Oncology & Cancer
US teenager crafts early detection tool for cancer
Jack Andraka catapulted from being a typical US teenager unaware of the pancreas to one with a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ before it turns deadly.
Feb 28, 2013
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Pediatrics
For most bullied gay kids, things do 'get better,' study finds
(HealthDay)—Many gay and bisexual teenagers are bullied in school, but the problem does ease substantially as they get older, a new study out of England suggests.
Feb 4, 2013
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Health
Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
(AP)—The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says ...
Dec 27, 2012
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Neuroscience
Offering a reward can improve visual awareness in stroke patients
Stroke patients who have difficulty paying attention to part of their visual field may perform better when offered a reward, a study by Imperial College London and Brunel University researchers has found.
Nov 26, 2012
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Medications
Physicians much less willing to prescribe drugs tested in pharmaceutical-industry funded trials, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Physicians are less likely to trust the results of clinical trials when they know those trials were funded by pharmaceutical companies, regardless of the quality of the research, a recent study in the New ...
Oct 9, 2012
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Autism spectrum disorders
Children with autism experience interrelated health issues
(Medical Xpress)—One in 88 children has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study by a University of Missouri researcher ...
Sep 19, 2012
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Other
Average 25% pay gap between men and women doctors largely 'inexplicable'
According to the latest survey of UK hourly pay by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) female doctors' pay lags behind their male colleagues by 28.6%.
Sep 18, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Putting your mental health in order
(HealthDay)—Living without stress may seem nearly impossible these days. Technology beckons at all hours for you to read just one more tweet or text. Politics are polarizing. Costs are rising, but salaries not so much.
Sep 14, 2012
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Health
Pay for performance schemes 'can undermine motivation and worsen performance'
Financial incentives (pay for performance) schemes for health professionals "can undermine motivation and worsen performance" warn US experts in an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today. They also say that ...
Aug 14, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college
Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.
Aug 6, 2012
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