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Alcohol and Breast Cancer: Study Links Increased Recurrence Risk

In the Life After Cancer Epidemiology (LACE) study, 1,897 participants diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer between 1997 and 2000 and recruited on average…

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New Drug Targets Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Historic Trial

A new investigational drug designed to penetrate and attack pancreatic cancer cells has been administered to a patient for the first time ever at the Virginia…

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High-Quality Child Care Boosts Future Success for Low-Income Kids

The study, carried out by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Boston College, Universidad de Los Andes, Loyola University Chicago, and Northwestern…

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Childhood Cancer Survivors Benefit From Common ADHD Medication

A medicine widely used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also provides long-term relief from the attention and behavior changes that…

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When Forecasting Aging Policy-Makers Need to Adjust for Increases in Longevity and Health

The article, entitled “Remeasuring Aging,” by Professor Warren Sanderson of Stony Brook’s Department of Economics and Sergei Scherbov of the Vienna Institute…

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AG School Develops Cool, Sustainable Way to Keep Veggies Fresher

Two 10-foot-by-10-foot air-conditioned walk-in packing sheds have been built on the approximately 450-acre farm property on Guy James Road, just off Halls Hill…

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Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile Policies: A Call for Reassessment

Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of computer science and the director of the simulation and optimization laboratory at Illinois, says that the Pediatric…

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Joint Replacement Infection: New AAOS Guidelines Explained

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis of…

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Medication for Insomnia or Anxiety Raises Mortality Risk 36%

Dr. Belleville arrived at these results through analysis of 12 years of data on over 14,000 Canadians in Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey….

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ADA Backs National Menu Labeling for Healthier Dining Choices

The government's role in improving the nation's nutrition is now firmly established with nutritional labeling for restaurant meals now mandated across the…

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Insulin Linked to Lower Inflammation in Bacterial Infections

A paper published online ahead of print in Diabetes Care reports that insulin lowered the amount of inflammation and oxidative stress in study participants who…

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Johns Hopkins Neuroscientist’s Goal: A Prosthetic Limb with Feeling

Thirty years later, such a device is more the stuff of fact and less of fiction, as increasingly sophisticated artificial limbs are being developed that allow…

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New Model Measures Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Burden

An article just published in the journal Osteoporosis International introduces a validated new model that can be used to describe the current and future burden…

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New Target Found for Improved Pain Management Research

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a major mechanism underlying the development of tolerance to chronic morphine treatment. The…

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Understanding Atopic Dermatitis: Causes and Solutions

A child who can’t stop scratching himself may well be suffering from atopic dermatitis, also known as neurodermatitis. Extreme irritability of the skin with a…

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On the track of diseases of civilization – LIFE starts

With almost 40 Mio €, population and patient surveys are supposed to yield ground-breaking findings on the causes of the most important diseases of…

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