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Web Site Offers Medical Abortion Drugs To Women In Countries Where Access Is Heavily Restricted
15.07.2008 12:18
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Some women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to purchase the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol to induce abortion, according to a review published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BBC News reports (Dreaper, BBC News, 7/11). The drugs are available via the Web site,
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Gynecology
Training Program That Teaches Parents How To Discuss Sex With Children Effective, Study Says
15.07.2008 11:13
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A new training program that teaches parents at their workplace how to discuss sex with their children could be an effective way to reduce high-risk sexual behavior among teenagers, according to a U.S. study published Thursday in the British Medical Journal, Reuters reports.
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Children Diseases
Russia Could Develop HIV/AIDS Vaccine Within 10 To 15 Years, Health Ministry Official Says
15.07.2008 11:13
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Russia could develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine within the next 10 to 15 years, Alexander Goliusov, HIV/AIDS controller for the country's consumer rights regulator, said Thursday during a video teleconference between Moscow and New Delhi, RIA Novosti reports. In addition, B.S. Banerji of the HIV/AIDS department at India's
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HIV/AIDS
AP/Detroit News Examines Lifetime Health Coverage Caps As Cost Of Health Care Rises
15.07.2008 11:12
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U.S. residents increasingly "are learning that individual caps that seemed large quickly max out" because of the rising costs of health care, the AP/Detroit News reports. As a result, several patient advocacy groups are encouraging insurers to increase the limits, which do not adjust for inflation.
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Insurance
Texas Leads Nation In Abstinence-Only Spending, Austin American-Statesman Reports
15.07.2008 10:14
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Texas leads the nation in spending on abstinence-only sex education and broadly imposes restrictions on what teachers are allowed to tell students about sex and contraception, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
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Sexology
Low-Sodium Advice For Asthmatics Should Be Taken With A Grain Of Salt
15.07.2008 10:14
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Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact of asthma control as once thought, according to new research. "Despite the clear benefit of a low-sodium diet on cardiovascular risk factors, there is no therapeutic benefit in the use of a low-sodium diet…on asthma control in our study population," wrote Zara E. K. Pogson, M.R.C.P., clinical research fellow at the University of Nottingham in England.
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Asthma
Consumption Of Nut Products During Pregnancy Linked To Increased Asthma In Children
15.07.2008 10:14
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Expectant mothers who eat nuts or nut products like peanut butter daily during pregnancy increase their children's risk of developing asthma by more than 50 percent over women who rarely or never consume nut products during pregnancy, according to new research from the Netherlands.
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Asthma
Roche To Stop Antiretroviral Research, Company Says
15.07.2008 10:13
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Pharmaceutical company Roche in a memo circulated last week announced that it will stop research on antiretroviral drugs because of "disappointing results in clinical trials," the Financial Times reports.
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HIV/AIDS
Sen. Grassley Asks Psychiatry Association To Provide Information On Drug Industry Contributions
15.07.2008 09:14
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday in a letter to the American Psychiatric Association asked that the group provide an accounting of its financing to address concerns that monetary contributions from drug makers could improperly influence the decisions of researchers and physicians, the
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Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Cognitive Development In Children Improved Following The Closure Of Coal-Burning Power Plant In China
15.07.2008 09:14
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Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health according to a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
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Children Diseases
Plastic Surgeons Offer Guidelines To Prevent Serious ATV Injuries In Kids
15.07.2008 09:14
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Fourteen-year old Cristian Avina knows all too well the devastating injuries all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) can cause. Four months ago, Cristian and his sister, Rociel, hopped on an ATV for a little innocent fun in the desert near their home. Cristian was riding tandem with his sister when a bird flew into them causing him to lose control. The ATV crashed, sending Cristian and Rociel flying - neither was wearing a helmet. Cristian suffered serious head injuries, including an amputated ear.
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Children Diseases
Dartmouth Research Reveals Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning
15.07.2008 09:14
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It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers.
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Neurology
Huntington's Disease: Catching It Early
15.07.2008 09:14
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Huntington's disease normally only begins to cause its tell-tale memory and physical coordination impairments after affected individuals reach the age of 30. The nerve damage that creates these impairments is thought to be partly due to a destructive immune response in the brain. The current study now shows that this inflammatory response starts to brew elsewhere in the body long before it inflicts brain damage.
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Neurology
The NIMH CNTRICS Initiative Aims To Improve Schizophrenia Treatment
15.07.2008 09:14
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Biological Psychiatry is particularly proud to announce the publication of an issue dedicated to the product of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to the Treatment of Impaired Cognition in Schizophrenia, or CNTRICS, initiative.
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Neurology
Shedding Light On How Intracellular Pathogens Trigger The Immune System
15.07.2008 09:13
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Disease-causing microbes like the food-borne bacterium Listeria monocytogenes specialize in invading and replicating inside their animal hosts' own cells, making them particularly tricky to defeat. Now, a new study led by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified a molecular alarm system in which the intracellular pathogen sends out signals that kick the immune response into gear.
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Infectious Diseases
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