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Feb 2
Three Brain Diseases Linked by Toxic Form of Same Neural Protein, According to Penn Study
The protein, called Elk-1, was found in clumps of misshaped proteins that are the hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.
Feb 1
Not Even a Puff: More Smokers Kick the Habit With Extended Nicotine Patch Therapy, Penn Research Shows
Extended use of a nicotine patch – 24 weeks versus the standard eight weeks recommended by manufacturers – boosts the number of smokers who maintain their cigarette abstinence and helps more of those who backslide into the habit while wearing the patch.
Feb 1
Onset of Sexual Activity in Tweens Delayed By Theory-based Abstinence-only Program
A new study weighs in on the controversy over sex education, finding that an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity than a health-promotion control intervention. After two years, one-third of the abstinence-only group reported having sex, compared to one-half of the control group.
Jan 26
