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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Mind-Body Course Has Positive Impact On Well-Being Of Medical Students
http://mnt.to/a/4dj4
A Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study shows a mind-body class elective for medical students helps increase their self-compassion and ability to manage thoughts and tasks more effectively.
Emotional Expressions Like Wide-Eyed Fear May Help Us - And Others - To Locate Threats
http://mnt.to/a/4dhY
Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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** AUTISM News **
Early Intervention Program For Children With Autism Found To Be Cost Effective Through School Years
http://mnt.to/a/4dhX
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), a comprehensive behavioral early intervention program that is appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 12 months, has been found to reduce the need for ASD therapies and special education services through the school years following their early intervention.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Dissimilar Proteins Evolved Similar 7-Part Shape: Findings Offer Insight Into A Molecule Involved In Cancer And Birth Defects
http://mnt.to/a/4dhR
Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation - dissimilar genes that keep very similar shapes.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Liptruzet Approved By FDA To Cut Cholesterol, Despite Criticism By Cardiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dkW
Liptruzet, a cholesterol-lowering drug that combines Merck's Zetia (ezetimibe) with atorvastatin (generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor) has been approved by the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
Survival From Cardiac Arrest Increases In The Presence Of Anesthesiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dhV
A University of Michigan study from the "Online First" edition of Anesthesiology found cardiac arrest was associated with improved survival when it occurred in the operating room (O.R.) or post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) compared to other hospital locations.
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Liptruzet Approved By FDA To Cut Cholesterol, Despite Criticism By Cardiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dkW
Liptruzet, a cholesterol-lowering drug that combines Merck's Zetia (ezetimibe) with atorvastatin (generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor) has been approved by the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
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** CROHN'S / IBD News **
PET/CT Enhance Inflammatory Bowel Disease Detection
http://mnt.to/a/4dj2
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, may be detected and monitored more effectively in the future with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), according to research published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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** DENTISTRY News **
Fluoride Reduces The Ability Of Decay-Causing Bacteria To Stick
http://mnt.to/a/4dhS
In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay.
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
Cure For Gray Hair And Vitiligo Found
http://mnt.to/a/4dkX
A modified pseudocatalase, a new compound that reverses oxidative stress may provide a cure for loss of skin or hair color, i.e. gray hair or vitiligo, researchers from the United Kingdom and Germany reported in The FASEB Journal.
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** ENDOCRINOLOGY News **
Preeclampsia May Be Prevented By Hormone Emitted By Fetus
http://mnt.to/a/4dhW
In a study using mice, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that a hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia.
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** GENETICS News **
Dissimilar Proteins Evolved Similar 7-Part Shape: Findings Offer Insight Into A Molecule Involved In Cancer And Birth Defects
http://mnt.to/a/4dhR
Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation - dissimilar genes that keep very similar shapes.
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** HEARING / DEAFNESS News **
How The Brain's Auditory Center Transmits Information For Decisions, Actions
http://mnt.to/a/4dhZ
When a pedestrian hears the screech of a car's brakes, she has to decide whether, and if so, how, to move in response. Is the action taking place blocks away, or 20 feet to the left?One of the truly primal mechanisms that we depend on every day of our lives - acting on the basis of information gathered by our sense of hearing - is yielding its secrets to modern neuroscience.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Preeclampsia May Be Prevented By Hormone Emitted By Fetus
http://mnt.to/a/4dhW
In a study using mice, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that a hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia.
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** LITIGATION / MEDICAL MALPRACTICE News **
Largest Hospice Chain Sued For Alleged False Billings To Medicare
http://mnt.to/a/4dmB
America's largest for-profit hospital chain, Vitas Hospice Services LLC, and other hospice subsidiaries of Chemed Corp are being sued by the US Justice Department for alleged false billings for Medicare hospice services.
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** MEDICAL STUDENTS / TRAINING News **
Mind-Body Course Has Positive Impact On Well-Being Of Medical Students
http://mnt.to/a/4dj4
A Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study shows a mind-body class elective for medical students helps increase their self-compassion and ability to manage thoughts and tasks more effectively.
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
Largest Hospice Chain Sued For Alleged False Billings To Medicare
http://mnt.to/a/4dmB
America's largest for-profit hospital chain, Vitas Hospice Services LLC, and other hospice subsidiaries of Chemed Corp are being sued by the US Justice Department for alleged false billings for Medicare hospice services.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
How The Brain's Auditory Center Transmits Information For Decisions, Actions
http://mnt.to/a/4dhZ
When a pedestrian hears the screech of a car's brakes, she has to decide whether, and if so, how, to move in response. Is the action taking place blocks away, or 20 feet to the left?One of the truly primal mechanisms that we depend on every day of our lives - acting on the basis of information gathered by our sense of hearing - is yielding its secrets to modern neuroscience.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Investigators Prescribe Caution With Vitamin D Supplementation
http://mnt.to/a/4dj3
In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Survival From Cardiac Arrest Increases In The Presence Of Anesthesiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dhV
A University of Michigan study from the "Online First" edition of Anesthesiology found cardiac arrest was associated with improved survival when it occurred in the operating room (O.R.) or post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) compared to other hospital locations.
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** PALLIATIVE CARE / HOSPICE CARE News **
Largest Hospice Chain Sued For Alleged False Billings To Medicare
http://mnt.to/a/4dmB
America's largest for-profit hospital chain, Vitas Hospice Services LLC, and other hospice subsidiaries of Chemed Corp are being sued by the US Justice Department for alleged false billings for Medicare hospice services.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Preeclampsia May Be Prevented By Hormone Emitted By Fetus
http://mnt.to/a/4dhW
In a study using mice, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that a hormone, adrenomedullin, plays a crucial role in preventing the pregnancy complication preeclampsia.
Dissimilar Proteins Evolved Similar 7-Part Shape: Findings Offer Insight Into A Molecule Involved In Cancer And Birth Defects
http://mnt.to/a/4dhR
Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation - dissimilar genes that keep very similar shapes.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Mind-Body Course Has Positive Impact On Well-Being Of Medical Students
http://mnt.to/a/4dj4
A Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study shows a mind-body class elective for medical students helps increase their self-compassion and ability to manage thoughts and tasks more effectively.
Emotional Expressions Like Wide-Eyed Fear May Help Us - And Others - To Locate Threats
http://mnt.to/a/4dhY
Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Survival From Cardiac Arrest Increases In The Presence Of Anesthesiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dhV
A University of Michigan study from the "Online First" edition of Anesthesiology found cardiac arrest was associated with improved survival when it occurred in the operating room (O.R.) or post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) compared to other hospital locations.
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** RADIOLOGY / NUCLEAR MEDICINE News **
PET/CT Enhance Inflammatory Bowel Disease Detection
http://mnt.to/a/4dj2
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, may be detected and monitored more effectively in the future with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), according to research published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Cure For Gray Hair And Vitiligo Found
http://mnt.to/a/4dkX
A modified pseudocatalase, a new compound that reverses oxidative stress may provide a cure for loss of skin or hair color, i.e. gray hair or vitiligo, researchers from the United Kingdom and Germany reported in The FASEB Journal.
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** STATINS News **
Liptruzet Approved By FDA To Cut Cholesterol, Despite Criticism By Cardiologists
http://mnt.to/a/4dkW
Liptruzet, a cholesterol-lowering drug that combines Merck's Zetia (ezetimibe) with atorvastatin (generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor) has been approved by the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
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