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  • November 2007

    • Prenatal Binge Drinking May Have Little Risk, Study Finds

      ABC News  |  Nov 14, 07 3:40 PM CST

      Prenatal Binge Drinking May Have Little Risk, Study Finds

      (Newser) - Pregnant women have been told to avoid alcohol for decades, but a new study suggests that occasional drinking and even a binge now and then could be OK, ABC News reports. Researchers at Oxford University looked at 35 years of studies and found no consistent link between sporadic binge drinking and birth defects. Doctors were quick to urge caution. More »

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      pregnancy  • medical research  • binge drinking  • fetal alcohol syndrome  • fetal development

  • October 2007

    • Education Staves Off Alzheimer's

      Reuters  |  Oct 23, 07 4:17 AM CDT

      Education Staves Off Alzheimer's

      (Newser) - Higher levels of education help delay the onset of Alzheimer's, but once the disease takes hold, mental decline is faster among those with more schooling, researchers have found. Each year of  education is linked to a 2.5 month delay in accelerated memory loss, according to the study in Neurology . But once it begins, mental deterioration progresses 4% faster for each year of education. More »

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      medical research  • elderly  • Alzheimer's  • dementia  • mental illness  • neurology  • brain damage

    • 'Conscientious' Folks Face Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

      Reuters  |  Oct 2, 07 4:12 AM CDT

      'Conscientious' Folks Face Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

      (Newser) - "Conscientious" people appear to be less likely to get Alzheimer's, researchers have found. Participants whose personality tests pegged them as extremely self-disciplined, goal-oriented and dependable were 89% less likely to get Alzheimer's than those at the opposite end of the diligence spectrum, according to a new study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. More »

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      medical research  • Alzheimer's  • dementia  • priest  • Catholic  • nuns

  • September 2007

    • DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 30, 07 1:50 PM CDT

      DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

      (Newser) - Women heavily exposed to DDT during childhood are five times more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study. Those born between the years 1945 and 1965— when the pesticide was used routinely in the US to kill mosquitoes—likely suffered the greatest exposure, reports the Los Angeles Times . The research suggests that as this generation ages, breast cancer rates may rise. More »

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      breast cancer  • medical research  • women's health  • Baby Boom generation  • DDT

  • August 2007

    • Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      Reuters  |  Aug 23, 07 4:04 PM CDT

      Missing Link in Pneumonia Deaths Found

      (Newser) - Many pneumonia patients die despite receiving treatment, and a new study finds that an infectious toxin unaffected by antibiotics can cause the deaths. One of the researchers involved in the study, published in the journal Immunity , tells Reuters that scientists are working to find a treatment for sometimes-fatal bleeding in the lungs that current drugs might in fact exacerbate. More »

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      health  • medical research  • medical breakthrough  • antibiotics  • treatment  • illness  • toxin  • pneumonia

    • MRIs Beat Mammograms at Spotting Earliest Breast Cancer

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 10, 07 10:07 AM CDT

      MRIs Beat Mammograms at Spotting Earliest Breast Cancer

      (Newser) - MRIs significantly outperform mammograms in detecting pockets of abnormal cells that can lead to full-blown breast cancer, and the costly scans should be used routinely to save more women's lives, researchers say. A new study out today says MRIs detected 92% of the early lesions, called ductal carcinoma in situ, while mammograms found only 57%, the Guardian reports. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • medical research  • cancer research  • mammogram  • MRI  • oncology

    • Scientists Find Fever Trigger in Mice

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 07 7:40 AM CDT

      Scientists Find Fever Trigger in Mice

      (Newser) - Researchers have discovered a fever trigger in lab mice and succeeded in switching it off by removing specific hormone receptors in a tiny spot in the brain. The study is likely to lead to the development of  drugs efficiently targeted to controlling fever, Reuters reports. The trigger is one of several receptors in the brain for prostglandin E2, a hormone generated when white blood cells tackle infectons. More »

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      medical research  • neuroscience  • fever

    • Electric Stimulation Revives Man in Near-Coma

      Nature  |  Aug 1, 07 8:35 PM CDT

      Electric Stimulation Revives Man in Near-Coma

      (Newser) - Electric stimulation may help improve the brain function of patients in a minimally conscious state, a case study reported in Nature reveals. A 38-year-old man who was mute and barely conscious for nearly 6 years is able to name objects, perform precise movements, and eat without the aid of a feeding tube after doctors used electrodes implanted in his brain to stimulate what's called the central thalamus. More »

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      health  • medical research  • medical breakthrough  • brain  • neuroscience  • patients  • brain damage

    • With Parent Away at War, Child Abuse Increases

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 1, 07 8:04 PM CDT

      With Parent Away at War, Child Abuse Increases

      (Newser) - Incidents of child abuse and neglect rise significantly when the Army's deployment of one spouse to war leaves the other worried at home, a study finds. An Army-funded report found female spouses four times more likely than males to mistreat their children; the Army has beefed up family-support services to help deal with the issue. More »

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      children  • US military  • US Army  • medical research  • child abuse  • North Carolina  • family  • parents  • child neglect  • military spouses  • Army Medical Command

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