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Gene Linked to Optimism and Self-Esteem Why can some people make it through difficult times with little trouble while others crumble under the same circumstances? A new study suggests that the answer lies—at least in part—in your genes. Scientists have long known that people with certain psychological traits, or resources, can fare better in challenging […]
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Designing New Diabetes Drugs Building on recent insights into how diabetes medications work, researchers have designed experimental drugs that are as effective in mice as current medications, but cause fewer side effects. The finding may lead to new drugs to combat diabetes. Almost 26 million Americans have diabetes, a disease in which the body has […]
Men with kids are at lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than their childless counterparts Married or formerly married men who have had no children are at a higher risk of cardiovascular-related death than those who have become fathers. Why this is true, it’s too early to say. But Stanford urologist Michael Eisenberg, MD, […]
Peer-to-peer health care, e-patients, tweets: Medicine 2.0 showcases technology’s promise A small group of physicians and patients have started to use social networking and other emerging technologies to enhance health care, but in the coming years these tools will become staples of medical practice. That was the message that Susannah Fox delivered in her closing […]
Building political momentum for famine-free Horn of Africa Diouf urges adequate and predictable funding for HoA region New York – FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today called for “adequate and predictable” financial resources to resolve the crisis in the Horn of Africa. “I have no doubt that the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa can […]
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September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month Statement by Secretary Sebelius on National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month Every September, we recognize National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness month to increase public knowledge about Sickle Cell disease (SCD). SCD is the most common inherited blood disorder; an estimated 72,000 Americans live with SCD, and approximately two […]
Stanford Opens New Brain Tumor Center Collaboration, expertise provides most advanced care available A few hours after Marjorie Paulsen learned that a tumor was growing in her brain, she told her husband she didn’t want to go to sleep that night. “I’m afraid I won’t wake up,” she said. Marjorie Paulsen (left) discusses treatment for […]
URMC Research Could Extend Life of Arthritic Joints A medication already approved to build bone mass in patients with osteoporosis also builds cartilage around joints and could potentially be repurposed to treat millions of people suffering from arthritis, according to orthopaedic researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The study authors hope their laboratory […]
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UN gathering on non-communicable diseases considers ways to combat scourge Delegates at a United Nations high-level conference on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) today considered strategies to combat the preventable, mostly lifestyle- and diet-related illnesses that have become major killers across the world. Participants at the two-day meeting, hosted by the General Assembly, yesterday adopted a declaration […]
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Need More Memory (No, We’re Not Talking RAM) Searching frantically for misplaced car keys. Fumbling for the name of a new acquaintance. Providing an accurate eye-witness testimony. Treasuring past moments with a loved one lost. What, exactly, is this thing we call “memory”? How do our brains manage to process, store and recall so much sensory […]
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