Archive: 14/12/2015

Physician-assisted death should be listed on medical certificates of death in Canada

Physician-assisted death should be recorded on medical certificates of death in Canada in the event that assisted dying becomes legal, according to an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Dec 14, 2015

Taking antidepressants during pregnancy increases risk of autism by 87 percent

Using antidepressants during pregnancy greatly increases the risk of autism, Professor Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital revealed today. Prof. Bérard, an ...

Dec 14, 2015

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Genes for age-related cognitive decline found in adult worm neurons

Researchers from Princeton University have identified genes important for age-related cognitive declines in memory in adult worm neurons, which had not been studied previously. The research, published in the journal Nature, ...

Dec 14, 2015

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Overprescribing of opioids is not limited to a few bad apples, study finds

Most prescriptions for opioid painkillers are made by the broad swath of U.S. general practitioners, not by a limited group of specialists, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Dec 14, 2015

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How multiple sclerosis can be triggered by brain cell death

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may be triggered by the death of brain cells that make the insulation around nerve fibers, a surprising new view of the disease reported in a study from Northwestern Medicine and The University of ...

Dec 14, 2015

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Team uncovers hard-to-detect cancer mutations

New research shows that current approaches to genome analysis systematically miss detecting a certain type of complex mutation in cancer patients' tumors. Further, a significant percentage of these complex mutations are found ...

Dec 14, 2015

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Puerto Rico's community health centers face bleak future

An extraordinary need for publicly subsidized health services amidst an unprecedented economic crisis is putting Puerto Rico's federally funded community health centers in jeopardy, according to a new report.

Dec 14, 2015

Timing of first childbirth influences women's health at age 40

A new study finds some surprising ways in which women's health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to their marital history.

Dec 14, 2015

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EORTC-ETOP study opens on pembrolizumab for patients with early stage NSCLC cancer

Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths world-wide. In 2012, there were an estimated 313,000 new cases in Europe and 1,825,000 worldwide, and, alarmingly, there were 268,000 estimated deaths in Europe and ...

Dec 14, 2015

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Analysis of neuronal avalanches reveals spatial temporal roadmap of humans higher cognitive function

The word 'avalanche' is generally associated with violent and unexpected events—such as rockslides, or the sudden collapse of unstable drifts of snow. But in brain research, avalanches—intermittent cascades of electrical ...

Dec 14, 2015

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