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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Researchers support disclosure of results of Alzheimer's test study results to participants; suggest guidance and counseling
http://mnt.to/a/4gsc
A leading group of Alzheimer's researchers contends that, as biomarkers to detect signals of the disease improve at providing clinically meaningful information, researchers will need guidance on how to constructively disclose test results and track how disclosure impacts both patients and the data collected in research studies.
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Immune response to stress 'has effect on mood'
http://mnt.to/a/4gsv
Scientists say they have discovered that mood is influenced by cells from the immune system, which are called to the brain in response to stress, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
DNA from our mothers 'influences aging process'
http://mnt.to/a/4gsC
Scientists say that the process through which we age is determined not only by the changes we go through in our lifetime, but also by the genes we get from our mothers, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
Immune response to stress 'has effect on mood'
http://mnt.to/a/4gsv
Scientists say they have discovered that mood is influenced by cells from the immune system, which are called to the brain in response to stress, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
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** COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE / ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE News **
What is peppermint?
http://mnt.to/a/4gty
Peppermint (Mentha piperita) is a sterile, hybrid plant, created from the blending of watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). Peppermint is used for adding flavor or fragrance to several foods, cosmetics, soaps, toothpastes, mouthwashes, and other products - it is also popular for medicinal purposes.
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** DIABETES News **
'Diabetes dogs' can alert owners to sugar levels
http://mnt.to/a/4gsx
People with diabetes may have a new way to indicate their blood sugar level is too high or too low, by turning to our trusty canine friends, after researchers have found that dogs can help with hypoglycemia monitoring.
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** FERTILITY News **
Personality affects fertility rates, study shows
http://mnt.to/a/4gsD
A remarkable new study published in the European Journal of Personality looks at effects of personality on how likely a person is to have children. So if you are an extravert, look out. You may be the most fertileUsing survey and birth registry data for men and women born between 1927 to 1968 in Norway, researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) combined personality surveys to examine the connections between fertility and personality for both men and women.
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** GENETICS News **
DNA from our mothers 'influences aging process'
http://mnt.to/a/4gsC
Scientists say that the process through which we age is determined not only by the changes we go through in our lifetime, but also by the genes we get from our mothers, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
Researchers support disclosure of results of Alzheimer's test study results to participants; suggest guidance and counseling
http://mnt.to/a/4gsc
A leading group of Alzheimer's researchers contends that, as biomarkers to detect signals of the disease improve at providing clinically meaningful information, researchers will need guidance on how to constructively disclose test results and track how disclosure impacts both patients and the data collected in research studies.
Investigators discover new gene-expression mechanism - a minor thing of major importance
http://mnt.to/a/4gs9
A rare, small RNA turns a gene-splicing machine into a switch that controls the expression of hundreds of human genes. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and professor of Biochemistry Gideon Dreyfuss, PhD, and his team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, discovered an entirely new aspect of the gene-splicing process that produces messenger RNA (mRNA).
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Implanted defibrillators precision-guided in children with heart disease
http://mnt.to/a/4gsf
The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside - a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Immune response to stress 'has effect on mood'
http://mnt.to/a/4gsv
Scientists say they have discovered that mood is influenced by cells from the immune system, which are called to the brain in response to stress, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Surprise finding may change how virulent, painful infections are viewed
http://mnt.to/a/4gs4
The pain of invasive skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and possibly other serious, painful infections, appear to be induced by the invading bacteria themselves, and not by the body's immune response as previously thought, report scientists at Boston Children's Hospital.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Outbreak in Panama brought Latin America's first human cases of eastern equine encephalitis
http://mnt.to/a/4gs5
In the summer of 2010, the eastern Panamanian province of Darien experienced a phenomenon that had never been seen before in Latin America: a human outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis.The mosquito-borne virus that causes the disease is found all over the Americas, and infects horses throughout its range.
Surprise finding may change how virulent, painful infections are viewed
http://mnt.to/a/4gs4
The pain of invasive skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and possibly other serious, painful infections, appear to be induced by the invading bacteria themselves, and not by the body's immune response as previously thought, report scientists at Boston Children's Hospital.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Implanted defibrillators precision-guided in children with heart disease
http://mnt.to/a/4gsf
The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside - a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Diet drug controversy as US approves meds rejected by Europe
http://mnt.to/a/4grK
The decision from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow two anti-obesity drugs to be marketed in the US has been called into question by a senior doctor publishing in the BMJ.Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder of the health research group at Public Citizen, says that the fact these drugs have been banned by the European regulator "puts the FDA to shame.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Surprise finding may change how virulent, painful infections are viewed
http://mnt.to/a/4gs4
The pain of invasive skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and possibly other serious, painful infections, appear to be induced by the invading bacteria themselves, and not by the body's immune response as previously thought, report scientists at Boston Children's Hospital.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Implanted defibrillators precision-guided in children with heart disease
http://mnt.to/a/4gsf
The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside - a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.
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** PHARMA INDUSTRY / BIOTECH INDUSTRY News **
Diet drug controversy as US approves meds rejected by Europe
http://mnt.to/a/4grK
The decision from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow two anti-obesity drugs to be marketed in the US has been called into question by a senior doctor publishing in the BMJ.Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder of the health research group at Public Citizen, says that the fact these drugs have been banned by the European regulator "puts the FDA to shame.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Personality affects fertility rates, study shows
http://mnt.to/a/4gsD
A remarkable new study published in the European Journal of Personality looks at effects of personality on how likely a person is to have children. So if you are an extravert, look out. You may be the most fertileUsing survey and birth registry data for men and women born between 1927 to 1968 in Norway, researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) combined personality surveys to examine the connections between fertility and personality for both men and women.
Researchers support disclosure of results of Alzheimer's test study results to participants; suggest guidance and counseling
http://mnt.to/a/4gsc
A leading group of Alzheimer's researchers contends that, as biomarkers to detect signals of the disease improve at providing clinically meaningful information, researchers will need guidance on how to constructively disclose test results and track how disclosure impacts both patients and the data collected in research studies.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
New findings from South Africa lead researchers to call for worldwide recording of smoking in death registries
http://mnt.to/a/4gr3
Researchers have called for official death registries in all countries to record whether the dead person was a smoker, in a research Article published in The Lancet. New analyses of nearly half a million death records in South Africa - the first, and so far the only, country to record smoking on death registration forms - show that the death rate from tobacco is more than twice as great in the coloured (mixed ancestry) as in the white population.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
Outbreak in Panama brought Latin America's first human cases of eastern equine encephalitis
http://mnt.to/a/4gs5
In the summer of 2010, the eastern Panamanian province of Darien experienced a phenomenon that had never been seen before in Latin America: a human outbreak of eastern equine encephalitis.The mosquito-borne virus that causes the disease is found all over the Americas, and infects horses throughout its range.
Some primates protected from Ebola, even after disease symptoms appear
http://mnt.to/a/4gs3
Scientists have successfully treated the deadly Ebola virus in infected animals following onset of disease symptoms, according to a report published online in Science Translational Medicine. The results show promise for developing therapies against the virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever with human case fatality rates as high as 90 percent.
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** VETERINARY News **
'Diabetes dogs' can alert owners to sugar levels
http://mnt.to/a/4gsx
People with diabetes may have a new way to indicate their blood sugar level is too high or too low, by turning to our trusty canine friends, after researchers have found that dogs can help with hypoglycemia monitoring.
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