Dear kostik,
Welcome to today's Medical News Today newsletter, containing the most recent headlines from your chosen news categories.
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Being mindful online shown to dramatically reduce stress, anxiety and depression
http://mnt.to/l/4kqg
Practicing mindfulness online reduces stress, anxiety and depression, finds the University of Oxford in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation.
Correctly defining fear to understand it
http://mnt.to/l/4kps
Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings of...
Psychological mechanisms involved in home field advantage and 'choking'
http://mnt.to/l/4kpm
The pomp. The pageantry. The exciting wins and devastating losses. Unbelievable feats of athleticism and sheer determination. That's right - it's time for the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
A variety of auto-inflammatory diseases could be impacted by newly discovered signaling pathway
http://mnt.to/l/4knD
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the treatment of diseases such as...
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** BIPOLAR News **
Increased reliance on polypharmacy for bipolar patients
http://mnt.to/l/4kpr
A study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there...
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
New approach prevents thrombosis without increasing the risk of bleeding
http://mnt.to/l/4kpD
In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system...
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
First sensory-enhanced artificial hand enables amputee to 'feel'
http://mnt.to/l/4kr9
A man from Denmark is the first amputee to be able to 'feel' with a sensory-enhanced prosthetic hand. Sensors were attached to nerves in the man's upper arm.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
A model for studying cancer and immune diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4kph
The protein STAT1 is involved in defending the body against pathogens and for inhibiting tumour development. If the levels of the protein are out of balance, disease may result.
In screening mammography, novel technique increases detection rate
http://mnt.to/l/4knT
Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.
Insight into why cancer incidence increases with age
http://mnt.to/l/4knR
The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to a...
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Data on more than 10,000 cancer genomes released by the International Cancer Genome Consortium
http://mnt.to/l/4kqc
The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) has announced that it has made available to the scientific community data from more than 10,000 cancer genomes.
Dispelling myths can help prevent cancer deaths
http://mnt.to/l/4kq6
On World Cancer Day, February 4, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is helping to "Debunk the myths" about cancer in collaboration with the Union for...
Nanomedicine testing with blood cells on a microchip
http://mnt.to/l/4kpq
Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease.
A model for studying cancer and immune diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4kph
The protein STAT1 is involved in defending the body against pathogens and for inhibiting tumour development. If the levels of the protein are out of balance, disease may result.
How cancer cells thrive in oxygen-starved tumors
http://mnt.to/l/4kp9
A new study identifies the molecular pathway that enables cancer cells to grow in areas of a tumor where oxygen levels are low, a condition called hypoxia.
Insight into why cancer incidence increases with age
http://mnt.to/l/4knR
The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to a...
How a shape-shifting DNA-repair machine fights cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4knP
Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that morph in response to whatever challenge they face.
Radiation's association with higher mortality highlighted by largest-ever study of 20-year survival among pediatric low-grade glioma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4knJ
The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are...
Study of proteins opens a new avenue for cancer researchers
http://mnt.to/l/4knF
One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die.
A variety of auto-inflammatory diseases could be impacted by newly discovered signaling pathway
http://mnt.to/l/4knD
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the treatment of diseases such as...
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Nanomedicine testing with blood cells on a microchip
http://mnt.to/l/4kpq
Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease.
Predicting cardiovascular events in sleep apnea
http://mnt.to/l/4kpd
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) generally is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease.
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Taking statins to lower cholesterol? New guidelines provide opportunity to discuss options with your doctor
http://mnt.to/l/4kq7
Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three...
Connection discovered in pathogenesis of neurological diseases, HIV
http://mnt.to/l/4kpw
A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D.
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** CONFERENCES News **
Pharmaceutical Sales Training and Development Conference, March 24-25, Atlanta
http://mnt.to/l/4krb
Q1 Productions to Host 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Sales Training and Development Conference this MarchCrafting Global Learning Plans and Engaging Tenured Sales Representatives Among Newly...
Compliant Advertising and Promotion of Healthcare Products Conference, April 10-11, 2014, Alexandria, Virginia
http://mnt.to/l/4kr8
Q1 Productions Hosting Inaugural Life Science Compliant Advertising and Promotion ConferencePromotional Review Objectives, Utilizing Social Media, and Incorporating Compliance Software Among...
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** DEPRESSION News **
Being mindful online shown to dramatically reduce stress, anxiety and depression
http://mnt.to/l/4kqg
Practicing mindfulness online reduces stress, anxiety and depression, finds the University of Oxford in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation.
Sjögren's syndrome may not impede function, despite burden
http://mnt.to/l/4kpf
People living with Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder characterized by dry eyes and dry mouth, appear to function at a level comparable to their healthier peers, according to a...
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
A metabolic molecule inhibits blood vessel growth in patients with diabetes, leading to impaired wound healing
http://mnt.to/l/4kp5
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased.
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** DIABETES News **
Stem cells cultivated without using human or animal cells
http://mnt.to/l/4kqQ
According to a new study published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers have identified a new method for cultivating stem cells.
Educational toolkit for treating patients with diabetes did not improve quality of care or outcomes
http://mnt.to/l/4kpc
An educational toolkit designed to improve care of patients with diabetes was not effective, Baiju R Shah and colleagues (University of Toronto) found in a cluster randomized trial conducted in...
A metabolic molecule inhibits blood vessel growth in patients with diabetes, leading to impaired wound healing
http://mnt.to/l/4kp5
Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased.
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** EPILEPSY News **
Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures
http://mnt.to/l/4kpZ
New research shows that children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) who receive earlier treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) experience a reduction in the duration of the seizure.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Short stays in darkness can boost hearing, study shows
http://mnt.to/l/4kqp
A study found that keeping adult mice in complete darkness for a week boosted their brains' ability to process sound, suggesting brain centers for vision and sound help each other.
Sjögren's syndrome may not impede function, despite burden
http://mnt.to/l/4kpf
People living with Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder characterized by dry eyes and dry mouth, appear to function at a level comparable to their healthier peers, according to a...
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** FERTILITY News **
Endometriosis: new findings may lead to better treatment and care
http://mnt.to/l/4kpY
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered cellular activity that may provide a better understanding of the mechanisms behind endometriosis.
Novel simplified IVF procedure leads to first live births
http://mnt.to/l/4knV
A recent prospective study published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online comparing conventional IVF with a novel simplified laboratory method of culturing embryos suggested that fertilization and...
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Vaccine barriers: 30,000 adults die of preventable diseases each year
http://mnt.to/l/4kq9
In a survey on vaccine perceptions, physicians reveal financial barriers are the largest hurdle in preventing vaccine-preventable deaths.
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** GENETICS News **
Unique High throughput sequencing of RNA structure in human cells provide the first generation RNA architecture map
http://mnt.to/l/4kqd
Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the US-based Stanford University's School of Medicine have successfully produced one of the first ever genome-wide views of...
Data on more than 10,000 cancer genomes released by the International Cancer Genome Consortium
http://mnt.to/l/4kqc
The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) has announced that it has made available to the scientific community data from more than 10,000 cancer genomes.
Ten genes show the way
http://mnt.to/l/4kpR
Similar to the sugar glucose, its sulphurous analogue sulpho-glucose, is produced by all photosynthetically active organisms.
How a shape-shifting DNA-repair machine fights cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4knP
Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that morph in response to whatever challenge they face.
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** HEARING / DEAFNESS News **
Short stays in darkness can boost hearing, study shows
http://mnt.to/l/4kqp
A study found that keeping adult mice in complete darkness for a week boosted their brains' ability to process sound, suggesting brain centers for vision and sound help each other.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Predicting cardiovascular events in sleep apnea
http://mnt.to/l/4kpd
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) generally is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease.
Lower risk of heart disease among young US workers who adhere to a Mediterranean diet
http://mnt.to/l/4kp6
Among a large group of Midwestern firefighters, greater adherence to Mediterranean-style diet was associated with lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new study...
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Connection discovered in pathogenesis of neurological diseases, HIV
http://mnt.to/l/4kpw
A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Mechanism discovered that helps HIV evade antibodies, stabilize key proteins
http://mnt.to/l/4knL
NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV proteins and thereby concealing sites where some of the most powerful HIV neutralizing antibodies bind, findings with...
Researchers use a naturally occurring HIV variant to trace a T cell lineage for 17 years
http://mnt.to/l/4knH
A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ T cells in people infected with HIV.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Increased risk of pregnancy and delivery complications in women with schizophrenia
http://mnt.to/l/4kny
Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark...
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Is this the next vaccine revolution?
http://mnt.to/l/4kqf
Vaccines are the safest, cheapest and most effective way to protect against infectious diseases.
Vaccine barriers: 30,000 adults die of preventable diseases each year
http://mnt.to/l/4kq9
In a survey on vaccine perceptions, physicians reveal financial barriers are the largest hurdle in preventing vaccine-preventable deaths.
Scripps Research Institute scientists create potential vaccine ingredient for childhood respiratory disease
http://mnt.to/l/4kq8
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new method for designing artificial proteins, and have used it to make key ingredients for a candidate vaccine against a...
Endometriosis: new findings may lead to better treatment and care
http://mnt.to/l/4kpY
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered cellular activity that may provide a better understanding of the mechanisms behind endometriosis.
A model for studying cancer and immune diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4kph
The protein STAT1 is involved in defending the body against pathogens and for inhibiting tumour development. If the levels of the protein are out of balance, disease may result.
New mathematical model shows that appearance of rash may determine how Lyme disease spreads through body
http://mnt.to/l/4kpb
Lyme disease is often evident by a rash on the skin, but infections do not always produce similar rashes.
Mechanism discovered that helps HIV evade antibodies, stabilize key proteins
http://mnt.to/l/4knL
NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV proteins and thereby concealing sites where some of the most powerful HIV neutralizing antibodies bind, findings with...
Researchers use a naturally occurring HIV variant to trace a T cell lineage for 17 years
http://mnt.to/l/4knH
A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ T cells in people infected with HIV.
The ultimate decoy: Scripps Research Institute scientists find protein that helps bacteria misdirect immune system
http://mnt.to/l/4knp
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has discovered an unusual bacterial protein that attaches to virtually any antibody and prevents it from binding to its target.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
New drug treatment reduces chronic pain following shingles
http://mnt.to/l/4kpH
A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.
New mathematical model shows that appearance of rash may determine how Lyme disease spreads through body
http://mnt.to/l/4kpb
Lyme disease is often evident by a rash on the skin, but infections do not always produce similar rashes.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Paracetamol overdose and liver failure
http://mnt.to/l/4kpj
University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller paracetamol (also known as...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Nanomedicine testing with blood cells on a microchip
http://mnt.to/l/4kpq
Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease.
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** MENOPAUSE News **
Smoking causes earlier menopause in some white women
http://mnt.to/l/4krv
New research suggests that white women with certain genetic variations who smoke are more likely to enter menopause early, putting them at early risk for CAD and osteoporosis.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
Being mindful online shown to dramatically reduce stress, anxiety and depression
http://mnt.to/l/4kqg
Practicing mindfulness online reduces stress, anxiety and depression, finds the University of Oxford in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation.
Cognitive therapy 'an effective treatment option' for schizophrenia
http://mnt.to/l/4kpB
Cognitive therapy may be effective for schizophrenic patients who are unable or choose not to undergo antipsychotic treatment, according to a new study.
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** MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS News **
A variety of auto-inflammatory diseases could be impacted by newly discovered signaling pathway
http://mnt.to/l/4knD
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the treatment of diseases such as...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
First sensory-enhanced artificial hand enables amputee to 'feel'
http://mnt.to/l/4kr9
A man from Denmark is the first amputee to be able to 'feel' with a sensory-enhanced prosthetic hand. Sensors were attached to nerves in the man's upper arm.
Short stays in darkness can boost hearing, study shows
http://mnt.to/l/4kqp
A study found that keeping adult mice in complete darkness for a week boosted their brains' ability to process sound, suggesting brain centers for vision and sound help each other.
Brain updates memory with current experience
http://mnt.to/l/4kqm
Memory is not like a video, frozen in time, but a dynamic continual editing process that inserts things from the present when recollections are retrieved, say researchers.
"False memories" - the hidden side of our good memory
http://mnt.to/l/4kqk
Justice blindly trusts human memory. Every year throughout the world hundreds of thousands of court cases are heard based solely on the testimony of somebody who swears that they are reproducing...
Violent video games delay the development of moral judgement in teens
http://mnt.to/l/4kq2
Mirjana Bajovic of Brock University set out to discover whether there was a link between the types of video games teens played, how long they played them, and the teens' levels of moral...
Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures
http://mnt.to/l/4kpZ
New research shows that children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) who receive earlier treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) experience a reduction in the duration of the seizure.
Faces we don't forget
http://mnt.to/l/4kpW
Psychologists at the University of Jena (Germany) are showing in a new study, that we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones.
Connection discovered in pathogenesis of neurological diseases, HIV
http://mnt.to/l/4kpw
A new study by George Washington University (GW) researcher Michael Bukrinsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Correctly defining fear to understand it
http://mnt.to/l/4kps
Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings of...
First evidence of common brain code for space, time, distance
http://mnt.to/l/4kpn
A new Dartmouth study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances.
Studying concussion in college ice hockey players using susceptibility-weighted imaging
http://mnt.to/l/4kp8
Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers have identified microstructural changes in the brains of male and female college-level ice hockey players that could be due to concussive...
Memory is not like a video camera; it edits the past with present experiences
http://mnt.to/l/4kp7
Your memory is a wily time traveler, plucking fragments of the present and inserting them into the past, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
Radiation's association with higher mortality highlighted by largest-ever study of 20-year survival among pediatric low-grade glioma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4knJ
The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are...
Blue light exposure may be a countermeasure for fatigue, during the day and night
http://mnt.to/l/4knB
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or blue light, during the biological day directly and immediately improves alertness and...
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
What does 'whole grain' really mean?
http://mnt.to/l/4kq3
The most comprehensive definition of whole grain termed to date has been published this week in the journal Food and Nutrition Research.
Lower risk of heart disease among young US workers who adhere to a Mediterranean diet
http://mnt.to/l/4kp6
Among a large group of Midwestern firefighters, greater adherence to Mediterranean-style diet was associated with lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new study...
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Lower risk of heart disease among young US workers who adhere to a Mediterranean diet
http://mnt.to/l/4kp6
Among a large group of Midwestern firefighters, greater adherence to Mediterranean-style diet was associated with lower risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new study...
Most parents fail to recognize if their child is overweight
http://mnt.to/l/4knz
In the idyllic town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average.And, judging by a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, none are obese.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
New drug treatment reduces chronic pain following shingles
http://mnt.to/l/4kpH
A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.
Paracetamol overdose and liver failure
http://mnt.to/l/4kpj
University of Adelaide researchers have identified a key step for the future prevention of liver failure resulting from taking too much of the everyday painkiller paracetamol (also known as...
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Stem cells cultivated without using human or animal cells
http://mnt.to/l/4kqQ
According to a new study published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers have identified a new method for cultivating stem cells.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Scripps Research Institute scientists create potential vaccine ingredient for childhood respiratory disease
http://mnt.to/l/4kq8
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new method for designing artificial proteins, and have used it to make key ingredients for a candidate vaccine against a...
Violent video games delay the development of moral judgement in teens
http://mnt.to/l/4kq2
Mirjana Bajovic of Brock University set out to discover whether there was a link between the types of video games teens played, how long they played them, and the teens' levels of moral...
Early treatment with AED reduces duration of febrile seizures
http://mnt.to/l/4kpZ
New research shows that children with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) who receive earlier treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) experience a reduction in the duration of the seizure.
Data-driven team is key to sustaining positive behavior framework in schools
http://mnt.to/l/4knK
A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data is crucial for launching and sustaining a framework designed at the University of Oregon in the early 1990s to prevent...
Radiation's association with higher mortality highlighted by largest-ever study of 20-year survival among pediatric low-grade glioma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4knJ
The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are...
Most parents fail to recognize if their child is overweight
http://mnt.to/l/4knz
In the idyllic town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average.And, judging by a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, none are obese.
Stem cells to treat lung disease in preterm infants
http://mnt.to/l/4knh
Advances in neonatal care for very preterm infants have greatly increased the chances of survival for these fragile infants.
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** PHARMA INDUSTRY / BIOTECH INDUSTRY News **
Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands
http://mnt.to/l/4kpp
By 2018, it is estimated that the global pharmaceutical market will be worth more than $1.3 trillion USD.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
The 'entrance exam' that is key to a successful pregnancy
http://mnt.to/l/4kqh
Researchers have discovered how an 'entrance exam' set by the womb determines if the implantation of an embryo is successful; potentially a milestone for advances in pregnancy treatments.
Novel simplified IVF procedure leads to first live births
http://mnt.to/l/4knV
A recent prospective study published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online comparing conventional IVF with a novel simplified laboratory method of culturing embryos suggested that fertilization and...
Increased risk of pregnancy and delivery complications in women with schizophrenia
http://mnt.to/l/4kny
Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark...
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Taking statins to lower cholesterol? New guidelines provide opportunity to discuss options with your doctor
http://mnt.to/l/4kq7
Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three...
Tele-emergency system's ability to improve patient care
http://mnt.to/l/4kpt
New research from the University of Iowa College of Public Health supports the claim that tele-emergency services can successfully extend emergency care in rural hospitals.
Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands
http://mnt.to/l/4kpp
By 2018, it is estimated that the global pharmaceutical market will be worth more than $1.3 trillion USD.
Educational toolkit for treating patients with diabetes did not improve quality of care or outcomes
http://mnt.to/l/4kpc
An educational toolkit designed to improve care of patients with diabetes was not effective, Baiju R Shah and colleagues (University of Toronto) found in a cluster randomized trial conducted in...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Brain updates memory with current experience
http://mnt.to/l/4kqm
Memory is not like a video, frozen in time, but a dynamic continual editing process that inserts things from the present when recollections are retrieved, say researchers.
Violent video games delay the development of moral judgement in teens
http://mnt.to/l/4kq2
Mirjana Bajovic of Brock University set out to discover whether there was a link between the types of video games teens played, how long they played them, and the teens' levels of moral...
Faces we don't forget
http://mnt.to/l/4kpW
Psychologists at the University of Jena (Germany) are showing in a new study, that we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones.
Cognitive therapy 'an effective treatment option' for schizophrenia
http://mnt.to/l/4kpB
Cognitive therapy may be effective for schizophrenic patients who are unable or choose not to undergo antipsychotic treatment, according to a new study.
Correctly defining fear to understand it
http://mnt.to/l/4kps
Understanding and properly studying fear is partly a matter of correctly defining fear itself, New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux writes in a new essay published in Proceedings of...
Increased reliance on polypharmacy for bipolar patients
http://mnt.to/l/4kpr
A study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there...
First evidence of common brain code for space, time, distance
http://mnt.to/l/4kpn
A new Dartmouth study provides the first evidence that people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances.
Psychological mechanisms involved in home field advantage and 'choking'
http://mnt.to/l/4kpm
The pomp. The pageantry. The exciting wins and devastating losses. Unbelievable feats of athleticism and sheer determination. That's right - it's time for the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Quality matters more than quantity when it comes to memory
http://mnt.to/l/4kpg
The capacity of our working memory is better explained by the quality of memories we can store than by their number, a team of psychology researchers has concluded.
Sjögren's syndrome may not impede function, despite burden
http://mnt.to/l/4kpf
People living with Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder characterized by dry eyes and dry mouth, appear to function at a level comparable to their healthier peers, according to a...
Psychologists explain how attractiveness prevents the recognition of faces
http://mnt.to/l/4knZ
Great eyes, full lips and harmonious features: actress Angelina Jolie is in possession of all of these.
Data-driven team is key to sustaining positive behavior framework in schools
http://mnt.to/l/4knK
A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data is crucial for launching and sustaining a framework designed at the University of Oregon in the early 1990s to prevent...
Different approaches to restoring mental functioning showcased in NeuroRehabilitation
http://mnt.to/l/4knC
There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers returning from war zones with brain injuries, athletes with sports-related head injuries...
Most parents fail to recognize if their child is overweight
http://mnt.to/l/4knz
In the idyllic town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average.And, judging by a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, none are obese.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Vaccine barriers: 30,000 adults die of preventable diseases each year
http://mnt.to/l/4kq9
In a survey on vaccine perceptions, physicians reveal financial barriers are the largest hurdle in preventing vaccine-preventable deaths.
Dispelling myths can help prevent cancer deaths
http://mnt.to/l/4kq6
On World Cancer Day, February 4, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is helping to "Debunk the myths" about cancer in collaboration with the Union for...
New sensor system improves indoor air quality while making building ventilation more energy efficient
http://mnt.to/l/4kpL
A research consortium being coordinated at Saarland University is developing a novel sensor system for monitoring airborne contaminants that will provide high-quality indoor air without the...
Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands
http://mnt.to/l/4kpp
By 2018, it is estimated that the global pharmaceutical market will be worth more than $1.3 trillion USD.
Data-driven team is key to sustaining positive behavior framework in schools
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A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data is crucial for launching and sustaining a framework designed at the University of Oregon in the early 1990s to prevent...
Blue light exposure may be a countermeasure for fatigue, during the day and night
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Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or blue light, during the biological day directly and immediately improves alertness and...
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** RADIOLOGY / NUCLEAR MEDICINE News **
In screening mammography, novel technique increases detection rate
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Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.
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** REHABILITATION / PHYSICAL THERAPY News **
First sensory-enhanced artificial hand enables amputee to 'feel'
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A man from Denmark is the first amputee to be able to 'feel' with a sensory-enhanced prosthetic hand. Sensors were attached to nerves in the man's upper arm.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Scripps Research Institute scientists create potential vaccine ingredient for childhood respiratory disease
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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new method for designing artificial proteins, and have used it to make key ingredients for a candidate vaccine against a...
Stem cells to treat lung disease in preterm infants
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Advances in neonatal care for very preterm infants have greatly increased the chances of survival for these fragile infants.
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** SCHIZOPHRENIA News **
Cognitive therapy 'an effective treatment option' for schizophrenia
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Cognitive therapy may be effective for schizophrenic patients who are unable or choose not to undergo antipsychotic treatment, according to a new study.
Increased risk of pregnancy and delivery complications in women with schizophrenia
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Women with schizophrenia are nearly twice as likely to experience pre-eclampsia, pre-term birth and other serious pregnancy and delivery complications as women without the condition, a landmark...
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Insight into why cancer incidence increases with age
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The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen in older people, according to a...
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** SEXUAL HEALTH / STDS News **
New mathematical model shows that appearance of rash may determine how Lyme disease spreads through body
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Lyme disease is often evident by a rash on the skin, but infections do not always produce similar rashes.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Predicting cardiovascular events in sleep apnea
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) generally is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease.
Blue light exposure may be a countermeasure for fatigue, during the day and night
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Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or blue light, during the biological day directly and immediately improves alertness and...
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Smoking causes earlier menopause in some white women
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New research suggests that white women with certain genetic variations who smoke are more likely to enter menopause early, putting them at early risk for CAD and osteoporosis.
Is it time to stub out misguided e-cigarette regulation?
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Smokers are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes as a means to reduce the health impacts of their addiction.
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
Psychological mechanisms involved in home field advantage and 'choking'
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The pomp. The pageantry. The exciting wins and devastating losses. Unbelievable feats of athleticism and sheer determination. That's right - it's time for the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Studying concussion in college ice hockey players using susceptibility-weighted imaging
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Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers have identified microstructural changes in the brains of male and female college-level ice hockey players that could be due to concussive...
Different approaches to restoring mental functioning showcased in NeuroRehabilitation
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There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers returning from war zones with brain injuries, athletes with sports-related head injuries...
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** STATINS News **
Taking statins to lower cholesterol? New guidelines provide opportunity to discuss options with your doctor
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Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three...
Educational toolkit for treating patients with diabetes did not improve quality of care or outcomes
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An educational toolkit designed to improve care of patients with diabetes was not effective, Baiju R Shah and colleagues (University of Toronto) found in a cluster randomized trial conducted in...
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
Stem cells cultivated without using human or animal cells
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According to a new study published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers have identified a new method for cultivating stem cells.
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** STROKE News **
New guidelines for reducing stroke risks unique to women
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For the first time, guidelines have been developed for preventing stroke in women.
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** VASCULAR News **
New approach prevents thrombosis without increasing the risk of bleeding
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In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system...
A metabolic molecule inhibits blood vessel growth in patients with diabetes, leading to impaired wound healing
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Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased.
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** VETERANS / EX-SERVICEMEN News **
Different approaches to restoring mental functioning showcased in NeuroRehabilitation
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There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers returning from war zones with brain injuries, athletes with sports-related head injuries...
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
New sensor system improves indoor air quality while making building ventilation more energy efficient
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A research consortium being coordinated at Saarland University is developing a novel sensor system for monitoring airborne contaminants that will provide high-quality indoor air without the...
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Smoking causes earlier menopause in some white women
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New research suggests that white women with certain genetic variations who smoke are more likely to enter menopause early, putting them at early risk for CAD and osteoporosis.
Endometriosis: new findings may lead to better treatment and care
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered cellular activity that may provide a better understanding of the mechanisms behind endometriosis.
Increased reliance on polypharmacy for bipolar patients
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A study of 230 patients with bipolar I disorder whose symptoms were severe enough to warrant admission to a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in 2010 reveals that more than a third were there...
Novel simplified IVF procedure leads to first live births
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A recent prospective study published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online comparing conventional IVF with a novel simplified laboratory method of culturing embryos suggested that fertilization and...
New guidelines for reducing stroke risks unique to women
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For the first time, guidelines have been developed for preventing stroke in women.
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