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Consciousness: Our silent partner, the unconscious
HUMANS are rather proud of their powers of conscious thought - and rightly so. But there is one aspect of our cognitive prowess that rarely gets the credit it deserves: a silent thinking partner that whirrs away in the background. Comment?
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Shaking off loneliness can boost health
I now know why I gained more than 30 pounds in my early 20s: I was lonely. I had left my beloved alma mater upstate for graduate school and a job in the Upper Midwest. Comment?
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JCI early table of contents for May 15, 2013
For patients with leukemia and other hematological malignancies, transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells can be a powerfully effective therapy. Comment?
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Gladstone's Lennart Mucke wins MetLife Foundation award
Dr. Mucke is this year's recipient of the MetLife Foundation's Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease. Comment?
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2 leading Alzheimer's disease researchers recognized with MetLife Foundation awards
MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its 2013 Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease: Yueming Li, Ph.D., member and professor, Sloan-Kettering Institute and director and professor, Graduate Program in Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Lennart Mucke, M.D., director, Gladstone Institute of ... (more) Comment?
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Tools tap power of smartphones for health monitoring
It's not a "Star Trek" tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Comment?
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New study: does better recess equal a better school day?
The randomized controlled trial of Playworks, a nonprofit organization that delivers a safe, healthy recess in low-income elementary schools in 22 U.S. cities, found that the program reduced bullying, enhanced feelings of safety at school, increased vigorous physical activity during recess, and provided more time for classroom teaching. Comment?
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Body's clock linked to depression
The disruption of sleep and other bodily rhythms that often accompanies clinical depression may leave a mark on the brain. Comment?
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Jalees Rehman, M.D.: Cellular Alchemy: Converting Fibroblasts Into Heart Cells
Medieval alchemists devoted their lives to the pursuit of the infamous Philosopher's Stone, an elusive substance that was thought to convert base metals into valuable gold. Comment?
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Who needs a password when your voice will do
"Barclays Wealth customers will no longer need to answer security questions and remember pin codes to use telephone banking," The Daily Telegraph says. Comment?
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Could Formula Actually Help Moms Breastfeed Longer?
Giving small amounts of infant formula to newborns who experience significant weight loss can increase the length of time that they are breast-fed, according to a new study. Comment?
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Study: Breast-feeding and Formula May Benefit Newborns
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Babies with early weight loss may benefit from receiving limited intakes of formula in addition to breast milk, suggests a study published Monday in Pediatrics . Comment?
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Medical Devices Fall Short For Children
Only 15 months old, Vivian Andorf underwent her sixth cardiac catheterization. Her cardiologist inserted a flexible tube through a tiny artery in her leg and wended it to her heart in an attempt to treat her narrowed veins and arteries, the result of a congenital condition. Comment?
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Researchers linked an abnormal gene to both a common type of migraine and a rare sleep disorder. Comment?
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Oroville Hospital hit with maximum penalty under new Medicare...
... imperfect, but it's a good place to start, said Dr. Robert M. Wachter, professor and associate chair at the UC San Francisco Department of Medicine. "It's forcing hospitals to think about things they never thought about before," said Wachter, who ... Comment?
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Need a doctor? Open your app and say 'ahh'
It's not a "Star Trek" tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Comment?
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Some Newborns Benefit From Early Formula, Helping Mothers To Breastfeed Longer
... babies are given in the hospital after birth. But in the first randomized trial of its kind, researchers at UC San Francisco have found that giving small amounts of formula in the first few days of life to infants experiencing high levels of early ... Comment?
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New prostate cancer test first studied at Cleveland Clinic helps predict cancer risk
Prostate cancer patient Dean Smith, left, a retired marketing executive, meets with Dr. Comment?
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Child Neurodevelopmental And Mental Health Disabilities On The Rise,...
More children have disabilities now than a decade ago, and the greatest increase is among children of higher-income families, according to a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC study presented today at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Washington, DC. Comment?
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Study Findings Could Lead To Treatments In Cancer, Neurological Diseases
Kansas State University scientists helped discover new details about an intricate process in cells. Comment?
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