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Posted September 12, 2013:

• Simple Steps May Identify Patients That Hold Onto Excess Sodium


• Local Animal Populations Contribution to Human Salmonella Infections Overstated


• Younger Women With Type 2 Diabetes Face Higher Risk of Heart Disease


• Radical New View of Health: Stem Cells Are Wired for Cooperation, Down to the DNA


• Molecule That Triggers Septic Shock Identified


• Molecular Structure Reveals How HIV Infects Cells


• Antioxidant Treatment May Help NF1-Linked Behavioral Issues


• A Microb's Trick for Staying Young


• Helper Cells Trigger Potent Responses to HIV


• Autism Gene Stunts Neurons, but Growth Can Be Restored


• Alzheimer's Patients Show Striking Individual Differences in Molecular Basis of Disease


• Surprising Role of Critical Brain Protein


• Treat the Fungus Among Us With Nontoxic Medicinal Compound


• Protein Essential for Maintaining Beta Cell Function


• Women Have Higher Rate of Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus


• More Than Just Type 1 or Type 2: Study Points to Different Forms of Diabetes


• Researchers Hit Virtual Heads to Make Safer Games


• Cilantro, That Favorite Salsa Ingredient, Purifies Drinking Water


• Brain Atrophy Linked With Cognitive Decline in Diabetes


• 'Incidental Findings' Rare but Significant Events in Pediatric CT Scans


• Novel Vaccine Reduces Shedding of Genital Herpes Virus


• Forcing Cancer to Digest Itself


• New Heart Catheter on a U. S. Patient for First Time


• Codeine Could Increase Users' Sensitivity to Pain


• New Mutation Identified, Associated With Better Survival in Lung Cancer Patients


• Guppy Fish Proven to Be Cheap, Effective Tool in Fight Against Dengue Fever

Posted September 11, 2013:

• Meningitis A Mass Vaccination Campaign Shows Dramatic Impact of New Vaccine


• How Standardized Cigarette Packets Reduce Smoking


• Dreaming Still Possible Even When the Mind Is Blank


• Exercise Provides Some Benefits for Depression


• The Eyes Have It: How Organic Mercury Can Interfere With Vision


• Biomarker Predicts Long-Term Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence


• First Randomized Trial of Targeted Cancer Medicine in All Tumor Types


• Gap Between Experts and Public on Need to Cut Medicare Spending


• Aerobic Fitness Boosts Learning, Memory in 9-10-Year-Old Children


• Testosterone Deficiency Not the Only Cause of Changes With Age in Men


• Fat Marker Predicts Cognitive Decline in People With HIV


• Obesity May Be Associated With Even Occasional Migraines


• Diagnosing the Source of Voice Problems Can Be Challenging


• Pain Research Yielding Encouraging Discoveries, but Funding Cuts Threaten Future Advances


• Variation in Bitter Receptor mRNA Expression Affects Taste Perception


• Discovery of Cell Division 'Master Controller' May Improve Understanding and Treatment of Cancer


• Chest Pain Duration Can Signal Heart Attack


• AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys


• First Proteomic Analysis of Birth Defect Demonstrates Power of a New Technique


• Test Could Identify Which Prostate Cancers Require Treatment


• New Hope for Women Suffering from Recurrent Miscarriage


• Crucial Pathway Discovered to Fight Gut Infection


• Embryonic Stem Cells Produced in Living Adult Organisms


• 'Love Hormone' May Play Wider Role in Social Interaction Than Previously Thought