Pediatrics
How to raise global citizens of tomorrow
(HealthDay)—It's never too soon to teach kids to be culturally competent—to learn about, respect and accept people whose culture is different from their own.
Mar 22, 2019
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Genetics
Website puts fears about depression genes into perspective
A new interactive website launched by UNSW mental health researchers allows people with a family history of major depressive or bipolar disorder to work out how likely it is that they – or any of their offspring – could ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Family history linked to increased Alzheimer's risk
Researchers in Utah have found that people who have relatives who died of Alzheimer's are more likely to develop the disease. The findings are published today (Wednesday 13 March) in the scientific journal, Neurology.
Mar 14, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Having great-grandparents, cousins with Alzheimer's linked to higher risk
Having a parent with Alzheimer's disease has been known to raise a person's risk of developing the disease, but new research suggests that having second- and third-degree relatives who have had Alzheimer's may also increase ...
Mar 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
60+ health care groups urge CMS to maintain coverage for medically necessary cancer testing
Leading health care companies and organizations representing patients, providers, academic medical centers, laboratories, and diagnostic manufacturers urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to revise its ...
Feb 1, 2019
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Genetics
New knowledge could help predict and prevent depression
In a new study, researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project demonstrate that people with the highest genetic propensity are over two and a half times as likely to be treated in a psychiatric hospital for depression compared ...
Feb 1, 2019
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Cardiology
What can the ability to balance reveal about brain health?
Stand on one leg. Can you stay that way for 20 seconds?
Jan 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk
Scientists have created the most comprehensive method yet to predict a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK published in Genetics in Medicine.
Jan 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Make cancer prevention a priority in 2019
(HealthDay)—If one of your resolutions for 2019 is to improve your health, reducing your risk of cancer should be part of that goal, a cancer expert says.
Jan 12, 2019
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Cardiology
Familial hypercholesterolemia in children and adolescents: diagnosis and treatment
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a hereditary genetic disorder predisposing in premature atherosclerosis and cardiovascular complications. Early diagnoses as well as effective treatment strategies in affected children are ...
Jan 2, 2019
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