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To prevent injuries, young athletes may need to play more just for fun
Jan. 11, 2013 One way to avoid injuries in young athletes may be for them to simply spend more time in unorganized free play such as pick-up games, a Loyola University Medical Study has found.
First oral drug for spinal cord injury improves movement in mice
Jan. 8, 2013 An experimental oral drug given to mice after a spinal cord injury was effective at improving limb movement after the injury, a new study shows. The compound efficiently crossed the blood-brain barrier, did not increase pain and showed no toxic effects to the animals.
Cancer screening unlikely to benefit patients with a short life expectancy: Less than 10 years and risks are likely to outweigh benefits
Jan. 8, 2013 Breast and colorectal cancer screening should be targeted towards patients with a life expectancy greater than 10 years: for any shorter life expectancy the harms are likely to outweigh the benefits, concludes a study published on the British Medical Journal January 8
Concerns raised over the effectiveness of a costly and invasive procedure for melanoma
Jan. 8, 2013 A special report published by the British Medical Journal on January 8 finds that thousands of melanoma patients around the world are undergoing an expensive and invasive procedure called sentinel node biopsy, despite a lack of clear evidence and concerns that it may do more harm than good
First study of Oregon’s Hmong reveals surprising influences on cancer screenings
Jan. 8, 2013 Cervical cancer rates for Hmong women are among the highest in the nation, yet past research has shown that cervical and breast cancer screening rates for this population are low — in part because of the Hmong’s strong patriarchal culture.
Folk remedies often offered during breastfeeding, survey finds
Jan. 7, 2013 Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass along to new mothers seeking help.
Physical education requirement at four-year universities at all-time low
Jan. 7, 2013 Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared to historic levels. Almost every U.S
Paired CT scans catch chemo-killing of liver tumors in real time
Dec. 31, 2012 Using two successive pairs of specialized CT scans, a team of Johns Hopkins and Dutch radiologists has produced real-time images of liver tumors dying from direct injection of anticancer drugs into the tumors and their surrounding blood vessels
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