Archive: 01/16/2013
Recent study suggests bats are reservoir for ebola virus in Bangladesh
EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, released new research on Ebola virus in fruit bats in the peer reviewed journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, a mont ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Study suggests lung cancer mortality highest in black persons living in most segregated counties
Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January ...
Cancer
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NFL players may be at higher risk for depression as they age
National Football League (NFL) players may be at increased risk of depression as they age due to brain damage resulting from concussions, according to two studies released today that will be presented at the American Academy ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Inaccurate diagnoses of melanoma by smartphone apps could delay doctor visits, life-saving treatment
Smartphone applications that claim to evaluate a user's photographs of skin lesions for the likelihood of cancer instead returned highly variable and often inaccurate feedback, according to a study led by researchers at the ...
Cancer
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Skin problems, joint disorders top list of reasons people visit doctors
A new Mayo Clinic Proceedings study shows that people most often visit their health care providers because of skin issues, joint disorders and back pain. Findings may help researchers focus efforts to determine better ways t ...
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U-M to develop guide for parents of children with disorders of sex development
When a child is born with a disorder of sex development, decisions regarding gender assignment and genital surgery are often made quickly and under pressure.
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Gene in eye melanomas linked to good prognosis
Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have identified a mutated gene in melanoma tumors of the eye that appears ...
Genetics
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Just how severe is this flu season?
(HealthDay)—If the headlines are any indication, this year's flu season is turning out to be a whopper.
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Older individuals have atypical stone presentation
(HealthDay)—Older individuals are more likely to have atypical presentation with urolithiasis, according to a study published in the January issue of The Journal of Urology.
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Depressive symptoms tied to doubled risk for Crohn's
(HealthDay)—Depressive symptoms are associated with a two-fold increase in risk of Crohn's disease (CD) but not ulcerative colitis (UC), according to research published in the January issue of Clinical Ga ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Income affects oncology clinical trial participation
(HealthDay)—Oncology patients with lower income, even older patients with access to Medicare, are significantly less likely to participate in clinical trials, according to research published online Jan. ...
Cancer
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Family docs are early adopters of electronic health records
(HealthDay)—Family practice physicians are adopting electronic health record (EHR) systems at a fast pace, with 68 percent using an EHR system by 2011, and 80 percent expected to be users by 2013, according ...
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Enhanced pay for family docs due Jan. 1 will be retroactive
(HealthDay)—Family physicians who see Medicaid patients and are entitled to enhanced payment will get their pay, although it is likely to be delayed.
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Ireland recalls 10 mln burgers on horsemeat fears
An Irish meat processor recalled 10 million burgers Wednesday from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain amid fears that many could contain horsemeat, a discovery that poses no danger to public health but ...
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Selective D-dimer testing strategy seems safe, effective
(HealthDay)—For patients with suspected deep venous thrombosis (DVT), selective D-dimer testing is a safe and a more efficient testing strategy than universal testing, according to a study published in ...
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