Archive: 22/03/2018

National survey could lead to improvements in healthcare for children

A landmark national study on the standard of healthcare for children in Australia has found they receive care that is within clinical practice guideline recommendations 60 percent of the time, on average, for 17 common medical ...

Mar 22, 2018

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Children in lower social classes are up to 5kg heavier than more advantaged peers, new study finds

However, in previous generations lower social class was associated with lower childhood and adolescent weight. As a result of these changes, social class inequalities in obesity emerged and widened at the end of the last ...

Mar 22, 2018

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College education linked to opioid misuse among baby boomers

The more educated a member of the baby boomer generation, the more likely they are to misuse prescription opioids, according to new research from the University at Buffalo.

Mar 22, 2018

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Report shows death rates are rising in Virginia's white population

Societal issues are driving an increase in death rates among Virginia's white population, according to a new report from Virginia Commonwealth University's Center on Society and Health. Stress-related conditions—including ...

Mar 22, 2018

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Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate motor skill recovery after a stroke by helping the brain reorganize itself more quickly.

Mar 22, 2018

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US antibiotic-resistant infection treatment costs doubled between 2002 and 2014

A new study, by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health and Saint Louis University found that antibiotic resistance added $1,383 to the cost of treating a patient with a bacterial infection in the United States ...

Mar 22, 2018

Flow of spinal fluid disrupted in inherited developmental disorder

Scientists have pinpointed the mechanism behind hydrocephalus, an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain, in an inherited developmental disorder called Noonan syndrome.

Mar 22, 2018

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Building tolerance to anxiety is key to OCD symptom relief

Excessive hand washing, out of a fear of contamination or germs, is one of the most common and best-known examples of obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. Though OCD can't be "cured," symptoms can be significantly reduced ...

Mar 22, 2018

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Obesity trigger identified within the human gut

The key chemical for happiness and sadness, serotonin, is also a force in our body's weight gain and calorie control, and scientists say more research could reduce obesity rates.

Mar 22, 2018

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Epidemiologist aims to sort fact from fiction on dietary supplements

The world of dietary supplements can seem like the Wild West, with the dizzying vitamin alphabet lumped with a lineup of minerals that sound as if they belong in an industrial vat rather than our bodies.

Mar 22, 2018

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