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ADHD stimulant treatment may decrease risk of substance abuse in adolescent girls

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that treatment with stimulant drugs does not increase and appears to significantly decrease the risk that girls with ADHD will begin smoking cigarettes or using ...





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Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review (AP)

Comcast, NBC deal will face tough antitrust review

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for control of NBC Universal's broadcast network, cable channels and movie ...


New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections

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New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.


A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease

A cell's 'cap' of bundled fibers could yield clues to disease (w/ Video)

Biology / Biotechnology

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It turns out that wearing a cap is good for you, at least if you are a mammal cell.


Study suggests adult stem cells may help repair hearts damaged by heart attack

Medicine & Health / Research

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Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Results from t ...


Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers

Medicine & Health / Research

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Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.


Team approach results in dramatic improvement in timely heart attack care

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Healthcare professionals using new time-saving strategies to coordinate care for patients having a heart attack saw dramatic improvement in "door-to-balloon" (D2B) times—the time from when a patient enters the hospital to ...


Videos can help cancer patients choose level of care they prefer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Patients with terminal brain cancer who watched a brief video illustrating options for end-of-life care were significantly more likely to indicate a preference for comfort measures only than were patients who listened to ...


Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

Medicine & Health / Health

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The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.


Soy peptide lunasin has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory properties

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation ...


Apathy common in dementia patients with brain changes

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Dementia patients with a certain type of changes in their brain's white matter are more likely to be apathetic than those who do not have these changes, reveals a patient study carried out by the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska ...



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