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Internet-Based Therapy Effectively Alleviates Tinnitus Symptoms

Those suffering from nagging tinnitus can benefit from internet-based therapy just as much as patients who take part in group therapy sessions. These are the…

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Surgery less than 24 hours after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury leads to improved outcomes

“This practice-changing study is the first to show that the timing of surgery after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) matters,” says Alexander Vaccaro, MD,…

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Web-Based Support Enhances Care for Women with Breast Cancer

Although there is a real need for support and information, many women struggle and get lost in the deluge of information. In a study of 227 women, researchers…

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Teaching about hearing can save young people’s ears

Some of them may think that ‘the doctor said that my hearing is good, so I guess I can handle the loud volume’. A new doctoral thesis from the University of…

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Depression and Anxiety in Young Adults with Asperger Syndrome

Tove Lugnegård, researcher at the University of Gothenburg, has shown in her thesis that mood disorders and anxiety disorders are very common among young…

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Blood pressure drug effective for treating PTSD-related nightmares

In a presentation during the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry in Prague, Mayo Clinic psychiatrists will present a systematic literature review of prazosin…

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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Higher Mortality in Women

The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality,…

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Tonsils Make T-Cells, Too, Ohio State Study Shows

A new study provides evidence that a critical type of immune cell can develop in human tonsils. The cells, called T lymphocytes, or T cells, have been thought…

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At the edge of awareness

From a purely intuitive point of view, it is easy to believe that our ability to actively pay attention to a target is inextricably connected with our capacity…

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Innovative Algorithms Enhance Early Disease Diagnosis Through Respiration Analysis

For their analysis, computational bioinformatics researchers at the Cluster of Excellence “Multimodal Computing and Interaction” at Saarland University…

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Boosting Cell Production to Aid Liver Disease Treatment

Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh have discovered how to enhance the production…

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New Fiber Tracking Unveils Brain Injury Damage Insights

In the report, the researchers describe the case of a 32-year-old man who wasn't wearing a helmet when his all-terrain vehicle crashed. Initially, his CT scans…

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Prenatal Strategy Cuts Childhood Lead Poisoning Risk

According to a study just published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology this measure prevented childhood lead poisoning and reduced the…

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Boosting Memory: Training Techniques for Mild Cognitive Impairment

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center have been investigating memory-building strategies for people…

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Heart Disease Mechanism Uncovered in Diabetics by Cardiologists

The new research, available online and published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, was carried out in the laboratory of Dr. Joseph…

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German Students Prefer Home Care, Study Reveals Insights

A study by the department of Health Services Research shows that the opposite is happening: 97% of the surveyed German student population at Maastricht…

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