Clerical training fostered a predisposition to perpetrate child sexual abuse, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Clerical training fostered a predisposition to perpetrate child sexual abuse, study shows
Pediatrics
Feb 18, 2013 |
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A new way of looking at drug discovery
Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine & Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has long said the ...
Medications
Feb 17, 2013 |
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Study identifies ways to increase IUD use in developing countries
Boosting demand for intrauterine devices, commonly referred to as IUDs, and improving access to them can significantly increase their use in developing countries, where they have traditionally been an unpopular method of ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
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Researchers link stress and pancreatic cancer in new paper
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease with increased incidences in the recent years. According to NDSU researchers, epidemiological data show chronic stress in a negative social and psychological state such as depression ...
Cancer
Feb 15, 2013 |
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Ills of aging blood: Short-circuited stem cell programming linked to failing blood development
As blood stem cells age, changes in the epigenome—the system that regulates which genes are switched on and which are switched off throughout the body—alter these cells in ways that lead to reduced immune ...
Medical research
Feb 15, 2013 |
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Molecular master switch for pancreatic cancer identified, potential predictor of treatment outcome
A recently described master regulator protein may explain the development of aberrant cell growth in the pancreas spurred by inflammation
Cancer
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Differential parenting found to affect whole family
Parents act differently with different children—for example, being more positive with one child and more negative with another. A new longitudinal study has found that this behavior negatively affects not only the child ...
Pediatrics
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Stage at diagnosis only partly explains wide international variation in lung cancer survival
Stage at diagnosis only partly explains the wide variation in lung cancer survival rates among different developed countries, indicates a large study of nearly 60,000 patients, published online in Thorax.
Cancer
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Genes for autism and schizophrenia only active in developing brains
Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers at the University of Oxford.
Genetics
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Abnormal brain development in fetuses of obese women
In a study to be presented on February 15 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, California, researchers from Tufts Medical Center will present findings showing ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 11, 2013 |
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24 new genes for short-sightedness identified
An international team of scientists led by King's College London has discovered 24 new genes that cause refractive errors and myopia (short-sightedness).
Genetics
Feb 10, 2013 |
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Babies born to immigrant women in Ontario bigger than those born in their mothers' native countries
Women who immigrate to Ontario have babies who are bigger than those born in their native countries, new research has shown.
Pediatrics
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Early healthy nutrition vital for later life
What a mother eats before and during pregnancy can impact on her offspring in many ways, a University of Aberdeen researcher will tell a conference in Edinburgh today (February 7).
Health
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Colon cancer exhibits a corresponding epigenetic pattern in mice and humans
Tumourigenesis is driven by genetic alterations and by changes in the epigenome, for instance by the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the DNA. A deeper understanding of the interaction between ...
Genetics
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Pertactin-negative Bordetella pertussis identified in U.S.
(HealthDay)—Pertactin-negative variants of Bordetella pertussis have been identified in the United States; and children who receive diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis (DTwP) priming have lower report ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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