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Welcome to today's Medical News Today newsletter, containing the most recent headlines from your chosen news categories.
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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Real time gauging of local illicit drug use helps police fight abuse
http://mnt.to/l/4nS3
The war on drugs could get a boost with a new method that analyzes sewage to track levels of illicit drug use in local communities in real time. The new study, a first-of-its-kind in the U.S.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Researchers have confirmed how the body regulates high levels of CO2 in the blood
http://mnt.to/l/4nS4
In a recently published study in the journal Experimental Physiology, Brazilian researchers have confirmed the importance of a specific group of neurons found in a region of the brain known as...
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Periodic fasting 'may protect against diabetes in at-risk groups'
http://mnt.to/l/4nTS
During fasting, our bodies scavenge energy from fat cells. New research suggests this may be an effective way to lower 'bad' cholesterol and prevent prediabetic insulin resistance.
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** DENTISTRY News **
Immune system selectively disarmed by gum disease bacteria
http://mnt.to/l/4nRR
The human body is comprised of roughly 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells.
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** DIABETES News **
Periodic fasting 'may protect against diabetes in at-risk groups'
http://mnt.to/l/4nTS
During fasting, our bodies scavenge energy from fat cells. New research suggests this may be an effective way to lower 'bad' cholesterol and prevent prediabetic insulin resistance.
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** EPILEPSY News **
Implantable therapeutic device for hard-to-treat epilepsy patients
http://mnt.to/l/4nS5
Spectrum Health is the first health system in Michigan and among the first in the nation to successfully implant a recently FDA-approved device that uses electric stimulation of the brain to...
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Substance abuse & mental health problems in MSM interfere with HIV medication adherence
http://mnt.to/l/4nRV
Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than 60% of HIV infections in the U.S. and 78% of new infections in men.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Immune system selectively disarmed by gum disease bacteria
http://mnt.to/l/4nRR
The human body is comprised of roughly 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells.
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** IRRITABLE-BOWEL SYNDROME News **
Immune system selectively disarmed by gum disease bacteria
http://mnt.to/l/4nRR
The human body is comprised of roughly 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Factors identified for hospital readmissions
http://mnt.to/l/4nRX
Hospital readmission, an important measure of quality care, costs the United States an estimated $17 billion each year.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Implantable therapeutic device for hard-to-treat epilepsy patients
http://mnt.to/l/4nS5
Spectrum Health is the first health system in Michigan and among the first in the nation to successfully implant a recently FDA-approved device that uses electric stimulation of the brain to...
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** MEN'S HEALTH News **
Substance abuse & mental health problems in MSM interfere with HIV medication adherence
http://mnt.to/l/4nRV
Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than 60% of HIV infections in the U.S. and 78% of new infections in men.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Researchers have confirmed how the body regulates high levels of CO2 in the blood
http://mnt.to/l/4nS4
In a recently published study in the journal Experimental Physiology, Brazilian researchers have confirmed the importance of a specific group of neurons found in a region of the brain known as...
'Neural noise' may influence free will, study suggests
http://mnt.to/l/4nPv
Fluctuations in electrical brain patterns may play a part in our ability to make voluntary decisions, according to new research from the University of California-Davis.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Periodic fasting 'may protect against diabetes in at-risk groups'
http://mnt.to/l/4nTS
During fasting, our bodies scavenge energy from fat cells. New research suggests this may be an effective way to lower 'bad' cholesterol and prevent prediabetic insulin resistance.
Concern for the health of Hispanic moms and babies
http://mnt.to/l/4nRT
Hispanic women are significantly more likely to have a baby with a neural tube birth defect, and nearly a quarter of all preterm births in the United States are Hispanic, according to a new...
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
You can't rely on peer pressure to help kids quit smoking
http://mnt.to/l/4nRW
Adolescents tend to be more powerful in influencing their friends to start smoking than in helping them to quit, according to sociologists.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Concern for the health of Hispanic moms and babies
http://mnt.to/l/4nRT
Hispanic women are significantly more likely to have a baby with a neural tube birth defect, and nearly a quarter of all preterm births in the United States are Hispanic, according to a new...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Substance abuse & mental health problems in MSM interfere with HIV medication adherence
http://mnt.to/l/4nRV
Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than 60% of HIV infections in the U.S. and 78% of new infections in men.
'Neural noise' may influence free will, study suggests
http://mnt.to/l/4nPv
Fluctuations in electrical brain patterns may play a part in our ability to make voluntary decisions, according to new research from the University of California-Davis.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Real time gauging of local illicit drug use helps police fight abuse
http://mnt.to/l/4nS3
The war on drugs could get a boost with a new method that analyzes sewage to track levels of illicit drug use in local communities in real time. The new study, a first-of-its-kind in the U.S.
Factors identified for hospital readmissions
http://mnt.to/l/4nRX
Hospital readmission, an important measure of quality care, costs the United States an estimated $17 billion each year.
Immediate health declines among Mexicans may be triggered by migrating north
http://mnt.to/l/4nRP
Mexican immigrants who relocate to the United States often face barriers like poorly paying jobs, crowded housing and family separation.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
You can't rely on peer pressure to help kids quit smoking
http://mnt.to/l/4nRW
Adolescents tend to be more powerful in influencing their friends to start smoking than in helping them to quit, according to sociologists.
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** STROKE News **
Factors identified for hospital readmissions
http://mnt.to/l/4nRX
Hospital readmission, an important measure of quality care, costs the United States an estimated $17 billion each year.
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Concern for the health of Hispanic moms and babies
http://mnt.to/l/4nRT
Hispanic women are significantly more likely to have a baby with a neural tube birth defect, and nearly a quarter of all preterm births in the United States are Hispanic, according to a new...
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