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Music: Training Has Biological Impact on Aging Process

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[31/01/2012] Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or offset with musical training, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The study is the first to provide biological evidence that lifelong musical experience has an impact on the aging process. Music: Training Has Biological Impact on Aging Process - read more

Health and Costs: Traffic-Related Air Pollution

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[27/01/2012] A research team led by University of Massachusetts Amherst with colleagues in California and Switzerland have revised the cost burden sharply upward for childhood asthma and for the first time include the number of cases attributable to air pollution, in a study. Health and Costs: Traffic-Related Air Pollution - read more

Leukaemia: Drug Kills Cancerous T-Cells While Sparing Normal Immunity

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[26/01/2012] Leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (L-CTCL) is a leukaemia arising from T-cells, a type of white blood cell. This cancer can involve the skin and other organs, and patients often die within three years. Researchers of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) report a new study that low-dose Campath not only treats patients with L-CTCL but does so without increasing their risk of infections. Leukaemia: Drug Kills Cancerous T-Cells While Sparing Normal Immunity - read more

Genetic Analysis: Rare Disease and Mechanism of Hypertension

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[24/01/2012] Analysing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans. Genetic Analysis: Rare Disease and Mechanism of Hypertension - read more

Accidents: Headphone-Distracted Pedestrians face Death

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[19/01/2012] Listen up, pedestrians wearing headphones. Can you hear the trains or cars around you? Many probably cannot, especially young adult males. Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Centre in Baltimore. Accidents: Headphone-Distracted Pedestrians face Death - read more

Children: Hospitalisation Following Drowning-Related Incidents

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[16/01/2012] Fewer children required hospitalisation following a drowning incident over the last two decades, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Centre for Injury Research and Policy. Children: Hospitalisation Following Drowning-Related Incidents - read more

Cirrhosis: High Rates of Disability and Health Care

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[12/01/2012] Older patients with cirrhosis have significant functional disability, require twice the amount of informal care giving, and contribute added strain on the health care system, according to University of Michigan research. Given the increase in obesity and aging of those with hepatitis C (HCV), researchers expect the prevalence of cirrhosis to climb among older Americans. Cirrhosis: High Rates of Disability and Health Care - read more

Hygiene: Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Linked to Hospital's Decorative Fountain

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[11/01/2012] A 2010 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative fountain in a hospital lobby, according to a study of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Hygiene: Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Linked to Hospital's Decorative Fountain - read more

Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s damage occurs early

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[10/01/2012] The first changes in the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease can be observed as much as ten years in advance – ten years before the person in question has become so ill that he or she can be diagnosed with the disease. This is what a new study from Lund University in Sweden has found. Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s damage occurs early - read more

Monkey pox: Novel Compound to Halt Virus Replication

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[04/01/2012] Scientists of Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel compound that inhibits viruses from replicating. The findings could lead to the development of highly targeted compounds to block the replication of poxviruses, such as the emerging infectious disease Monkey pox. Monkey pox: Novel Compound to Halt Virus Replication - read more