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Rare Disease of the Inner Ear: New Insights
Apr. 15, 2014 In the most comprehensive study of Mιniθre's Disease to date, researchers have been able to suggest what goes wrong in the body when people develop the disease, and provide an insight into ... full story -
Research Reveals What Your Sleeping Position Says About Your Relationship
Apr. 15, 2014 Scientists have discovered what people’s preferred sleeping position reveals about their relationships and personality. The research revealed the most popular sleep positions for couples, with 42% ... full story -
Functional Brain Imaging Reliably Predicts Which Vegetative Patients Have Potential to Recover Consciousness
Apr. 15, 2014 A functional brain imaging technique known as positron emission tomography is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to ... full story -
Antibiotics Improve Growth in Children in Developing Countries
Apr. 15, 2014 Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, according to researchers who have just conducted a research literature review on the subject. ... full story -
Prolonged, Heavy Bleeding During Menopause Is Common
Apr. 15, 2014 Women going through menopause most likely think of it as the time for an end to predictable monthly periods. Researchers say it's normal, however, for the majority of them to experience an ... full story -
New Standards Proposed for Gauging Muscle Decline in Older Adults
Apr. 15, 2014 Sarcopenia -- the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength -- may put up to 50 percent of seniors at greater risk for disability, yet there is no consensus within the medical community for how ... full story -
Brain Anatomy Differences Between Deaf, Hearing Depend on First Language Learned
Apr. 15, 2014 In the first known study of its kind, researchers have shown that the language we learn as children affects brain structure, as does hearing status. 'What we've learned to date about ... full story -
Mouse Model Would Have Predicted Toxicity of Drug That Killed 5 in 1993 Clinical Trial
Apr. 15, 2014 Over 20 years after the fatal fialuridine trial, a new study demonstrates that mice with humanized livers recapitulate the drug's toxicity. The work suggests that this mouse model should be ... full story -
Neuroscientists Disprove Important Idea About Brain-Eye Coordination
Apr. 15, 2014 By predicting our eye movements, our brain creates a stable world for us. Researchers used to think that those predictions had so much influence that they could cause us to make errors in estimating ... full story -
Chrono, the Last Piece of the Circadian Clock Puzzle?
Apr. 15, 2014 All organisms, from mammals to fungi, have daily cycles controlled by a tightly regulated internal clock, called the circadian clock. The whole-body circadian clock, influenced by the exposure to ... full story -
Brain Changes Associated With Casual Marijuana Use in Young Adults: More 'Joints' Equal More Damage
Apr. 15, 2014 The size and shape of two brain regions involved in emotion and motivation may differ in young adults who smoke marijuana at least once a week, according to a new study. The findings suggest that ... full storyMore: -
Blacks With Financial Worries Have Lower Health Scores
Apr. 15, 2014 Black adults who reported feeling more financial strain also rated their health more poorly than those with less financial strain, finds a new study. While lower income and education among minorities ... full story -
Potent, Puzzling and (Now Less) Toxic: Team Discovers How Antifungal Drug Works
Apr. 15, 2014 Scientists have solved a decades-old medical mystery -- and in the process have found a potentially less toxic way to fight invasive fungal infections, which kill about 1.5 million people a year. The ... full story -
Changes in Processing, Handling Could Reduce Commercial Fishing Injuries
Apr. 15, 2014 Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska. Many ... full story -
Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes Nearly Double Over the Past Two Decades
Apr. 15, 2014 Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research, with obesity apparently to blame for the surge. The researchers also found that the ... full story -
SSRI Use During Pregnancy Linked to Autism and Developmental Delays in Boys
Apr. 15, 2014 In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers found that prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a frequently prescribed treatment for depression, anxiety ... full story -
Real-Time Audio of Corporal Punishment Shows Kids Misbehave Within 10 Minutes of Spanking
Apr. 15, 2014 Real-time audio recordings of children being spanked showed parents responded impulsively or emotionally, rather than being intentional with their discipline, says a psychologist and parenting ... full story -
Breaking Bad Mitochondria: How Hepatitis C Survives for So Long
Apr. 15, 2014 A mechanism has been discovered that explains why people with the hepatitis C virus get liver disease and why the virus is able to persist in the body for so long. The hard-to-kill pathogen, which ... full story -
Kids' Earliest Memories Might Be Earlier Than They Think
Apr. 15, 2014 The very earliest childhood memories might begin even earlier than anyone realized -- including the one remembering, his or her parents and memory researchers. Four- to 13-year-olds in upstate New ... full story -
Cultivating Happiness Often Misunderstood
Apr. 15, 2014 The concept of maximizing happiness has been explored by researchers, who have found that pursuing concrete 'giving' goals rather than abstract ones leads to greater satisfaction. One path ... full story
- Rare disease of the inner ear: New insights
- Research reveals what your sleeping position says about your relationship
- Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness
- Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countries
- Prolonged, heavy bleeding during menopause is common
- New standards proposed for gauging muscle decline in older adults
- Brain anatomy differences between deaf, hearing depend on first language learned
- Mouse model would have predicted toxicity of drug that killed 5 in 1993 clinical trial
- Neuroscientists disprove important idea about brain-eye coordination
- Chrono, the last piece of the circadian clock puzzle?
- Brain changes associated with casual marijuana use in young adults: More 'joints' equal more damage
- Blacks with financial worries have lower health scores
- Potent, puzzling and (now less) toxic: Team discovers how antifungal drug works
- Changes in processing, handling could reduce commercial fishing injuries
- Pre-diabetes, diabetes nearly double over the past two decades
- SSRI use during pregnancy linked to autism and developmental delays in boys
- Real-time audio of corporal punishment shows kids misbehave within 10 minutes of spanking
- Breaking bad mitochondria: How hepatitis C survives for so long
- Kids' earliest memories might be earlier than they think
- Cultivating happiness often misunderstood
- Lifestyle determines gut microbes: Study with modern hunter-gatherers tells tale of bacteria co-evolution
- How mothers help children explore right and wrong
- Osteoporosis risk heightened among sleep apnea patients
- Genetic pre-disposition toward exercise, mental development may be linked
- More should be done for female parolees, experts say
- New method of screening children for autism spectrum disorders works at 9 months old
- Targeting cancer with a triple threat: New nanoparticles can deliver three drugs at once
- Rethink education to fuel bioeconomy, says report
- New method isolates immune cells to study how they ward off oral diseases
- Key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
- Researchers help Boston Marathon organizers plan for 2014 race
- Regenerated esophagus transplanted in rats
- Charitable donation discrepancies: Why are some countries more generous than others?
- When identity marketing backfires: Consumers don't like to be told what they like
- Unexpected protein partnership has implications for cancer treatment
- New insight into SIDS deaths points to lack of oxygen
- Vitamin D deficiency, cognition appear to be linked in older adults
- Hair from infants gives clues about life in womb
- Whooping cough bacterium evolving in Australia, research shows
- Outgoing behavior makes for happier humans: Across cultures, extroverts have more fun
- MRI pinpoints region of brain injury in some concussion patients
- New therapy helps to improve stereoscopic vision in stroke patients
- Obesity: Are lipids hard drugs for the brain?
- Exams in cold auditoriums? Better memory at ideal temperature
- Intelligent prosthetic liners could ease pain for lower limb amputees
- Nanocrystalline cellulose modified into efficient viral inhibitor
- Outcome of stroke worse for people with infection
- Experimental blood test spots recurrent breast cancers, monitors response to treatment
- Fiber-optic microscope will help physicians detect cancer, diseases at early stages
- Awareness campaign shows signs of delaying onset of drug-resistant gonorrhea in UK
- Gene variant puts women at higher risk of Alzheimer's than it does men, study finds
- We're over the hill at 24, study says
- Everest trek shows how some people get type II diabetes
- New management, return-to-play guidelines for Female Athlete Triad examined
- Physical therapy instructional video may be as good as an in-person visit for shoulder rehabilitation exercises
- Which obesity measure best predicts lower extremity injury risk?
- Brand/type of helmet, mouthguard may not significantly reduce risk of sport-related concussion in high school football players
- Severe sleep apnea linked to increased risk of stroke, cancer, death
- Penicillin redux: Rearming proven warriors for the 21st century
- Nano shake-up: Routine handling can affect nano drug carriers
- Lashing out at your spouse? Check your blood sugar
- Rare bone diseases and their dental, oral, craniofacial manifestations
- Dog ownership benefits families of children with autism
- Identifying children with emotional behavior difficulties
- Shared decision making improves patient satisfaction during radiation therapy, may help alleviate anxiety, depression
- Website information on colon cancer too complex, fails to address key concerns, researcher finds
- Babies prefer fairness -- but only if it benefits them -- in choosing a playmate
- Youth who fail to envision future commit more crimes
- Telemedicine training for rural parents of children with autism
- Long-term antibiotic treatment for Q fever causes weight gain
- Osteoporosis drugs appear to impede cell membrane repair
- Young dads at high risk of depression, too
- High marks to a state pre-kindergarten program
- Likely key driver of colorectal cancer development, progression
- 'MicroRNA' could be key target for bowel cancer treatment
- Pharmacists can significantly improve blood pressure, cholesterol in stroke patients
- Patients with kidney failure to get a new lease on life
- Visual maps use imagery to help connect personal passions with potential careers
- Neuroscientists: Brain activity may mark beginning of memories
- Antibiotics Alone Are Successful Treatment for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Children
- Domestic abuse linked to mental health problems in new mothers
- Surgeons develop personalized 3-D printed kidney to simulate surgery prior to cancer operation
- Single cell genomics technique developed to reverse-engineer developing lung
- Reduction in HPV in young women in England following national immunization program
- Longer nurse tenure on hospital units leads to higher quality care
- Chemo before or after surgery for high-risk bladder cancer improves survival, but is not routinely administered
- Detrimental effects of television viewing on sleep in young children
- Women who gain too much or too little weight during pregnancy at risk for having an overweight child
- Singlet oxygen: Stable research model for an unstable target
- Empowerment program greatly decreases incidence of rape, study finds
- Teaching to optimize learning or control misbehavior? Scale of disruptive behavior in schools seriously underestimated
- Beneficial organisms react differently to parasite drug
- Recurrence of prostate cancer is significantly lower in men with blood group O
- New clinical definition for epilepsy improves diagnosis accuracy
- Young people with epilepsy at significantly more risk of injury
- Regenerating muscle in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Age matters
- Efficient analysis of small quantity of cells improves chances to understand disease
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