Archive: 30/03/2017

More access to opioid treatment programs needed in Southeast, says study

In 2015, more than 30,000 Americans died from overdosing on opioids, and a new study led by the University of Georgia shows that one of the hardest hit populations-low-income Americans on Medicaid-isn't getting the help it ...

Mar 30, 2017

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Study shows aphasia may not solely be a language disorder

Aphasia, a language disorder commonly diagnosed in stroke patients, may not be solely a language issue as traditionally believed, according to a Penn State study.

Mar 30, 2017

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Tests can quantify automatic empathy and moral intuitions

When people scan the latest political headlines or watch a video from a war-ravaged land, they tend to feel snap ethical or moral responses first and reason through them later. Now a team of psychologists have developed news ...

Mar 30, 2017

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Study examines public understanding of drug rationing amid AIDS epidemic

In Balaka, Malawi, HIV-AIDS has been an epidemic for so long that young adults have never known any other reality. Anti-retroviral drugs, which keep infected people healthy, are available, but there aren't enough to treat ...

Mar 30, 2017

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Opinion: Why it's important to just say no to bad drug policy

In all the discussions about the proposed health care law, it was easy to overlook a statement made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on March 15: "I think we have too much of a tolerance for drug use – psychologically, ...

Mar 30, 2017

Why there's more to fixing health care than the health care laws

There is so much debate currently about how best to provide health insurance coverage in our country that we risk losing sight of what it really means to be healthy and of how health care should be optimally provided.

Mar 30, 2017

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U.N. strategy for eliminating HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is unfeasible, according to study

Effective care and prevention strategies have managed to reduce the spread of HIV in the U.S. and other resource-rich countries. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 25 million are infected, the epidemic rages—as ...

Mar 30, 2017

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Focusing on mechanics may be key in unlocking the heart's ability to heal itself

Fish do it, amphibians do it, so why can't we? Scientists are questioning why human hearts lose the ability to regenerate, while other animals don't.

Mar 30, 2017

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Omega-3 fats fail to slow lung disease in premature babies

The long-held belief that omega-3 fats can help reduce chronic lung disease in pre-term babies has been debunked by researchers.

Mar 30, 2017

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Harnessing the brain's internal reserves to treat epilepsy

In a study published in Brain Research, biophysicists from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics (ITEB) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT have shown that drug-induced activation of the endocannabinoid ...

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