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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Neuroscientist establishes direct link between stimulus-response learning and substance abuse
http://mnt.to/l/4hKh
Veronique Bohbot, PhD, neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, found that the region of the brain involved in stimulus-response learning is directly linked to the...
Alcohol and acetaminophen combined increases kidney risks
http://mnt.to/l/4hJW
Common painkiller acetaminophen (paracetamol) use and low to moderate consumption of alcohol may increase the risk of kidney dysfunction, a new study shows.
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
The next step in stroke prevention: addressing both blood clotting and protection of the blood vessels
http://mnt.to/l/4hK5
As growing numbers of America's baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health issues affecting this population...
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** AUTISM News **
Gene that fosters synapse formation in the brain has Implications for language development, autism, epilepsy
http://mnt.to/l/4hKC
Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found that a gene already implicated in human speech disorders and epilepsy is also needed for vocalizations and synapse formation in mice.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Real-world data confirm clinical value of Bayer's novel oral anticoagulant Xarelto in protecting patients against blood clots
http://mnt.to/l/4hL2
Data from the real-world XAMOS study just published in the journal Thrombosis and Haemostasis reaffirms the benefits of oral, once-daily Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) in everyday clinical practice...
Outcomes of providing access to platelet function testing in a clinical setting
http://mnt.to/l/4hKd
Results of the TRANSLATE-POPS trial presented at TCT 2013According to a new study of heart attack patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), free access to platelet...
Potential benefits of shorter-term dual antiplatelet therapy in patients treated with a second generation drug-eluting stent
http://mnt.to/l/4hKc
Results of the OPTIMIZE trial presented at TCT 2013A new study demonstrates that some patients may not need to receive prolonged anti-clotting therapy after drug-eluting stent (DES)...
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Spinal injuries and stem cell scarring
http://mnt.to/l/4hLn
Conventional medicine views scar tissue as the 'bad boy' of healing - something best avoided. But research from Sweden shows that stem cell scarring may aid spinal injury recovery.
Real-world data confirm clinical value of Bayer's novel oral anticoagulant Xarelto in protecting patients against blood clots
http://mnt.to/l/4hL2
Data from the real-world XAMOS study just published in the journal Thrombosis and Haemostasis reaffirms the benefits of oral, once-daily Xarelto® (rivaroxaban) in everyday clinical practice...
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Healthy cell structures assured by protein suicide
http://mnt.to/l/4hKq
Centrioles are tiny structures in the cell that play an important role in cell division and in the assembly of cilia and flagella.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Improving gum health may reduce heart risk
http://mnt.to/l/4hM3
Study links improved gum health to a significant slowing down of atherosclerosis, where plaque builds up in arteries and raises risk of heart disease, stroke and death.
Patients with heart failure need specialist care
http://mnt.to/l/4hLr
New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that patients with heart failure have high mortality and often are undertreated.
Comparison of 2 third-generation drug-eluting stents
http://mnt.to/l/4hKf
Results of DUTCH PEERS (TWENTE II) trial reported at TCT 2013Results of the DUTCH PEERS (TWENTE II) clinical trial demonstrate comparable safety and efficacy of two third-generation...
Outcomes of providing access to platelet function testing in a clinical setting
http://mnt.to/l/4hKd
Results of the TRANSLATE-POPS trial presented at TCT 2013According to a new study of heart attack patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), free access to platelet...
Potential benefits of shorter-term dual antiplatelet therapy in patients treated with a second generation drug-eluting stent
http://mnt.to/l/4hKc
Results of the OPTIMIZE trial presented at TCT 2013A new study demonstrates that some patients may not need to receive prolonged anti-clotting therapy after drug-eluting stent (DES)...
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
One HPV vaccine dose 'enough' for cervical cancer prevention
http://mnt.to/l/4hLm
A new study suggests that just one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine may be adequate in protecting women against cervical cancer for up to 4 years.
Primary HPV screening provides 60 - 70% greater protection against invasive cervical cancer than cytology-based screening
http://mnt.to/l/4hKH
Primary screening for HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) provides 60 - 70% greater protection against invasive cervical cancer than the cytology-based ('smear-test') screening currently used in most...
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** CLINICAL TRIALS / DRUG TRIALS News **
electroCore's clinical trial program into non invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy gathers momentum
http://mnt.to/l/4hKV
Following the announcement last month that it had fully enrolled its pilot FDA chronic migraine study electroCore has announced that its European randomized controlled trial, GC - 002, for the...
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** CONFERENCES News **
IIR's Medicare Congress 2014, February 10-12, New Orleans
http://mnt.to/l/4hMj
Passionate. Innovative. Groundbreaking. These may not be phrases you typically associate with the Medicare industry, but at IIR's Medicare Congress 2014, you'll hear from keynote speakers who...
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** DENTISTRY News **
Improving gum health may reduce heart risk
http://mnt.to/l/4hM3
Study links improved gum health to a significant slowing down of atherosclerosis, where plaque builds up in arteries and raises risk of heart disease, stroke and death.
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** DEPRESSION News **
Risk of depression increased by long-term use of prescription-based painkillers
http://mnt.to/l/4hK7
Opioid analgesics, or prescription-based narcotic pain killers, have long been known to reduce pain, but reports of adverse effects and addiction continue to surface.
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** DIABETES News **
The impact of insulin treatment status in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hKr
Results of the FREEDOM sub study reported at TCT 2013According to a recent study of diabetic patients who underwent revascularization for multi-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD), patients...
Risk of heart disease much greater for women under 60 with diabetes
http://mnt.to/l/4hKp
Results of a Johns Hopkins study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that young and middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk of coronary artery disease than...
A 'perfect storm' for inflammation - bacteria and fat - may promote diabetes
http://mnt.to/l/4hJX
Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was the ideal way to study how the interaction between bacteria and fat...
Weight reduced and blood sugar improved by new multiple action intestinal hormone
http://mnt.to/l/4hJN
Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, together with scientists in the USA, have developed a new therapeutic approach for treatment of Type 2...
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** ENDOCRINOLOGY News **
Weight reduced and blood sugar improved by new multiple action intestinal hormone
http://mnt.to/l/4hJN
Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, together with scientists in the USA, have developed a new therapeutic approach for treatment of Type 2...
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** EPILEPSY News **
Gene that fosters synapse formation in the brain has Implications for language development, autism, epilepsy
http://mnt.to/l/4hKC
Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found that a gene already implicated in human speech disorders and epilepsy is also needed for vocalizations and synapse formation in mice.
Breakthrough made in identifying effect of epilepsy treatment
http://mnt.to/l/4hKt
50 years after valproate was first discovered, research published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease, reports how the drug works to block seizure progression.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Special issue of Optometry and Vision Science highlights research advances in myopia
http://mnt.to/l/4hJY
New research on myopia - how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue...
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** FERTILITY News **
Healthy cell structures assured by protein suicide
http://mnt.to/l/4hKq
Centrioles are tiny structures in the cell that play an important role in cell division and in the assembly of cilia and flagella.
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** GENETICS News **
Molecule identified that orients neurons for high definition sensing
http://mnt.to/l/4hKD
Many animals have highly developed senses, such as vision in carnivores, touch in mice, and hearing in bats.
Gene that fosters synapse formation in the brain has Implications for language development, autism, epilepsy
http://mnt.to/l/4hKC
Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found that a gene already implicated in human speech disorders and epilepsy is also needed for vocalizations and synapse formation in mice.
Genetic change of P. vivax in Korea revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis
http://mnt.to/l/4hKB
Malaria is one of the major infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitos, with enormous impact on quality of life.
New compounds with antibiotic potential revealed by 'Flipping the switch'
http://mnt.to/l/4hKz
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that one gene in a common fungus acts as a master regulator, and deleting it has opened access to a wealth of new compounds that have never...
Gene expression studies conducted in space find microgravity accelerates biological aging
http://mnt.to/l/4hKm
As nations strive to put humans farther into space for longer periods of time, the real loser in this new space race could be the astronauts themselves.
CMV rapidly evolves as it spreads from mother to fetus, providing genetic targets for new therapeutics
http://mnt.to/l/4hJP
New insights into how human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading cause of birth defects associated with infection spreads from pregnant mother to fetus and from organ to organ in newborns provides...
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** HEADACHE / MIGRAINE News **
electroCore's clinical trial program into non invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy gathers momentum
http://mnt.to/l/4hKV
Following the announcement last month that it had fully enrolled its pilot FDA chronic migraine study electroCore has announced that its European randomized controlled trial, GC - 002, for the...
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
New limits on federal authority established by Supreme Court's Obamacare decision
http://mnt.to/l/4hKn
A new paper by an Indiana University professor sheds new light on the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, which many critics said threatens state...
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Improving gum health may reduce heart risk
http://mnt.to/l/4hM3
Study links improved gum health to a significant slowing down of atherosclerosis, where plaque builds up in arteries and raises risk of heart disease, stroke and death.
Patients with heart failure need specialist care
http://mnt.to/l/4hLr
New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that patients with heart failure have high mortality and often are undertreated.
Minimally invasive corornary artery bypass surgery combined with percutaneous coronary intervention feasible and safe
http://mnt.to/l/4hKJ
Results of the HYBRID trial presented at TCT 2013A hybrid approach to treating coronary artery disease that involves a "hybrid procedure" combining a minimally invasive bypass surgery with...
The impact of insulin treatment status in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
http://mnt.to/l/4hKr
Results of the FREEDOM sub study reported at TCT 2013According to a recent study of diabetic patients who underwent revascularization for multi-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD), patients...
Risk of heart disease much greater for women under 60 with diabetes
http://mnt.to/l/4hKp
Results of a Johns Hopkins study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that young and middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk of coronary artery disease than...
Chagas disease, a leading cause of heart disease ignored in North America's poorest communities
http://mnt.to/l/4hK6
A leading cause of heart disease remains overlooked in North America's most impoverished communities, researchers said today in an editorial published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Heart failure symptoms may be reduced by nerve stimulation in neck
http://mnt.to/l/4hJZ
A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart...
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Promising results from treating SHIV-infected monkeys with HIV antibody infusions
http://mnt.to/l/4hKG
Two teams are reporting results from experiments in which they infused powerful anti-HIV antibodies into monkeys infected with an HIV-like virus, rapidly reducing the amount of virus, or viral...
Research looks at the body's fight against HIV
http://mnt.to/l/4hKw
When a person is infected with HIV the virus infects the cells of the immune system.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Newborns lack toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) which recognizes different viruses
http://mnt.to/l/4hKj
If you think cold and flu season is tough, trying being an infant. A new research finding published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds new light on why newborns...
A 'perfect storm' for inflammation - bacteria and fat - may promote diabetes
http://mnt.to/l/4hJX
Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was the ideal way to study how the interaction between bacteria and fat...
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
New compounds with antibiotic potential revealed by 'Flipping the switch'
http://mnt.to/l/4hKz
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that one gene in a common fungus acts as a master regulator, and deleting it has opened access to a wealth of new compounds that have never...
Newborns lack toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) which recognizes different viruses
http://mnt.to/l/4hKj
If you think cold and flu season is tough, trying being an infant. A new research finding published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds new light on why newborns...
CMV rapidly evolves as it spreads from mother to fetus, providing genetic targets for new therapeutics
http://mnt.to/l/4hJP
New insights into how human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading cause of birth defects associated with infection spreads from pregnant mother to fetus and from organ to organ in newborns provides...
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
FibroScan: fast, painless alternative to liver biopsies for hepatitis patients
http://mnt.to/l/4hK4
A non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy, now the standard method of diagnosing cirrhosis in hepatitis patients, proved very reliable in a national multi-center study including Henry Ford...
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA / MYELOMA News **
Study evaluates early stem cell transplants for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
http://mnt.to/l/4hJM
Performing early stem cell transplants in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma does not improve overall survival in high-risk patients, according to a study published in the New...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Comparison of 2 third-generation drug-eluting stents
http://mnt.to/l/4hKf
Results of DUTCH PEERS (TWENTE II) trial reported at TCT 2013Results of the DUTCH PEERS (TWENTE II) clinical trial demonstrate comparable safety and efficacy of two third-generation...
Outcomes of providing access to platelet function testing in a clinical setting
http://mnt.to/l/4hKd
Results of the TRANSLATE-POPS trial presented at TCT 2013According to a new study of heart attack patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), free access to platelet...
FibroScan: fast, painless alternative to liver biopsies for hepatitis patients
http://mnt.to/l/4hK4
A non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy, now the standard method of diagnosing cirrhosis in hepatitis patients, proved very reliable in a national multi-center study including Henry Ford...
Heart failure symptoms may be reduced by nerve stimulation in neck
http://mnt.to/l/4hJZ
A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart...
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
New limits on federal authority established by Supreme Court's Obamacare decision
http://mnt.to/l/4hKn
A new paper by an Indiana University professor sheds new light on the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, which many critics said threatens state...
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** MENOPAUSE News **
Local anesthetic injected in neck reduces severe hot flashes
http://mnt.to/l/4hK9
A shot in the neck of local anesthesia may reduce hot flashes by as much as 50 percent for at least six months, a recent Northwestern Medicine® study found.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
Poor physical and mental health reported by women working in Head Start programs
http://mnt.to/l/4hKb
Women working in Head Start, the nation's largest federally funded early childhood education program which serves nearly one million low-income children, report higher than expected levels of...
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** MRSA / DRUG RESISTANCE News **
Novel imaging technique, a new weapon in the fight against superbugs
http://mnt.to/l/4hK8
The ever-increasing threat from "superbugs" -- strains of pathogenic bacteria that are impervious to the antibiotics that subdued their predecessor generations -- has forced the medical...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Molecule identified that orients neurons for high definition sensing
http://mnt.to/l/4hKD
Many animals have highly developed senses, such as vision in carnivores, touch in mice, and hearing in bats.
Botox modified for the treatment of pain
http://mnt.to/l/4hKk
A team of 22 scientists from 11 research institutes led by Professor Bazbek Davletov, now at the University of Sheffield, created and characterised a new molecule that was able to alleviate...
Heart failure symptoms may be reduced by nerve stimulation in neck
http://mnt.to/l/4hJZ
A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart...
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Children who sleep more eat fewer calories
http://mnt.to/l/4hMb
A week of more - as opposed to less - sleep in children aged 8 to 11 is linked to eating fewer calories, loss of half a pound in weight and lower levels of hunger hormone.
Keep your diet on track this holiday season
http://mnt.to/l/4hFB
Holiday dinners are filled with heaping dishes of comfort foods, fattening favorites and savory treats.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Weight loss surgery has 'few' short-term complications for teens
http://mnt.to/l/4hMc
Parents of severely obese teenagers who undergo weight loss surgery should be 'reassured,' say researchers, as a new study suggests the procedure has few short-term complications.
Children who sleep more eat fewer calories
http://mnt.to/l/4hMb
A week of more - as opposed to less - sleep in children aged 8 to 11 is linked to eating fewer calories, loss of half a pound in weight and lower levels of hunger hormone.
A 'perfect storm' for inflammation - bacteria and fat - may promote diabetes
http://mnt.to/l/4hJX
Making fat cells immortal might seem like a bad idea to most people, but for a team of University of Iowa scientists it was the ideal way to study how the interaction between bacteria and fat...
Keep your diet on track this holiday season
http://mnt.to/l/4hFB
Holiday dinners are filled with heaping dishes of comfort foods, fattening favorites and savory treats.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
electroCore's clinical trial program into non invasive vagus nerve stimulation therapy gathers momentum
http://mnt.to/l/4hKV
Following the announcement last month that it had fully enrolled its pilot FDA chronic migraine study electroCore has announced that its European randomized controlled trial, GC - 002, for the...
Botox modified for the treatment of pain
http://mnt.to/l/4hKk
A team of 22 scientists from 11 research institutes led by Professor Bazbek Davletov, now at the University of Sheffield, created and characterised a new molecule that was able to alleviate...
Local anesthetic injected in neck reduces severe hot flashes
http://mnt.to/l/4hK9
A shot in the neck of local anesthesia may reduce hot flashes by as much as 50 percent for at least six months, a recent Northwestern Medicine® study found.
Risk of depression increased by long-term use of prescription-based painkillers
http://mnt.to/l/4hK7
Opioid analgesics, or prescription-based narcotic pain killers, have long been known to reduce pain, but reports of adverse effects and addiction continue to surface.
Alcohol and acetaminophen combined increases kidney risks
http://mnt.to/l/4hJW
Common painkiller acetaminophen (paracetamol) use and low to moderate consumption of alcohol may increase the risk of kidney dysfunction, a new study shows.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Preterm birth rate drops to 15-year low
http://mnt.to/l/4hMk
March of Dimes reports that preterm birth rates have fallen to 11.5%, but only six states met their goal of a preterm birth rate less than or equal to 9.6%.
Obesity linked to early onset of puberty in girls
http://mnt.to/l/4hMh
It has already been established that girls are reaching puberty earlier than they did a few decades ago, but a recent study suggests that obesity could be a major factor.
Weight loss surgery has 'few' short-term complications for teens
http://mnt.to/l/4hMc
Parents of severely obese teenagers who undergo weight loss surgery should be 'reassured,' say researchers, as a new study suggests the procedure has few short-term complications.
Children who sleep more eat fewer calories
http://mnt.to/l/4hMb
A week of more - as opposed to less - sleep in children aged 8 to 11 is linked to eating fewer calories, loss of half a pound in weight and lower levels of hunger hormone.
The correlation between child-centric behavior and parental happiness and fulfillment
http://mnt.to/l/4hKv
While popular media often depicts highly-involved parents negatively as "helicopter parents" or "tiger moms", how does placing one's children at the center of family life really affect parental...
Newborns lack toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) which recognizes different viruses
http://mnt.to/l/4hKj
If you think cold and flu season is tough, trying being an infant. A new research finding published in the November 2013 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds new light on why newborns...
Poor physical and mental health reported by women working in Head Start programs
http://mnt.to/l/4hKb
Women working in Head Start, the nation's largest federally funded early childhood education program which serves nearly one million low-income children, report higher than expected levels of...
Special issue of Optometry and Vision Science highlights research advances in myopia
http://mnt.to/l/4hJY
New research on myopia - how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue...
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Preterm birth rate drops to 15-year low
http://mnt.to/l/4hMk
March of Dimes reports that preterm birth rates have fallen to 11.5%, but only six states met their goal of a preterm birth rate less than or equal to 9.6%.
Snoring during pregnancy increases risk for c-sections, delivering smaller babies
http://mnt.to/l/4hKx
Snoring during pregnancy may be bad for the new baby's health, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.
CMV rapidly evolves as it spreads from mother to fetus, providing genetic targets for new therapeutics
http://mnt.to/l/4hJP
New insights into how human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading cause of birth defects associated with infection spreads from pregnant mother to fetus and from organ to organ in newborns provides...
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Information card about doctor improves patient satisfaction
http://mnt.to/l/4hKF
Knowing who your doctor is - and a couple of facts about that person - may go a long way toward improving patient satisfaction, according to a Vanderbilt study in the Journal of Orthopaedic...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
The correlation between child-centric behavior and parental happiness and fulfillment
http://mnt.to/l/4hKv
While popular media often depicts highly-involved parents negatively as "helicopter parents" or "tiger moms", how does placing one's children at the center of family life really affect parental...
Neuroscientist establishes direct link between stimulus-response learning and substance abuse
http://mnt.to/l/4hKh
Veronique Bohbot, PhD, neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, found that the region of the brain involved in stimulus-response learning is directly linked to the...
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
FDA takes two important actions on drug shortages
http://mnt.to/l/4hL9
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking two actions to further enhance the agency's ongoing efforts to prevent and resolve drug shortages, a significant public health threat that can...
New limits on federal authority established by Supreme Court's Obamacare decision
http://mnt.to/l/4hKn
A new paper by an Indiana University professor sheds new light on the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, which many critics said threatens state...
Gene expression studies conducted in space find microgravity accelerates biological aging
http://mnt.to/l/4hKm
As nations strive to put humans farther into space for longer periods of time, the real loser in this new space race could be the astronauts themselves.
Exposure to secondhand smoke at work on the decline, but gaps remain
http://mnt.to/l/4hHQ
New policy changes have led to decreased exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work, yet workers in some occupations still experience a high prevalence of secondhand smoke, according to new...
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** REGULATORY AFFAIRS / DRUG APPROVALS News **
FDA takes two important actions on drug shortages
http://mnt.to/l/4hL9
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking two actions to further enhance the agency's ongoing efforts to prevent and resolve drug shortages, a significant public health threat that can...
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Snoring during pregnancy increases risk for c-sections, delivering smaller babies
http://mnt.to/l/4hKx
Snoring during pregnancy may be bad for the new baby's health, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Gene expression studies conducted in space find microgravity accelerates biological aging
http://mnt.to/l/4hKm
As nations strive to put humans farther into space for longer periods of time, the real loser in this new space race could be the astronauts themselves.
The next step in stroke prevention: addressing both blood clotting and protection of the blood vessels
http://mnt.to/l/4hK5
As growing numbers of America's baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health issues affecting this population...
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Snoring during pregnancy increases risk for c-sections, delivering smaller babies
http://mnt.to/l/4hKx
Snoring during pregnancy may be bad for the new baby's health, according to research from the University of Michigan Health System.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Neuroscientist establishes direct link between stimulus-response learning and substance abuse
http://mnt.to/l/4hKh
Veronique Bohbot, PhD, neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, found that the region of the brain involved in stimulus-response learning is directly linked to the...
Exposure to secondhand smoke at work on the decline, but gaps remain
http://mnt.to/l/4hHQ
New policy changes have led to decreased exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work, yet workers in some occupations still experience a high prevalence of secondhand smoke, according to new...
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
Spinal injuries and stem cell scarring
http://mnt.to/l/4hLn
Conventional medicine views scar tissue as the 'bad boy' of healing - something best avoided. But research from Sweden shows that stem cell scarring may aid spinal injury recovery.
Study evaluates early stem cell transplants for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
http://mnt.to/l/4hJM
Performing early stem cell transplants in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma does not improve overall survival in high-risk patients, according to a study published in the New...
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** STROKE News **
The next step in stroke prevention: addressing both blood clotting and protection of the blood vessels
http://mnt.to/l/4hK5
As growing numbers of America's baby boomers reach retirement, neuroscientists are expanding their efforts to understand and treat one of the leading health issues affecting this population...
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Study evaluates early stem cell transplants for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
http://mnt.to/l/4hJM
Performing early stem cell transplants in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma does not improve overall survival in high-risk patients, according to a study published in the New...
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
Genetic change of P. vivax in Korea revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis
http://mnt.to/l/4hKB
Malaria is one of the major infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitos, with enormous impact on quality of life.
Tracking risk of Visceral Leishmaniasis exposure in Brazil's urban areas
http://mnt.to/l/4hKg
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe chronic systemic disease caused by the protozoa (Leishmania infantum) in South America, the Mediterranean, southwest and central Asia.
Chagas disease, a leading cause of heart disease ignored in North America's poorest communities
http://mnt.to/l/4hK6
A leading cause of heart disease remains overlooked in North America's most impoverished communities, researchers said today in an editorial published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
Alcohol and acetaminophen combined increases kidney risks
http://mnt.to/l/4hJW
Common painkiller acetaminophen (paracetamol) use and low to moderate consumption of alcohol may increase the risk of kidney dysfunction, a new study shows.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
New compounds with antibiotic potential revealed by 'Flipping the switch'
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Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that one gene in a common fungus acts as a master regulator, and deleting it has opened access to a wealth of new compounds that have never...
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Preterm birth rate drops to 15-year low
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March of Dimes reports that preterm birth rates have fallen to 11.5%, but only six states met their goal of a preterm birth rate less than or equal to 9.6%.
Obesity linked to early onset of puberty in girls
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It has already been established that girls are reaching puberty earlier than they did a few decades ago, but a recent study suggests that obesity could be a major factor.
One HPV vaccine dose 'enough' for cervical cancer prevention
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A new study suggests that just one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine may be adequate in protecting women against cervical cancer for up to 4 years.
Risk of heart disease much greater for women under 60 with diabetes
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Results of a Johns Hopkins study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that young and middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes are at much greater risk of coronary artery disease than...
Poor physical and mental health reported by women working in Head Start programs
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Women working in Head Start, the nation's largest federally funded early childhood education program which serves nearly one million low-income children, report higher than expected levels of...
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