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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
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Medical Research News A team of scientists has discovered a new syndrome associated with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN), a infrequent disorder in which children lack sufficient infection-fighting white cells, and identified the genetic cause of the syndrome: mutations in the gene... |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
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Men's Health News Johns Hopkins and other researchers report what is believed to be the first direct evidence in lab animals that the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil amplifies the effects of a heart-protective protein. |
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News The holidays are chiefly considered to be a happy time; on the other hand, for people coping with serious illnesses the holidays can bring unwanted stress. |
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News Adding another reason for people to watch their blood pressure, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that increased blood pressure in older adults is directly related to decreased cognitive functioning, specifically among seniors with already high blood... |
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Monday, 15 December 2008 |
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
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Women's Health News Having an imperfect body may come with some substantial benefits for some women, according to a new article in the December issue of Current Anthropology. |
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment seems to advance cognitive functioning in patients with Alzheimer's disease who also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial conducted at the University of California,... |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
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Drug Trials An experimental drug developed by Australian scientists could offer a new cure for jet lag and be a welcome alternative to addictive sedatives like benzodiazepines. |
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Wednesday, 03 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News A multi-institution team of investigators led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has received $19 million in funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) for a groundbreaking effort to collect genetic... |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects as many as one in five of all Americans who survive a harrowing experience like rape, assault, war or terrorism.It has emotionally paralyzed survivors of 9/11 and broken up survivors' families. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Medical Science News Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have uncovered new properties of imidazolium salts (IMSs), which suggest that they could play a vital role in disease prevention and treatment. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Healthcare News Australian researchers say work stress is forcing many age care workers to leave and is jeopardising the industry. |
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Monday, 01 December 2008 |
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Medical Science News Under stress, yeast cells can unleash a remarkable mechanism based on protein-misfolding that gives them new characteristics without requiring genetic mutations. |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News For older adults who have lived through the Great Depression, news stories comparing present circumstances to the harsh realities of food lines, few jobs, and extreme poverty of the 1930's may be panic-producing. |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Older people who spent at least 14 hours a week taking care of a disabled spouse lived longer than others.That is the unexpected finding of a University of Michigan study forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. |
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News An estimated five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's, a disease that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language and is the most regular form of dementia among older people.Its causes have not yet been identified and there is no cure. |
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, heavily suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 percent. |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Women's Health News Many women separated from abusive partners still experience high-disability chronic pain after almost 2 years, according to Canadian researchers writing in The Journal of Pain , the peer review journal of the American Pain Society. |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News Amendments that restrict civil marriage rights of same-sex couples - like Proposition 8 that lately passed in California - have led to higher levels of stress and anxiety among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults, as well as among their families of origin, according to... |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News A small bit of stress goes a long way and can have far-reaching effects. |
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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Child Health News As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support. |
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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Women's Health News Testosterone therapy may not be the magic bullet women with low libidos are hoping for, according to seasoned sex therapist Domeena Renshaw, MD. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered new insights into the "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" nature of a protein that stimulates stem-cell maturation in the brain but, paradoxically, can also lead to nerve-cell damage. |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal... |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News According to American scientists brain scans show that bullies like their behaviour.A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago has found that the brain scans of young, aggressive bullies suggest they may positively like seeing others in pain. |
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Medical Condition News Individuals who receive implantable cardiac defibrillators after a sudden heart event appear more likely to die within five years if they experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, regardless of the severity of their disease, according to a report in the November... |
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News Both first- and second-generation immigrants to the United Kingdom appear to have a higher risk of psychoses than white British individuals, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Devices/Technology Two pacemakers in the brain work together in harmony to guarantee that breathing occurs in a regular rhythm, according to new research from MIT scientists. |
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Child Health News A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight in low revenue households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Medical Research News Dr. Marcus Conrad of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen has decrypted the molecular mechanism through which the death of cells is caused by oxidative stress. |
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