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...Mayr, a professor of psychology. I dont think that most economists would have suspected that. It reinforces the idea that there is true altruism where its all about how well the common good is doing. Ive heard people claim that they dont mind paying taxes, if its for a good cause and here we showed that...Hormone therapy offers new hope for ovarian cancer patients
...ives of women with cancer. Ovarian cancer is the most commonly fatal of gynaecological cancers, affectin...t treatment involves surgery and chemotherapy, but most ovarian cancers return within two years. Until now, further treatment options have been limited to a...New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...rt good health behaviors, says Reilly, noting that most college students are making independent choices about food and activity for the first time in their lives. It was a real wake-up call, says Heather Carmichael, a UNH senior and former Nutrition in Health & Well Being student. I was a vegan and I t...Sleep-related breathing disorder common among aggressive, bullying schoolchildren
...the airway is partially blocked during sleep. The most common example is snoring. The most severe form of an SRBD is obstructive sleep apnea. It occurs in about one percent to two percent of...Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
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... (PAH), reporting a substantial benefit. The drug, most commonly known as Viagra, is widely used to treat erectile dysfunction. The recommendation is based on several reports of studies of patients with PAH who were successfully treated with long-term sildenafil therapy. In one case, 222 patients completi...Split the difference: Pill-splitting study looks at cost-saving step that could be used by millions
...split and take their pills in the six-month study, most participants said that reduced co-pays would be ne...sterol-lowering drugs called statins are among the most widely-used classes of medicines, with tens of millions of Americans taking the drugs. Theyre also g...FPG receives $8 million for autism research
Chapel Hill Two of the most often-used classroom approaches for teaching young... but that when they are diagnosed they receive the most effective treatment by professionals who are prepared and knowledgeable, said Samuel L. Odom, FPG di...Brightening prospects of using fluorescent nanotubes in medical applications
...s. Hertels team discovered that if they remove the most buoyant layer from the centrifuge, let it set for a while and then put it back in the ultracentrifuge for another 12 hours, the liquid separates into a number of distinct layers. The topmost layer has a purple color and, when analyzed, proves to cont...CAM-oriented primary care providers result in cost savings, high patient satisfaction
... 2004, which compared data from1999 to 2002. Our most recent analysis supports earlier findings that pat...s solely managed by their chiropractic PCPs. The most current data from our ongoing study suggests that doctors of chiropractic are well-suited toprovide ...Experts call for urgent research into anti-epileptic drugs given to children
... AEDs and 31 per cent were for newer AEDs. The most commonly prescribed newer AED was lamotrigine, whi... of newer AED prescriptions. Valproate was the most commonly prescribed conventional AED, accounting for 36 per cent of all prescriptions and 52 per cen......more cancer at an earlier stage where treatment is most effective. In 2003, we set a five year goal to i...more cancer at an earlier stage where treatment is most effective. Get checked for cancer is one of the top 10 priorities of Take Care New York, the Citys...Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
...th elevations in BACE, particularly in those areas most affected by the disease. Our findings also shed new light on how the aged brain becomes more vulnerable to AD, since any insult to the brain head injury, stroke, or the mini-strokes called TIAs can set off this process and turn up BACE activit...Aging stem cells in mice may hold answers to diseases of the aged, Stanford study finds
...ng stem cells because they very rarely divide, and most mutations crop up during division. The infrequent divisions were believed to protect the cells from acquiring new mutations. Rossi, Weissman and the other first author, postdoctoral scholar David Bryder, PhD, tested that idea in two different sets ...Researchers develop criteria to detect bone mass deficiencies in children with chronic diseases
...tabase for normal bone density in children: 1) the most current measurement technology with standardized d...dren prone to bone deficiencies. Dr. Kalkwarf said most people continue to accumulate bone mass into their 20s, although this study did not evaluate patient...Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...t direct the operation from a computer console. In most cases the surgeon is seated at a console within the theatre, only a few metres away from the patient. Now a team of surgeons and scientists have shown that the surgeon and robot can be linked via a 4,000 mile Internet connection, or by satellite, rep...Loss of stem cells correlates with premature aging in animal study
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