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** ADHD News **
Study asks "Do sunny climates reduce ADHD?"
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is the most common childhood psychiatric disorder. Scientists do not know what causes it, but genetics play a clear role.
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** AID / DISASTERS News **
Taking advantage of new sources of information to improve disaster response
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A new report from the Wilson Center's Commons Lab, "Connecting Grassroots and Government for Disaster Response," * examines a growing problem confronting government agencies: how to quickly make...
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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Parity laws for substance abuse disorder linked to increased treatment
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State implementation of laws that require health plans to cover treatment for substance abuse disorder (SUD) appears to increase the treatment rate, according to a study by Hefei Wen, B.A.
Clinical trial evaluates outpatient detoxification in prescription opioid abusers
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Patients addicted to prescription opioids (POs) who are taking buprenorphine (a medication used in opioid addiction treatment) may respond better to tapering of the drug over four weeks than...
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the progression of atherosclerosis and the risk of stroke
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A Finnish population-based study showed that binge drinking was associated with increased atherosclerotic progression in an 11-year follow-up of middle-aged men.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
The healthspan of seniors could be extended by controlling the triggers of age-related inflammation
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Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer's, and diabetes.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Agluna® treated devices significantly reduce infection rates
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Accentus Medical is pleased to announce the results of a retrospective review of infection rates associated with orthopaedic limb salvage devices treated with its innovative Agluna® surface...
Genkyotex collaborators elucidate role of NOX4 in osteoporosis
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Genkyotex, the leading developer of NOX enzyme inhibitors, has announced that a group of collaborators have discovered a link between the enzyme NOX4 and development of osteoporosis.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
BRCA-related breast and ovarian cancers showing early response to Investigational PARP inhibitor
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An investigational new PARP inhibitor, BMN 673, is showing early responses in patients with heavily pretreated, advanced, BRCA-related cancers of the breast and ovary, according to phase I...
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Coffee consumption cuts liver cancer risk
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Coffee has been shown to have varied health benefits, and researchers from Italy now claim that drinking coffee reduces risks of developing liver cancer.
Resistance to certain anticancer drugs may be overcome by new nanopharmaceutical
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The nanopharmaceutical drug CRLX101 is showing promise as a potential new treatment for cancers that develop resistance to antiangiogenic drugs and radiation therapy, according to clinical trial...
How cancer cells get energy and raw materials for growth from glucose opens doors to new therapies
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Ludwig researchers have elucidated a key mechanism by which cancer cells change how they metabolize glucose to generate the energy and raw materials required to sustain runaway growth.
New method safely delivers potent anti-cancer compound
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a way to effectively deliver staurosporine (STS), a powerful anti-cancer compound that has vexed...
Internet usage linked to cancer prevention behavior
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Researchers in the UK have linked the likelihood of participating in colorectal cancer prevention behavior with consistent internet usage.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
The role played by estrogen in colon cancer prevention, treatment
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As the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., colon cancer affects both men and women and is expected to cause more than 50,000 deaths this year.
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** DIABETES News **
Can vitamin D supplementation reduce diabetes risk in patients with pre-diabetes?
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A research team led by Anastassios G. Pittas, MD, MS, Endocrinologist and Co-Director of the Diabetes Center at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Adalimumab reduces inflammation in refractory pediatric uveitis
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A new study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) suggests that the biologic agent adalimumab may be a...
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** FERTILITY News **
Contraception needed 3 weeks after giving birth, new mums warned
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Fertility can return much more rapidly than many women assume after giving birth, and myths still abound about what contraception can and can't be used while breastfeeding.
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Flu vaccination linked to lower heart attack risk
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Getting a flu shot may do more than keep you out of harm's way this flu season. It could also prevent heart failure or heart attack, a new study suggests.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts
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Researchers report that in patients with pseudocysts with viscous debris-laden fluid, endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage by using a combination of a nasocystic drain and transmural stents...
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** GENETICS News **
Genetic study confirms saga of ancient human migration
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A study of the full genetic code of a common human virus offers a dramatic confirmation of the "out-of-Africa" pattern of human migration, which had previously been documented by anthropologists...
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
Homeless use emergency care more often, study shows
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A study analyzing use of emergency departments in Canada reveals that high emergency care use by a small number of homeless people may impact the health care system.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Hereditary, often fatal cholesterol disease overlooked and untreated
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Hereditary high blood cholesterol leads to premature heart disease. It is overlooked and untreated virtually worldwide - including in Europe.
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Universal approach could eradicate HIV in South Africa
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International researchers say that the elimination of HIV in South Africa could happen 10 years earlier than predicted through an expanded universal test and treat approach.
Protecting babies from HIV infection through protein in breast milk
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A substance in breast milk that neutralizes HIV and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke Medicine.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Teen vaccinations lead to lower infant pertussis hospitalizations
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Widespread vaccination of adolescents for pertussis was associated with lower rates of infant hospitalizations for the respiratory infection than would have been expected had teens not been...
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Single mutation gives virus new target
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In a new study published online in the journal PLOS Pathogens, an international team of scientists showed that by swapping a single amino acid they could change the sugar to which the human BK...
Produce-borne illness could be reduced by on-farm food safety plans
http://mnt.to/l/4hwX
Researchers from Cornell University have identified some agricultural management practices in the field that can either boost or reduce the risk of contamination in produce from two major...
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Efficient method demonstrated for converting fat cells to liver cells
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In a feat of modern-day alchemy with huge potential for regenerative medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have developed a fast, efficient way to turn cells extracted from...
Therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis C enters phase I
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) has announced that the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of its therapeutic vaccine for hepatitis C (INO-8000/VGX-6150) will be studied in a...
Molecular switch identified that suppresses development of liver cancer
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A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that activating a family of small protein, known as Rho, could suppress liver malignancies.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Carotid artery stenting appears associated with increased stroke in elderly
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Carotid artery stenting (CAS) was associated with an increased risk of stroke in elderly patients but the mortality risk appeared to be the same as for nonelderly patients, according to a review...
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** MELANOMA / SKIN CANCER News **
Melanoma patients may benefit from new biomarker
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A new biomarker and minimally invasive way to quickly determine whether a melanoma patient is likely to respond to a BRAF-targeted drug promises to speed up treatment decisions.
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** MRI / PET / ULTRASOUND News **
Pyruvic acid offers a natural boost for MRI scans
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique widely used in medicine to create images of internal organs such as the heart, the lungs, the liver and even the brain.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Continuous and prolonged mental challenge keeps an aging mind sharp
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Older adults are often encouraged to stay active and engaged to keep their minds sharp, that they have to "use it or lose it.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Weight loss surgery 'more effective than diet and exercise'
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Compared with non-surgical treatments, weight loss surgery is more effective for reducing body weight and increasing type 2 diabetes remission rates, a new study shows.
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** PANCREATIC CANCER News **
Pancreatic cancer patients may benefit from antibody-drug conjugate
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Patients with pancreatic cancer may benefit from an investigational member of an emerging class of anticancer drugs called antibody-drug conjugates, according to preclinical results presented at...
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Poll reveals that parents want e-mail consults with doctors but don't want to pay for them
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Most parents would love to get an e-mail response from their kids' health care provider for a minor illness rather than making an office visit, but about half say that online consultation should...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Anthropologist studies the evolutionary benefit of human personality traits
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Bold and outgoing or shy and retiring - while many people can shift from one to the other as circumstances warrant, in general they lean toward one disposition or the other.
Scientists identify 20 potential drug target genes involved in the process of remembering negative events
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Through analysis of the human genome, Basle scientists have identified molecules and compounds that are related to human memory.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Recommendations to expand access to clinical trial data
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A new report by researchers from Harvard University and others in a working group convened by the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center (MRCT) at Harvard proposes recommendations for addressing...
EU-project to reduce healthcare costs
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EU-wide there is a clear and urgent need to curb healthcare costs. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred care have been given the task of coordinating a project...
Increasing length of health news stories on local television may benefit public health
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Previous research has shown that the most popular way Americans get their health news is by watching local television broadcasts.
Project to improve Haiti's health care system
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University Research Co., LLC (URC) is leading a new project in Haiti, a country with complex public health issues, including decentralization, HIV/AIDS, and cholera, to improve the population's...
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Smoking cessation, even during pregnancy, may reduce infant hospitalizations and death
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Maternal smoking is associated with both respiratory and non-respiratory infections in infants, resulting in increased risk for hospitalization and death, according to an abstract presented...
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
Zebrafish safety trial leads to improved engraftment of umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants
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Zebrafish research achieved a significant milestone when the first drug developed through studies utilizing the tiny animal and then put into clinical trials passed a Phase 1 trial aimed at...
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Five years on, first ever tissue-engineered airway transplant remains successful
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New results published in The Lancet reveal that five years after the first successful transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway (reported in The Lancet in 2008 [1]) the recipient continues...
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** TUBERCULOSIS News **
Badger surveillance project reveals how TB infects their social networks
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Researchers at the University of Exeter and the AHVLA's National Wildlife Management Centre have shown that the social lives of badgers are related to their risk of infection with bovine...
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
American College of Physicians recommends against screening for chronic kidney disease in adults without symptoms or risk factors
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends against screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in asymptomatic adults without risk factors.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Heavy air pollution in Canadian areas with excess cancers
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Pollutants from Canada’s industrial heartland have been linked to the higher-than-average prevalence of cancers in people living downwind of the area, researchers say.
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