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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 **
Disorders of compulsivity share common pattern and brain structure
http://mnt.to/l/4nBQ
People affected by binge eating, substance abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder all share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure, according to new research...
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Scientists inactivate and reactivate memories in rats using light
http://mnt.to/l/4nFc
No, it is not science fiction, but researchers have found a way to remove and then restore memories in rats using optogenetics, a new tool in the field of neuroscience.
Erasing and restoring a memory
http://mnt.to/l/4nDQ
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals' reaction to past events.
Speaking a second language could prevent later-life cognitive decline
http://mnt.to/l/4nCP
New research finds that bilingualism - the ability to speak two or more languages - could slow age-related cognitive decline, even when a second language is learned in adulthood.
Research has implications for understanding brain diseases caused by clumps of misshapen molecules
http://mnt.to/l/4nCv
It's almost axiomatic that misfolded proteins compromise how cells normally function and cause debilitating human disease, but how these proteins are detected and degraded within the body is not...
NMDA receptor malfunction implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and stroke
http://mnt.to/l/4nBV
Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in obtaining an unprecedented view of a type of brain-cell receptor that is implicated in a range of...
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Mode of transportation affects how we feel
http://mnt.to/l/4nCw
What mode of transportation makes you happiest?Clemson researchers investigated how emotions like happiness, pain, stress, sadness and fatigue vary during travel and by travel mode in a new...
Environmental influences may cause autism in some cases
http://mnt.to/l/4nBZ
Research by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University may help explain how some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can result from environmental influences...
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** AUTISM News **
Environmental influences may cause autism in some cases
http://mnt.to/l/4nBZ
Research by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University may help explain how some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can result from environmental influences...
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
Green tea component upsets cancer cell metabolism
http://mnt.to/l/4nCY
New study shows how a major biological active constituent of green tea changes the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells by suppressing an enzyme associated with cancer.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
New technology offers promise for engineering a better way to rebuild bone inside the body
http://mnt.to/l/4nC8
Traumatic bone injuries such as blast wounds are often so severe that the body can't effectively repair the damage on its own.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Exposure to solvents prior to first childbirth 'linked to breast cancer risk'
http://mnt.to/l/4nCQ
Women exposed to solvents in the workplace in the period prior to having their first child may be at increased risk of breast cancer, according to a new study.
Gene patterns responsible for normal breast tissue may also play a role in the development of cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCz
About one in eight women in the United States will contract breast cancer in her lifetime.
Breast Cancer Care launches information pack for men with breast cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCs
A dedicated information pack for men diagnosed with breast cancer is available from the Breast Cancer Care website.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Green tea component upsets cancer cell metabolism
http://mnt.to/l/4nCY
New study shows how a major biological active constituent of green tea changes the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells by suppressing an enzyme associated with cancer.
Exposure to solvents prior to first childbirth 'linked to breast cancer risk'
http://mnt.to/l/4nCQ
Women exposed to solvents in the workplace in the period prior to having their first child may be at increased risk of breast cancer, according to a new study.
Link between reduced kidney function and higher risk of kidney and urothelial cancers
http://mnt.to/l/4nBN
Reduced kidney function may increase the risk of developing kidney and urothelial cancers, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of...
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Young women fare worse than young men after heart attack
http://mnt.to/l/4nCR
Women age 55 or younger may fare worse than their male counterparts after having a heart attack, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and...
Blood test can identify patients at higher risk for cardiovascular death
http://mnt.to/l/4nC2
A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.
Hispanics cut medication adherence gap after Medicare Part D launch
http://mnt.to/l/4nzd
Hispanics have reduced the gap with whites in taking prescribed heart medicines since the 2006 launch of Medicare's prescription drug benefit called Medicare Part D, according to a study...
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** CLINICAL TRIALS / DRUG TRIALS News **
Men with metastatic prostate cancer may live longer with chemo first
http://mnt.to/l/4nDL
Giving chemo with hormone therapy instead of waiting for tumors to become resistant to hormone-blockers may prolong survival in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
For some, screening for colorectal cancer should continue well past age 75
http://mnt.to/l/4nz7
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost-effective in elderly patients and should continue well past age 75 for those who have not already been screened, according to an article being...
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** COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE / ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE News **
Relief for fibromyalgia patients offered by vibration exercise
http://mnt.to/l/4nCr
A pilot study by Indiana University researchers found that whole-body vibration exercise may reduce pain symptoms and improve aspects of quality of life in individuals diagnosed with...
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** DENTISTRY News **
Knowledge and confidence helps dentists care for scleroderma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4nCg
A survey of dentists in Massachusetts suggests that their confidence in treating patients with scleroderma may be related to their familiarity with the autoimmune disease.
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** DEPRESSION News **
Study is first to confirm that activity in ventral tegmental area of primate brain affects behavior
http://mnt.to/l/4nBY
Artificially stimulating a brain region believed to play a key role in learning, reward and motivation induced monkeys to change which of two images they choose to look at.
NMDA receptor malfunction implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and stroke
http://mnt.to/l/4nBV
Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in obtaining an unprecedented view of a type of brain-cell receptor that is implicated in a range of...
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
FDA to require warnings on sunlamp products
http://mnt.to/l/4nCM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to...
Mystery of keloid development may be unlocked with the help of newly identified genes
http://mnt.to/l/4nCy
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have uncovered previously unidentified genes that may be responsible for keloid scarring, a discovery that could unlock the mystery of keloid...
Knowledge and confidence helps dentists care for scleroderma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4nCg
A survey of dentists in Massachusetts suggests that their confidence in treating patients with scleroderma may be related to their familiarity with the autoimmune disease.
Veterans to benefit from better identification of war wound infections
http://mnt.to/l/4nC7
War wounds that heal successfully frequently contain different microbial species from those that heal poorly, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical...
Multiple sunburns as an adolescent increases melanoma risk by 80%
http://mnt.to/l/4nC4
A new study published in the journal CEBP reports that experiencing 5 or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 could increase melanoma risk by 80%.
Observation: Tanning beds associated with vitamin D toxicity?
http://mnt.to/l/4nzc
Tanning beds may be associated with vitamin D toxicity, according to an observation being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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** DIABETES News **
Relief for fibromyalgia patients offered by vibration exercise
http://mnt.to/l/4nCr
A pilot study by Indiana University researchers found that whole-body vibration exercise may reduce pain symptoms and improve aspects of quality of life in individuals diagnosed with...
When assessing vitamin D's role in diabetes, don't forget parathyroid hormone
http://mnt.to/l/4nBT
Testing vitamin D alone is not enoughCombined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to...
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** EATING DISORDERS News **
Disorders of compulsivity share common pattern and brain structure
http://mnt.to/l/4nBQ
People affected by binge eating, substance abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder all share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure, according to new research...
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** ENDOCRINOLOGY News **
Observation: Tanning beds associated with vitamin D toxicity?
http://mnt.to/l/4nzc
Tanning beds may be associated with vitamin D toxicity, according to an observation being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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** EPILEPSY News **
Absence epilepsy seizures in mice reduced by neural transplant
http://mnt.to/l/4nCt
New research from North Carolina State University pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy and shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells...
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** FERTILITY News **
Eggs sacrificed in developing foetus for the greater good
http://mnt.to/l/4nBX
A woman's supply of eggs is a precious commodity because only a few hundred mature eggs can be produced throughout her lifetime and each must be as free as possible from genetic damage.
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** FIBROMYALGIA News **
Relief for fibromyalgia patients offered by vibration exercise
http://mnt.to/l/4nCr
A pilot study by Indiana University researchers found that whole-body vibration exercise may reduce pain symptoms and improve aspects of quality of life in individuals diagnosed with...
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Potent antiviral activity exhibited by new coronavirus inhibitor by blocking the viral hijacking of host membranes
http://mnt.to/l/4nBP
Since the SARS epidemic in 2003, coronaviruses have been on the watch list for emerging pathogens, and the ongoing outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) confirmed...
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** GENETICS News **
Single letter of DNA 'defines hair color'
http://mnt.to/l/4nF3
Changing a single letter of genetic code can define what color a person's hair will be. Interestingly, this discovery was not made in humans initially, but stickleback fish.
Smokers with BRCA2 gene mutation 'have increased lung cancer risk'
http://mnt.to/l/4nDT
New research from The Institute of Cancer Research in the UK finds that smokers with a BRCA2 gene mutation have a 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer in their lifetime.
Linking traits to particular DNA alterations
http://mnt.to/l/4nDP
A single-letter change in the genetic code is enough to generate blond hair in humans, in dramatic contrast to our dark-haired ancestors.
A 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer for smokers with gene defect
http://mnt.to/l/4nDN
Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
Ovarian cancer subtypes may predict response to bevacizumab
http://mnt.to/l/4nDK
Molecular sequencing could identify ovarian cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin), a Mayo Clinic-led study has found.
Uncovering deletions and duplications in the exome can help pinpoint cause of unexplained genetic diseases
http://mnt.to/l/4nCL
Analysis of genetic variation in the exome, the DNA sequence of genes that are translated into protein, can aid in uncovering the cause of conditions for which no genetic cause could...
Poor coverage of specific gene sets in exome sequencing gives cause for concern
http://mnt.to/l/4nCK
With services based on exome sequencing becoming affordable to patients at a reasonable price, the question of the quality of the results provided has become increasingly important.
Gene patterns responsible for normal breast tissue may also play a role in the development of cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCz
About one in eight women in the United States will contract breast cancer in her lifetime.
Mystery of keloid development may be unlocked with the help of newly identified genes
http://mnt.to/l/4nCy
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have uncovered previously unidentified genes that may be responsible for keloid scarring, a discovery that could unlock the mystery of keloid...
Smokers with gene defect have one in four chance of developing lung cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCp
Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
Blood test can identify patients at higher risk for cardiovascular death
http://mnt.to/l/4nC2
A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.
Eggs sacrificed in developing foetus for the greater good
http://mnt.to/l/4nBX
A woman's supply of eggs is a precious commodity because only a few hundred mature eggs can be produced throughout her lifetime and each must be as free as possible from genetic damage.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Young women fare worse than young men after heart attack
http://mnt.to/l/4nCR
Women age 55 or younger may fare worse than their male counterparts after having a heart attack, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and...
Blood test can identify patients at higher risk for cardiovascular death
http://mnt.to/l/4nC2
A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.
Hispanics cut medication adherence gap after Medicare Part D launch
http://mnt.to/l/4nzd
Hispanics have reduced the gap with whites in taking prescribed heart medicines since the 2006 launch of Medicare's prescription drug benefit called Medicare Part D, according to a study...
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** HYPERTENSION News **
New research helps identify patients more likely to suffer from an aneurysm
http://mnt.to/l/4nCn
New research by an international consortium, including a researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, may help physicians better understand the chronological development of a brain...
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Oral cholera vaccine highly effective during outbreak in Guinea
http://mnt.to/l/4nCT
An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Knowledge and confidence helps dentists care for scleroderma patients
http://mnt.to/l/4nCg
A survey of dentists in Massachusetts suggests that their confidence in treating patients with scleroderma may be related to their familiarity with the autoimmune disease.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Rectal artesunate is probably beneficial in young children with severe malaria, but may be harmful in older children and adults
http://mnt.to/l/4nCW
Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of pre-referral rectal artesunate for people with severe malaria...
Oral cholera vaccine highly effective during outbreak in Guinea
http://mnt.to/l/4nCT
An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Veterans to benefit from better identification of war wound infections
http://mnt.to/l/4nC7
War wounds that heal successfully frequently contain different microbial species from those that heal poorly, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical...
Lyme disease older than human race - shown by ticks fossilized in amber
http://mnt.to/l/4nC6
Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may...
Potent antiviral activity exhibited by new coronavirus inhibitor by blocking the viral hijacking of host membranes
http://mnt.to/l/4nBP
Since the SARS epidemic in 2003, coronaviruses have been on the watch list for emerging pathogens, and the ongoing outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) confirmed...
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Practices using patient-centered medical home with EHRs have improved quality of care
http://mnt.to/l/4nzb
Physician practices using a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model that relies on electronic health records (EHRs) achieve better quality of care than non-PCMH practices using EHRs or...
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Smokers with BRCA2 gene mutation 'have increased lung cancer risk'
http://mnt.to/l/4nDT
New research from The Institute of Cancer Research in the UK finds that smokers with a BRCA2 gene mutation have a 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer in their lifetime.
A 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer for smokers with gene defect
http://mnt.to/l/4nDN
Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
Smokers with gene defect have one in four chance of developing lung cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCp
Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
FDA allows marketing of first non-invasive test to help in identifying cause of kidney disease membranous glomerulonephritis
http://mnt.to/l/4nCN
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the first test that can help determine if a specific type of kidney disease, called membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN), is due...
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** MEDICAL STUDENTS / TRAINING News **
Women kept in the out-group by gender stereotypes
http://mnt.to/l/4nCq
Women have accounted for half the students in U.S. medical schools for nearly two decades, but as professors, deans, and department chairs in medical schools their numbers still lag far behind...
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
Hispanics cut medication adherence gap after Medicare Part D launch
http://mnt.to/l/4nzd
Hispanics have reduced the gap with whites in taking prescribed heart medicines since the 2006 launch of Medicare's prescription drug benefit called Medicare Part D, according to a study...
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** MELANOMA / SKIN CANCER News **
FDA to require warnings on sunlamp products
http://mnt.to/l/4nCM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to...
Multiple sunburns as an adolescent increases melanoma risk by 80%
http://mnt.to/l/4nC4
A new study published in the journal CEBP reports that experiencing 5 or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 could increase melanoma risk by 80%.
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** MEN'S HEALTH News **
Breast Cancer Care launches information pack for men with breast cancer
http://mnt.to/l/4nCs
A dedicated information pack for men diagnosed with breast cancer is available from the Breast Cancer Care website.
For some, screening for colorectal cancer should continue well past age 75
http://mnt.to/l/4nz7
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost-effective in elderly patients and should continue well past age 75 for those who have not already been screened, according to an article being...
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** MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS News **
No apparent link between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and MS
http://mnt.to/l/4nz6
There appears to be no link between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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** MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY / ALS News **
Research has implications for understanding brain diseases caused by clumps of misshapen molecules
http://mnt.to/l/4nCv
It's almost axiomatic that misfolded proteins compromise how cells normally function and cause debilitating human disease, but how these proteins are detected and degraded within the body is not...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Scientists inactivate and reactivate memories in rats using light
http://mnt.to/l/4nFc
No, it is not science fiction, but researchers have found a way to remove and then restore memories in rats using optogenetics, a new tool in the field of neuroscience.
Youths who have committed homicide 'show differences in brain structure'
http://mnt.to/l/4nCV
Youths who have committed homicide have less gray matter in their brains than non-homicide offenders - a finding that researchers say could lead to prevention of violent crimes.
Speaking a second language could prevent later-life cognitive decline
http://mnt.to/l/4nCP
New research finds that bilingualism - the ability to speak two or more languages - could slow age-related cognitive decline, even when a second language is learned in adulthood.
Absence epilepsy seizures in mice reduced by neural transplant
http://mnt.to/l/4nCt
New research from North Carolina State University pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy and shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells...
New research helps identify patients more likely to suffer from an aneurysm
http://mnt.to/l/4nCn
New research by an international consortium, including a researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, may help physicians better understand the chronological development of a brain...
Pleasant smells increase facial attractiveness
http://mnt.to/l/4nCc
New research from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reveals that women's faces are rated as more attractive in the presence of pleasant odors.
Study is first to confirm that activity in ventral tegmental area of primate brain affects behavior
http://mnt.to/l/4nBY
Artificially stimulating a brain region believed to play a key role in learning, reward and motivation induced monkeys to change which of two images they choose to look at.
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** NURSING / MIDWIFERY News **
Spotlight on nurse anesthetists in Clinical Scholars Review
http://mnt.to/l/4nBW
As a profession, nurse anesthesia is at a tipping point. While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
What are the health benefits of cilantro?
http://mnt.to/l/4nDS
Find out about the health benefits of cilantro, nutritional breakdown and how to incorporate more of it into your diet by adding flavor to your dish without adding more calories.
Fetal development disrupted when female zinc deficient pre-pregnancy
http://mnt.to/l/4nCk
Female mice deprived of dietary zinc for a relatively short time before conception experienced fertility and pregnancy problems and had smaller, less-developed fetuses than mice that ingested...
Swim times are significantly faster when swimmers recover with chocolate milk
http://mnt.to/l/4nCd
Grabbing chocolate milk after a hard swim could give swimmers a performance edge, according to new research presented at one of the nation's top sports medicine conferences - the American...
When assessing vitamin D's role in diabetes, don't forget parathyroid hormone
http://mnt.to/l/4nBT
Testing vitamin D alone is not enoughCombined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to...
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Obesity and life satisfaction affected by where you live
http://mnt.to/l/4nC5
A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied the person is with his or her life.
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** OVARIAN CANCER News **
Ovarian cancer subtypes may predict response to bevacizumab
http://mnt.to/l/4nDK
Molecular sequencing could identify ovarian cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin), a Mayo Clinic-led study has found.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Spotlight on nurse anesthetists in Clinical Scholars Review
http://mnt.to/l/4nBW
As a profession, nurse anesthesia is at a tipping point. While recent federal legislation and changes to the U.S.
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** PALLIATIVE CARE / HOSPICE CARE News **
Dilemma for Australian palliative care physicians
http://mnt.to/l/4nyY
The withdrawal of the Liverpool Care Pathway by Britain's National Health Service leaves Australian palliative care practitioners with a dilemma, according to a perspective published in the...
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** PANCREATIC CANCER News **
Green tea component upsets cancer cell metabolism
http://mnt.to/l/4nCY
New study shows how a major biological active constituent of green tea changes the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells by suppressing an enzyme associated with cancer.
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Research has implications for understanding brain diseases caused by clumps of misshapen molecules
http://mnt.to/l/4nCv
It's almost axiomatic that misfolded proteins compromise how cells normally function and cause debilitating human disease, but how these proteins are detected and degraded within the body is not...
NMDA receptor malfunction implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and stroke
http://mnt.to/l/4nBV
Biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in obtaining an unprecedented view of a type of brain-cell receptor that is implicated in a range of...
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Rectal artesunate is probably beneficial in young children with severe malaria, but may be harmful in older children and adults
http://mnt.to/l/4nCW
Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of pre-referral rectal artesunate for people with severe malaria...
Youths who have committed homicide 'show differences in brain structure'
http://mnt.to/l/4nCV
Youths who have committed homicide have less gray matter in their brains than non-homicide offenders - a finding that researchers say could lead to prevention of violent crimes.
Multiple sunburns as an adolescent increases melanoma risk by 80%
http://mnt.to/l/4nC4
A new study published in the journal CEBP reports that experiencing 5 or more blistering sunburns between the ages of 15 and 20 could increase melanoma risk by 80%.
Disadvantaged children benefit from early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica
http://mnt.to/l/4nBS
In the journal Science, researchers find that early childhood development programs are particularly important for disadvantaged children in Jamaica and can greatly impact an individual's ability...
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Fetal development disrupted when female zinc deficient pre-pregnancy
http://mnt.to/l/4nCk
Female mice deprived of dietary zinc for a relatively short time before conception experienced fertility and pregnancy problems and had smaller, less-developed fetuses than mice that ingested...
Environmental influences may cause autism in some cases
http://mnt.to/l/4nBZ
Research by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University may help explain how some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can result from environmental influences...
When assessing vitamin D's role in diabetes, don't forget parathyroid hormone
http://mnt.to/l/4nBT
Testing vitamin D alone is not enoughCombined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to...
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Men with metastatic prostate cancer may live longer with chemo first
http://mnt.to/l/4nDL
Giving chemo with hormone therapy instead of waiting for tumors to become resistant to hormone-blockers may prolong survival in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Youths who have committed homicide 'show differences in brain structure'
http://mnt.to/l/4nCV
Youths who have committed homicide have less gray matter in their brains than non-homicide offenders - a finding that researchers say could lead to prevention of violent crimes.
Mode of transportation affects how we feel
http://mnt.to/l/4nCw
What mode of transportation makes you happiest?Clemson researchers investigated how emotions like happiness, pain, stress, sadness and fatigue vary during travel and by travel mode in a new...
Obesity and life satisfaction affected by where you live
http://mnt.to/l/4nC5
A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied the person is with his or her life.
Study is first to confirm that activity in ventral tegmental area of primate brain affects behavior
http://mnt.to/l/4nBY
Artificially stimulating a brain region believed to play a key role in learning, reward and motivation induced monkeys to change which of two images they choose to look at.
Workplace ostracism can lead to job dissatisfaction and health problems
http://mnt.to/l/4nBR
Being ignored at work is worse for physical and mental well-being than harassment or bullying, says a new study from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.
Disorders of compulsivity share common pattern and brain structure
http://mnt.to/l/4nBQ
People affected by binge eating, substance abuse and obsessive compulsive disorder all share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure, according to new research...
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Single letter of DNA 'defines hair color'
http://mnt.to/l/4nF3
Changing a single letter of genetic code can define what color a person's hair will be. Interestingly, this discovery was not made in humans initially, but stickleback fish.
Mode of transportation affects how we feel
http://mnt.to/l/4nCw
What mode of transportation makes you happiest?Clemson researchers investigated how emotions like happiness, pain, stress, sadness and fatigue vary during travel and by travel mode in a new...
Obesity and life satisfaction affected by where you live
http://mnt.to/l/4nC5
A new study suggests that how one compares weight-wise with others in his or her community plays a key role in determining how satisfied the person is with his or her life.
Disadvantaged children benefit from early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica
http://mnt.to/l/4nBS
In the journal Science, researchers find that early childhood development programs are particularly important for disadvantaged children in Jamaica and can greatly impact an individual's ability...
Workplace ostracism can lead to job dissatisfaction and health problems
http://mnt.to/l/4nBR
Being ignored at work is worse for physical and mental well-being than harassment or bullying, says a new study from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.
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** REGULATORY AFFAIRS / DRUG APPROVALS News **
FDA allows marketing of first non-invasive test to help in identifying cause of kidney disease membranous glomerulonephritis
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the first test that can help determine if a specific type of kidney disease, called membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN), is due...
FDA to require warnings on sunlamp products
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to...
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Potent antiviral activity exhibited by new coronavirus inhibitor by blocking the viral hijacking of host membranes
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Since the SARS epidemic in 2003, coronaviruses have been on the watch list for emerging pathogens, and the ongoing outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) confirmed...
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Speaking a second language could prevent later-life cognitive decline
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New research finds that bilingualism - the ability to speak two or more languages - could slow age-related cognitive decline, even when a second language is learned in adulthood.
For some, screening for colorectal cancer should continue well past age 75
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost-effective in elderly patients and should continue well past age 75 for those who have not already been screened, according to an article being...
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Smokers with BRCA2 gene mutation 'have increased lung cancer risk'
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New research from The Institute of Cancer Research in the UK finds that smokers with a BRCA2 gene mutation have a 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer in their lifetime.
A 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer for smokers with gene defect
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Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
Smokers with gene defect have one in four chance of developing lung cancer
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Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
Swim times are significantly faster when swimmers recover with chocolate milk
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Grabbing chocolate milk after a hard swim could give swimmers a performance edge, according to new research presented at one of the nation's top sports medicine conferences - the American...
Athletic performance improved even after deception revealed
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Indiana University researchers say a little deception caused cyclists in their 4-kilometer time trial to up their performance even after they realized they had been tricked.
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** STROKE News **
New research helps identify patients more likely to suffer from an aneurysm
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New research by an international consortium, including a researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, may help physicians better understand the chronological development of a brain...
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Absence epilepsy seizures in mice reduced by neural transplant
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New research from North Carolina State University pinpoints the areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy and shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells...
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
Rectal artesunate is probably beneficial in young children with severe malaria, but may be harmful in older children and adults
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Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, hosted at LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of pre-referral rectal artesunate for people with severe malaria...
Oral cholera vaccine highly effective during outbreak in Guinea
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An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
FDA allows marketing of first non-invasive test to help in identifying cause of kidney disease membranous glomerulonephritis
http://mnt.to/l/4nCN
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the first test that can help determine if a specific type of kidney disease, called membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN), is due...
Link between reduced kidney function and higher risk of kidney and urothelial cancers
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Reduced kidney function may increase the risk of developing kidney and urothelial cancers, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of...
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** VETERANS / EX-SERVICEMEN News **
New technology offers promise for engineering a better way to rebuild bone inside the body
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Traumatic bone injuries such as blast wounds are often so severe that the body can't effectively repair the damage on its own.
Veterans to benefit from better identification of war wound infections
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War wounds that heal successfully frequently contain different microbial species from those that heal poorly, according to a paper published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical...
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Exposure to solvents prior to first childbirth 'linked to breast cancer risk'
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Women exposed to solvents in the workplace in the period prior to having their first child may be at increased risk of breast cancer, according to a new study.
Women kept in the out-group by gender stereotypes
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Women have accounted for half the students in U.S. medical schools for nearly two decades, but as professors, deans, and department chairs in medical schools their numbers still lag far behind...
Eggs sacrificed in developing foetus for the greater good
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A woman's supply of eggs is a precious commodity because only a few hundred mature eggs can be produced throughout her lifetime and each must be as free as possible from genetic damage.
Disadvantaged children benefit from early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica
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In the journal Science, researchers find that early childhood development programs are particularly important for disadvantaged children in Jamaica and can greatly impact an individual's ability...
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