Archive: 09/09/2015

How can one assess the effectiveness of hypnosis?

Although hypnosis has existed for hundreds of years, today it is still difficult to clearly judge its usefulness in the medical domain. In a report submitted to the French Directorate General for Health, researchers from ...

Sep 9, 2015

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Brain plasticity in the most dreaded biblical disease

Brain plasticity is the ability of the brain to change both anatomically and functionally in response to changes in the body or in the environment.

Sep 9, 2015

Physician-patient decision making may differ in care of racial/ethnic minorities

Racial and ethnic inequalities in medical care are widely documented in literature. However, variations in Americans' experiences with healthcare, specifically regarding physician-patient communication and shared decision-making ...

Sep 9, 2015

Study with 'never-smokers' sheds light on the earliest stages of nicotine dependence

In a study with 18 adults who had never smoked, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have demonstrated one of the earliest steps—nicotine "reinforcement"—in the process of addiction, and shown that some people are ...

Sep 9, 2015

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Researchers shed light on potential shield from Alzheimer's

Today, more than 5.1 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a devastating type of dementia that plagues memory and thinking. That number is expected to triple in the coming decades. Moreover, according to a 2012 ...

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In a 1st, New York to require salt warnings on eatery menus

Some sub sandwiches, movie theater pretzels and even milkshakes and salads will soon come with a first-of-its-kind salt warning symbol in New York City after officials agreed Wednesday to stake out new ground in a national ...

Sep 9, 2015

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Scientists reawaken sleeping HIV in patient cells to eliminate the virus

A consortium of investigators led by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have found that a new class of drugs may be used to purge pockets of dormant HIV from a patient's body, eliminating ...

Sep 9, 2015

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Low rate secondary surgeries for removal, revision of vaginal mesh slings for stress urinary incontinence

A follow-up of nearly 60,000 women who received a synthetic vaginal mesh sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence finds the risk is low for needing a second surgery for mesh removal or revision (about 1 in 30 ...

Sep 9, 2015

Association of low resting heart rate in men and increased violent criminality

A low resting heart rate in late adolescence was associated with increased risk for violent criminality in men later in life, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.

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Postoperative delirium results in poor outcomes in older adults

Researchers from the Aging Brain Center at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife confirm that delirium is a significant and independent contributing factor to poor postsurgical outcomes in older adults. ...

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Archive: 09/09/2015

How can one assess the effectiveness of hypnosis?

Brain plasticity in the most dreaded biblical disease

Physician-patient decision making may differ in care of racial/ethnic minorities

Study with 'never-smokers' sheds light on the earliest stages of nicotine dependence

Researchers shed light on potential shield from Alzheimer's

In a 1st, New York to require salt warnings on eatery menus

Scientists reawaken sleeping HIV in patient cells to eliminate the virus

Low rate secondary surgeries for removal, revision of vaginal mesh slings for stress urinary incontinence

Association of low resting heart rate in men and increased violent criminality

Postoperative delirium results in poor outcomes in older adults

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