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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Man Who Chewed Another Man's Face Had Only Marijuana
http://mnt.to/a/46ZL
Rudy Eugene, who in May 26th, 2012, attacked a man and chewed much of his face, did not have "bath salts" in his system but only marijuana, according to toxicology reports. Eugene was shot and killed while he assaulted Ronald Poppo.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Real-World Data Reinforce Clinical Efficacy Of Xiapex® In The Treatment Of Dupuytren's Contracture
http://mnt.to/a/46Z6
New analysis of recurrence data at three years shows treatment response following Xiapex can be maintained at three years Real-world data from clinical practice, presented last week at the annual congress of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH), show that Xiapex® (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) improved the degree of Dupuytren's contracture by 36.
Muscle Power Boosted By Caffeine In The Elderly
http://mnt.to/a/46YJ
A new study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 30th June has shown that caffeine boosts power in older muscles, suggesting the stimulant could aid elderly people to maintain their strength, reducing the incidence of falls and injuries.
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Watching Lipid Metabolism In Live Zebrafish To Learn About Fat
http://mnt.to/a/46YG
In mammals, most lipids (such as fatty acids and cholesterol) are absorbed into the body via the small intestine. The complexity of the cells and fluids that inhabit this organ make it very difficult to study in a laboratory setting.
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** CLINICAL TRIALS / DRUG TRIALS News **
Asthma Drug Flutiform® Clinical Trial Reaches Completion
http://mnt.to/a/46Z9
SkyePharma PLC (LSE: SKP) announced last week that its development and marketing partner Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. ("Kyorin") has successfully completed the Phase III clinical studies for the Japanese development programme for KRP-108 (flutiform®), with both studies (A301 and A302) meeting their primary endpoints.
Drug Trial Participants Not Fully Informed About Placebos
http://mnt.to/a/46YB
Participants in drug trials are often not fully informed about the effect of placebos, thereby undermining the process of "informed consent", concludes a new study published this week in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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** COPD News **
COPD Treatment Seebri® Breezhaler® Receives Positive CHMP Opinion
http://mnt.to/a/46Zb
Vectura Group plc ("Vectura"; LSE: VEC) confirms theinformation released last week by Novartis, that the European Medicines Agency's Committeefor Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Seebri®Breezhaler® (glycopyrronium /NVA237) 44 mcg delivered dose (50 mcg glycopyrronium percapsule), as a once-daily inhaled maintenance bronchodilator treatment to relieve symptomsin adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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** DIABETES News **
Type 1 Diabetes Prevented In Animal Study
http://mnt.to/a/46ZM
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, managed to prevent Type 1 Diabetes onset in genetically susceptible mice, according to an article published in Diabetes. The scientists explain that they injected the mice with specifically prepared cells, which stopped their immune systems from destroying the pancreatic beta cells - cells that produce insulin - just in time.
Watching Lipid Metabolism In Live Zebrafish To Learn About Fat
http://mnt.to/a/46YG
In mammals, most lipids (such as fatty acids and cholesterol) are absorbed into the body via the small intestine. The complexity of the cells and fluids that inhabit this organ make it very difficult to study in a laboratory setting.
The Most Successful Strategy For Diabetes Is Early, Intensive Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/46Yt
Intensive early treatment of type 2 diabetes slows down progression of the disease by preserving the body's insulin-producing capacity, a UT Southwestern study has shown."We can potentially change the course of this prevalent disease, which would represent a breakthrough," said Dr.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Subjects With Visual Impairment Use 'Blindsight' - They Turn Their Eyes Towards Motion, Brightness And Color
http://mnt.to/a/46YC
The visual information from eyes is sent into the brain unconsciously even if you are not aware. One example of unconscious seeing is a phenomenon called "blindsight" [Subjects have no awareness, but their brains can see] in subjects with visual impairment, caused by damage to a part of the brain called the visual cortex.
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** HEADACHE / MIGRAINE News **
Porn-Induced Headaches Suffered By Young Man
http://mnt.to/a/46ZK
A single young man who was found to develop severe headaches five minutes into watching pornographic videos has been reported by researchers from India in the journal Archives of Behavior. The 24-year old professional, whose headaches were described as exploding holocranial headaches, had been complaining of porn-linked head pains for over two years, the authors added.
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
Affordable Care Act Supreme Court Decision Welcomed By American Medical Association
http://mnt.to/a/46ZJ
Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, President of the American Medical Association (AMA), said that the AMA is pleased with the ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold health reform. Dr. Lazarus added that the AMA has always supported health insurance coverage for all US citizens.
What Is The Affordable Care Act? What Is Obamacare?
http://mnt.to/a/46ZH
The Affordable Care Act, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and informally as Obamacare, was signed into law by President Barack Obama on 23rd March, 2010. The aim of the Act is a health care law aimed at improving the health care system of the United States by widening health coverage to more Americans, as well as protecting existing health insurance policy holders.
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** HIV / AIDS News **
HIV - Bacterial Vaginosis Linked To Greater Female-to-Male Transmission
http://mnt.to/a/46ZN
Women with bacterial vaginosis are much more likely to transmit HIV to males than other females, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in PLoS Medicine. The risk is three times greater, the authors added.
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** HUNTINGTONS DISEASE News **
'Huntington's Disease In A Dish' Created To Enable Search For Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/46YF
Johns Hopkins researchers, working with an international consortium, say they have generated stem cells from skin cells from a person with a severe, early-onset form of Huntington's disease (HD), and turned them into neurons that degenerate just like those affected by the fatal inherited disorder.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Type 1 Diabetes Prevented In Animal Study
http://mnt.to/a/46ZM
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, managed to prevent Type 1 Diabetes onset in genetically susceptible mice, according to an article published in Diabetes. The scientists explain that they injected the mice with specifically prepared cells, which stopped their immune systems from destroying the pancreatic beta cells - cells that produce insulin - just in time.
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
Affordable Care Act Supreme Court Decision Welcomed By American Medical Association
http://mnt.to/a/46ZJ
Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, President of the American Medical Association (AMA), said that the AMA is pleased with the ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold health reform. Dr. Lazarus added that the AMA has always supported health insurance coverage for all US citizens.
What Is The Affordable Care Act? What Is Obamacare?
http://mnt.to/a/46ZH
The Affordable Care Act, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and informally as Obamacare, was signed into law by President Barack Obama on 23rd March, 2010. The aim of the Act is a health care law aimed at improving the health care system of the United States by widening health coverage to more Americans, as well as protecting existing health insurance policy holders.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
Man Who Chewed Another Man's Face Had Only Marijuana
http://mnt.to/a/46ZL
Rudy Eugene, who in May 26th, 2012, attacked a man and chewed much of his face, did not have "bath salts" in his system but only marijuana, according to toxicology reports. Eugene was shot and killed while he assaulted Ronald Poppo.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Porn-Induced Headaches Suffered By Young Man
http://mnt.to/a/46ZK
A single young man who was found to develop severe headaches five minutes into watching pornographic videos has been reported by researchers from India in the journal Archives of Behavior. The 24-year old professional, whose headaches were described as exploding holocranial headaches, had been complaining of porn-linked head pains for over two years, the authors added.
Seeing Fatty Food Pictures Encourages Impulse Eating
http://mnt.to/a/46ZC
A picture can say a thousand words, but according to a study presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, a picture can also be worth a thousand calories. Researchers have discovered that looking at images of high-calorie foods stimulates the brain's appetite control center, which leads to an elevated desire for food.
Subjects With Visual Impairment Use 'Blindsight' - They Turn Their Eyes Towards Motion, Brightness And Color
http://mnt.to/a/46YC
The visual information from eyes is sent into the brain unconsciously even if you are not aware. One example of unconscious seeing is a phenomenon called "blindsight" [Subjects have no awareness, but their brains can see] in subjects with visual impairment, caused by damage to a part of the brain called the visual cortex.
Researchers Generate Immature Nerve Cells
http://mnt.to/a/46Yv
RUB biologists have deliberately transformed stem cells from the spinal cord of mice into immature nerve cells. This was achieved by changing the cellular environment, known as the extracellular matrix, using the substance sodium chlorate.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Seeing Fatty Food Pictures Encourages Impulse Eating
http://mnt.to/a/46ZC
A picture can say a thousand words, but according to a study presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, a picture can also be worth a thousand calories. Researchers have discovered that looking at images of high-calorie foods stimulates the brain's appetite control center, which leads to an elevated desire for food.
Muscle Power Boosted By Caffeine In The Elderly
http://mnt.to/a/46YJ
A new study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 30th June has shown that caffeine boosts power in older muscles, suggesting the stimulant could aid elderly people to maintain their strength, reducing the incidence of falls and injuries.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Seeing Fatty Food Pictures Encourages Impulse Eating
http://mnt.to/a/46ZC
A picture can say a thousand words, but according to a study presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, a picture can also be worth a thousand calories. Researchers have discovered that looking at images of high-calorie foods stimulates the brain's appetite control center, which leads to an elevated desire for food.
Watching Lipid Metabolism In Live Zebrafish To Learn About Fat
http://mnt.to/a/46YG
In mammals, most lipids (such as fatty acids and cholesterol) are absorbed into the body via the small intestine. The complexity of the cells and fluids that inhabit this organ make it very difficult to study in a laboratory setting.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Drug Trial Participants Not Fully Informed About Placebos
http://mnt.to/a/46YB
Participants in drug trials are often not fully informed about the effect of placebos, thereby undermining the process of "informed consent", concludes a new study published this week in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
'Huntington's Disease In A Dish' Created To Enable Search For Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/46YF
Johns Hopkins researchers, working with an international consortium, say they have generated stem cells from skin cells from a person with a severe, early-onset form of Huntington's disease (HD), and turned them into neurons that degenerate just like those affected by the fatal inherited disorder.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Man Who Chewed Another Man's Face Had Only Marijuana
http://mnt.to/a/46ZL
Rudy Eugene, who in May 26th, 2012, attacked a man and chewed much of his face, did not have "bath salts" in his system but only marijuana, according to toxicology reports. Eugene was shot and killed while he assaulted Ronald Poppo.
Drug Trial Participants Not Fully Informed About Placebos
http://mnt.to/a/46YB
Participants in drug trials are often not fully informed about the effect of placebos, thereby undermining the process of "informed consent", concludes a new study published this week in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Affordable Care Act Supreme Court Decision Welcomed By American Medical Association
http://mnt.to/a/46ZJ
Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, President of the American Medical Association (AMA), said that the AMA is pleased with the ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold health reform. Dr. Lazarus added that the AMA has always supported health insurance coverage for all US citizens.
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** REHABILITATION / PHYSICAL THERAPY News **
Subjects With Visual Impairment Use 'Blindsight' - They Turn Their Eyes Towards Motion, Brightness And Color
http://mnt.to/a/46YC
The visual information from eyes is sent into the brain unconsciously even if you are not aware. One example of unconscious seeing is a phenomenon called "blindsight" [Subjects have no awareness, but their brains can see] in subjects with visual impairment, caused by damage to a part of the brain called the visual cortex.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Asthma Drug Flutiform® Clinical Trial Reaches Completion
http://mnt.to/a/46Z9
SkyePharma PLC (LSE: SKP) announced last week that its development and marketing partner Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. ("Kyorin") has successfully completed the Phase III clinical studies for the Japanese development programme for KRP-108 (flutiform®), with both studies (A301 and A302) meeting their primary endpoints.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Muscle Power Boosted By Caffeine In The Elderly
http://mnt.to/a/46YJ
A new study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 30th June has shown that caffeine boosts power in older muscles, suggesting the stimulant could aid elderly people to maintain their strength, reducing the incidence of falls and injuries.
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** SEXUAL HEALTH / STDS News **
Porn-Induced Headaches Suffered By Young Man
http://mnt.to/a/46ZK
A single young man who was found to develop severe headaches five minutes into watching pornographic videos has been reported by researchers from India in the journal Archives of Behavior. The 24-year old professional, whose headaches were described as exploding holocranial headaches, had been complaining of porn-linked head pains for over two years, the authors added.
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
'Huntington's Disease In A Dish' Created To Enable Search For Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/46YF
Johns Hopkins researchers, working with an international consortium, say they have generated stem cells from skin cells from a person with a severe, early-onset form of Huntington's disease (HD), and turned them into neurons that degenerate just like those affected by the fatal inherited disorder.
Researchers Generate Immature Nerve Cells
http://mnt.to/a/46Yv
RUB biologists have deliberately transformed stem cells from the spinal cord of mice into immature nerve cells. This was achieved by changing the cellular environment, known as the extracellular matrix, using the substance sodium chlorate.
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
HIV - Bacterial Vaginosis Linked To Greater Female-to-Male Transmission
http://mnt.to/a/46ZN
Women with bacterial vaginosis are much more likely to transmit HIV to males than other females, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in PLoS Medicine. The risk is three times greater, the authors added.
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