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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
When Standard Liver Cancer Treatment Doesn't Work Or Isn't Possible, New Ablation Technique Holds Promise
http://mnt.to/a/4d24
A new minimally invasive tumor ablation technique is providing hope for liver cancer patients who can't undergo surgery or thermal ablation, a study shows.The study of 22 patients at the Universitatsklinikum Regensberg in Regensberg, Germany, found that irreversible electroporation (IRE) successfully destroyed tumor tissue in 70% of these patients.
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** EATING DISORDERS News **
Fashion Model Scouts Target Girls With Eating Disorders As They Leave A Clinic
http://mnt.to/a/4d48
Fashion-model talent scouts approach extremely thin girls as they come out of the Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders, Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandeberg claims.The sick girls, who go into the clinic for treatment for a range of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are of interest to at least one Swedish modeling agency, which seems to find their emaciated bodies ideal for their recruitment campaigns.
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** GENETICS News **
Genetic Differences Lead To Smallpox Vaccine Shielding Some But Not Others
http://mnt.to/a/4d25
How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination: individual genes can alter their response, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings, gathered using sophisticated genomic screening, appear in the online issue of the journal Genes and Immunity.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Risk Of Heart Disease Increased By Long-Term Exposure To Fine Particles Of Traffic Pollution
http://mnt.to/a/4d28
The association between road traffic and heart disease has been suggested in several studies. In 2012 a large prospective cohort study from Denmark showed that traffic noise was significantly associated with risk of heart attack - for every 10 decibel increase in noise exposure (either at the time of the attack or over the five years preceding it) there was a 12% increased risk.
Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In Mentally Vulnerable Individuals
http://mnt.to/a/4d27
People deemed to be "mentally vulnerable" are at a significantly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large population study from Denmark.
Association Between Demanding Physical Work And Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4d26
Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.The first was a case-control study described by Dr Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Associate Professor of Biostatistics-Epidemiology at Harokopio University, Athens, which evaluated occupation in 250 consecutive patients with a first stroke, 250 with a first acute coronary event and 500 equally matched controls.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Genetic Differences Lead To Smallpox Vaccine Shielding Some But Not Others
http://mnt.to/a/4d25
How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination: individual genes can alter their response, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings, gathered using sophisticated genomic screening, appear in the online issue of the journal Genes and Immunity.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Genetic Differences Lead To Smallpox Vaccine Shielding Some But Not Others
http://mnt.to/a/4d25
How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination: individual genes can alter their response, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings, gathered using sophisticated genomic screening, appear in the online issue of the journal Genes and Immunity.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
When Standard Liver Cancer Treatment Doesn't Work Or Isn't Possible, New Ablation Technique Holds Promise
http://mnt.to/a/4d24
A new minimally invasive tumor ablation technique is providing hope for liver cancer patients who can't undergo surgery or thermal ablation, a study shows.The study of 22 patients at the Universitatsklinikum Regensberg in Regensberg, Germany, found that irreversible electroporation (IRE) successfully destroyed tumor tissue in 70% of these patients.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Promising New Noninvasive Test For Prostate Cancer Uses Laser Optics Plus Ultrasound Imaging
http://mnt.to/a/4d23
Multispectral photoacoustic imaging, which combines laser optics and ultrasound imaging technologies, can reliably distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue, a new study indicates.
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** MRSA / DRUG RESISTANCE News **
Progress In Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive' Despite Superbug Crisis
http://mnt.to/a/4d2b
Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) launched its 10 x '20 Initiative in 2010 - and that drug was approved two and a half years ago.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Babies Show Adult-Like Consciousness As Early As Five Months
http://mnt.to/a/4d46
Babies become conscious of their environment by the time they are five months old, according to a new study by French neuroscientists.By the time infants reach three months of age, their developing brains have trillions of connections and the weight of those firing neurons triples within the first year of life.
Scientists Probe The Source Of A Pulsing Signal In The Sleeping Brain
http://mnt.to/a/4d29
New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep at the rate of about one cycle per second, are assumed to play a role in processes such as consolidation of memory.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Serving Size Is What Drives How Much We Eat More Than Anything Else
http://mnt.to/a/4d49
Large servings make us eat more, even when we are are taught about the impact of portion size on consumption, according to investigators from the University of New South Wales, Australia.People who learned how to engage in mindful - instead of mindless - eating still ate much more food than those given smaller servings with no orientation regarding mindful eating.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Serving Size Is What Drives How Much We Eat More Than Anything Else
http://mnt.to/a/4d49
Large servings make us eat more, even when we are are taught about the impact of portion size on consumption, according to investigators from the University of New South Wales, Australia.People who learned how to engage in mindful - instead of mindless - eating still ate much more food than those given smaller servings with no orientation regarding mindful eating.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Babies Show Adult-Like Consciousness As Early As Five Months
http://mnt.to/a/4d46
Babies become conscious of their environment by the time they are five months old, according to a new study by French neuroscientists.By the time infants reach three months of age, their developing brains have trillions of connections and the weight of those firing neurons triples within the first year of life.
Link Studied Between Early Social Experiences And Adolescent Brain Function
http://mnt.to/a/4cZZ
Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative life events and the quality of relationships may be especially influential.
How New Forms Of Media Affect Social Skills, Values, Relationships In Childhood
http://mnt.to/a/4cZY
Screen time has changed dramatically in the 21st century. Although most people still watch television and work on computers, social forms of media are expanding rapidly, in part due to the growth of the Internet and cellular networks.
The Effect Of Deployment On Families
http://mnt.to/a/4cZW
Approximately 2 million children in the United States have at least one parent deployed in military service; 750,000 of those children are 5 years old and younger. Deployment can disrupt children's well-being and development due to its impact on the care children receive, the destabilization of daily routines, and the effect on soldiers' physical and psychological health upon returning home.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Promising New Noninvasive Test For Prostate Cancer Uses Laser Optics Plus Ultrasound Imaging
http://mnt.to/a/4d23
Multispectral photoacoustic imaging, which combines laser optics and ultrasound imaging technologies, can reliably distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue, a new study indicates.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Fashion Model Scouts Target Girls With Eating Disorders As They Leave A Clinic
http://mnt.to/a/4d48
Fashion-model talent scouts approach extremely thin girls as they come out of the Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders, Dr. Anna-Maria af Sandeberg claims.The sick girls, who go into the clinic for treatment for a range of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are of interest to at least one Swedish modeling agency, which seems to find their emaciated bodies ideal for their recruitment campaigns.
Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In Mentally Vulnerable Individuals
http://mnt.to/a/4d27
People deemed to be "mentally vulnerable" are at a significantly increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large population study from Denmark.
Link Studied Between Early Social Experiences And Adolescent Brain Function
http://mnt.to/a/4cZZ
Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative life events and the quality of relationships may be especially influential.
How New Forms Of Media Affect Social Skills, Values, Relationships In Childhood
http://mnt.to/a/4cZY
Screen time has changed dramatically in the 21st century. Although most people still watch television and work on computers, social forms of media are expanding rapidly, in part due to the growth of the Internet and cellular networks.
The Effect Of Deployment On Families
http://mnt.to/a/4cZW
Approximately 2 million children in the United States have at least one parent deployed in military service; 750,000 of those children are 5 years old and younger. Deployment can disrupt children's well-being and development due to its impact on the care children receive, the destabilization of daily routines, and the effect on soldiers' physical and psychological health upon returning home.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Association Between Demanding Physical Work And Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4d26
Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.The first was a case-control study described by Dr Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Associate Professor of Biostatistics-Epidemiology at Harokopio University, Athens, which evaluated occupation in 250 consecutive patients with a first stroke, 250 with a first acute coronary event and 500 equally matched controls.
Tests Confirm Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide
http://mnt.to/a/4cZV
Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO) exhaust, according to the results* of tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the U.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Tests Confirm Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide
http://mnt.to/a/4cZV
Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO) exhaust, according to the results* of tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the U.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Scientists Probe The Source Of A Pulsing Signal In The Sleeping Brain
http://mnt.to/a/4d29
New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep at the rate of about one cycle per second, are assumed to play a role in processes such as consolidation of memory.
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** STROKE News **
Association Between Demanding Physical Work And Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4d26
Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.The first was a case-control study described by Dr Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Associate Professor of Biostatistics-Epidemiology at Harokopio University, Athens, which evaluated occupation in 250 consecutive patients with a first stroke, 250 with a first acute coronary event and 500 equally matched controls.
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** VETERANS / EX-SERVICEMEN News **
The Effect Of Deployment On Families
http://mnt.to/a/4cZW
Approximately 2 million children in the United States have at least one parent deployed in military service; 750,000 of those children are 5 years old and younger. Deployment can disrupt children's well-being and development due to its impact on the care children receive, the destabilization of daily routines, and the effect on soldiers' physical and psychological health upon returning home.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Risk Of Heart Disease Increased By Long-Term Exposure To Fine Particles Of Traffic Pollution
http://mnt.to/a/4d28
The association between road traffic and heart disease has been suggested in several studies. In 2012 a large prospective cohort study from Denmark showed that traffic noise was significantly associated with risk of heart attack - for every 10 decibel increase in noise exposure (either at the time of the attack or over the five years preceding it) there was a 12% increased risk.
Tests Confirm Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide
http://mnt.to/a/4cZV
Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO) exhaust, according to the results* of tests conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the U.
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