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** AUTISM News **
Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors associated with autism and developmental delays in boys
http://mnt.to/l/4mNY
In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public health found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a...
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
New standards proposed for gauging muscle decline in older adults
http://mnt.to/l/4mNW
Sarcopenia - the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength - may put up to 50 percent of seniors at greater risk for disability, yet there is no consensus within the medical community for how...
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Refined categorization may improve prediction of patient survival in RECIST 1.1
http://mnt.to/l/4mNB
In a recent analysis by the RECIST Working Group published in the European Journal of Cancer, EORTC researchers had explored whether a more refined categorization of tumor response or various...
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Gene variant makes eaters of processed meat 'more likely to get colorectal cancer'
http://mnt.to/l/4mNT
Researchers have found that a common gene variant - carried by 1 in 3 people - may increase risk of colorectal cancer in individuals who eat processed meat.
Ovarian cancer patients may benefit from nanoparticles designed to deliver three cancer drugs at a time
http://mnt.to/l/4mNN
Delivering chemotherapy drugs in nanoparticle form could help reduce side effects by targeting the drugs directly to the tumors.
Blocking protein partnership has implications for cancer treatment
http://mnt.to/l/4mNK
Scientists have identified two unlikely partners in a type of immune cell called a macrophage that work together in response to cancer drugs to increase inflammation in a way that may alter...
Isolating immune cells to study how they ward off oral diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4mNy
Case Western Reserve University dental researchers have found a less invasive way to extract single rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth's natural defenses ward off infection...
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Gene variant makes eaters of processed meat 'more likely to get colorectal cancer'
http://mnt.to/l/4mNT
Researchers have found that a common gene variant - carried by 1 in 3 people - may increase risk of colorectal cancer in individuals who eat processed meat.
Refined categorization may improve prediction of patient survival in RECIST 1.1
http://mnt.to/l/4mNB
In a recent analysis by the RECIST Working Group published in the European Journal of Cancer, EORTC researchers had explored whether a more refined categorization of tumor response or various...
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** COPD News **
Blocking protein partnership has implications for cancer treatment
http://mnt.to/l/4mNK
Scientists have identified two unlikely partners in a type of immune cell called a macrophage that work together in response to cancer drugs to increase inflammation in a way that may alter...
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** DENTISTRY News **
Isolating immune cells to study how they ward off oral diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4mNy
Case Western Reserve University dental researchers have found a less invasive way to extract single rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth's natural defenses ward off infection...
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** DEPRESSION News **
Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors associated with autism and developmental delays in boys
http://mnt.to/l/4mNY
In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public health found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a...
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** DIABETES News **
Alarming increases in pre-diabetes and diabetes in blacks, Hispanics and the elderly; obesity partly to blame
http://mnt.to/l/4mNX
Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to...
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** EAR, NOSE AND THROAT News **
New study sheds light on factors likely to lead to development of Meniere's Disease
http://mnt.to/l/4mNF
Research gives new insights into rare disease of the inner earIn the most comprehensive study of Ménière's Disease to date, researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have been...
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** ENDOCRINOLOGY News **
Infants' hair can offer clues to life in the womb
http://mnt.to/l/4mNM
Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past.It can tell if a person recently used drugs or an athlete was doping.
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** HEARING / DEAFNESS News **
New study sheds light on factors likely to lead to development of Meniere's Disease
http://mnt.to/l/4mNF
Research gives new insights into rare disease of the inner earIn the most comprehensive study of Ménière's Disease to date, researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have been...
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Isolating immune cells to study how they ward off oral diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4mNy
Case Western Reserve University dental researchers have found a less invasive way to extract single rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth's natural defenses ward off infection...
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Blocking protein partnership has implications for cancer treatment
http://mnt.to/l/4mNK
Scientists have identified two unlikely partners in a type of immune cell called a macrophage that work together in response to cancer drugs to increase inflammation in a way that may alter...
New studies investigate malaria resistance and susceptibility in children
http://mnt.to/l/4mND
Two new studies investigated malaria resistance and susceptibility among children, and have uncovered information that may improve our understanding of the disease.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Scientists discover how antifungal drug amphotericin works
http://mnt.to/l/4mP2
Scientists have solved a decades-old medical mystery - and in the process have found a potentially less toxic way to fight invasive fungal infections, which kill about 1.5 million people a year.
New studies investigate malaria resistance and susceptibility in children
http://mnt.to/l/4mND
Two new studies investigated malaria resistance and susceptibility among children, and have uncovered information that may improve our understanding of the disease.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Mechanism helps explain persistence of hepatitis C virus
http://mnt.to/l/4mP5
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that explains why people with the hepatitis C virus get liver disease and why the virus is...
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Refined categorization may improve prediction of patient survival in RECIST 1.1
http://mnt.to/l/4mNB
In a recent analysis by the RECIST Working Group published in the European Journal of Cancer, EORTC researchers had explored whether a more refined categorization of tumor response or various...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
New test can diagnose asthma, even in the absence of symptoms
http://mnt.to/l/4mNw
Using just a single drop of blood, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed a faster, cheaper and more accurate tool for diagnosing even mild cases of asthma.
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** MEDICAL STUDENTS / TRAINING News **
Experts call for higher exam pass marks to close performance gap between international and UK medical graduates
http://mnt.to/l/4mP9
The pass mark for a two-part test that international medical graduates must pass to work as a doctor in the UK should be raised to reduce differences in performance between international and...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Relationship between vitamin D deficiency and cognition examined
http://mnt.to/l/4mNx
Vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment are common in older adults, but there isn't a lot of conclusive research into whether there's a relationship between the two.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Gene variant makes eaters of processed meat 'more likely to get colorectal cancer'
http://mnt.to/l/4mNT
Researchers have found that a common gene variant - carried by 1 in 3 people - may increase risk of colorectal cancer in individuals who eat processed meat.
Are low-calorie restaurant menus making us fat?
http://mnt.to/l/4mNJ
Depending on our food cravings, the number of items served, and even the time of day, ordering a meal at a restaurant often requires a "narrowing down" decision making process.
How food texture impacts its perceived calorie content
http://mnt.to/l/4mNC
Food is an intimately personal thing; we savor some tastes and despise others. But how does the way we chew and eat our food impact our overall consumption?
Relationship between vitamin D deficiency and cognition examined
http://mnt.to/l/4mNx
Vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment are common in older adults, but there isn't a lot of conclusive research into whether there's a relationship between the two.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Alarming increases in pre-diabetes and diabetes in blacks, Hispanics and the elderly; obesity partly to blame
http://mnt.to/l/4mNX
Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to...
Are low-calorie restaurant menus making us fat?
http://mnt.to/l/4mNJ
Depending on our food cravings, the number of items served, and even the time of day, ordering a meal at a restaurant often requires a "narrowing down" decision making process.
How food texture impacts its perceived calorie content
http://mnt.to/l/4mNC
Food is an intimately personal thing; we savor some tastes and despise others. But how does the way we chew and eat our food impact our overall consumption?
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** OVARIAN CANCER News **
Ovarian cancer patients may benefit from nanoparticles designed to deliver three cancer drugs at a time
http://mnt.to/l/4mNN
Delivering chemotherapy drugs in nanoparticle form could help reduce side effects by targeting the drugs directly to the tumors.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Infants' hair can offer clues to life in the womb
http://mnt.to/l/4mNM
Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past.It can tell if a person recently used drugs or an athlete was doping.
Adolescent girl's romantic relationships affect their mental health
http://mnt.to/l/4mNv
A new study reveals that for adolescent girls, having a romantic relationship play out differently than they imagined it would has negative implications for their mental health.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors associated with autism and developmental delays in boys
http://mnt.to/l/4mNY
In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public health found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a...
Infants' hair can offer clues to life in the womb
http://mnt.to/l/4mNM
Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past.It can tell if a person recently used drugs or an athlete was doping.
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Transgender health disparities revealed by new study from Harvard
http://mnt.to/l/4mNQ
Transgender individuals are medically underserved and their healthcare needs incompletely understood in part because they represent a subpopulation whose health is rarely monitored by U.S.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Chronic inflammation may be linked to aggressive prostate cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4mP6
The presence of chronic inflammation in benign prostate tissue was associated with high-grade, or aggressive, prostate cancer, and this association was found even in those with low...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Transgender health disparities revealed by new study from Harvard
http://mnt.to/l/4mNQ
Transgender individuals are medically underserved and their healthcare needs incompletely understood in part because they represent a subpopulation whose health is rarely monitored by U.S.
Help needed to keep female parolees crime-free
http://mnt.to/l/4mNG
As the female prison population grows, a new study funded partly by the National Science Foundation says more should be done to help women probationers and parolees in poor urban areas remain...
Adolescent girl's romantic relationships affect their mental health
http://mnt.to/l/4mNv
A new study reveals that for adolescent girls, having a romantic relationship play out differently than they imagined it would has negative implications for their mental health.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Is UK shale gas extraction posing a risk to public health?
http://mnt.to/l/4mPc
More needs to be done to investigate the risks to human health that extracting shale gas poses, suggests a personal view published on bmj.com.Dr.
Commercial fishing injuries could be reduced by changes in processing and handling
http://mnt.to/l/4mP4
Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska, new...
Help needed to keep female parolees crime-free
http://mnt.to/l/4mNG
As the female prison population grows, a new study funded partly by the National Science Foundation says more should be done to help women probationers and parolees in poor urban areas remain...
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
New test can diagnose asthma, even in the absence of symptoms
http://mnt.to/l/4mNw
Using just a single drop of blood, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has developed a faster, cheaper and more accurate tool for diagnosing even mild cases of asthma.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Alarming increases in pre-diabetes and diabetes in blacks, Hispanics and the elderly; obesity partly to blame
http://mnt.to/l/4mNX
Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to...
New standards proposed for gauging muscle decline in older adults
http://mnt.to/l/4mNW
Sarcopenia - the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength - may put up to 50 percent of seniors at greater risk for disability, yet there is no consensus within the medical community for how...
Relationship between vitamin D deficiency and cognition examined
http://mnt.to/l/4mNx
Vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment are common in older adults, but there isn't a lot of conclusive research into whether there's a relationship between the two.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
New studies investigate malaria resistance and susceptibility in children
http://mnt.to/l/4mND
Two new studies investigated malaria resistance and susceptibility among children, and have uncovered information that may improve our understanding of the disease.
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Help needed to keep female parolees crime-free
http://mnt.to/l/4mNG
As the female prison population grows, a new study funded partly by the National Science Foundation says more should be done to help women probationers and parolees in poor urban areas remain...
New study sheds light on factors likely to lead to development of Meniere's Disease
http://mnt.to/l/4mNF
Research gives new insights into rare disease of the inner earIn the most comprehensive study of Ménière's Disease to date, researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School have been...
Adolescent girl's romantic relationships affect their mental health
http://mnt.to/l/4mNv
A new study reveals that for adolescent girls, having a romantic relationship play out differently than they imagined it would has negative implications for their mental health.
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