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Self-affirmation may break down resistance to medical screening
People resist medical screening, or don't call back for the results, because they don't want to know they're sick or at risk for a disease. But many illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, have a far a better prognosis if they're caught early. How can health care providers break down that resistance?
Dec 22, 2011 - 11:00:00 PM
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Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens
Cigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year's survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking as well as continued high rates of abuse of other tobacco products (e.g., hookahs, small cigars, smokeless tobacco), marijuana and prescription drugs. The survey results, announced today during a news conference at the National Press Club, appear to show that more teens continue to abuse marijuana than cigarettes; and alcohol is still the drug of choice among all three age groups queried.
Dec 14, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Opioid abuse linked to mood and anxiety disorders
Individuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely to abuse opioids, according to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They found that mood and anxiety disorders are highly associated with non-medical prescription opioid use. The results are featured in a recent issue of the Journal of Psychological Medicine.
Dec 13, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Study IDs new genetic links to impulsivity, alcohol problems in men
Being impulsive can lead us to say things we regret, buy things we really don't need, engage in behaviors that are risky and even develop troublesome addictions. But are different kinds of hastiness and rashness embedded in our DNA?
Nov 16, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Association of quantity of alcohol and frequency of consumption with cancer mortality
A paper from the National Institutes of Health in the United States has evaluated the separate and combined effects of the frequency of alcohol consumption and the average quantity of alcohol drunk per occasion and how that relates to mortality risk from individual cancers as well as all cancers. The analysis is based on repeated administrations of the National Health Interview Survey in the US, assessing more than 300,000 subjects who suffered over 8,000 deaths from cancer. The research reports on total cancer deaths and deaths from lung, colorectal, prostate, and breast cancers.
Oct 20, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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UIC awarded $14 million to study tobacco pricing and media
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received $14.2 million from the National Cancer Institute to study how mass media and tax and pricing affects tobacco use and behavior.
Oct 10, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Psychiatry
New Systematic Review on Efficacy and Safety of Second Generation Antipsychotics (SGAs) for Off-Label Uses
Medical evidence suggests that psychiatric drugs known as atypical antipsychotics are effective in reducing symptoms for some off-label conditions, but not others, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Oct 1, 2011 - 11:00:00 PM
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Brain immune cells respond to alcohol
When you think about your immune system, you probably think about it fighting off a cold. But new research from the University of Adelaide suggests that immune cells in your brain may contribute to how you respond to alcohol.
Sep 29, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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UCSF, UC Merced to study effectiveness of anti-tobacco programs
Researchers with the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Merced will examine the effectiveness of state and local anti-smoking programs across the United States to ensure that health authorities are able to use their increasingly limited resources to support and defend the most effective approaches.
Sep 7, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Does Dad's stress affect his unborn children?
According to the results of a new study in Elsevier's Biological Psychiatry, it seems the answer may be yes, but it's complicated.
Sep 3, 2011 - 11:00:00 PM
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Psychotherapy
CBT is highly effective in Dental Phobia
People with severe dental phobia may be able to overcome their anxieties with a single session of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), research published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ) suggests.
Sep 2, 2011 - 11:37:56 PM
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Faster progress through puberty linked to behavior problems
Children who go through puberty at a faster rate are more likely to act out and to suffer from anxiety and depression, according to a study by researchers at Penn State, Duke University and the University of California, Davis. The results suggest that primary care providers, teachers and parents should look not only at the timing of puberty in relation to kids' behaviour problems, but also at the tempo of puberty -- how fast or slow kids go through puberty.
Sep 1, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Suicide
Understanding gender differences in suicide methods
Women who commit suicide are more likely than men to avoid facial disfiguration, but not necessarily in the name of vanity. Valerie Callanan from the University of Akron and Mark Davis from the Criminal Justice Research Center at the Ohio State University, USA, show that there are marked gender differences in the use of suicide methods that disfigure the face or head. While firearms are the preferred method for both men and women, women are less likely to shoot themselves in the head. The study is published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles.
Aug 30, 2011 - 11:00:00 PM
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Scientists show how gene variant linked to ADHD could operate
A study using mice provides insight into how a specific receptor subtype in the brain could play a role in increasing a person's risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The research, conducted by the Intramural Research Program (IRP) at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, could also help explain how stimulants work to treat symptoms of ADHD.
Aug 16, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Study: Graphic warning labels reduce demand for cigarettes
Will graphic cigarette package warning labels significantly reduce demand? A new study suggests it will.
Aug 8, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Daunting barriers found in accessing psychiatric care
A new study by Harvard Medical School researchers published today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that access to outpatient psychiatric care in the greater Boston area is severely limited, even for people with reputedly excellent private health insurance. Given that the federal health law is modelled after the Massachusetts health reform, the findings have national implications, the researchers say.
Jul 21, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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BUSM/BMC researchers awarded $3.5 million grant from the NIDA
(Boston) - Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) were recently awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), to improve upon the seek, test, treat, and retain paradigm in Eastern Europe among HIV-infected Russian and Eastern European injection drug users (IDUs) in narcology (addiction) care. The project will be known as LINC, Linking Infectious and Narcology Care.
Jul 21, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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International AIDS Society to launch Virtual Media Centre in July to support opioid substitution therapy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Tuesday, 19 July, 2011 (Rome, Italy) -- As a part of its new initiative, Expanding Access to Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) for People Who Inject Drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), the International AIDS Society (IAS) will launch a Virtual Knowledge Centre (VKC) in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy (UIPHP).
Jul 19, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Alcohol drinking in the elderly: Risks and benefits
The Royal College of Psychiatrists of London has published a report related primarily to problems of unrecognized alcohol misuse among the elderly. The report provides guidelines for psychiatrists and family physicians on how to find and how to treat elderly people with misuse of alcohol and drugs. Forum members consider it very important to identify abusive drinking among the elderly and this report provides specific and very reasonable recommendations to assist practitioners in both the identification and treatment of such problems.
Jun 27, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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The association of alcohol drinking with migraine headache
Migraine is a neurovascular disease that affects about 15% of the western population. Compounds in foods and beverages (chocolate, wine, citrus, etc) considered as migraine triggers include tyramine, phenylethylamine and possibly histamine and phenolic compounds. Avoiding those triggers may significantly reduce the frequency of migraines in some patients.
Jun 13, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Sleep Disorders
Sleep loss can cause testosterone levels to plummet
Cutting back on sleep can be quite disastrous for healthy young men - it sends their testosterone levels plummeting, says a study.
Jun 2, 2011 - 5:25:00 PM
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Altruistic decision making focus of NIDA's Addiction Science Award
A study of what influences decision making on issues whose consequences will only be felt by future generations won first prize in the annual Addiction Science Awards at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) -- the world's largest science competition for high school students. The Intel ISEF Addiction Science Awards were presented at an awards ceremony Thursday night in Los Angeles. The awards were presented by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Friends of NIDA, a coalition that supports NIDA's mission.
May 13, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Teenage alcohol consumption associated with computer use
NEW YORK (May 9, 2011) -- Teenagers who drink alcohol spend more time on their computers for recreational use, including social networking and downloading and listening to music, compared with their peers who don't drink.
May 9, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Alcohol, mood and me
Thanks in part to studies that follow subjects for a long time, psychologists are learning more about differences between people. In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, the author describes how psychologists can use their data to learn about the different ways that people's minds work.
Apr 28, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Health-care alliance for tobacco dependence treatment launches training in the Middle East
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Global Bridges, a healthcare alliance for tobacco dependence treatment based at Mayo Clinic, and its regional partner, King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) in Amman, Jordan, announced today that they will start training health care providers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) on how to successfully treat tobacco users.
Apr 26, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Countries with high happiness levels also have high suicide rates
A new research paper titled 'Dark Contrasts: The Paradox of High Rates of Suicide in Happy Places', accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, confirmed a little known and seemingly puzzling fact: many happy countries have unusually high rates of suicide.
Apr 22, 2011 - 6:15:28 AM
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Effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on mortality in Finland
Does a reduction in the price of alcohol result in an increase in deaths due to alcohol? This was the subject of a study following a significant reduction in taxes in Finland in 2004 (30% for spirits, 3% for wine).The abolition of import quotas by the EU in 2004 also made it possible to import from other member countries and this led to an increase of approximately 10% in alcohol consumption in Finland. This paper is particularly interesting as it not only reports the effects of reducing costs of alcohol on alcohol-related mortality, but it also reports the effects of such changes on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
Apr 8, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Gambling problems are more common than drinking problems, according to first-of-its-kind study
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- After age 21, problem gambling is considerably more common among U.S. adults than alcohol dependence, even though alcohol dependence has received much more attention, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
Mar 24, 2011 - 4:00:00 AM
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Deep brain stimulation research expands at Barrow
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Barrow Neurological Institute has received a $10.1 million donation, the largest single gift in the organization's history and one of the biggest ever given to any Arizona hospital. The one-time cash donation from philanthropist Marian H. Rochelle to St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix will be used to explore a new medical frontier for psychiatric and motor disorders by using novel treatments including advanced deep brain stimulation.
Mar 9, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Study shows tobacco retail proximity to schools
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For years the tobacco industry has argued that efforts to ban tobacco advertising near schools would constitute a total ban on tobacco advertising in urban areas.
Feb 21, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Moderate-to-heavy alcohol intake may increase risk of atrial fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm). Its name comes from the fibrillating (i.e., quivering) of the heart muscles of the atria, instead of a coordinated contraction. The result is an irregular heartbeat, which may occur in episodes lasting from minutes to weeks, or it could occur all the time for years. Atrial fibrillation alone is not in itself generally life-threatening, but it may result in palpitations, fainting, chest pain, or congestive heart failure.
Feb 14, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Simple feedback could be effective therapy for addictive behaviors
As mental health care costs and problem gambling rates continue to rise, University of Missouri researchers are developing a personalized feedback tool that could serve as an effective and inexpensive way for people with addictive behavior-related problems to get the help they need.
Feb 7, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Depression
Unhealthy eating leads to increased depression
Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other hand, protects against this mental illness.
Jan 27, 2011 - 6:47:30 AM
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Childhood self-control predicts adult health and wealth
DURHAM, N.C. -- A long-term study has found that children who scored lower on measures of self-control as young as age 3 were more likely to have health problems, substance dependence, financial troubles and a criminal record by the time they reached age 32.
Jan 24, 2011 - 5:00:00 AM
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Nicotine may be a treatment for some symptoms of schizophrenia
Two papers published in the January 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry suggest that drugs that stimulate the alpha-7 subunit-containing nicotinic receptors might enhance cortical function and treat cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia.
Jan 11, 2011 - 5:43:16 PM
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Research tackles drug use, HIV in South African youth
Drug use, risky sexual behavior and violence among South African youth may be reduced thanks to Penn State researchers, who will look at expanding a leisure education and life skills program to 56 South African high schools. The researchers, led by Linda Caldwell, professor of recreation, park, and tourism management, and Edward Smith, associate director of the Penn State Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, received a $2.8-million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Dec 13, 2010 - 5:00:00 AM
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23% of young people get into fights when they go out at night
Night-time violence among young Spaniards is becoming ever more common, according to a research study carried out by the European Institute of Studies on Prevention. The study shows that 5.2% of young people carry weapons when they go out at night, 11.6% have been attacked or threatened, and 23% have got into a fight at some time.
Nov 11, 2010 - 5:00:00 AM
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New NIH data show gains in COPD awareness
The number of Americans who report being aware of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, increased by 4 percentage points between 2008 and 2010, but many people at risk are still unaware of the disease, according to mailed survey results released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Nov 9, 2010 - 5:00:00 AM
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2 studies present new data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy
Scientific data continue to indicate that higher intake of alcohol during pregnancy adversely affects the fetus, and could lead to very severe developmental or other problems in the child. However, most recent publications show little or no effects of occasional or light drinking by the mother during pregnancy. The studies also demonstrate how socio-economic, education, and other lifestyle factors of the mother may have large effects on the health of the fetus and child; these must be considered when evaluating the potential effects of alcohol during pregnancy.
Oct 15, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Legalizing marijuana in California would not substantially cut cartel revenues, study finds
Legalizing marijuana in California will not dramatically reduce the drug revenues collected by Mexican drug trafficking organizations from sales to the United States, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Oct 12, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Unprecedented effort to seek, test and treat inmates with HIV
Twelve scientific teams in more than a dozen states will receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to study effective ways to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS among people in the criminal justice system. The grants, announced today, will be awarded primarily by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with additional support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), all components of NIH. The research will take place over a five-year period.
Sep 23, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Could brain abnormalities cause antisocial behavior and drug abuse in boys?
AURORA, Colo (Sept. 22, 2010) Antisocial boys who abuse drugs, break laws, and act recklessly are not just bad kids. Many of these boys may have malfunctioning brains, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Sep 22, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Gene-environmental interactions and MS progression is focus of new study
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A $634,000 grant from the Department of Defense is allowing researchers at the University at Buffalo to investigate a trio of environmental factors and their influence on the progression of multiple sclerosis.
Sep 21, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Latent HIV infection focus of NIDA's 2010 Avant-Garde Award
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today that Dr. Eric M. Verdin of the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, Calif., has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the NIDA Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS Research for his proposal to study the mechanisms of latent HIV infection. NIDA's annual Avant-Garde award competition, now in its third year, is intended to stimulate high-impact research that may lead to groundbreaking opportunities for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in drug abusers. Awardees receive $500,000 per year for five years to support their research. Dr. Verdin is Senior Investigator and Associate Director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Sep 13, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Asking women about reproductive coercion reduced the likelihood that the women would continue to experience such pressures
Specifically asking young women during visits to family planning clinics whether their partners had attempted to force them to become pregnant — a type of intimate-partner violence called reproductive coercion — dramatically reduced the likelihood that the women would continue to experience such pressures, according to a new pilot study led by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
Aug 30, 2010 - 9:22:49 AM
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Experimental treatments for cocaine addiction may prevent relapse
Doctors have used the drug disulfiram to help patients stay sober for several decades. It interferes with the body's ability to metabolize alcohol, giving a fierce hangover to someone who consumes even a small amount of alcohol.
Aug 26, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Asynchronous telepsychiatry can assess a patients' mental health
A new study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found that psychiatrists can accurately assess a patient's mental health by viewing videotaped interviews that are sent to them for consultation and treatment recommendations.
Aug 14, 2010 - 9:16:45 PM
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Study describes health effects of occupational exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers
A five-year study into the causes of deaths of workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) shows significantly lower death rates from all causes and cancer in general when compared to the overall United States population. This is known by occupational health researchers as the healthy worker effect. However, death from lymphatic and bone marrow cancers such as leukemia or multiple myeloma were slightly above national rates.
Jul 22, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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New global report launched by the International AIDS Society recommends a new paradigm for treating injecting drug users: 'Seek, test, treat and retain'
Thursday, 22 July, 2010 (Vienna, Austria)-- Against the backdrop of some of the globe's fastest growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a report launched today at the XVIII International AIDS conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna makes the case for a new model for scaling up treatment and prevention of HIV amongst Injecting Drug Users (IDUs).
Jul 22, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Individuals confess alcohol abuse to clergy
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Persons with alcohol problems are finding comfort in speaking about their situation to clergy, a new study shows.
Jul 14, 2010 - 4:00:00 AM
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Best way to boost adult immunizations is through office-based action, study finds
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'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection
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Burning more sugar drives super athleticism
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Research aims to prevent obesity by reaching parents, young children through child care
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AMD-like lesions delayed in mice fed lower glycemic index diet
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Low vitamin C levels may raise heart failure patients' risk
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Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
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Study finds shifting disease burden following universal Hib vaccination
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UT study: Climate change affects ants and biodiversity
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Dirt prevents allergy
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Fitness club memberships help insurance plans to enrol healthier patients
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Anxiety disorders mount since credit crunch
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Doctors diagnose patients within moments of meeting
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Physician-defined patient complexity differs from current diagnosis-based measures
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Free health screening for school children Nov 14
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Systematic bias in the assessment of UK doctors
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White children far more likely to receive CT scans than Hispanic, African-American children
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Suspected brain disease kills 51 kids in Bihar
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New rules for bio-medical waste management in India
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Delhi hospitals lacking in emergency protocols
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New device performs better than old for removing blood clots
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Gene related to fat preferences in humans found
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Cardiovascular Nursing Spring Meeting
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The effect of occasional binge drinking on heart disease and mortality among moderate drinkers
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ORNL, partners earn FLC honor for cookstove technology
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Clot-busting drugs appear safe for treating 'wake-up' stroke patients
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Infections in childhood linked to high risk of ischemic stroke
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Penn State scientists elected to American Geophysical Union
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Wayne State University project aims to reduce HIV, AIDS among African-Americans
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Scientists help define structure of exoplanets
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Women delivers baby near lift in Noida hospital
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Obesity on rise in school children: Study
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Over 10,000 dengue cases in India this year
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NRI doctors demands removal of 'tainted' medical council members
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Watch out for sexually transmitted 'superbug': Expert
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Panel stresses on infection control in hospitals
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Healthcare cost up 22 times in rural areas, shows study
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Superbug exists, but nothing alarming: Walia
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No power problem at AIIMS: Official
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40 percent Indians embarrassed to ask for contraceptives
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Behold India's unfolding democratic revolution
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Chinese woman cuts open her belly to save surgery cost
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Improved Sense of Smell Produced Smarter Mammals
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Two-year-old world's first to have extra DNA strand
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172,155 kidney stones removed from one patient!
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'Primodial Soup' theory for origin of life rejected in paper
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Human species could have killed Neanderthal man
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History, geography also seem to shape our genome
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3,000 Kerala medical students to attend inter-college meet
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Tamil Nadu seeks to control deemed universities
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