Obstetrics & gynaecology
Who's in control when you're giving birth?
Kimberly Turbin wasn't expecting childbirth to be a pleasant experience, but she wasn't expecting it to be a nightmare either.
Dec 5, 2017
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Addiction
For opiate addiction, study finds drug-assisted treatment is more effective than detox
Say you're a publicly insured Californian with an addiction to heroin, fentanyl or prescription narcotics, and you want to quit.
Nov 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
California officials probe source of Legionnaires' cases
Three new cases of Legionnaires' disease have been identified in Southern California and officials are looking at the possibility there may be a source outside Disneyland, where at least 11 of the patients visited in September, ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Neuroscience
Music training strengthens children's brains, decision-making network
If the brain is a muscle, then learning to play an instrument and read music is the ultimate exercise.
Nov 14, 2017
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Health
Are e-cigarettes with higher nicotine associated with more smoking, vaping?
The use of electronic cigarettes with higher nicotine concentrations by high school students in California was associated with a greater likelihood of subsequent use of conventional combustible cigarettes and e-cigarettes, ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Medications
Without a nudge, old prescribing habits die hard for clinicians
Low-cost approaches that nudge physicians to reduce unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could have a significant impact if clinics adopt them for the long term, a USC-led study finds.
Oct 10, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Devil versus angel—when do they shift into action in the face of temptation?
For breakfast this morning, I had to choose between a chocolate doughnut versus a bowl of oatmeal. (The doughnut was delicious.) Throughout the day I will have to fight off urges to check Twitter, skip the gym, and watch ...
Aug 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UCLA researchers find antibiotic-resistant genes in parks in four California cities (Corrected)
The anxiety over antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which are responsible for 23,000 deaths a year in the United States, is likely to grow in California, following the recent discovery by UCLA researchers of high levels of antibiotic-resistant ...
May 25, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Few doctors discuss cancer costs with patients, study finds
Most doctors did not discuss the cost of cancer treatment with patients, spent less than two minutes on it when they did, and usually did so only after patients brought it up, a study that taped hundreds of visits at several ...
May 17, 2017
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Health
Professor canvasses LGBT community to help health advocates fight a meningitis outbreak
It's the Tuesday night before Christmas as Ian W. Holloway tucks his 2-year-old daughter Sofía into bed and prepares to leave his home.
Jan 18, 2017
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