Archive: 10/01/2012
Scientists probe how some HIV patients resist AIDS
(HealthDay)—Researchers who discovered an immune system mechanism that seems to provide some people with a natural defense against HIV say their finding could help efforts to develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS.
HIV & AIDS
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Developmental outcomes good for late preterm infants in NICU
(HealthDay)—Late preterm infants (LPIs), born at 34 to 36 weeks of gestation, who receive intensive care, have similar cognitive, motor, and language skills at age 3 as LPIs who did not receive intensive ...
Pediatrics
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Study links insomnia to $31 billion in U.S. workplace errors
(HealthDay)—Feeling sleepy on the job and having trouble focusing? It could cost you—and the nation as a whole. A new study estimates that insomnia is responsible for 274,000 workplace accidents and errors ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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U.S. children exposed to about four hours background TV a day
(HealthDay)—Children in the United States are exposed to nearly four hours of background television on average every day, an amount that threatens healthy child development, new research reveals.
Pediatrics
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Retina's thickness may be tied to severity of MS, study suggests
(HealthDay)—Using a high-tech imaging process to measure the thickness of the eye's retina may one day predict the progression of multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
Neuroscience
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A simple blood test could be used to detect breast cancer
A simple blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump say researchers today, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway.
Cancer
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Scientists discover immune cells could protect against obesity
(Medical Xpress)—New research has found that a type of anti-tumour immune cell protects against obesity and the metabolic syndrome that leads to diabetes. Results showing that immune cells known to be protective against ...
Immunology
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Humira's approval widened to include ulcerative colitis
(HealthDay)—Humira (adalimumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis in adults, the agency said Friday.
Medications
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Study reveals 'unacceptably high' hip resurfacing failure rates
an alternative to hip replacement often recommended to younger patients – is prone to early failure in many instances, and should not be used in women, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet.
Other
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Apixaban superior to warfarin across range of patient risk scores
A new anticoagulant called apixaban is superior to warfarin in preventing stroke with consistent effects across a wide range of stroke and bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to Duke University Medical ...
Cardiology
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Sexually abused women much less likely to be screened for cervical cancer
Women who have been sexually abused as children or young adults are much less likely to get screened for cervical cancer than other women, indicates exploratory research published in the Journal of Family Planning and Re ...
Cancer
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Surgeons associate preoperative falls with worse postoperative outcomes in older adults
An answer to the simple question—"Have you recently taken a fall?"—can tell a surgeon how well an older adult may recover from a major operation according to researchers from the University of Colorado, Denver. New study ...
Surgery
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Patients feel more control of their health when doctors share notes
Patients with access to notes written by their doctors feel more in control of their care and report a better understanding of their medical issues, improved recall of their care plan and being more likely to take their medications ...
Health
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Study finds snakes in the wild harbor deadly mosquito-borne EEEV virus through hibernation
Snakes in the wild serve as hosts for the deadly mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalomyelitis Virus (EEEV), possibly acting as a "bridge" to the next season, according to researchers studying endemic areas in the Tuskegee ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Use of EHR associated with improvements in outcomes for patients with diabetes
Use of electronic health records was associated with improved drug-treatment intensification, monitoring, and risk-factor control among patients with diabetes, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study.
Diabetes
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