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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Genes Associated With Hippocampal Atrophy Revealed By Study
http://mnt.to/a/46YN
In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration of the hippocampus, the part of the brain most associated with Alzheimer disease (AD).
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Found To Be An Effective Way To Combat Anxiety Disorders
http://mnt.to/a/46YR
Whether it is a phobia like a fear of flying, public speaking or spiders, or a diagnosis such as obsessive compulsive disorder, new research finds patients suffering from anxiety disorders showed the most improvement when treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in conjunction with a "transdiagnostic" approach - a model that allows therapists to apply one set of principles across anxiety disorders.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Intravenous Oxygen Injection For Patients Who Cannot Breathe
http://mnt.to/a/46ZR
An injection that delivers oxygen directly into the bloodstream for patients who cannot breathe has been invented by scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, according a report published in Science Translational Medicine.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants - Few Reasons To Carry On Using Them, FDA Panel Says
http://mnt.to/a/46ZQ
An 18-member panel of experts was asked by the FDA to review metal-on-metal hip implants - on Thursday they said they saw little evidence to recommend surgeons continue using them. There is growing evidence that after being implanted, they are more likely to break down, exposing patients to the hazards of metallic particles exposure.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Study Suggests New Screening Method For Sudden Death In Athletes
http://mnt.to/a/46X3
A new study suggests that echocardiography be included as part of screenings to help identify student athletes with heart problems that could lead to sudden death.The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study, to be presented July 1 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Echocardiography, suggests adding a modified echo to the current practice of taking an EKG, getting a family history and having a physical exam.
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** COPD News **
Lung Diseases Leading Cause Of Death, Most People Don't Know
http://mnt.to/a/46ZP
Despite lung disease killing 4 million people every year, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) revealed alarming data showing that most people are ignorant about lung disease, which kills more people than any other disease worldwide.
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** DEPRESSION News **
PTSD Military And Veterans Should Receive Purple Hearts, NAMI Urges
http://mnt.to/a/472k
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an invisible wound and soldiers with PTSD should be considered for Purple Heart medals, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urged yesterday as it launched a special report Parity for Patriots: The Mental Health Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Found To Be An Effective Way To Combat Anxiety Disorders
http://mnt.to/a/46YR
Whether it is a phobia like a fear of flying, public speaking or spiders, or a diagnosis such as obsessive compulsive disorder, new research finds patients suffering from anxiety disorders showed the most improvement when treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in conjunction with a "transdiagnostic" approach - a model that allows therapists to apply one set of principles across anxiety disorders.
A Need For Clergy To Put Others First Impacts Their Own Health
http://mnt.to/a/46YM
Clergy's practice of putting others first can be detrimental to their own health, say researchers at Duke University.Pastors have been found to have higher-than-average rates of chronic disease and depression.
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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.
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Critical To The Control Of Influenza Are Both Innate And Adaptive Immune Responses
http://mnt.to/a/46YK
Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oakland University, Michigan, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.
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** GENETICS News **
Master Regulator Protein Brings Plethora Of Coactivators To Gene Expression Sites
http://mnt.to/a/46YT
Molecular geneticists call big boss proteins that switch on broad developmental or metabolic programs "master regulators," as in master regulators of muscle development or fat metabolism. One such factor, the Activating Transcription Factor 6α (ATF6α) protein, takes charge following a cellular crisis known as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which is triggered by the accumulation of misfolded and aggregated proteins.
Programmable DNA Scissors Found For Bacterial Immune System
http://mnt.to/a/46YS
Genetic engineers and genomics researchers should welcome the news from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) where an international team of scientists has discovered a new and possibly more effective means of editing genomes.
Genes Associated With Hippocampal Atrophy Revealed By Study
http://mnt.to/a/46YN
In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration of the hippocampus, the part of the brain most associated with Alzheimer disease (AD).
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
Improving Employee Health And Well-Being Through Video Games May Reduce Health Insurance Premiums For Employers
http://mnt.to/a/46YP
Games that promote health can improve the well-being of employees, saving employers direct and indirect health care costs. Employers can more readily reap these benefits by offering game-based services that educate their employees about health and wellness and improve physical and psychological fitness, according to an Editorial in Games for Health Journal a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Severe Sleep Loss Affects Immune System Like Physical Stress Does
http://mnt.to/a/472n
Sleep deprivation and physical stress have similar effects on the immune system of human beings, researchers from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reported in the journal SLEEP. Both physical stress and severe sleep loss jolt the immune system into action, the authors explained.
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.
Critical To The Control Of Influenza Are Both Innate And Adaptive Immune Responses
http://mnt.to/a/46YK
Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oakland University, Michigan, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Programmable DNA Scissors Found For Bacterial Immune System
http://mnt.to/a/46YS
Genetic engineers and genomics researchers should welcome the news from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) where an international team of scientists has discovered a new and possibly more effective means of editing genomes.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Improving Employee Health And Well-Being Through Video Games May Reduce Health Insurance Premiums For Employers
http://mnt.to/a/46YP
Games that promote health can improve the well-being of employees, saving employers direct and indirect health care costs. Employers can more readily reap these benefits by offering game-based services that educate their employees about health and wellness and improve physical and psychological fitness, according to an Editorial in Games for Health Journal a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Lung Diseases Leading Cause Of Death, Most People Don't Know
http://mnt.to/a/46ZP
Despite lung disease killing 4 million people every year, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) revealed alarming data showing that most people are ignorant about lung disease, which kills more people than any other disease worldwide.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Intravenous Oxygen Injection For Patients Who Cannot Breathe
http://mnt.to/a/46ZR
An injection that delivers oxygen directly into the bloodstream for patients who cannot breathe has been invented by scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, according a report published in Science Translational Medicine.
Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants - Few Reasons To Carry On Using Them, FDA Panel Says
http://mnt.to/a/46ZQ
An 18-member panel of experts was asked by the FDA to review metal-on-metal hip implants - on Thursday they said they saw little evidence to recommend surgeons continue using them. There is growing evidence that after being implanted, they are more likely to break down, exposing patients to the hazards of metallic particles exposure.
Communicating With People Described As Being In An Unconscious, Vegetative State
http://mnt.to/a/46YL
Researchers have come up with a device that may enable people who are completely unable to speak or move at all to nevertheless manage unscripted back-and-forth conversation. The key to such silent and still communication is the first real-time, brain-scanning speller, according to the report published online on June 28 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
A Need For Clergy To Put Others First Impacts Their Own Health
http://mnt.to/a/46YM
Clergy's practice of putting others first can be detrimental to their own health, say researchers at Duke University.Pastors have been found to have higher-than-average rates of chronic disease and depression.
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** MRI / PET / ULTRASOUND News **
Communicating With People Described As Being In An Unconscious, Vegetative State
http://mnt.to/a/46YL
Researchers have come up with a device that may enable people who are completely unable to speak or move at all to nevertheless manage unscripted back-and-forth conversation. The key to such silent and still communication is the first real-time, brain-scanning speller, according to the report published online on June 28 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Genes Associated With Hippocampal Atrophy Revealed By Study
http://mnt.to/a/46YN
In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration of the hippocampus, the part of the brain most associated with Alzheimer disease (AD).
Communicating With People Described As Being In An Unconscious, Vegetative State
http://mnt.to/a/46YL
Researchers have come up with a device that may enable people who are completely unable to speak or move at all to nevertheless manage unscripted back-and-forth conversation. The key to such silent and still communication is the first real-time, brain-scanning speller, according to the report published online on June 28 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Revisiting Scott's Polar Trek Towards Starvation
http://mnt.to/a/46YH
On the centenary of Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole, a study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Sunday 1st July has shown that Scott's men starved to death because they were consuming far too few calories to fuel their daily exertion.
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** PREVENTIVE MEDICINE News **
Improving Employee Health And Well-Being Through Video Games May Reduce Health Insurance Premiums For Employers
http://mnt.to/a/46YP
Games that promote health can improve the well-being of employees, saving employers direct and indirect health care costs. Employers can more readily reap these benefits by offering game-based services that educate their employees about health and wellness and improve physical and psychological fitness, according to an Editorial in Games for Health Journal a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
PTSD Military And Veterans Should Receive Purple Hearts, NAMI Urges
http://mnt.to/a/472k
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an invisible wound and soldiers with PTSD should be considered for Purple Heart medals, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urged yesterday as it launched a special report Parity for Patriots: The Mental Health Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Found To Be An Effective Way To Combat Anxiety Disorders
http://mnt.to/a/46YR
Whether it is a phobia like a fear of flying, public speaking or spiders, or a diagnosis such as obsessive compulsive disorder, new research finds patients suffering from anxiety disorders showed the most improvement when treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in conjunction with a "transdiagnostic" approach - a model that allows therapists to apply one set of principles across anxiety disorders.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Study Suggests Tasers Don't Cause Cardiac Complications
http://mnt.to/a/46YQ
Taser shots to the chest are no more dangerous than those delivered to other body locations, according to a new study by one of the country's leading experts on the devices.William P. Bozeman, M.
A Need For Clergy To Put Others First Impacts Their Own Health
http://mnt.to/a/46YM
Clergy's practice of putting others first can be detrimental to their own health, say researchers at Duke University.Pastors have been found to have higher-than-average rates of chronic disease and depression.
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** REGULATORY AFFAIRS / DRUG APPROVALS News **
Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants - Few Reasons To Carry On Using Them, FDA Panel Says
http://mnt.to/a/46ZQ
An 18-member panel of experts was asked by the FDA to review metal-on-metal hip implants - on Thursday they said they saw little evidence to recommend surgeons continue using them. There is growing evidence that after being implanted, they are more likely to break down, exposing patients to the hazards of metallic particles exposure.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Intravenous Oxygen Injection For Patients Who Cannot Breathe
http://mnt.to/a/46ZR
An injection that delivers oxygen directly into the bloodstream for patients who cannot breathe has been invented by scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, according a report published in Science Translational Medicine.
Lung Diseases Leading Cause Of Death, Most People Don't Know
http://mnt.to/a/46ZP
Despite lung disease killing 4 million people every year, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) revealed alarming data showing that most people are ignorant about lung disease, which kills more people than any other disease worldwide.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Severe Sleep Loss Affects Immune System Like Physical Stress Does
http://mnt.to/a/472n
Sleep deprivation and physical stress have similar effects on the immune system of human beings, researchers from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reported in the journal SLEEP. Both physical stress and severe sleep loss jolt the immune system into action, the authors explained.
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
Revisiting Scott's Polar Trek Towards Starvation
http://mnt.to/a/46YH
On the centenary of Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole, a study to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Sunday 1st July has shown that Scott's men starved to death because they were consuming far too few calories to fuel their daily exertion.
Study Suggests New Screening Method For Sudden Death In Athletes
http://mnt.to/a/46X3
A new study suggests that echocardiography be included as part of screenings to help identify student athletes with heart problems that could lead to sudden death.The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study, to be presented July 1 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Echocardiography, suggests adding a modified echo to the current practice of taking an EKG, getting a family history and having a physical exam.
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** VETERANS / EX-SERVICEMEN News **
PTSD Military And Veterans Should Receive Purple Hearts, NAMI Urges
http://mnt.to/a/472k
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an invisible wound and soldiers with PTSD should be considered for Purple Heart medals, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) urged yesterday as it launched a special report Parity for Patriots: The Mental Health Needs of Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families.
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