Archive: 17/12/2015

Why parents can't resist buying their children the hottest gifts

BeatBo the dancing robot. The latest video games. A LeapPad tablet. The Nerf Stormtrooper blaster. Doc McStuffins from Disney's TV series. As the holidays approach, children and parents are barraged with marketing for the ...

Dec 17, 2015

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UA researchers developing brain-mapping technology

Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a noninvasive brain-scanning technology that could produce images far superior to those obtained with the most commonly used systems—electroencephalography and functional ...

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Simulation training to improve treatment injury prevention

Treatment injury prevention in New Zealand will benefit from a world leading operating room simulation training programme, developed and piloted at the University of Auckland and to be rolled out to hospitals from next year.

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Specialists make breakthrough for bowel cancer patients

Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which will spare patients with cancer of the lower bowel, rectal cancer, from major surgery.

Dec 17, 2015

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North Carolina abortion rules now in effect

New regulations governing how North Carolina's abortion clinics operate are being quietly implemented more than two years after abortion-rights groups protested loudly against lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory for passing legislation ...

Dec 17, 2015

High fat/low carb diet could combat schizophrenia

Research by James Cook University scientists has found a diet favoured by body-builders may be effective in treating schizophrenia.

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Binge drinking with chronic alcohol use more destructive than previously thought

Excessive alcohol consumption is a global public health issue. In the United States, binge drinking is the most common form—so common, in fact, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports approximately one ...

Dec 17, 2015

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Doctors beat calculators when predicting stroke recovery

In the past 15 years, clinicians have developed scientific "calculators" to predict long-term outcomes for patients with bleeding strokes. This information is used by families and doctors to make life-and-death decisions ...

Dec 17, 2015

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Study shows multiple-dose, targeted radiation more effective for treating pituitary tumors

A recent patient study at Houston Methodist Hospital proved that multiple small doses of highly focused radiation therapy is safer and more effective than a single larger dose of radiation at destroying pituitary gland tumors.

Dec 17, 2015

Parents need more guidance to prevent toddlers overeating

Reducing toddlers' portion sizes or number of eating occasions could potentially help to target weight gain in later life according to new research from UCL.

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