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Cells Appearing Normal May Actually Be Harbingers of Lung Cancer
Mar. 7, 2014 — Airways near lung tumors provide clues to the genetics of cancer that suggest that seemingly healthy cells may in fact hide clues that lung cancer will later develop, according to a study. ... full story -
Emerging Multi-Drug Resistant Infections Lack Standard Definition, Treatment
Mar. 7, 2014 — Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria vary significantly between hospitals. A study including a consortium ... full story -
Hospital Food Safety Measures Reduce Risk of Contaminated Hospital Food
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum ... full story -
Pre-Term Birth Leads to Increased Risk of Asthma, Wheezing Disorders
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have published findings strongly suggesting that preterm birth -- prior to 37 weeks gestation -- increases the risk of asthma and wheezing disorders during childhood, and that the risk of ... full story -
Smartphones Become 'Eye-Phones' With Low-Cost Devices
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have developed two inexpensive adapters that enable a smartphone to capture high-quality images of the front and back of the eye. The adapters make it easy for anyone with minimal ... full story -
Self-Acceptance Could Be the Key to a Happier Life, Yet It's the Happy Habit Many People Practice the Least
Mar. 7, 2014 — Happiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practice on a daily basis. But people are better at some 'happy habits' than others. In fact, the one habit that ... full story -
Inherited Alzheimer's Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear
Mar. 7, 2014 — The progression of Alzheimer's may slow once symptoms appear and do significant damage, according to a study investigating an inherited form of the disease. Through an international study, ... full story -
Infants Using Known Verbs to Learn New Nouns: Before Infants Begin to Talk in Sentences, They Are Paying Careful Attention to Conversations
Mar. 7, 2014 — New research demonstrates that even before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to the way a new word is used in conversations, and they learn new words from this ... full story -
Epigenetic Changes Could Explain Type 2 Diabetes
Mar. 7, 2014 — People with type 2 diabetes have epigenetic changes on their DNA that healthy individuals do not have. This has been shown in a major study by researchers who also found epigenetic changes in a large ... full story -
People More Willing to Disclose Experience of Mental Health Problems, Survey Finds
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new survey has found that people are more willing than ever to disclose their experience of having a mental health problem and receiving treatment. This increase in willingness to disclose, the ... full story -
Lifesaving Sensor for Full Bladders Under Development
Mar. 7, 2014 — Many people suffer from a neurological disease that means that they have difficulties with urinating and incontinence, and have problems controlling their bladders. Spinal injuries can damage the ... full story -
Activity More Than Location Affects Perception of Earthquakes
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new study by Italian researchers suggests that a person's activity at the time of the quake influences their perception of shaking more than their location. Whether a person is at rest or ... full story -
New Surgical Hypertension Treatment Not as Good as Standard Drug Treatment
Mar. 7, 2014 — A simple surgical procedure on the kidneys touted as a revolutionary treatment for high blood pressure turns out to be not so revolutionary after all. In a first its kind, a Norwegian clinical trial ... full story -
Areas of the Brain Process Read and Heard Language Differently
Mar. 7, 2014 — The brain processes read and heard language differently. Researchers have been able to determine the affected areas of the brain using speech processing tests with the aid of functional magnetic ... full story -
Talking-Therapy Treatments to Manage Osteoarthritis Pain
Mar. 7, 2014 — Abnormalities in the way the brain experiences pain may be to blame for the chronic pain suffered by osteoarthritis patients, scientists have shown for the first time. As a results, the researchers ... full story -
New Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening Needed in UK, Experts Say
Mar. 7, 2014 — The UK needs to invest in testing for those men most at risk of prostate cancer rather than follow a cast-the-net-wide approach targeting the whole population, a leading scientist argues. Men in the ... full story -
Mothers Leave Work Because They Don't Want to Behave Like Working Men, Study Suggests
Mar. 7, 2014 — Middle-class working mothers are leaving work because they are unwilling to behave like men, according to a new research article. Many of the interviewed women found it hard to combine work and ... full story -
Quicker and Cheaper Toxicity Checking of Mussels
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new discovery can make it far easier to check whether mussels have gone bad. Poisonous mussels contain the extremely dangerous and paralyzing neurotoxin saxitoxin. This neurotoxin is the cause of ... full story -
Prescriptions for Benzodiazepines Rising and Risky When Combined With Opioids, Researchers Warn
Mar. 6, 2014 — Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely ... full story -
Postsurgical Pain Control Linked to Patient Satisfaction With Hospital Experience
Mar. 6, 2014 — Postsurgical pain scores were highly correlated with reports of overall patient satisfaction during hospital stays, in a new finding that was true for some types of surgery more than others. The ... full story -
Ultrasound Guided Pudendal Nerve Block: A Cadaveric Study
Mar. 6, 2014 — The spread of close to 80% of injectate to surrounding soft tissues following a nerve block to treat chronic pelvic pain suggests a need to reduce the quantity injected, according to a new ... full story
- Cells appearing normal may actually be harbingers of lung cancer
- Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition, treatment
- Hospital food safety measures reduce risk of contaminated hospital food
- Pre-term birth leads to increased risk of asthma, wheezing disorders
- Smartphones become 'eye-phones' with low-cost devices
- Self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it's the happy habit many people practice the least
- Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
- Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to conversations
- Epigenetic changes could explain type 2 diabetes
- People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey finds
- Lifesaving sensor for full bladders under development
- Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
- New surgical hypertension treatment not as good as standard drug treatment
- Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
- Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
- New approach to prostate cancer screening needed in UK, experts say
- Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study suggests
- Quicker and cheaper toxicity checking of mussels
- Prescriptions for benzodiazepines rising and risky when combined with opioids, researchers warn
- Postsurgical pain control linked to patient satisfaction with hospital experience
- Ultrasound guided pudendal nerve block: A cadaveric study
- Heating safety from mri radiofrequency energy demonstrated in variety of simulated spinal cord stimulation scenarios
- Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar epidural steroid injections: Both offered similar pain relief, function for radiating low-back pain
- Long-lasting improvements for discogenic low-back pain treated with minimally invasive intradiscal biacuplasty
- Reducing wait times could improve spinal cord stimulator success for chronic pain
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- Drug protects mice against malaria brain damage, raises levels of BDNF in humans
- Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation in bacteria
- For older drivers one drink may be one too many, study finds
- Kawasaki disease and pregnant women
- Early detection helps manage chronic graft-vs-host disease complication
- Simple urine test detects common causes of kidney dysfunction after transplantation
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- Returning vets face 'warring identities' distress
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- Detailed picture created of membrane protein linked to learning, memory, anxiety, pain and brain disorders
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- Access to social workers could keep veterans out of criminal justice system, researchers find
- Combatting hospital-acquired infections with protein metal complex
- Smart nanofibers to treat kidney failure
- Group A streptococcus in pregnancy: Expert contributes to research
- Common mutation is culprit in acute leukemia relapse
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Some people really just don't like music
- Reelin protein rescues cognitive deficits in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease
- Birds of all feathers and global flu diversity
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- Complications following surgery predict costly readmissions
- Computers used to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
- Critical link between obesity, diabetes identified
- E-cigarettes: Gateway to nicotine addiction for U.S. teens
- Misplaced protein causes heart failure
- Higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep, study shows
- Strategies on the Internet to discredit generic drugs
- Heart failure unknowns a roadblock to managing health
- Japanese Town: Half the survivors of mega-earthquake, tsunami, have PTSD symptoms
- Classroom focus on social, emotional skills can lead to academic gains, study shows
- Addressing the rapid increase in cesarean birth rates
- Energy drinks linked to teen health risks
- 'Tiger mothers' run risk of raising ethnic outcasts in pursuit of academic success
- Target for shutting down growth of prostate cancer cells identified
- Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
- Technique patented that opens the door to the development of new drugs against osteoporosis
- Working pressures increase children attending nursery with respiratory tract infections
- Waiting for donor heart: Motion prolongs survival
- Three out of every four European banks fails in handicap accessibility of their websites
- Eating red, processed meat: What scientists say
- Learning how to listen with neurofeedback
- Atypical development in siblings of children with autism is detectable at 12 months
- Pumping iron: A hydrogel actuator with mussel tone
- New structure in dogs' eye linked to blinding retinal diseases
- Long-lasting device protects against HIV, pregnancy
- Potential target found for drug to treat allergic asthma
- Alzheimer's disease much larger cause of death than reported, study shows
- Personalized gene therapy locks out HIV, paving the way to control virus without antiretroviral drugs
- Thirty percent of adults with attention deficit disorder report childhood physical abuse
- Inventive new way to profile immune cells in blood
- Cocaine, pleasure principle explored in new rat study
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- Defining risk factors for falls in post-menopausal women
- Biomarkers of cell death in Alzheimer's reverse course after symptom onset
- New program for students with autism offers hope after high school
- Are bilingual kids more open-minded? Probably not
- Bioinspired, sponge-like shrinking gel steers tooth, tissue formation
- Guidance for optimal quality, safety of HDR brachytherapy
- Key enzyme found in disease-causing bacteria responsible for heart valve disease
- Patient satisfaction can be high, even in emergency care situations, research shows
- Some metallic toys, low-cost jewelry present health risks for young children
- Experiential avoidance increases PTSD risk following child maltreatment
- Lung transplantation: A treatment option in end-stage lung disease
- Hop leaves -- discarded in beer brewing -- have substances that could fight dental diseases
- A wristband for a different kind of cause ... environmental health
- All work and no play for children: Losing their childhood and their happiness?
- Doulas ease stress, increase satisfaction with birthing experience, statistics indicate
- Newly engineered molecules doom proteins with kiss of death
- Your face says it all? Not so fast
- B-cells aggravate autoimmune diseases
- Patients' stories used to improve care on hospital wards
- Barbie could dampen a young girl's career dreams, study suggests
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