News tagged with regression
Elbow position not a predictor of injury
Elbow position alone appeared to not affect injury rates and performance in college-level, male pitchers say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, ...
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Boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains
In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Tracing an elusive killer parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Novel drug combination offers therapeutic promise for hard-to-treat cancers
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have identified a new combination of targeted therapies that, together, may treat two aggressive tumor types that until now have not had effective treatments. These findings ...
Sep 12, 2011 |
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MRI predicts survival in locally advanced rectal cancer
A new study has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used to evaluate responses to pre-surgery (neo-adjuvant) chemotherapy or radiation may predict survival among patients with advanced rectal cancer. The findings ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Study shows bone fluoride levels not associated with osteosarcoma
The International and American Associations for Dental Research have released in its Journal of Dental Research a study that investigated bone fluoride levels in individuals with osteosarcoma, which is a rare, primary malign ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Optimism associated with lower risk of having stroke
A positive outlook on life might lower your risk of having a stroke, according to new research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Undertreatment of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients following a heart attack
Results of a study, involving 98,454 patients demonstrated that at 30 days following their first heart attack, RA patients were approximately 20% less likely to be prescribed standard MI treatments, such as statins and betablockers, ...
May 27, 2011 |
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GOLFIG increased progression-free survival in colorectal cancer patients
Oncologists can use colorectal cancer patients' own immune system to boost the effects of chemotherapy and increase progression-free survival, according to Phase III study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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When do people seek help for hearing difficulties?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research, the first of its kind, has studied illness perceptions in medically unexplained hearing difficulties. Medically unexplained hearing difficulties are common and account for at ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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NCAA Tournament Pool: Leveling The Brackets
That whirlwind of cubicle activity greeting office drones reporting to work this week is not a frenzy to finish last week's sales reports.
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Explained: Regression analysis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Regression analysis. It sounds like a part of Freudian psychology. In reality, a regression is a seemingly ubiquitous statistical tool appearing in legions of scientific papers, and regression ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Spontaneous liver rupture in a patient with peliosis hepatis
Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a rare pathological entity. PH varies from minimal asymptomatic lesions to larger massive lesions that may present with cholestasis, liver failure, portal hypertension, avascular mass lesion, or even ...
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Researchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting
Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn State information technology ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide
(AP) -- An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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