Medical Dude

The American Heart Association (AHA) has for the first time defined “ideal cardiovascular health” and linked it to seven simple measures (”Life’s Simple 7″) that people can influence through diet and lifestyle changes to move from poor and intermediate to ideal health. Details of the seven health factors and lifestyle behaviors were published online before print [...] Related posts:

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3. Who gets stroke?

‘Grid cells’ that act like a spatial map in the brain have been identified for the first time in humans, according to new research by UCL scientists which may help to explain how we create internal maps of new environments. The study is by a team from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and was funded [...] Related posts:

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3. More Brain Donors Needed For Parkinson’s Research, UK

A simple technique called mirror therapy seems effective in preventing phantom limb pain in patients undergoing amputation of an arm or leg, suggests a study in the February 2010 issue ofAnesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). Dr. Steven R. Hanling and colleagues of Naval Medical Center, San Diego, describe the [...] Related posts:

1. Does Helicobacter Pylori Eradication Therapy Prevent Gastric Cancer?
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3. Family Therapy Helps Teens With Suicidal Thoughts

It’s been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomachcancers, but studies by researchers at UC Davis, Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) also may play a protective role, against the worldwide killer, tuberculosis(TB). In an article appearing online Wednesday in PloS ONE, Jay Solnick, UC [...] Related posts:

1. Extending Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Could Dramatically Reduce Illness Among HIV-Positive Individuals In Many Areas Of The World
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3. Researcher Receives Major Grant For Research Targeting Tuberculosis

Neurobehavioral researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found three key factors in a child’s behavior that can lead to social rejection. The studies are a crucial step in developing scientifically sound screening tests and treatment planning for social-emotional learning difficulties. The results from the studies are published in theJournal of Clinical Child and Adolescent [...] Related posts:

1. Decrease anxiety and improve psychological well-being with New Therapy in children
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Scientists trying to understand how cancer cells invade healthy tissue have used the fruit fly’s metamorphosis from maggot to flying insect as a guide to identify a key molecular signal that may be involved in both processes. The research by a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center, published as the cover article in the January [...] Related posts:

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