Archive: 02/11/2016

Experts launch online child-sleep improvement tool for parents

Parents of children who don't sleep well have a new resource to help them develop better sleep habits and routines for their child.

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Program improves adult immunization rates at primary care offices

A University of Pittsburgh-developed program successfully boosts vaccination rates in adult patients seen at primary care offices, two recent studies demonstrated.

Nov 2, 2016

Measuring DNA repair capability can reveal tumors' sensitivity to drugs

Many chemotherapy drugs work by damaging cancer cells' DNA so severely that the cells are forced to commit cellular suicide. However, these drugs don't work for all patients: If cells can repair the DNA damage, they may survive ...

Nov 2, 2016

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Muscles more sensitive to stretch than previously thought

Almost 50 years after Nobel prize-winner Andrew Huxley published his seminal findings about muscle contraction, scientists from the University of Bristol have retraced Huxley's steps. Their findings, published today in the ...

Nov 2, 2016

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Expert offers tips on how to manage election season stress

Between worrying about which candidate will win and what changes they may implement, the months leading up to Election Day can be stressful. One Baylor College of Medicine expert warns that this can lead to election stress ...

Nov 2, 2016

Ovarian transplantation might be possible in future

Approximately 1% of women worldwide suffer from premature ovarian failure. This can have many different causes: chemotherapy administered for a malignant disease might irreversibly damage the ovaries and, because of the advances ...

Nov 2, 2016

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Study develops prediction model for lung cancer risk in never smokers

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new personalized assessment tool that could better predict lung cancer risk in never, light and heavy smokers using a large Taiwanese prospective ...

Nov 2, 2016

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Ballot could add legal marijuana to Las Vegas' list of vices

Nevada already has legal brothels, round-the-clock casinos and a coy catchphrase declaring that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." If voters approve, the state could soon add another vice in the form of recreational ...

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Pakistan low breastfeeding rates lead to stunted growth 'crisis'

Mother-of-seven Mah Pari lives in a fertile region of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province—but her two-year-old son, Gul Mir, is crying from hunger as she cradles him in her arms.

Nov 2, 2016

Well-being linked with when and how people manage emotions

Reframing how we think about a situation is a common strategy for managing our emotions, but a new study suggests that using this reappraisal strategy in situations we actually have control over may be associated with lower ...

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Archive: 02/11/2016

Experts launch online child-sleep improvement tool for parents

Program improves adult immunization rates at primary care offices

Measuring DNA repair capability can reveal tumors' sensitivity to drugs

Muscles more sensitive to stretch than previously thought

Expert offers tips on how to manage election season stress

Ovarian transplantation might be possible in future

Study develops prediction model for lung cancer risk in never smokers

Ballot could add legal marijuana to Las Vegas' list of vices

Pakistan low breastfeeding rates lead to stunted growth 'crisis'

Well-being linked with when and how people manage emotions

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