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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
Infections In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Mayo Clinic Study Finds Way To Pinpoint Risk
http://mnt.to/a/486x
Rheumatoid arthritis alone is painful and disabling, but it also puts patients at higher risk of death. The greater susceptibility to infections that accompanies the autoimmune disorder is one reason.
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** AUTISM News **
Youths With Autism Are Targets For Bullying
http://mnt.to/a/4888
According to a new study published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 46.3 percent of youths with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been victims of bullying.
Can Videogaming Benefit Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder?
http://mnt.to/a/486z
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 88 children in the U.S. has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a broad group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Children and adolescents with ASD are typically fascinated by screen-based technology such as videogames and these can be used for educational and treatment purposes as described in an insightful Roundtable Discussion published in Games for Health Journal: Research Development, and Clinical Applications, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** BIO-TERRORISM / TERRORISM News **
Applying Algorithm To Social Networks Can Reveal Hidden Connections Criminals Use To Commit Fraud, Says UAlberta Researcher
http://mnt.to/a/486Y
Fraudsters beware: the more your social networks connect you and your accomplices to the crime, the easier it will be to shake you from the tree.The Steiner tree, that is.In an article recently published in the journal Computer Fraud and Security, University of Alberta researcher Ray Patterson and colleagues from the University of Connecticut and University of California - Merced outlined the connection linking fraud cases and the algorithm designed by Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner.
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
London Olympics Anti-Doping Labs Set For First-Of-A-Kind Repurposing
http://mnt.to/a/486C
The United Kingdom is preparing to convert the London 2012 Olympics anti-doping center, which conducted more than 6,000 drug tests on athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, into a facility that could help revolutionize 21st century health care.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
HIF Gene Mutation Found In Tumor Cells Offers New Clues About Cancer Metabolism
http://mnt.to/a/486X
For the first time, a mutation in HIF2α, a specific group of genes known as transcription factors that is involved in red blood cell production and cell metabolism, has been identified in cancer tumor cells.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Screening For Hypertriglyceridemia Every Five Years Is Recommended
http://mnt.to/a/4886
Adults should be screened for hypertriglyceridemia every five years, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of the condition, which has been issued today by the Endocrine Society in theJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM).
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Colon Cancer Drug Prolongs Patient Survival
http://mnt.to/a/487Z
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a drug effective in starving cancer growth, which was first studied in humans by a Georgia Health Sciences University cancer clinician.
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** GENETICS News **
HIF Gene Mutation Found In Tumor Cells Offers New Clues About Cancer Metabolism
http://mnt.to/a/486X
For the first time, a mutation in HIF2α, a specific group of genes known as transcription factors that is involved in red blood cell production and cell metabolism, has been identified in cancer tumor cells.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Stress Can Cause People To Retain As Much Salt As Eating French Fries.
http://mnt.to/a/4887
A recent study, which will be presented at the Behavioral Economics, Hypertension Session of the Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference in Prato, Italy, has revealed that around 30% of African Americans retain too much sodium, about the same amount we would consume from eating a small order of french fries.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Infections In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Mayo Clinic Study Finds Way To Pinpoint Risk
http://mnt.to/a/486x
Rheumatoid arthritis alone is painful and disabling, but it also puts patients at higher risk of death. The greater susceptibility to infections that accompanies the autoimmune disorder is one reason.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Applying Algorithm To Social Networks Can Reveal Hidden Connections Criminals Use To Commit Fraud, Says UAlberta Researcher
http://mnt.to/a/486Y
Fraudsters beware: the more your social networks connect you and your accomplices to the crime, the easier it will be to shake you from the tree.The Steiner tree, that is.In an article recently published in the journal Computer Fraud and Security, University of Alberta researcher Ray Patterson and colleagues from the University of Connecticut and University of California - Merced outlined the connection linking fraud cases and the algorithm designed by Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner.
Can Videogaming Benefit Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder?
http://mnt.to/a/486z
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 88 children in the U.S. has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a broad group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Children and adolescents with ASD are typically fascinated by screen-based technology such as videogames and these can be used for educational and treatment purposes as described in an insightful Roundtable Discussion published in Games for Health Journal: Research Development, and Clinical Applications, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Telaprevir: Added Benefit In Certain Patients With Hepatitis C
http://mnt.to/a/486y
The drug telaprevir (trade name: Incivo®) has been available for treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection of genotype 1 since autumn 2011. In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the "Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products" (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined whether telaprevir offers an added benefit compared with the present standard therapy.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Screening For Hypertriglyceridemia Every Five Years Is Recommended
http://mnt.to/a/4886
Adults should be screened for hypertriglyceridemia every five years, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of the condition, which has been issued today by the Endocrine Society in theJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM).
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Predicting How Patients Respond To Therapy
http://mnt.to/a/4882
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Youths With Autism Are Targets For Bullying
http://mnt.to/a/4888
According to a new study published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 46.3 percent of youths with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been victims of bullying.
Prenatal Exposure To Pesticide Additive Linked With Childhood Cough
http://mnt.to/a/486F
Children exposed in the womb to the widely used pesticide additive piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have heightened risk of noninfectious cough at ages 5 and 6, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health and of Columbia University Medical Center.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Prenatal Exposure To Pesticide Additive Linked With Childhood Cough
http://mnt.to/a/486F
Children exposed in the womb to the widely used pesticide additive piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have heightened risk of noninfectious cough at ages 5 and 6, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health and of Columbia University Medical Center.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Youths With Autism Are Targets For Bullying
http://mnt.to/a/4888
According to a new study published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 46.3 percent of youths with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been victims of bullying.
Predicting How Patients Respond To Therapy
http://mnt.to/a/4882
Brain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy.
When Do We Lie? When We're Short On Time And Long On Reasons
http://mnt.to/a/486H
Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our GPA, our annual income, or our age. But what makes us actually do it?In a study forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientists Shaul Shalvi of the University of Amsterdam and Ori Eldar and Yoella Bereby-Meyer of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev investigated what factors influence dishonest behavior.
Gender Equality Influences How People Choose Their Partners
http://mnt.to/a/486w
Men and women clearly have different strategies for picking sexual partners, but the reason why differences exist is less clear. The classic explanation for these differences has been that men's and women's brains have evolved to make certain choices, but a new study in Psychological Science, a publication of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that evolution is only part of the answer.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Gender Equality Influences How People Choose Their Partners
http://mnt.to/a/486w
Men and women clearly have different strategies for picking sexual partners, but the reason why differences exist is less clear. The classic explanation for these differences has been that men's and women's brains have evolved to make certain choices, but a new study in Psychological Science, a publication of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that evolution is only part of the answer.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Prenatal Exposure To Pesticide Additive Linked With Childhood Cough
http://mnt.to/a/486F
Children exposed in the womb to the widely used pesticide additive piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have heightened risk of noninfectious cough at ages 5 and 6, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health and of Columbia University Medical Center.
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
London Olympics Anti-Doping Labs Set For First-Of-A-Kind Repurposing
http://mnt.to/a/486C
The United Kingdom is preparing to convert the London 2012 Olympics anti-doping center, which conducted more than 6,000 drug tests on athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, into a facility that could help revolutionize 21st century health care.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Glacial Thinning Has Sharply Accelerated At Major South American Icefields
http://mnt.to/a/486v
For the past four decades scientists have monitored the ebbs and flows of the icefields in the southernmost stretch of South America's vast Andes Mountains, detecting an overall loss of ice as the climate warms.
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