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Outcomes vary in global heart failure trials by geographic region

A comparison of several international clinical trials of beta-blocker drugs has shown there are notable differences in how well the drugs prevent deaths in heart failure patients, based on where the...

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Syringe exchange programs -- a critical public health strategy without...

A study from Rhode Island Hospital examined the two-year period when the current ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs (SEPs) was lifted in order to learn whether SEPs received or...

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Childhood adversity increases risk for depression and chronic inflammation

When a person injures their knee, it becomes inflamed. When a person has a cold, their throat becomes inflamed. This type of inflammation is the body's natural and protective response to injury.

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Telephone therapy technique brings more Iraq and Afghanistan veterans into...

A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war...

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Special nurse-pharmacist teams might dramatically reduce conflicts in patient...

(Medical Xpress) -- A study of more than 500 patients admitted to, and discharged from, a big-city medical center suggests that nurse-pharmacist teams trained to track down discrepancies between lists...

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Research funding slump alarms head of US cancer institutes

The head of the US National Cancer Institute warned Tuesday that the United States could lose its global leadership in research into the disease because of lower spending.

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Does gender affect acute concussive injury in soccer players? 'No' according...

Many studies suggest gender-related differences in athletes' responses to sports-related concussion. Nevertheless, findings have not been unanimous, and no guidelines regarding gender-specific...

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Mexican paradox: While opinion surveys overestimate abortions 10-fold,...

A collaborative study conducted in Mexico by researchers from the West Virginia University-Charleston (US), Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (México), Universidad de Chile and the...

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The brain recruits its own decision-making circuits to simulate how other...

A team of researchers led by Hiroyuki Nakahara and Shinsuke Suzuki of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has identified a set of brain structures that are critical for predicting how other people make...

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Derm-path training linked to fewer diagnosis discrepancies

(HealthDay)—Fewer diagnostic discrepancies are seen for pathologists with dermatopathology fellowship training, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the American...

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Study calls into doubt previous BPA research

(Medical Xpress)—Yellow coat color mice in Cheryl Rosenfeld's lab are not fortunate sons and daughters.Conventional knowledge says these mice will likely live fatter, more diseased lives than their...

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Discrepant analyses of industry-sponsored clinical trials

Discrepancies between internal and published analyses of industry-sponsored clinical trials lead to further calls for transparency

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Biopsy-based algorithm found accurate for small renal masses

(HealthDay)—Compared with final pathology, biopsy of small renal masses (SRMs) can be accurately used in a treatment algorithm to direct management, according to research published in the February...

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Study says Boozy Brits underestimate their drinking (Update)

Truth and alcohol may not mix, particularly when people are asked how much they drink.

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Many cancer institution websites lack nutritional guidance, others give mixed...

Radiation oncologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are stressing the need for evidence-based, standardized guidelines on dietary recommendations for cancer patients—and with good reason. A...

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MDCT helps better determine valve implant size for transcatheter aortic valve...

MDCT is a better way to measure annular size in patients with aortic stenosis who are candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) than two dimensional echocardiography, a new study...

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Lack of consensus among health care providers in identifying sepsis poses...

Though the toll of sepsis is known to be enormous – it is estimated to cost the U.S. health care system $24.3 billion each year, and is the nation's third-leading killer, behind heart disease and...

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Analysis of medical images improved for study of psychotic disorders

A team of researchers from the UPNA/NUP-Public University of Navarre has developed new superresolution and segmentation methods for magnetic resonance images so that they can be applied to the...

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Patients, spinal surgeons differ in expectations of sx outcomes

(HealthDay)—For patients and spinal surgeons, there are frequently wide discrepancies in the expectations of the outcomes of surgery, according to a study published in the May 20 issue of Spine.

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Young Australians getting fatter, study finds

Young Australians have a reputation for being fit and enjoying a sporty, outdoorsy lifestyle, but research released Monday found they are stacking on more weight than any other age group.

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