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• MONDAY 3. JANUARY, 2011
• 06:00 Infant hydrocephalus, seasonal and linked to farm animals in Uganda

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  Hydrocephalus in Ugandan children and other developing countries is seasonal, linked to farm animals and in part, caused by previous bacterial infection, according to an international team of researchers from Uganda and the United States, who believe that the best approach to this problem is prevention.  

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• 06:00 January 2011 Geology and GSA Today highlights

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  Geology studies ancient rain to understand uplift in the North American Cordillera; synchronous colonization of magnetotactic bacteria in four freshwater lakes in Norway; the role of ocean islands and coastal mountain ranges in organic carbon retention; the 4-million-year-old Godzilla megamullion; ice-free oases on Snowball Earth; rock hyrax middens as palaeoenvironmental archives; and levee failures along the Mississippi River corridor. GSA Today presents findings of microbial life inside fluid inclusions modern and ancient buried salt crystals.  

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• 06:00 Large-scale study reveals major decline in bumble bees in the US

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  The first in-depth national study of wild bees in the US has uncovered major losses in the relative abundance of several bumble bee species and declines in their geographic range since record-keeping began in the late 1800s.  

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• 06:00 Mothers key to college-age women receiving HPV vaccine

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  Even after young women reach adulthood, their mothers can play a key role in convincing them to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, new research suggests. A study found that college-aged women were more likely to say they had received the HPV vaccine if they had talked to their mother about it.  

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• 06:00 New research reveals unexpected biological pathway in glaucoma

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  In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and four collaborating institutions, identified a new and unexpected biological pathway that appears to contribute to the development of glaucoma and its resulting vision loss.  

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• 06:00 Parallels between cancers, infection suppression reported

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  Tiny parasitoid wasps can play an important role in controlling the populations of other insect species by laying their eggs inside the larvae of these species. A newly hatched wasp gradually eats the host alive and takes over its body. The host insect is far from defenseless, however. In Drosophila (fruit flies), larvae activate humoral immunity in the fat body and mount a robust cellular response that encapsulates and chokes off the wasp egg.  

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• 06:00 Peptide delivers 1-2 punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study

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  Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have discovered what may become a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time, a peptide found in blood and tissue has been shown to inhibit the growth of human breast tumors in mice, according to a study recently published in the journal Cancer Research.  

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• 06:00 PET scans provide insight into fever-induced epilepsy in children

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  Sudden, catastrophic childhood epilepsy is a parent's worst nightmare, especially in the case of fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy in school-age children (FIRES). While not much is known about the condition, new research published in the January issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography scans can offer an evaluation of cognitive dysfunction of FIRES, its evolution and further prognosis.  

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• 06:00 Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis

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  By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen and spread cancer, an international research team led by scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the January issue of Nature Cell Biology.  

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• 06:00 Research demonstrates that education programs can increase parent-child interactions

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  Parent education programs delivered through pediatric primary care offices increased parent-child play and reading activities critical for child development and school readiness during infancy in at-risk families, according to two concurrent reports in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.  

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• 06:00 Researchers measure quality of care in oral anticoagulation

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  Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the Bedford VA Medical Center believe that risk-adjusted percent time in therapeutic range should be used as part of an effort to improve anticoagulation control and thus improve patient outcomes. These findings appear in this month's issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.  

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• 06:00 Resurrecting the so-called 'depression gene'

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  University of Michigan researchers have found new evidence that our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression.Their findings, published online today in the Archives of General Psychiatry, challenge a 2009 study that called the genetic link into question and add new support to earlier research hailed as a medical breakthrough.  

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• 06:00 Risk of breast cancer recurrence may depend on treating surgeon

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  Ductal carcinoma in situ, or non-invasive breast cancer, is typically treated with either breast-conserving surgery -- with or without follow-up radiation -- or mastectomy. The treatment choice depends on clinical factors, the treating surgeon, and patient preferences. Long-term health outcomes (disease-free survival) depend on the treatments received. According to a study published Jan. 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, however, health outcomes also are associated with the treating surgeon.  

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• 06:00 Some banks help keep mortgage holders out of default, studies find

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  While the nation's foreclosure crisis has focused blame on bad loan practices by some lenders, new research shows how some banks may have actually reduced the default risk of their homebuyers. Researchers found that low-income homeowners who received a mortgage from a local lender were less likely to default on their loans than are those who borrowed from a more distant bank or mortgage company.  

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• 06:00 The ecosystem engineer: Research looks at beavers' role in river restoration

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  When engineers restore rivers, one Kansas State University professor hopes they'll keep a smaller engineer in mind: the North American beaver.  

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• 06:00 Tonsillectomy in children

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  A multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline, "Tonsillectomy in Children" will be published in the January issue of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery (watch for a new cover and publisher in that issue of the journal). The new guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on the pre-, intra-, and postoperative care and management of children aged 1 to 18 years under consideration for tonsillectomy.  

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• 06:00 Transcriptome analysis, organ culture methods featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

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  The January issue of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features a method for transcriptome analysis with limited quantities of RNA, as well as a method for studying organogenesis in mouse kidneys.  

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• 06:00 U-M study: Kids frequently exposed to medical imaging procedures that use radiation

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  A new study led by University of Michigan researchers shows that kids frequently receive imaging procedures during their routine clinical care, and highlights the importance of initiatives to ensure that those tests being performed are necessary and use the lowest possible doses of radiation.  

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• 06:00 US soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder more likely to feel long-term psychological effect

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  Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms appear to be associated with longer-term physical (headache, tinnitus), emotional (irritability) and cognitive (diminished concentration or memory) symptoms, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Conversely, concussion/mild traumatic brain injuries do not appear to have long-term negative effects on troops.  

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• 06:00 Use of amniotic membrane may cause complications in strabismus surgery

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  Postoperative adhesions are a major complication in strabismus surgery. Amniotic membrane has been used in the hopes of preventing these adhesions by forming a biological barrier during healing. In an article in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a team of researchers from Cairo University have discovered that the new approach may also have the opposite effect.  

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• 06:00 Wastewater treatment lowers pathogen levels

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  A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has tracked the incident of pathogens in biosolids over a 19-year period in one major US city. In the same study, the researchers also analyzed pathogen levels in biosolids at 18 wastewater treatment plants in the United States.  

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• 06:00 With proper planning, selective rather than mass vaccination can provide immunity against flu

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  With the current outbreak of the flu season in Israel, hospitals are reporting overcrowding, and doctors are advising people who have not yet been vaccinated against flu to get their shots.  

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• 06:00 Women with both diabetes and depression at higher risk of dying from heart disease, other causes

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  Depression and diabetes appear to be associated with a significantly increased risk of death from heart disease and risk of death from all causes over a six-year period for women, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.  

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• SUNDAY 2. JANUARY, 2011
• 06:00 Even healthy cats act sick when their routine is disrupted

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  A cat regularly vomiting hairballs or refusing to eat probably isn't being finicky or otherwise "cat-like," despite what conventional wisdom might say. There is a good chance that the cat is acting sick because of the stress caused by changes in its environment, new research suggests. Healthy cats were just as likely as chronically ill cats to refuse food, vomit frequently and leave waste outside their litter box in response to changes in their routine.  

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• SATURDAY 1. JANUARY, 2011
• 06:00 Angry at God? If so, you're not alone, says CWRU psychologist

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  The notion of being angry with God goes back to ancient days. Such personal struggles are not new, but Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Exline began looking at "anger at God" in a new way. "Many people experience anger toward God," Exline explains. "Even people who deeply love and respect God can become angry. Just as people become upset or angry with others, including loved ones, they can also become angry with God."  

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