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Study offers clues to beating hearing loss

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness.





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Gene therapy involving antibiotics may help patients with Usher syndrome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, will be unveiled by a scientist at the annual conference of the European Society ...


No test needed for hand-foot genital syndrome in women without HOXA13 gene mutation

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

Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale, and colleagues have found that women without mutations of the HOXA13 gene do not need to be subjected to x-rays ...


Can strep throat cause OCD, Tourette syndrome?

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research shows that streptococcal infection does not appear to cause or trigger Tourette syndrome or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The research is published in the September 30, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the me ...


Metabolic syndrome risk factors drive significantly higher health care costs

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person's healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold, or about $2,000 per year. For each additional risk factor ...


Advances in screening have offset an increase in Down syndrome

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The number of diagnoses of Down's syndrome has increased by almost three quarters (71%) from 1989/90 to 2007/08, largely due to the considerable increase in the number of older mothers over this period. However, the number ...


Understanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical community must come together and engage in dialogue about the impact ...


Metabolic syndrome linked to liver disease in obese teenaged boys

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers studying a large sample of adolescent American boys have found an association between metabolic syndrome, which is a complication of obesity, and elevated liver enzymes that mark potentially serious liver disease.


Researchers identify the 3 killer indicators that are even worse than high cholesterol

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.


Deep brain stimulation may be effective treatment for Tourette's syndrome

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Deep brain stimulation may be a safe and effective treatment for Tourette syndrome, according to research published in the October 27, 2009, print issue of Neurology.


Physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly ...



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