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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Loyola achieves 68 percent decrease in central line bloodstream infections
http://mnt.to/l/4nK2
Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central line-associated bloodstream infections...
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Simulations deem new diagnostic imaging techniques to be safe
http://mnt.to/l/4nK9
Gamma and neutron imaging offer possible improvements over existing techniques such as X-ray or CT, but their safety is not yet fully understood.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Bariatric surgery not only helps reduce weight, but lowers cancer risk among obese people
http://mnt.to/l/4nKc
Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds.
Simulations deem new diagnostic imaging techniques to be safe
http://mnt.to/l/4nK9
Gamma and neutron imaging offer possible improvements over existing techniques such as X-ray or CT, but their safety is not yet fully understood.
Survey on moving toward quality patient-centered care conducted by GW Cancer Institute
http://mnt.to/l/4nK8
In order to meet new cancer program accreditation standards, institutions have placed new focus on patient navigation, psychosocial distress screening, and survivorship care plans.
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
Acute bacterial skin infections treated effectively by new antibiotic
http://mnt.to/l/4nK6
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious...
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Community flu rates fall when hospital workers get vaccines
http://mnt.to/l/4nJY
For every 15 healthcare providers who receive the influenza vaccination, one fewer person in the community will contract an influenza-like illness, according to a study using California public...
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** GENETICS News **
Expression of genetic obesity risk may be influenced by saturated fat intake
http://mnt.to/l/4nKd
Limiting saturated fat could help people whose genetic make-up increases their chance of being obese.
Identification of new gene involved in Parkinson's disease may result in new treatments
http://mnt.to/l/4nK3
A team of UCLA researchers has identified a new gene involved in Parkinson's disease, a finding that may one day provide a target for a new drug to prevent and potentially even cure the...
Genes behind food preferences 'may aid weight loss and disease prevention'
http://mnt.to/l/4nFp
Italian researchers have conducted a number of studies that help determine the genetic mechanisms behind food preferences, which they say could lead to personalized diet plans.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
The body's antiviral interferon response can cause hemorrhagic fevers
http://mnt.to/l/4nK5
Hemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, dengue and other viruses affect more than one million people annually and are often fatal, yet scientists have never understood why only some virus-infected...
Community flu rates fall when hospital workers get vaccines
http://mnt.to/l/4nJY
For every 15 healthcare providers who receive the influenza vaccination, one fewer person in the community will contract an influenza-like illness, according to a study using California public...
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Acute bacterial skin infections treated effectively by new antibiotic
http://mnt.to/l/4nK6
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious...
Loyola achieves 68 percent decrease in central line bloodstream infections
http://mnt.to/l/4nK2
Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central line-associated bloodstream infections...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Loyola achieves 68 percent decrease in central line bloodstream infections
http://mnt.to/l/4nK2
Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central line-associated bloodstream infections...
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** MRSA / DRUG RESISTANCE News **
Acute bacterial skin infections treated effectively by new antibiotic
http://mnt.to/l/4nK6
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Slow-wave sleep improved with hypnosis, study suggests
http://mnt.to/l/4nGZ
New research provides evidence that hypnosis positively impacts quality of slow-wave sleep, a sleep phase that helps with memory and immune system function.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Expression of genetic obesity risk may be influenced by saturated fat intake
http://mnt.to/l/4nKd
Limiting saturated fat could help people whose genetic make-up increases their chance of being obese.
Genes behind food preferences 'may aid weight loss and disease prevention'
http://mnt.to/l/4nFp
Italian researchers have conducted a number of studies that help determine the genetic mechanisms behind food preferences, which they say could lead to personalized diet plans.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Expression of genetic obesity risk may be influenced by saturated fat intake
http://mnt.to/l/4nKd
Limiting saturated fat could help people whose genetic make-up increases their chance of being obese.
Bariatric surgery not only helps reduce weight, but lowers cancer risk among obese people
http://mnt.to/l/4nKc
Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds.
Genes behind food preferences 'may aid weight loss and disease prevention'
http://mnt.to/l/4nFp
Italian researchers have conducted a number of studies that help determine the genetic mechanisms behind food preferences, which they say could lead to personalized diet plans.
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Identification of new gene involved in Parkinson's disease may result in new treatments
http://mnt.to/l/4nK3
A team of UCLA researchers has identified a new gene involved in Parkinson's disease, a finding that may one day provide a target for a new drug to prevent and potentially even cure the...
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
Survey on moving toward quality patient-centered care conducted by GW Cancer Institute
http://mnt.to/l/4nK8
In order to meet new cancer program accreditation standards, institutions have placed new focus on patient navigation, psychosocial distress screening, and survivorship care plans.
Community flu rates fall when hospital workers get vaccines
http://mnt.to/l/4nJY
For every 15 healthcare providers who receive the influenza vaccination, one fewer person in the community will contract an influenza-like illness, according to a study using California public...
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Survey on moving toward quality patient-centered care conducted by GW Cancer Institute
http://mnt.to/l/4nK8
In order to meet new cancer program accreditation standards, institutions have placed new focus on patient navigation, psychosocial distress screening, and survivorship care plans.
Slow-wave sleep improved with hypnosis, study suggests
http://mnt.to/l/4nGZ
New research provides evidence that hypnosis positively impacts quality of slow-wave sleep, a sleep phase that helps with memory and immune system function.
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** RADIOLOGY / NUCLEAR MEDICINE News **
Simulations deem new diagnostic imaging techniques to be safe
http://mnt.to/l/4nK9
Gamma and neutron imaging offer possible improvements over existing techniques such as X-ray or CT, but their safety is not yet fully understood.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Slow-wave sleep improved with hypnosis, study suggests
http://mnt.to/l/4nGZ
New research provides evidence that hypnosis positively impacts quality of slow-wave sleep, a sleep phase that helps with memory and immune system function.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
The body's antiviral interferon response can cause hemorrhagic fevers
http://mnt.to/l/4nK5
Hemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, dengue and other viruses affect more than one million people annually and are often fatal, yet scientists have never understood why only some virus-infected...
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