Don't ask, don't tell doesn't work in prenatal care
Sep 30, 2008 |
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While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm a woman's unborn baby. A new study appearing in ...
Glanceable dashboard takes a measure of physician communication
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Much like a dashboard gives a good read on how your car is doing, researchers hope they'll soon give physicians a better idea of how they are doing with patients.
Study links depression to higher death rate from all causes among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a large group of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, depression was associated with a higher death rate from all causes during a two-year study period. The findings are published in the October 2008 ...
Painful heat sensed by 'painless' in flies
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Japanese research group led by Prof Makoto Tominaga and Dr Takaaki Sokabe, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Japan, found that a small fly, drosophila, has a receptor for noxious heat. The research group ...
Researcher Maps Genes of Destructive Parasite
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genome sequence and genetic map for a microscopic, soil-dwelling worm that is one of the world's most common and destructive plant parasites has been completed by a research team, including UC Davis nematology ...
Most adults under 50 unlikely need colorectal screening
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Young adults without a family history of bowel disease are unlikely to develop adenomas, the colorectal polyps most likely to lead to cancer, according to new research directed by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ...
Changing dosing, administration of anthrax vaccine reduces side effects
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Reducing the number of doses of an anthrax vaccine and changing its administration to intramuscular injection resulted in comparable measures of effectiveness but with fewer adverse events, according to a study in the October ...
