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332 articles from MONDAY 16.7.2012

• MONDAY 16. JULY, 2012
• 06:00 Study examines autism law, financial burdens

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  Families who have children with autism spectrum disorders often struggle with expensive health care needs. But these costs can be markedly different if they live in Massachusetts or Maine. A new study looks at the effectiveness of these so-called parity laws in reducing families' financial burdens.  

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• 06:00 Study examines health-care expenditures after bariatric surgery

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  A study suggests bariatric surgery to treat obesity was not associated with reduced health care expenditures three years after the procedure in a group of predominantly older men.  

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• 06:00 Study examines patient experience at safety-net hospitals

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  A study suggests that safety-net hospitals, which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience and that could have financial consequences as hospital payments are connected to performance.  

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• 06:00 Study finds increases in restrictions on indoor tanning in several countries

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  Restrictions on indoor tanning, which studies suggest is linked to skin cancer, appear to have increased in several countries since 2003.  

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• 06:00 Study reveals optimal interval for stomach cancer screening

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  A new study has determined how often people should get screened for gastric or stomach cancer in high-risk regions of the world. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings could help reduce deaths from gastric cancer, which is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality.  

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• 06:00 Study suggests racial disparities may exist in larynx preservation therapy for cancer

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  A study of laryngeal (voice box) cancers suggests that racial disparities may exist with black patients less likely to undergo larynx preservation than white patients.  

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• 06:00 Summer training institute promotes agenda to improve social science research

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  Physical and social sciences share students and classroom space, but part ways in the approach to research. The next generation of researchers will need newer skills that meld both perspectives.  

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• 06:00 Synthetic Biology Scorecard finds federal agencies responding to bioethics report

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  The updated Synthetic Biology Scorecard finds increased federal action towards addressing recommendations from the presidential bioethics commission, though more work is needed.  

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• 06:00 To clean up the mine, let fungus reproduce

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  Harvard-led researchers have discovered that an Ascomycete fungus that is common in polluted water produces environmentally important minerals during asexual reproduction. The key chemical in the process, superoxide, is a byproduct of fungal growth when the organism produces spores. Once released into the environment, superoxide reacts with the element manganese, producing a highly reactive mineral that aids in the cleanup of toxic metals, degrades carbon substrates, and controls the bioavailability of nutrients.  

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• 06:00 Toughened silicon sponges may make tenacious batteries

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  Researchers at Rice University and Lockheed Martin reported this month that they've found a way to make multiple high-performance anodes from a single silicon wafer. The process uses simple silicon to replace graphite as an element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, laying the groundwork for longer-lasting, more powerful batteries for such applications as commercial electronics and electric vehicles.  

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• 06:00 U of S researchers discover cannabis 'pharma factory'

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  Researchers have discovered the pathway that Cannabis sativa uses to create bioactive compounds, paving the way for the development of marijuana varieties to produce pharmaceuticals or cannabinoid-free industrial hemp.  

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• 06:00 UC research reveals largest ancient dam built by Maya in Central America

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  UC research to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including identifying the largest ancient dam built by the Maya in Central America.  

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• 06:00 UCSB study reveals brain functions during visual searches

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  "Our daily lives are comprised of little searches that are constantly changing, depending on what we need to do," said Miguel Eckstein, UC Santa Barbara professor of psychological and brain sciences and co-author of the recently released paper, "Feature-Independent Neural Coding of Target Detection during Search of Natural Scenes," published in the Journal of Neuroscience. "So the idea is, where does that take place in the brain?"  

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• 06:00 Uncommon BRAF mutation in melanoma sensitive to MEK inhibitor drug therapy

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  An uncommon mutation of the BRAF gene in melanoma patients has been found to respond to MEK inhibitor drugs, providing a rationale for routine screening and therapy in melanoma patients who harbor the BRAF L597 mutation.  

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• 06:00 Updated AHA/ACCF guidelines for unstable angina include newest blood-thinning drug

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  The blood-thinning drug ticagrelor is now considered equal to blood thinners clopidogrel and prasugrel for treating some patients who have a heart attack or chest pain. Aspirin remains the first line of therapy for patients with NSTEMI heart attacks and unstable angina immediately after hospitalization.  

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• 06:00 US Army: Pre-injury cartilage biomarkers associated with subsequent ACL injuries

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  U.S. Army researchers made a surprising discovery while examining the impact of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear (a common knee injury), on four serum biomarkers associated with cartilage health. The researchers found that pre-injury concentrations for all but one of the four serum biomarkers studied were associated with the subsequent likelihood of ACL injury. The findings were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.  

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• 06:00 Victory stance may be a universal gesture of triumph -- not pride -- study suggests

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  When Olympic athletes throw up their arms, clench their fists and grimace after a win, they are displaying triumph through a gesture that is the same across cultures, a new study suggests. New findings due to be published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior suggest this victory pose signals feelings of triumph, challenging previous research that labeled the expression pride.  

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• 06:00 Weight loss today keeps the doctor away

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  James McIntosh, a professor in the Department of Economics at Concordia University, is the first to look at the impact of obesity on the number of doctor visits nation-wide. According to his research, obese individuals visit the doctor more frequently than regular smokers who are at a healthy weight.  

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• 06:00 Why does the week before your vacation seem longer when you're going far away?

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  Consumer decision-making is affected by the relationship between time and spatial distance, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.  

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• 06:00 Women professorships low in some Scandinavian universities due to sexism

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  Despite a global reputation for gender equality, certain Scandinavian countries disadvantage female scholars with sexist attitudes towards "women-friendly" work policies.These are the findings of a new study on equality in universities in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, where the share of professorships among women are below the European average.  

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• 06:00 You can't always get what you want: Consumers struggle with competing goals

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  Consumers change their minds often when making choices that involve conflicting goals, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.  

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• 05:31 VIDEO: Charged particles from solar flare

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  A blast of charged particles from a massive solar flare on Thursday has finally reached Earth.  

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• 04:36 Big picture: Secret bird survey

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  Scientists survey wildlife "in secret" from air  

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• 04:36 You Gave Me What? 5 Crummy Conditions We Inherit

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  We can't blame all of life's misfortune on our parents, but the range of less-than-ideal physical issues we can pin on them run from the unfortunate to the downright deadly. Many diseases and conditions result from various factors, often including both the genes we inherit to the food we eat and the environment we live in. But here are some doozies you can blame, at least partly, on Mom and Dad:

  
   

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• 04:07 Too Much TV at Age 2 May Cut Athletic Ability Later On

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  Lots of time spent in front of a TV early in life may have lasting consequences, indicates a study that connected the viewing habits of Canadian toddlers with waist circumference and muscular fitness later in childhood.  

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