Archive: 14/12/2016

True lies: People who lie via telling truth viewed harshly, study finds

The ability to deceive someone by telling the truth is not only possible, it has a name—paltering—it's common in negotiations and those who palter can do serious harm to their reputations, according to research published ...

Dec 14, 2016

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Runners' brains may be more connected, research shows

If you're thinking about taking up running as your New Year's resolution and still need some convincing, consider this: MRI scans reveal that endurance runners' brains have greater functional connectivity than the brains ...

Dec 14, 2016

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Psychologists analyze links between provider burnout, quality of care, patient safety

Health care provider burnout is known to have a relationship with both quality of care and patient safety. Psychologists from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis conducted the first ...

Dec 14, 2016

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Early signs of Alzheimer's detected in cerebrospinal fluid

Little is known about the role of the brain's immune system in Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at the Munich site of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University ...

Dec 14, 2016

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Opioid prescribing declines following release of national guidelines for physicians

The rate of opioid use in Canada has fallen 13.7 per cent since the publication in May 2010 of national guidelines for their use in chronic non-cancer pain, a new study has found.

Dec 14, 2016

Gut cells are gatekeepers of infectious brain diseases, study finds

Fresh insights into infectious brain conditions help to explain why some people - and animals - are more at risk than others.

Dec 14, 2016

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Common breast cancer mutation could be vulnerable to drug combination

Breast cancer cells that carry a certain gene mutation can be induced to die using a combination of an existing targeted therapy along with an investigational molecule tested by Duke Cancer Institute researchers.

Dec 14, 2016

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Researchers add to evidence that common bacterial cause of gum disease may drive rheumatoid arthritis

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have new evidence that a bacterium known to cause chronic inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory "autoimmune" response characteristic of chronic, joint-destroying ...

Dec 14, 2016

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Federal prosecutors accuse execs of fixing drug prices

Federal prosecutors have charged two former pharmaceutical executives with fixing prices of generic drugs, part of an ongoing government investigation into anticompetitive tactics by companies that make lower-cost drugs intended ...

Dec 14, 2016

Birth defects seen in 6 percent of US pregnancies with Zika

A U.S. study of Zika-infected pregnancies found that 6 percent of them ended in birth defects. The rate was nearly twice as high for women infected early in pregnancy.

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