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• Cochrane Review of malaria medication
• Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
• Where do international students of higher education come from; where do they go?
• Depression higher than previously reported in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis
• Researchers discover an epigenetic lesion in hippocampus of Alzheimer's
• Care managers in patient-centered medical homes increase improvements in diabetes patient outcomes, study shows
• Bio-inspired robotic device could aid ankle-foot rehabilitation
• Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria
• Training the brain using neurofeedback
• Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
• Baseball: Not safe at home
• Study finds decreased life expectancy for MS patients
• Anti-swine flu vaccination linked to increased risk of narcolepsy in young adults
• How to improve HPV vaccination rates? It starts with physicians
• High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the risk of developing kidney disease in rats, study suggests
• The brain's RAM: Rats, like humans, have a 'working memory'
• Longer screening intervals possible with HPV-based tests
• Combining health, environment in food production
• Quinoa well tolerated in patients with celiac disease
• Toddlers' aggression strongly associated with genetic factors
• Middle-school girls continue to play soccer with concussion symptoms
• Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis
• Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide
• Uninsured patients less likely to be transferred between hospitals, researchers find
• Cocaine users enjoy social interactions less
• Daily rhythms of our genes are disrupted when sleep times shift
• Radiation before surgery more than doubles mesothelioma survival

Cochrane Review of malaria medication Posted: 21 Jan 2014 11:38 AM PST Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is more effective than artemether-lumefantrine as a malaria medication, and has fewer side effects than artesunate-mefloquine' concludes a systematic review

Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST Canadian schools with explicit anti-homophobia interventions such as gay-straight alliances may reduce the odds of suicidal thoughts and attempts among both sexual minority and straight students,

Where do international students of higher education come from; where do they go? Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST The level of development of countries has a direct influence on the education system. By way of example, it is clear that the investment that countries like India and China have made in education

Depression higher than previously reported in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST Levels of depression and anxiety in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis are higher than previously reported, according to new research. As a result of their findings, a multi-center team says

Researchers discover an epigenetic lesion in hippocampus of Alzheimer's Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST New research demonstrates, for the first time, the existence of an epigenetic lesion in the hippocampus of the brain of patients with Alzheimer's

Care managers in patient-centered medical homes increase improvements in diabetes patient outcomes, study shows Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:06 AM PST Patient centered medical homes have been found to be an effective way to help care for patients with chronic diseases such as

Bio-inspired robotic device could aid ankle-foot rehabilitation Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST A soft, wearable device that mimics the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the lower leg could aid in the rehabilitation of patients with ankle-foot disorders such as drop foot, said a robotics

Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST New research finds significantly higher levels of infectious pathogens in water from faucet taps with aerators compared to water from deeper in the plumbing system. Contaminated water poses an

Training the brain using neurofeedback Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST A new brain-imaging technique enables people to "watch" their own brain activity in real time and to control or adjust function in predetermined brain regions. The study is the first to

Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:34 AM PST According to a new study, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported fewer depressive

Baseball: Not safe at home Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:33 AM PST Tag plays at home plate have the highest injury rate in professional baseball, occurring 4.3 times more often than other base-running plays, according to

Study finds decreased life expectancy for MS patients Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:42 AM PST The first large scale study in the US on the mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis has been published and provides new information about the life expectancy of people with the

Anti-swine flu vaccination linked to increased risk of narcolepsy in young adults Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:41 AM PST Pandemrix is an influenza vaccination, created in 2009 to combat H1N1, known as Swine Flu. Now, a team of clinicians testing the vaccine for links to immune-related or neurological diseases have

How to improve HPV vaccination rates? It starts with physicians Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:41 AM PST The risk of developing cervical cancer can be significantly decreased through HPV vaccination. Despite calls for universal vaccination for girls ages 11-12, the most recently published U.S. data

High-protein diets, like the popular Dr. Dukan diet, increase the risk of developing kidney disease in rats, study suggests Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST An experiment done in rats shows a high-protein diet increases the chance of developing kidney stones and other renal

The brain's RAM: Rats, like humans, have a 'working memory' Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST Thousands of times a day, the brain stores sensory information for very short periods of time in a working memory, to be able to use it later. A research study has shown, for the first time, that

Longer screening intervals possible with HPV-based tests Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST A new study finds that testing for human papilloma virus (HPV) allows for longer time between screening tests when compared to cytology-based

Combining health, environment in food production Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:29 AM PST Healthy food products that are produced in an environmentally-friendly manner will boost the health of the Swiss population while protecting natural resources. A new study also aims to identify new

Quinoa well tolerated in patients with celiac disease Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:27 AM PST Adding quinoa to the gluten-free diet of patients with celiac disease is well-tolerated, and does not exacerbate the condition, according to new

Toddlers' aggression strongly associated with genetic factors Posted: 20 Jan 2014 04:24 PM PST A new study provides greater understanding of how to address childhood aggression, and suggests that it is strongly associated with genetic factors in the

Middle-school girls continue to play soccer with concussion symptoms Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Concussions are common among middle-school girls who play soccer, and most continue to play with symptoms, according to a

Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST For patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis, low levels of vitamin D were found to strongly predict disease severity and hasten its

Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a homicide as someone who does not have access, according to a

Uninsured patients less likely to be transferred between hospitals, researchers find Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:34 PM PST Uninsured patients with a variety of common medical diagnoses are significantly less likely to be transferred between hospitals for treatment, according to a new study. They also found that women,

Cocaine users enjoy social interactions less Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST Regular cocaine users have difficulties in feeling empathy for others and they exhibit less prosocial behavior. A study now suggests that cocaine users have social deficits because social contacts

Daily rhythms of our genes are disrupted when sleep times shift Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST A new study found that the daily rhythms of our genes are disrupted when sleep times

Radiation before surgery more than doubles mesothelioma survival Posted: 20 Jan 2014 02:32 PM PST Results of clinical research that treated mesothelioma with radiation before surgery show the three-year survival rate more than doubled for study participants afflicted with this deadly disease,

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