US autism estimate rises to one in 68 children (Update)
The U.S. government's estimate of autism has moved up again to 1 in 68 U.S. children, a 30 percent increase in two years.
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Britain: Two people catch tuberculosis from pet cat
England's public health agency says two people have caught tuberculosis from a pet cat, the first time the bacterial disease has been documented to spread from cat to human.
Mar 27, 2014
Neurobiologists find chronic stress in early life causes anxiety, aggression in adulthood
In experiments to assess the impacts of social stress upon adolescent mice, both at the time they are experienced and during adulthood, a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory team conducted many different kinds of stress tests and ...
Mar 27, 2014
Cause for exaggerated insulin response in subset of bariatric surgery patients identified
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered that altered islet cell function and reduced insulin clearance contribute to excessive post-meal insulin response in patients experiencing low blood sugar symptoms ...
Mar 27, 2014
Biomarkers predict effectiveness of radiation treatments for cancer
An international team of researchers, led by Beaumont Health System's Jan Akervall, M.D., Ph.D., looked at biomarkers to determine the effectiveness of radiation treatments for patients with squamous cell cancer of the head ...
Mar 27, 2014
Anti-clotting agent helps reduce the incidence and impact of stent thrombosis during PCI
A new angiographic analysis of the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial examined the incidence and impact of stent thrombosis (ST) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Results of the study were released today ...
Mar 27, 2014
Four in 10 infants lack strong parental attachments
In a study of 14,000 U.S. children, 40 percent lack strong emotional bonds—what psychologists call "secure attachment"—with their parents that are crucial to success later in life, according to a new report. The researchers ...
Mar 27, 2014
