Health Medicine Posted October 4, 2013: Cul

Posted October 4, 2013:

• Cultural Differences Explain Non-Completion of HPV Vaccination in Girls in Low-Income Families


• Norovirus Vaccine Reduces Symptoms of Illness by More Than Half


• 'Self-Medication': Why Doctors Abuse Prescription Drugs


• Hospitalized HIV Patients Benefit from Seeing Infectious Diseases Specialists


• Antibiotics Drastically Overprescribed for Sore Throats, Bronchitis


• Fecal Transplant Pill Knocks out Recurrent C. Diff Infection


• Stem Cells Engineered to Become Targeted Drug Factories


• New Role for the Benefits of Oxygen


• Research Reveals the Mechanism of the Sodium-Potassium Pump


• Metabolic Enzymes Discovered With 'Widespread Roles' in Opium Poppy


• Fighting Fat With Botox


• Sparing the Body, Breast Cancer Treatment Via Nipple Injection


• Scientists Discover Molecules That Show Promise for New Anti-Flu Medicines


• High Medicare Spending on Prostate Cancer Screenings, Little Benefit for Older Men


• Study Links Moderate Activity to Lower Breast Cancer Risk


• Creative App for Dementia Careworkers


• Lung Structure Shaped by Fluid Dynamics and Transport


• Cancer Survivors in Rural Areas Forgo Health Care Because of Cost

Posted October 3, 2013:

• Pediatricians Warn That Cuts to SNAP Program Will Harm Children


• Step Forward in Mission to Tackle Parasitic Worm Infections


• Data-Driven Machine Learning Effectively Flags Risk for Post-Stroke Dangers


• Dampened mTOR Signaling Linked to Roberts Syndrome


• Obesity Suppresses Cellular Process Critical to Kidney Health


• Warmer Oceans Could Raise Mercury Levels in Fish


• Aggressive Fungal Pathogen Causes Mold in Fruits, Vegetables


• Molecular Imaging Predicts Risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms


• Brain Stimulation Affects Compliance With Social Norms


• Experts Devise a Way to Cut Radiation Exposure in Children Needing Repeat Brain Scans


• Silencing Sudden Death


• Neglect of 'Science Communication Environment' Puts Vaccine Acceptance at Risk


• Facebook and Twitter May Yield Clues to Preventing the Spread of Disease


• Reading Literary Fiction Improves 'Mind-Reading' Skills


• Sieving Through 'Junk' DNA Reveals Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations


• Three Hours Is Enough to Help Prevent Mental Health Issues in Teens


• Nothin' to Sneeze At: New Treatment for Common Allergies


• Power of Precision Medicine in Successful Treatment of Patient With Disabling OCD


• Component of Citrus Fruits Blocks Formation of Kidney Cysts


• Wealth Inequality Can Promote Cooperation


• Five Regular Meals a Day Reduce Obesity Risk Among Adolescents


• New Advances in the Study of Human Mitochondrial DNA


• Believers Consume Fewer Drugs Than Atheists


• Advanced Technology for Gene Expression Analysis Can Facilitate Drug Development


• Updated Systemic Sclerosis Criteria Improve Disease Classification


• Scientists Identify Potential New Drug for Inherited Cancer