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Largest study of fertility patients shows concerns about embryo disposition

Medicine & Health / Other

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Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone else, according to a new study ...





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Telephone-delivered care for treating depression after CABG surgery appears to improve outcomes

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Patients who received telephone-delivered collaborative care for treatment of depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery reported greater improvement in measures of quality of life, physical functioning and mood ...


New cause of osteoporosis: Mutation in a miroRNA

Medicine & Health / Research

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Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs, which work by suppressing the expression of specific sets of genes. Xiang-Hang Luo and colleagues, at Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South ...


Imaging techniques may help predict response to head and neck cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who will require surgical follow-up, ...


Transcendental Meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50 percent

Medicine & Health / Health

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Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according ...


New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50 (AP)

New advice: Skip mammograms in 40s, start at 50

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(AP) -- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer ...


Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain

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Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according ...


Going high-tech to track Alzheimer's patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(AP) -- Tom Dougherty jokes that he takes "get-lost walks." To his wife, Cleo, it's a constant fear: When will his Alzheimer's get bad enough that she has to end his 4-mile daily strolls?


FDA reviews update to Pfizer vaccine for kids

Medicine & Health / Medications

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(AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday questioned whether to approve an updated version of Pfizer's best-selling anti-infection vaccine for children, despite company studies that failed to meet certain goals.


Lack of Social Engagement Is a Risk Factor for Self-Neglect in Older Adults

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center.


Heart Disease a 'Silent Killer' in Patients With Severe Mental Illness

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A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders -- such as schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders -- are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness ...



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