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Unusual ultrasonic vocalization patterns in mice may be useful for modeling autism

Biology /

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing ...





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What is the etiology of cardiac syndrome X?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal coronary angiogram (i.e. ...


Diagnostic errors: The new focus of patient safety experts

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it's high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing errors, wrong-site surgeries and hospital-acquired infections. ...


A simpler definition for major depressive disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital's department of psychiatry propose that the definition for major depressive disorder (MDD) should be shortened to include only the mood and cognitive symptoms that have been part of ...


NO help: Nitric oxide monitoring does not help most children with asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The level of nitric oxide (NO) in an asthmatic's exhaled breath can portend worsening asthma symptoms, and may even signify an imminent attack linked to underlying airway inflammation. This has made the monitoring of NO levels, ...


Greater use of in-patient diagnostic imaging improves patient outcomes without significantly impacting costs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospitals that make greater use of inpatient diagnostic imaging exams achieve lower in-hospital mortality rates with little or no impact on costs, according to a peer-reviewed study of more than 1 million patient outcomes ...


Diagnoses of fatigue in primary care patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients who visit their family doctors for fatigue have a wide range of diagnoses yet the prevalence of serious illness was low, according to a Dutch study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).


How to execute dietary management in eating disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Substances that provoke gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with eating disorders (ED) can impact negatively on their nutritional rehabilitation. An Australian research group has found that ingestion of fructose-sorbitol ...


Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...


Computerized order entry/decision support systems: Effective solution to managing imaging utilization

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to managing imaging utilization, ...


Study: depression can lead to inflated reports of physical symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting.



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