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Does gender affect acute concussive injury in soccer players? 'No' according to this study

Many studies suggest gender-related differences in athletes' responses to sports-related concussion. Nevertheless, findings have not been unanimous, and no guidelines regarding gender-specific strategies for prevention or ...

Pediatrics created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research funding slump alarms head of US cancer institutes

The head of the US National Cancer Institute warned Tuesday that the United States could lose its global leadership in research into the disease because of lower spending.

Cancer created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Special nurse-pharmacist teams might dramatically reduce conflicts in patient medication lists

(Medical Xpress) -- A study of more than 500 patients admitted to, and discharged from, a big-city medical center suggests that nurse-pharmacist teams trained to track down discrepancies between lists of drugs patients are ...

Other created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telephone therapy technique brings more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans into mental health treatment

A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children continue to be underrepresented in drug trials

(HealthDay) -- Even for conditions with a high pediatric disease burden, only a small proportion of clinical drug trials study pediatric patients, according to research published online July 23 in Pediatrics.

Pediatrics created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

My hearing is fine, thank you, but could you please speak up?

(Medical Xpress) -- More than half of factory workers who thought they had excellent or good hearing actually suffered hearing loss and didn't even recognize the problem, a new study shows.

Health created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The parenthood paradox: Certain parenting beliefs are detrimental to mothers' mental health

Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? According to a new study by Kathryn Rizzo and colleagues, from the University of Mary Washington in the US, women who believe in intensive parenting - i.e., that women are ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood adversity increases risk for depression and chronic inflammation

When a person injures their knee, it becomes inflamed. When a person has a cold, their throat becomes inflamed. This type of inflammation is the body's natural and protective response to injury.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Social jetlag is a real health hazard

Social jetlag -- a syndrome related to the mismatch between the body's internal clock and the realities of our daily schedules -- does more than make us sleepy. It is also contributing to the growing tide of obesity, according ...

Medical research created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deaf children's gesture mismatches provide clues to learning moments

In a discovery that could help instructors better teach deaf children, a team of University of Chicago researchers has found that a gesture-sign mismatch made while explaining a math problem suggests that a deaf child is ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soy may alleviate hot flashes in menopause, large-scale study finds

In the most comprehensive study to date to examine the effects of soy on menopause, researchers have found that two daily servings of soy can reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes by up to 26 percent, compared ...

Other created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discrepancy between disease activity, disability in early RA

(HealthDay) -- For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, there is a discrepancy between disease activity and disability, with women experiencing more disability than men, according to a Swedish study published ...

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Syringe exchange programs -- a critical public health strategy without federal funding

A study from Rhode Island Hospital examined the two-year period when the current ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs (SEPs) was lifted in order to learn whether SEPs received or anticipated pursuing federal ...

Health created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High blood homocysteine levels are not linked with coronary heart disease

A comprehensive study in this week's PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease, closing the door on the previously suggested benefi ...

Cardiology created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Uncovering the blind spot of patient satisfaction and patient expectations: An international survey

Patient satisfaction is increasingly recognized as an important component of quality of care. To achieve a high level of patient satisfaction, providers need to identify and address patients' expectations. However, a new ...

Other created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0