Archive: 06/04/2015

Team develops method to better identify genes involved in diseases

Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a new technique that simplifies the task of identifying the precise DNA mutations that cause disease, which lays the groundwork for the development ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Text message alerts keep more children up-to-date with vaccinations in study

Nearly a third of all children nationwide and in Kentucky aren't up-to-date with the vaccination schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but not because their parents are refusing vaccines. Evidence ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Pensioners seven times more likely to get deadly skin cancer than 40 years ago

People over 65 are around seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma compared to 40 years ago, according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK today.

Apr 6, 2015

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Research debunks belief about narcissism

Excessive use of first-person singular pronouns, or 'I-talk,' is not clearly linked to a sense of self-importance and an overabundance of self-focus.

Apr 6, 2015

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Burnout hurts doctors, and is bad for patients – so what's to be done?

The prevalence of burnout in medicine appears to be high. One 2012 study showed that 46% of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout. Moreover, burnout is more common among physicians than other highly educated groups.

Apr 6, 2015

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How our emotions transform mundane events into strong memories

Human beings are information seekers. We are constantly taking in details – big and small – from our environment. But the majority of the stuff we encounter in a given day we rarely need to remember. For instance, what ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Research links HIV to age-accelerating cellular changes

People undergoing treatment for HIV-1 have an increased risk for earlier onset of age-related illnesses such as some cancers, renal and kidney disease, frailty, osteoporosis and neurocognitive disease. But is it because of ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Low-dose radiation impacts skin sensitivity

In experiments where human skin tissue samples were exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that a skin tissue model showed perturbations that suggest its stability ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Emerging form of poliovirus threatens hopes for eradication

Polio is about to be eradicated. By 2018, if all goes according to the World Health Organization's plans, the last diagnosis of paralytic polio would mark the end of the devastating, potentially fatal illness.

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Study finds high firearm violence rate in high-risk youth after assault injury

Two young men in their late teens sit in adjacent rooms of an inner-city emergency room. One is getting care for injuries he suffered in a fight, the other, for a sore throat. When the nurse tells each one he can go, both ...

Apr 6, 2015

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