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Infants As Young As 15 Months Display A Sense Of Fairness, Altruism

from MNTpaeds - 10 Oct 11

A new study presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism appears in infancy. Babies as young as 15 months perceived the difference between equal and unequal distribution of food, and their awareness of equal rations was linked to their willingness to share a toy...

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Alzheimer's Disease-Related Peptides Shown To Form Toxic Calcium Channels In The Plasma Membrane

from MNTdementia - 25 Oct 11

Alzheimer's disease is triggered by the inappropriate processing of amyloid precursor protein to generate excess amounts of short peptide fragments called A-beta. For many years, the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease was thought to be caused by the buildup of A-beta in insoluble, fibrous plaques...

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Parents who go online for pediatric health information are open to doctors' website recommendations

from Eurekalert - 14 Oct 11

(American Academy of Pediatrics) In the research abstract, ?Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department,? presented Friday, Oct. 14, at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in Boston, researchers interviewed 262 parents or guardians who brought their child to an urban emergency department about whether they used the Internet as a resource for medical information about their child?s illness or injury before making the decisi

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Analgesics Use Associated With Increased Risk For Renal Cell Carcinoma

from MNToncology - 25 Oct 11

Use of acetaminophen and nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was associated with a significantly increased risk for developing renal cell carcinoma, according to data presented at the 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 22-25, 2011. Eunyoung Cho, Sc.D...

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Dementia and Alzheimer's Risk In Females - Another Possible Risk Factor Found

from MNTdementia - 03 Jan 12

According to a study published Online First by the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, a hormone derived from visceral fat called adiponectin may play a role as a risk factor for development of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD) in women...

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Menstrual cycles and infertility

from Dr and Patient - 23 Dec 11

There is lots of variation in menstrual periods even in normal fertile women. Sometimes the period maybe heavy; sometimes it maybe light; sometimes there may be clots or spotting ; and sometimes there maybe more cramping than usual. These are common variants, and most fertile women don't even notice them.Infertile women, on the other hand, obsess over every minor variation. Was the period too heavy ? Was there clotting ? Could that have been an early pregnancy which miscarried early because I l

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IVF Surrogacy and Aamir Khan

from Dr and Patient - 05 Dec 11

Now that Aamir Khan has publicly acknowledged that he has had a baby using IVF surrogacy, surrogacy has become a hot topic once again in the news . As with every story, this will have a mixed impact - some good, and some bad.The good impact is that surrogacy will now become much more acceptable as a method of family building. Celebs play a big role in influencing societal attitudes and the fact that Aamir Khan has used surrogacy to have a baby and has issued a press release stating this publicly

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Delta Dental of Idaho cutting PPO reimbursement fees to dentists

from ADAdental - 17 Oct 11

Despite the problems caused to dentists by the timing of cuts to reimbursement rates, Delta Dental of Idaho is moving forward.

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Dr. Faiella is ADA president-elect

from ADAdental - 17 Oct 11

Dr. Robert  A. Faiella of Osterville, Mass., was elected ADA president-elect for 2011-12 in balloting today at the House of Delegates, meeting this week in Las Vegas.In two other races, Dr. Kenneth J. Versman of Aurora, Colo., was elected second vice president, and Dr. J. Thomas Soliday of Gaithersburg, Md., was re-elected speaker of the House, a post he has held since first elected in 2002.

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Early Alzheimer's Disease - Brain's Cortex Size May Predict Risk

from MNTdementia - 22 Dec 11

People with no Alzheimer's disease signs whose brain cortex regions are smaller than normal probably have a higher risk of developing early symptoms of the disease, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts General Hospital reported in the peer-reviewed journal Neurology this week...

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Tenfold Increase In Stroke Risk Following Traumatic Brain Injury

from MNTneuro - 31 Jul 11

If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association...

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How Indian Doctors Loot Patients.

from Dr and Patient - 22 Sep 11

There's this email which is doing the rounds in India today." It is by Dr. B M Hegde. 1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests. When a doctor (whether family doctor / general physician, consultant or surgeon) prescribes tests - pathology, radiology, X-rays, MRIs etc. - the laboratory conducting those tests gives commissions. In South and Central Mumbai -- 40%. In the suburbs north of Bandra -- a whopping 60 per cent! He probably earns a lot more in this way thanthe consulting fees that you pay.2)

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Nearly half the world will experience lower urinary tract symptoms

from Anaesthesia UK - 28 Sep 11

New research shows that nearly half the world's adults will experience lower urinary tract symptoms by 2018.

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Seaweed Does The Heart Good

from MNTcvs - 14 Sep 11

Researchers at Teagasc have been investigating lipids from a variety of Irish and Canadian seaweed species for their heart-health properties. In both Ireland and Canada (provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador), seaweeds have a long tradition of use. In Ireland, for example, approximately 36,000 tonnes of seaweed are harvested annually...

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Foods With Baked Milk May Help Build Tolerance In Children With Dairy Allergies

from MNTallergy - 02 Jul 11

Introducing increasing amounts of foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who have milk allergies helped a majority of them outgrow their allergies, according to a study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. The data are reported in the May 23 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology...

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Milk Better Than Water To Rehydrate Kids

from MNTpaeds - 18 Aug 11

Active children need to be watered with milk. It's a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say researchers at McMaster University. That's particularly important during hot summer weather, says Brian Timmons, research director of the Child Health and Exercise Medicine Program at McMaster and principal investigator of the study...

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AstraZeneca's NEXIUM Receives First Regulatory Approval In Japan For The Treatment Of Acid-related Diseases

from MNTgastro - 02 Jul 11

AstraZeneca announced that NEXIUM (esomeprazole magnesium) 10 mg and 20 mg capsules have received regulatory approval in Japan for the treatment of acid-related conditions including non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), reflux esophagitis, and peptic ulcer disease (PUD)...

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Largest Global Childhood Pneumonia Etiology Study Launched

from MNTpaeds - 17 Aug 11

Pneumonia kills more children around the world than any other disease, but the last major effort to study the causes of childhood pneumonia across many countries was conducted in the 1980's. This week, a groundbreaking new study called the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study gets off the ground...

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France alert on breast implants

from BBC - 20 Dec 11

The French authorities are to ask 30,000 women who received potentially defective breast implants to have them removed, reports say.

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MRI scans 'best for heart checks'

from BBC - 23 Dec 11

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks, experts say.

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Quitting Smoking Enhances Personality Change

from MNTpsych - 14 Sep 11

University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality. "The data indicate that for some young adults smoking is impulsive," said Andrew Littlefield, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science...

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Study Offers Insight For Returning Troops And Their Relationships

from MNTdepress - 02 Sep 11

Troops overseas often want nothing more than to get back home to loved ones - but the reunion period often can be more emotionally taxing than the deployment. Returning service members are at a greater risk of both depressive symptoms and relationship distress, and research shows the two often go together, says University of Illinois researcher Leanne Knobloch (pronounced kuh-NO-block)...

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Positive Sporting Experiences Key For Children's Development

from MNTpsych - 22 Jul 11

A cohesive team environment, assessing one's own performance rather than comparing with others, and involvement in enjoyably challenging practices are the main conditions needed for children to have a positive developmental experience playing team sports...

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African outbreak stumps experts

from Nature: Medicine - 13 Jul 11

With few leads to go on, researchers pursue the childhood malady nodding syndrome.

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Women's Memory Is Sensitive To Male Voice Pitch

from MNTpsych - 14 Sep 11

Men take note: If you want women to remember, speak to them in a low pitch voice. Then, depending on what they remember about you, they may or may not rate you as a potential mate. That's according to a new study by David Smith and colleagues from the University of Aberdeen in the UK...

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