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Study: Medication may help kleptomaniacs
MINNEAPOLIS, April 4 (UPI) -- A drug commonly used to treat alcohol and drug addiction appears to also curb compulsive behaviors of kleptomaniacs, U.S. researchers said.
UT Southwestern researchers reveal how the brain processes important information
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have shed light on how the neurotransmitter dopamine helps brain cells process important information...
Low Birth Weight Linked To Heart Disease And Diabetes Risk In Adulthood
Lower weight at birth may increase inflammatory processes in adulthood, which are associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study.
Blood Protein May Hold Key To Stopping Tumor Growth In Cancer Patients
A recent discovery could clear the way for a new drug that inhibits tumor growth in cancer patients and could potentially help in the healing of wounds.
Study finds surprisingly high rate of patients readmitted to hospital within a month
When a patient is discharged from the hospital, just about the last thing he or she wants is to be back in again within the next month. But a new...
Doctors Urge End to Corporate Ties
A group of prominent physicians and researchers urged professional medical groups to “wean” themselves from industry support.
Computer exercise helps stroke victims "see" again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millie Sauer did not even know she had suffered a stroke until she tried to read a book as she recovered from surgery and saw only a...
Doctors identify patients at high risk of C. difficile
Doctors have developed and validated a clinical prediction rule for recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection that was simple, reliable and accurate, and can be used to identify high-risk patients...
CSHL team develops mouse models of leukaemia that predict response to chemotherapy
Being able to accurately predict how a given cancer will respond to chemotherapy would spare patients with non-responsive tumours the burden of undergoing toxic and ultimately unhelpful treatment. Just as...
Babies born to women with anxiety or depression are more likely to sleep poorly
A study in the 1 April issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that babies are more likely to have night wakings at both 6 months and 12 months of age...
Providing housing for homeless alcoholics linked with reduced health care costs
An intervention that provides housing for homeless persons with severe alcohol problems without requiring abstinence from drinking was associated with reduced health care use and costs and a decrease in...
Red in the face
People use the colour of your skin to judge how healthy you are, according to researchers at the University of St Andrews. The findings are published April 1 in the...
Control, treatment of bed bugs challenging
A review of previously published articles indicates there is little evidence supporting an effective treatment of bites from bed bugs, that these insects do not appear to transmit disease, and...
ICU follow-up services: What patients really think
Former patients believe that intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up services are important for their physical, emotional and psychological recovery. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care found...
Childhood abuse associated with onset of psychosis in women
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have published new research which indicates that women with severe mental illness are more likely to have been abused in childhood...
ADA releases updated position statement on functional foods
CHICAGO - The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position on functional foods that says fortified, enriched or enhanced foods can benefit a person's health when consumed as part...
Bariatric Surgery Minimizes Pregnancy Complications For Obese Women
Women who undergo bariatric surgery to treat obesity will reduce the risk of medical and obstetric complications when they become pregnant, according to a study.
Stopping Autoimmunity Before It Strikes
Current research describes a new method to track the development of autoimmune diseases before the onset of symptoms.
Use Of Antibacterial Associated With Reduced Risk Of Catheter-related Infections
For critically ill patients in intensive care units, use of a sponge containing the antimicrobial agent chlorhexidine gluconate as part of the dressing for catheters reduced the risk of major...
Don't Rely On Jaundiced Eye For Assessing Newborns, New Research Says
For hundreds of years, doctors, nurses and midwives have visually examined newborn babies for the yellowish skin tones that signify jaundice, judging that more extensive jaundice carried a greater risk...
NYC ultra-orthodox Jews give Amish walking tour
NEW YORK (AP) -- The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn...
TV news on organ donation says little about need, how to become a donor
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, and an average of 17 die waiting each day, according to University of Illinois...
Physical activity may strengthen children's ability to pay attention
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As school districts across the nation revamped curricula to meet requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind" Act, opportunities for children to be physically active during...
Students Give Up Wheels for Their Own Two Feet
To confront childhood obesity, traffic and car emissions, a city in Italy is encouraging its children to walk to school.
An Overseer of Trials in Medicine Draws Fire
Coast Independent Review Board was recently snared when undercover federal investigators created a sham medical study to see how closely companies evaluate the studies they are paid to review.
Landscape found to influence spread of malaria in Amazon
(PhysOrg.com) -- The spread of malaria, one of the world's most prevalent insect-borne diseases and a leading killer of children, may have more to do with landscape than precipitation as...
How does microglia examine damaged synapses?
Microglia, immune cells in the brain, is suggested to be involved in the repair of damaged brain, like a medical doctor. However, it is completely unknown how microglia diagnoses damaged...
China denies US ship access to Taiwan Strait
Research vessel's seismology studies compromised by politics.