Archive: 05/01/2012
Moving midwives to work in rural areas helps improve essential obstetric care
A scheme supporting newly graduated, unemployed, and retired midwives to work in rural areas of Nigeria and provide essential obstetric care has helped to improve maternal, newborn, and child health and could potentially ...
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Research yields new clues to how brain cancer cells migrate and invade
Researchers have discovered that a protein that transports sodium, potassium and chloride may hold clues to how glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest type of brain cancer, moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue. ...
Cancer
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Heavy new arguments weigh in on the danger of obesity
A true obesity epidemic is gradually advancing throughout the developed world. A large new Danish-British study from the University of Copenhagen and University of Bristol documents for the first time a definite correlation ...
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Gene mutation leads to impairment of 2 senses: Touch and hearing
People with good hearing also have a keen sense of touch; people with impaired hearing generally have an impaired sense of touch. Extensive data supporting this hypothesis was presented by Dr. Henning Frenzel and Professor ...
Genetics
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Neuro researchers sharpen our understanding of memories
Scientists now have a better understanding of how precise memories are formed thanks to research led by Prof. Jean-Claude Lacaille of the University of Montreal's Department of Physiology. "In terms of human applications, ...
Neuroscience
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Delirium mouse model helps researchers understand the condition's causes
A new mouse model of delirium developed by Wellcome Trust researchers has provided an important insight into the mechanisms underlying the condition, bringing together two theories as to its causes. Details of the research ...
Medical research
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Differences in dopamine may determine how hard people work
Whether someone is a "go-getter" or a "slacker" may depend on individual differences in the brain chemical dopamine, according to new research in the May 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that d ...
Medical research
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APBI associated with more mastectomies, toxicities, complications, compared to traditional radiation
Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate ...
Cancer
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Everyday fish oil capsule may provide kidney-related benefits
Over the past decade, there has been a steady stream of information promoting the health benefits of fish oil capsules. According to Dr. Louise Moist, a Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, fish oil may also improve ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Blood pressure drugs linked with lower PTSD symptoms
Traumatized people who take a class of common blood pressure medications tend to have less severe post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers have found.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Clinical trials often fall short
Clinical studies registered in clinicaltrials.gov between 2007-2010 are dominated by small, single-center trials and contain significant heterogeneity (different in nature, difficult to compare) in methodological approaches, ...
Other
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Treating childhood obesity: A family affair
May 1, 2012 – With nearly one-third of American children being overweight or obese, doctors agree that there is an acute need for more effective treatments. In many weight management programs, the dropout rate can be ...
Pediatrics
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National poll: Low cost, lifesaving services missing from most older patients' health care
Large majorities of older Americans experience significant and troubling gaps in their primary care, according to a new national survey, "How Does It Feel? The Older Adult Health Care Experience," released today by the John ...
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Hospital strategies linked to lower mortality after acute MI
(HealthDay) -- Five specific hospital performance strategies have been identified that result in lower 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates (RSMRs) for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ...
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Food allergy risk up for children born in the fall
(HealthDay) -- Children born in the fall have an increased risk of food allergy, with a significantly increased risk seen only for Caucasians and those with eczema, according to a study published online April ...
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