New survey device gets better information on teenage sexual behavior Brown University sociologists have developed a low-cost, easy-to-use device that is helping researchers in Ethiopia obtain more reliable answers when they ask teenagers about stigmatized sexual behaviors. Their findings are published in the December issue of Studies in Family Planning. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — […]

Number of Americans Using Cocaine Declining; Overall Production of Andean Cocaine Down By One-Third Since 2001; Seizures of Cocaine Down Along Southwest Border. Washington, DC—Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, released new data indicating significant progress in disrupting the international market for cocaine and highlighted the Obama Administration’s renewed national effort to […]

Exposure to tobacco smoke causes immediate damage, says new surgeon general’s report. Report focuses on how tobacco smoke causes disease. Exposure to tobacco smoke – even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke – causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death, according to a report released today by U.S. Surgeon […]

Raising Healthcare Quality & Lowering Costs Through Health IT Wednesday December 8, 2010 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Release Health Information Technology Report. ……………………. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Releases Report on Health Information Technology Calls for Adoption of Universal Exchange Language to Mobilize Data, Improve Healthcare, Enhance […]

CCNY professor gets grant to develop ‘Artificial Blood’ Ron Koder’s biological design work could someday reduce combat deaths As a post-doc at The University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Ron Koder, assistant professor of physics at The City College of New York, was part of a team that devised a novel method for producing an artificial protein […]

BMCC. Smoothing the Way from Military to Academic Life…   As more veterans are returning to school or just starting their college careers, the CUNY Office of Veterans Affairs is working to ensure that their transition from military to academic life goes as smoothly as possible. As part of that effort, a recent CUNY College […]

Circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an organism’s environment. They are found in most living things, including animals, plants and many tiny microbes. The study of circadian rhythms is called chronobiology.

Study suggests that quitting smoking improves mood Christopher Kahler and colleagues at Brown and USC tracked symptoms of depression in people who were trying to quit smoking. They found that people were never happier than when they were kicking the habit and remaining free from smoking. Results of the study were published online Nov. 24, […]

Brown faculty experts on the future of HIV/AIDS World AIDS Day 2010 sees some hopeful signs — and speculation that the global public health fight against HIV/AIDS may have turned a corner. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Recent, hopeful developments in the global fight against HIV/AIDS have spurred speculation, especially around World AIDS Day Dec. […]

Researchers report data on head impacts in college football Joseph Crisco, professor of orthopaedics, and Russell Fiore, Brown’s head athletic trainer, have measured the frequency and location of head impacts in college football, position-by-position. Defensive linemen take the most hits; quarterbacks are the only players to be hit mostly from behind. Crisco, Fiore, and their […]