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Risk profiling is key to managing pain in era of opioid abuse
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Social dynamics, family history critical to identifying those most likely to abuse pain medicinesPatients undergoing rehabilitation for physical injuries and their physicians can better…
Older patients recover more slowly from concussion
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Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), or concussion, accounts for 75 percent of all TBI and represents an important public health problem. Difficulty in working memory is frequently reported in patients after concussion. Now new research suggests that ol…
Handbook promoting good practice in child and adolescent mental health services launched
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A Review that aids understanding of what causes children to develop mental health problems and what can be done to help is launched today, Tuesday 6 October, at the annual conference of the British…
Many women experience "post-sex blues"
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Very few studies on female sexual dysfunction have looked at postcoital dysphoria (PCD), or “post-sex blues,” which is characterized by tearfulness, a sense of melancholy or depression, anxiety…
Good communication in the operating room prevents patient complications
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In a recent study by psychologists and surgeons concerning elective, open abdominal surgeries conducted in 167 patients, communication by the surgical team that was relevant to the procedure was…
Certain antibullying laws may lower rates of bullying, cyberbullying
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Students who live in US states that have implemented at least one antibullying law recommended by the Department of Education may be at a lower risk for bullying and cyberbullying.
Newfound gene linked to amyloid beta plaque buildup in Alzheimer’s disease
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A multi-institutional team of scientists has discovered an immune system gene associated with higher rates of amyloid plaque buildup in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and older adults at risk for the disease.
Researchers discover role of microglia during early progression of Alzheimer’s disease
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For the first time, researchers have determined how toxic tau fibrils spread by the help of brain immune cells called microglia during the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The discovery of this new pathway may lead to a therapeutic target for …
How the brain recognizes objects
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Using data from both humans and nonhuman primates, neuroscientists have found that neuron firing patterns in the IT cortex correlate strongly with success in object-recognition tasks.
