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Link between Macular Degeneration, Atherosclerosis
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a particular aging-related mechanism contributes to some seemingly unrelated diseases, and the study raises the ...

Contact: Diane Duke Williams
williamsdia@wustl.edu
314-286-0111
Washington University School of Medicine

HIV Self-Testing: The Key to Controlling the Global Epidemic
Dr. Nitika Pan Pai, researcher at the RI-MUHC and professor at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) talks about HIV Self-testing as a key to control the global epidemic.

Contact: Isabelle Malbœuf
Isabelle.malboeuf@muhc.mcgill.ca
514-843-1560
McGill University Health Centre

New Malaria Drug Could Help Combat Resistance (4 of 5)
A podcast interview with co-author Dr. Michael Riscoe. This audio file relates to a paper that appeared in the March 20, 2013, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Childhood Depression and Cardiac Risk Factors
Cardiologists and mental health professionals know that there's a link between depression and heart disease. Depressed adults are more likely to have heart attacks, and if they do have a heart attack...

Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine

Stronger Support Needed for Healthy Beverage Practices in Child Care

Kathryn E. Henderson, PhD, Director of School and Community Initiatives at the Yale Rudd Center, talks about the first study to document availability and accessibility of water in compliance with ...

Contact: Eileen Leahy
jnebmedia@elsevier.com
732-238-3628
Elsevier Health Sciences

School-Based Kitchen Gardens Are Getting an A+
In a new study released in the March/April 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers found that growing and then cooking the foods that kids grew increased ...

Contact: Eileen Leahy
jnebmedia@elsevier.com
732-238-3628
Elsevier Health Sciences

Protein May Protect Against STDs (4 of 4)
This is a soundbyte of Professor Paul Hertzog describing the research and findings. This audio file relates to a paper that appeared in the March 1, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. ...

Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Tanning Bed Dangers
There are 17 states that don’t have minimum age restrictions for the use of tanning beds in spite of the fact that studies have shown that there is a higher incidence of skin cancer in people who tan ...

Contact: Jim Goodwin
jgoodwin@wustl.edu
314-286-0166
Washington University School of Medicine

Trill Song
This is an example of a trill song type that tells listeners how big the singer is. Their larger physical size means that bigger male purple-crowned fairy-wrens can sing this trill song type at a ...

Contact: Rebecca Scott
rebeccas@unimelb.edu.au
61-383-440-181
University of Melbourne

Increasing Evidence Links High Glycemic Index Foods and Dairy Products to Acne
A new study has determined that there is increasing evidence of a connection between diet and acne, particularly from high glycemic load diets and dairy products, and that medical nutrition therapy ...

Contact: Eileen Leahy
andjrnlmedia@elsevier.com
732-238-3628
Elsevier Health Sciences