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  Over-Diagnosis and Over-Treatment of Depression Is Common in the U. S.

  April 30, 2013 — A new study finds when assessed for major depressive episodes using a structured interview, only 38.4 percent of adults with clinician-identified depression met a 12-month criteria for depression, ... > full story
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  Researchers Successfully Treat Autism in Infants: Playing Games That Infants Prefer Can Lessen Severity of Symptoms

  April 30, 2013 — Most infants respond to a game of peek-a-boo with smiles at the very least, and, for those who find the activity particularly entertaining, gales of laughter. For infants with autism spectrum ... > full story
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  Markers Related to Ovarian Cancer Survival and Recurrence Identified

  April 30, 2013 — Animal sciences researchers have identified biomarkers that are used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence and shown how the interactions between these biomarkers affect these ... > full story
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  Membrane Remodeling: Where Yoga Meets Cell Biology

  April 30, 2013 — Endocytosis lets cells absorb nutrients, import growth factors, prevent infections and accomplish many other vital tasks. This study suggests that, in contrast to earlier theories, dynamin proteins ... > full story
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  Tactics of New Middle East Virus Suggest Treating by Altering Lung Cells' Response to Infection

  April 30, 2013 — The deadly Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, is revealing its stronghold tactics. The virus dysregulates 207 lung cell genes to turn RNA ... > full story
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  Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-Killing Enzyme

  April 30, 2013 — Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study researchers assembled microscopic ... > full story
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  Experimental Drug Inhibits Growth in All Stages of Common Kidney Cancer

  April 30, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a protein that is overly active in every human sample of kidney cancer they examined. They also found that an experimental drug designed to block the protein’s ... > full story
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  How to Spot Liars in Official Interviews

  April 30, 2013 — A way to improve detection rates in police interviews has been discovered by researchers following a mock terrorism scenario where suspects plotted to blow up a ... > full story
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  Step Toward Medicines to Help Combat a Range of Diseases Currently Considered 'Undruggable'

  April 30, 2013 — Scientists have made a further step towards the potential future development of medicines to help combat a range of diseases currently considered ... > full story
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  Low Vitamin D Levels a Risk Factor for Pneumonia

  April 30, 2013 — A new study has shown that low serum vitamin D levels are a risk factor for pneumonia. The risk of contracting pneumonia was more than 2.5 times greater in subjects with the lowest vitamin D levels ... > full story

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