The dark path to antisocial personality disorder
With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood," according to a standard definition. But, until now, no one has studied the dimensional structure associated with the DSM antisocial personality disorder criteria....
POSTED 02/07/2012 at 10:00 AM -- 
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Why the middle finger has such a slow connection
Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain -- we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they can have is now shown by neuroscientists through reaction time measurements combined with learning experiments and "computational modeling." They have been able to demonstrate that inhibitory influences of neighboring "finger nerve cells" affect the reaction time of a finger....
POSTED 02/07/2012 at 10:00 AM --
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Gene mutation discovery sparks hope for effective endometriosis screening
Researchers have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers' discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:43 PM --
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Metabolic 'breathalyzer' reveals early signs of disease
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a “breathalyzer”-like technology currently under development....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:42 PM --
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Big jolt to California economy with new tax on cigarettes
A new analysis has found that a state ballot initiative to increase the cigarette tax would create about 12,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in new economic activity in California....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:42 PM --
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Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects
Treatment with three "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis. These risks remain low, but they should be factored in when developing patients’ treatment plans....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 05:42 PM --
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School closures slowed spread of 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic
Using high-quality data about the incidence of influenza infections in Alberta during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the researchers show that when schools closed for the summer, the transmission of infection from person to person was sharply reduced....
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Smoking associated with more rapid cognitive decline in men
Smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline, according to a new report....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 04:46 PM --
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Clues to common birth defect found in gene expression data
Researchers have uncovered 27 new candidate genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, a common and often deadly birth defect. Their sophisticated data-filtering strategy offers a new, efficient and potentially game-changing approach to gene discovery....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 03:41 PM --
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Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows
A comprehensive new report on health insurance shows the so-called Great Recession caused hundreds of thousands of Californians to lose coverage and acquire medical debt....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 02:41 PM --
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Discovery predicts patient sensitivity to important drug target in deadly brain cancer
A recent discovery enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma – the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in humans....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 02:41 PM --
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PET techniques provide more accurate diagnosis, prognosis in challenging breast cancer cases
Researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One recent article focuses on an imaging agent that targets estrogen receptors in estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer patients with formerly inconclusive assessments, and the second highlights a different imaging agent's ability to help predict the prognosis for patients undergoing chemotherapy for a very aggressive type of breast cancer....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 02:39 PM --
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Exercise triggers stem cells in muscle
Researchers have determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age....
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Raw milk is a dangerous raw deal for farmers and consumers, experts say
Researchers and experts on food safety have commented on the danger presented to farmers and consumers by the raw milk movement....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 02:38 PM --
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Key finding in stem cell self-renewal
Scientists have proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. The work has implications in two areas. In cancer treatment, it is desirable to inhibit cell proliferation....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 12:27 PM --
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Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack
Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralizes parts of the "bad" cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 10:29 AM --
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Combined approach to global health has benefits
A new analysis demonstrates that confronting several diseases at once is a viable way to make the most of thinly stretched donor dollars and national health care budgets, and help save more lives....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 09:26 AM --
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Strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties
A researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 09:26 AM --
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Children hospitalized at alarming rate due to abuse, U.S. study finds
In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, researchers report in a new study....
POSTED 02/06/2012 at 09:26 AM --
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Positive parenting during early childhood may prevent obesity
Programs that support parents during their child’s early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study....
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