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• New guideline for management of blood cholesterol: Focuses on lifestyle, statin therapy for patients who most benefit
• A longitudinal study of grapheme-color synesthesia in childhood
• Biomaterial-delivered chemotherapy could provide final blow to brain tumors
• New discovery on early immune system development
• Prosthetic hands viewed as eerie by the public, new study shows
• Teen athletes at risk for medication misuse
• Research may improve early detection of dementia
• High tungsten levels double stroke risk, study says
• The doctor will text you now: Post-ER follow-up that works
• Putting Lupus in permanent remission
• Problem-solving education reduces parental stress after child autism diagnosis
• Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury
• Device may help doctors diagnose lethal heart rhythm in womb
• Specific brain areas, mechanisms associated with depression, anxiety
• First genetic mutations linked to atopic dermatitis identified in African-American children
• Sons of cocaine-using fathers may resist addiction to drug
• Moms may pass effects of stress to offspring via vaginal bacteria, placenta
• Obesity among risk factors for delayed lactation in women with gestational diabetes

New guideline for management of blood cholesterol: Focuses on lifestyle, statin therapy for patients who most benefit Posted: 12 Nov 2013 01:32 PM PST The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of blood cholesterol in people at high risk for cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis, or hardening and narrowing of the arteries, that can lead to heart attack, stroke or death. The guideline identifies four major groups of patients for whom cholesterol-lowering HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, or statins, have the greatest chance of preventing stroke and heart attacks. The guideline also emphasizes the importance of adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle to prevent and control high blood cholesterol.

A longitudinal study of grapheme-color synesthesia in childhood Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:50 AM PST In the first long-term study on grapheme-color synesthesia, researchers followed 80 children, including 8 synesthetes, to determine when and how associations between graphemes and colors develop.

Biomaterial-delivered chemotherapy could provide final blow to brain tumors Posted: 12 Nov 2013 06:58 AM PST A polymer originally designed to help mend broken bones could be successful in delivering chemotherapy drugs directly to the brains of patients suffering from brain tumors, researchers have discovered.

New discovery on early immune system development Posted: 12 Nov 2013 06:58 AM PST Researchers have shed light on how and when the immune system is formed, raising hope of better understanding various diseases in children, such as leukemia.

Prosthetic hands viewed as eerie by the public, new study shows Posted: 12 Nov 2013 06:10 AM PST Members of the public would prefer to look at human hands or robotic hands rather than prosthetic hands which they view as eerie, a new study has shown.

Teen athletes at risk for medication misuse Posted: 11 Nov 2013 09:34 PM PST Male adolescents who participate in organized sports are more likely to be prescribed opioid medications and misuse them than male teens that don't play sports, finds a new study.

Research may improve early detection of dementia Posted: 11 Nov 2013 09:34 PM PST Using scores obtained from cognitive tests, researchers think they have developed a model that could help determine whether memory loss in older adults is benign or a stop on the way to Alzheimer's disease.

High tungsten levels double stroke risk, study says Posted: 11 Nov 2013 03:55 PM PST Using data from a large US health survey, a study has shown that high concentrations of tungsten -- as measured in urine samples -- is strongly linked with an increase in the occurrence of stroke, roughly equal to a doubling of the odds of experiencing the condition.

The doctor will text you now: Post-ER follow-up that works Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:15 PM PST Diabetic patients treated in the emergency department who were enrolled in a program in which they received automated daily text messages improved their level of control over their diabetes and their medication adherence, according to a study.

Putting Lupus in permanent remission Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:15 PM PST Scientists have successfully tested a nontoxic therapy that suppresses Lupus in blood samples of people with the autoimmune disease.

Problem-solving education reduces parental stress after child autism diagnosis Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:14 PM PST A cognitive-behavioral intervention known as problem-solving education may help reduce parental stress and depressive symptoms immediately after their child is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a study.

Study examines amyloid deposition in patients with traumatic brain injury Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:14 PM PST Patients with traumatic brain injury had increased deposits of ²-Amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer Disease, in some areas of their brains, a new study has found.

Device may help doctors diagnose lethal heart rhythm in womb Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:14 PM PST A device that records the natural magnetic activity of the heart helped researchers identify abnormal heart rhythms in unborn babies. It's the first sizable study to document the electrical aspects of long QT syndrome in the womb. The condition is a common cause of sudden death in early life and stillbirth.

Specific brain areas, mechanisms associated with depression, anxiety Posted: 11 Nov 2013 01:14 PM PST Research reveals new mechanisms and areas of the brain associated with anxiety and depression, presenting possible targets to understand and treat these debilitating mental illnesses.

First genetic mutations linked to atopic dermatitis identified in African-American children Posted: 11 Nov 2013 11:05 AM PST Two specific genetic variations in people of African descent are responsible for persistent atopic dermatitis, an itchy, inflammatory form of the skin disorder eczema. A new report found that loss-of-function mutations to Filaggrin-2, a gene that creates a protein responsible for retaining moisture and protecting the skin from environmental irritants, were associated with atopic dermatitis in African-American children.

Sons of cocaine-using fathers may resist addiction to drug Posted: 11 Nov 2013 11:04 AM PST A father's cocaine use may make his sons less sensitive to the drug and thereby more likely to resist addictive behaviors, suggests new findings from an animal study.

Moms may pass effects of stress to offspring via vaginal bacteria, placenta Posted: 11 Nov 2013 11:04 AM PST Pregnant women may transmit the damaging effects of stress to their unborn child by way of the bacteria in their vagina and through the placenta, suggest new findings from two animal studies.

Obesity among risk factors for delayed lactation in women with gestational diabetes Posted: 11 Nov 2013 10:14 AM PST Pre-pregnancy obesity and older maternal age are among the risk factors for delayed lactation for women with gestational diabetes mellitus, according to a study.

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