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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Time To Get Serious About Treatment Of Drug Dependence
http://mnt.to/a/4c6g
Failure to treat drug dependence effectively is leading to unnecessary deaths and soaring social costs, according to drug rehabilitation specialists. Effective treatment combines medication with psychosocial support, however around half of drug dependent patients in Europe are not offered any psychosocial intervention according to new data from the pan-EU EQUATOR survey (The European Quality Audit of Opioid Treatment).
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
PTSD Commonly Follows Breast Cancer Diagnosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c6h
Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
Adolescents With Joint Hypermobility At Increased Risk For Joint Pain
http://mnt.to/a/4c4T
A prospective study by U.K. researchers found that adolescents who are double-jointed - medically termed joint hypermobility - are at greater risk for developing musculoskeletal pain as they get older, particularly in the shoulders, knees, ankles and feet.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Adolescents With Joint Hypermobility At Increased Risk For Joint Pain
http://mnt.to/a/4c4T
A prospective study by U.K. researchers found that adolescents who are double-jointed - medically termed joint hypermobility - are at greater risk for developing musculoskeletal pain as they get older, particularly in the shoulders, knees, ankles and feet.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
PTSD Commonly Follows Breast Cancer Diagnosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c6h
Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Mobile Game App Could Help Drive Cancer Research
http://mnt.to/a/4c6c
A collaboration project between Cancer Research UK and the Citizen Science Alliance is focusing on creating a new mobile game app that could accelerate cures for cancer. The new and exciting idea will let people use their smartphones to play a fun game that will also provide important scientific data for researchers.
Growth Factor Identified That Is Essential To Medulloblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Y
A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be essential for the growth and spread of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
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** DIABETES News **
Predictive Glucose Control System In Development Shows Promise
http://mnt.to/a/4c4V
Animas Corporation has announced positive results from the second phase of human clinical trials of a first-generation, closed-loop insulin delivery system in development, designed to predict a rise or fall in blood glucose and correspondingly increase, decrease, suspend and resume insulin delivery.
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** DYSLEXIA News **
Dyslexic Children Benefit From Action Video Games
http://mnt.to/a/4c54
Much to the chagrin of parents who think their kids should spend less time playing video games and more time studying, time spent playing action video games can actually make dyslexic children read better.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
Queen Elizabeth II Hospitalized With Gastroenteritis
http://mnt.to/a/4c6J
Queen Elizabeth II has been admitted to hospital with a stomach bug, Buckingham Palace informed yesterday. A palace spokesperson said she was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis.
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** GENETICS News **
Mutation Location Is The Key To Prognosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c55
The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, location, and the same might be said for mutations in the gene MECP2, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital in a report in the journal Cell.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients, Antibody Response Linked With Rejection
http://mnt.to/a/4c52
A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life of transplanted organs - especially in children, who can face two to three kidney transplants in their lifetime - researchers recently examined the role of this antibody-mediated injury in rejection and the effectiveness of medications to prevent it.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Queen Elizabeth II Hospitalized With Gastroenteritis
http://mnt.to/a/4c6J
Queen Elizabeth II has been admitted to hospital with a stomach bug, Buckingham Palace informed yesterday. A palace spokesperson said she was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital with symptoms of gastroenteritis.
Left-Sided Brain Injury Linked To Greater Risk For Hospital-Acquired Infections
http://mnt.to/a/4c4S
The March 2013 issue of Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the medical journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, features an article by Kessler researchers Pasquale Frisina, PhD, Ann Kutlik, BA, and A.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Mobile Game App Could Help Drive Cancer Research
http://mnt.to/a/4c6c
A collaboration project between Cancer Research UK and the Citizen Science Alliance is focusing on creating a new mobile game app that could accelerate cures for cancer. The new and exciting idea will let people use their smartphones to play a fun game that will also provide important scientific data for researchers.
Tactile And Motor Information Transmitted Between Rats Using Brain-To-Brain Interface
http://mnt.to/a/4c4H
Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats for the first time, enabling them to communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. A further test of this work successfully linked the brains of two animals thousands of miles apart - one in Durham, N.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Predictive Glucose Control System In Development Shows Promise
http://mnt.to/a/4c4V
Animas Corporation has announced positive results from the second phase of human clinical trials of a first-generation, closed-loop insulin delivery system in development, designed to predict a rise or fall in blood glucose and correspondingly increase, decrease, suspend and resume insulin delivery.
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** MRI / PET / ULTRASOUND News **
Lung Ultrasound Detects Congestion In Dialysis Patients May Help Save Lives
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Z
Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Mutation Location Is The Key To Prognosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c55
The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, location, and the same might be said for mutations in the gene MECP2, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital in a report in the journal Cell.
Growth Factor Identified That Is Essential To Medulloblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Y
A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be essential for the growth and spread of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Tactile And Motor Information Transmitted Between Rats Using Brain-To-Brain Interface
http://mnt.to/a/4c4H
Researchers have electronically linked the brains of pairs of rats for the first time, enabling them to communicate directly to solve simple behavioral puzzles. A further test of this work successfully linked the brains of two animals thousands of miles apart - one in Durham, N.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
School-Based Deworming Programmes Important But Other Strategies Essential To Control STH
http://mnt.to/a/4c4X
Although they have an important impact on children's health and education, school-based deworming programmes have a limited impact on the level of infection in the wider community, according to a mathematical modeling study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Evaluating The New 'R' In Academic Performance - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, And Now Aerobics
http://mnt.to/a/4c4W
Although the long-term consequences of childhood obesity are well documented, some school districts have reduced physical education classes to devote more time to the 3 Rs in education - reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Mutation Location Is The Key To Prognosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c55
The three most important factors in real estate are location, location, location, and the same might be said for mutations in the gene MECP2, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital in a report in the journal Cell.
Growth Factor Identified That Is Essential To Medulloblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Y
A multi-institutional team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be essential for the growth and spread of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
School-Based Deworming Programmes Important But Other Strategies Essential To Control STH
http://mnt.to/a/4c4X
Although they have an important impact on children's health and education, school-based deworming programmes have a limited impact on the level of infection in the wider community, according to a mathematical modeling study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London.
Evaluating The New 'R' In Academic Performance - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, And Now Aerobics
http://mnt.to/a/4c4W
Although the long-term consequences of childhood obesity are well documented, some school districts have reduced physical education classes to devote more time to the 3 Rs in education - reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Adolescents With Joint Hypermobility At Increased Risk For Joint Pain
http://mnt.to/a/4c4T
A prospective study by U.K. researchers found that adolescents who are double-jointed - medically termed joint hypermobility - are at greater risk for developing musculoskeletal pain as they get older, particularly in the shoulders, knees, ankles and feet.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
PTSD Commonly Follows Breast Cancer Diagnosis
http://mnt.to/a/4c6h
Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Time To Get Serious About Treatment Of Drug Dependence
http://mnt.to/a/4c6g
Failure to treat drug dependence effectively is leading to unnecessary deaths and soaring social costs, according to drug rehabilitation specialists. Effective treatment combines medication with psychosocial support, however around half of drug dependent patients in Europe are not offered any psychosocial intervention according to new data from the pan-EU EQUATOR survey (The European Quality Audit of Opioid Treatment).
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** REGULATORY AFFAIRS / DRUG APPROVALS News **
Dealing With Medication Errors - EMA Calls For Coordinated EU Approach
http://mnt.to/a/4c6f
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) conducted a workshop aimed at a coordinated EU approach to tackling medication errors, which included proposals on how such errors are reported and prevented.
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** REHABILITATION / PHYSICAL THERAPY News **
Left-Sided Brain Injury Linked To Greater Risk For Hospital-Acquired Infections
http://mnt.to/a/4c4S
The March 2013 issue of Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the medical journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, features an article by Kessler researchers Pasquale Frisina, PhD, Ann Kutlik, BA, and A.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Lung Ultrasound Detects Congestion In Dialysis Patients May Help Save Lives
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Z
Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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** SEXUAL HEALTH / STDS News **
Protein Link To STI Susceptibility Discovered
http://mnt.to/a/4c53
Monash Institute of Medical Research scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive tract that protects against sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) such as chlamydia and herpes simplex virus (HSV).
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
Evaluating The New 'R' In Academic Performance - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, And Now Aerobics
http://mnt.to/a/4c4W
Although the long-term consequences of childhood obesity are well documented, some school districts have reduced physical education classes to devote more time to the 3 Rs in education - reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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** STROKE News **
Left-Sided Brain Injury Linked To Greater Risk For Hospital-Acquired Infections
http://mnt.to/a/4c4S
The March 2013 issue of Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the medical journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, features an article by Kessler researchers Pasquale Frisina, PhD, Ann Kutlik, BA, and A.
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients, Antibody Response Linked With Rejection
http://mnt.to/a/4c52
A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life of transplanted organs - especially in children, who can face two to three kidney transplants in their lifetime - researchers recently examined the role of this antibody-mediated injury in rejection and the effectiveness of medications to prevent it.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
School-Based Deworming Programmes Important But Other Strategies Essential To Control STH
http://mnt.to/a/4c4X
Although they have an important impact on children's health and education, school-based deworming programmes have a limited impact on the level of infection in the wider community, according to a mathematical modeling study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London.
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
In Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients, Antibody Response Linked With Rejection
http://mnt.to/a/4c52
A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life of transplanted organs - especially in children, who can face two to three kidney transplants in their lifetime - researchers recently examined the role of this antibody-mediated injury in rejection and the effectiveness of medications to prevent it.
Lung Ultrasound Detects Congestion In Dialysis Patients May Help Save Lives
http://mnt.to/a/4c4Z
Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Protein Link To STI Susceptibility Discovered
http://mnt.to/a/4c53
Monash Institute of Medical Research scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive tract that protects against sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) such as chlamydia and herpes simplex virus (HSV).
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