A New Mexico county attempts to reduce the death toll of pervasive drug use among generations of addicts.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 1:07 pm
The brain distinguishes individual voices at cocktail parties by their pitch.
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LiveScience.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 1:02 pm
Scientists make a map of disease hotspots, where the next AIDS or SARS could emerge.
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Survey of experts takes the pressure off.
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Meditation may increase a person's ability to feel empathy and compassion.
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Geneticist Bruce Baker proves male and female flies sense different worlds.
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At 13, Michelle Cedillo can't speak, wears a diaper and requires round-the-clock monitoring in case she has a seizure. She has no idea she is at the center of a court case pitting thousands of families of children with autism against the medical establishment.
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) has joined other leading medical, consumer, labor, and employer organizations to endorse the Patient Charter for Physician Performance Measurement, Reporting and Tiering Programs. These organizations believe that health plans that evaluate, rate, and report physician performance to consumers should be independently assessed.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Former chief medical officer for both Scotland and England, Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, is the new chair of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), it was announced today Tuesday 1 April. Prof Calman will take up the post with immediate effect. He takes over from the national cancer director for England, Professor Mike Richards, who steps down after two years in the role.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
"Most College Students Are Covered Through Employer-Sponsored Plans, and Some Colleges and States Are Taking Steps To Increase Coverage," Government Accountability Office: The GAO report found that 80% of college students ages 18 through 23 had health insurance in 2006, with 67% covered under emplo
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Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe newer medications to schizophrenic patients may be counter-productive. According to a new study, patients in Maine's Medicaid program who found themselves in this situation were 29% more likely to stop or disrupt medication use than patients not subject to the policy.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
A study in which interventional cardiologists injected muscle cells into scarred areas of the heart using a needle-tipped catheter has reported mixed results in patients with congestive heart failure.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have developed a new "clinicogenomic model" to accurately test for lung cancer. The model combines a specific gene expression for lung cancer as well as clinical risk factors. These findings currently appear on-line in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new study has found that an x-ray dye intended to reduce stress on the kidneys did not prevent renal injury during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients who already had compromised kidney function.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
The 2008 BIO International Convention will demonstrate the biotechnology industry's global focus with international case studies, global health breakout sessions and receptions that spotlight examples of biotechnology innovation from around the world.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
A new study finds that references to illegal drug use in rap music jumped sixfold in the two decades since 1979, the year Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" hit the charts and introduced to a mainstream audience a music genre born from inner-city America.
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Health News from Medical News Today | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
"The American Medical Association applauds efforts by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project to raise the bar on the reliability and validity of information that health insurers provide to patients. "The Patient Charter drafted by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project requires health insurers to be more transparent and balanced when providing information to patients.
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The smoking ban in public places is hailed a success by Wales' medical chief, but pubs warn of closures.
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BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2008 | 7:19 am
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Consumers are unlikely to benefit from household versions of automated external defibrillators meant to revive victims of sudden heart seizures, a new study found.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 6:27 am
A study published by the journal Nature is raising doubts about one of the hottest fields in biotechnology, RNA interference.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 6:26 am
Michael Paul Mason's episodic tour of brain injuries and the strange behavior that often accompanies them focuses on the poor treatment available to many patients.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 6:13 am
The agreement represents a truce between doctors and health insurers in their longstanding dispute over how health plans rank physicians’ efforts in taking care of patients.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:16 am
Reynolds, whose brands include Camel cigarettes, is attacking the F.D.A. as weak and overextended amid a congressional effort to empower the agency to regulate the tobacco industry.
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 3:43 am
A popular anti-HIV drug nearly doubles the risk of heart attack, a study says.
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BBC News | Health | World Edition | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:52 am
When -- after many visits to doctors and hospitals --- Tian Huiping's son was finally diagnosed with autism, the only advice she was given was to make use of a loophole in China's "one-child" policy that allows parents with disabled children to have one more.
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CNN.com - Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:43 am
PatientsLikeMe, an Internet start-up, creates information-rich communities for the chronically ill. Is it the next step forward in medical science — or just a MySpace for the afflicted?
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NYT > Health | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:42 am
Ryan Unumb just turned 7 years old. He has about 100 words in his vocabulary, even if they are difficult to understand. He's potty trained. He loves playing with water. He follows instructions, he asks for food when he's hungry, and he gives lots of kisses.
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CNN.com - Health | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:53 pm
There may be serious risks for the baby when mothers who chose a home birth transfer to hospital, a study suggests.
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BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 11:09 pm
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Out-of-pocket prescription costs are increased when patients are given free pharmaceutical samples, according to findings from a nationally representative, longitudinal study conducted in the US.
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Perioperative chemotherapy appears to be more effective in improving progression-free survival vs surgery alone in patients with liver metastases secondary to colorectal cancer.
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Results of a randomized trial show that antihypertensive treatment with a sustained-release formulation of a diuretic reduces fatal stroke, all-cause mortality, and heart failure in elderly patients.
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A randomized trial finds better compliance but similar efficacy with haloperidol vs 4 second-generation antipsychotics for treatment of first-episode schizophrenia.
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Data from a trial on hypertension show that a single-tablet, dual-mechanism therapy initiated in high-risk patients with hypertension significantly reduces the risk for morbidity and mortality by 20%.
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Patients in a randomized trial who have had a myocardial infarction kept an automated external defibrillator at home, but it did not seem to improve their chances of staying alive.
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The angiotensin receptor blocker was noninferior to the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, but the combination of the 2 drugs was linked with more adverse events without an increase in benefit.
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Elevated liver enzymes discovered during routine medical care are associated with increased mortality risk over the subsequent decade, results of a study published in the March issue of Hepatology indicate.
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When used for moderate-risk eye conditions, corneal grafts from donors over 65 can achieve 5-year survival rates similar to those of grafts from younger donors, according to the results of the Cornea Donor Study. Moreover, donor age as a continuous variable was not linked to graft failure.
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The most recent results from the Rotterdam Study show cerebral microbleeds are more 3 to 4 times more common in individuals over 60 years than previously thought.
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When meeting Jeff Donohoo, it's not immediately apparent he is a 36-year-old man living with autism. It's unlikely that he'll be the first to say "hello" in a group setting, but interacting with people is easier for him than it once was. He's come a long way.
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CNN.com - Health | 1 Apr 2008 | 5:59 pm
Scientists have created part-human, part-animal hybrid embryos for the first time in the UK, the BBC can reveal.
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BBC News | Health | World Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 5:04 pm
Recent research suggests that the experience of being duped can stir self-reflection in a way few other experiences can.
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NYT > Health | 1 Apr 2008 | 2:32 pm
The Miami Herald April 01, 2008 Apr. 1--This relatively newly defined disorder first appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980 and the diagnostic criteria was revised in 1987 and 1994. Dr. William Samek, a clinical and forensic psychologist in Miami, explains the disorder:
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American Journal of Public Health April 01, 2008 High levels of exposure to combat have characterized the conflicts principally in Iraq and Afghanistan-Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Improvised explosive devices and frequent, unexpected mortar attacks have brought the "front line" to most OIF and OEF military service personnel.1 In the Vietnam and Persian Gulf...
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Birmingham Post April 01, 2008 study which demonstrates how fear stalks the underground has revealed high levels of paranoia in the British population.
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