affected brain functions and speed of recovery. Athletes engaging in high levels of activity following concussion demonstrated impaired brain function while those who engaged in moderate levels of activity demonstrated the best performance.