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A teen-focused STD prevention program reduced gonorrhea incidence

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 18:15

ATLANTA – A communitywide condom distribution program is proving successful for expanding access to and awareness of free condoms, and for reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Investigative eye amyloid test shines a light on Alzheimer’s pathology

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 17:45

COPENHAGEN – When it comes to beta-amyloid plaques, the eyes may be more than a poetic window to the soul – they also may be mirrors of pathology developing in the brain. It turns out that the eye,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Don’t brush off subjective memory decline

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 16:10

COPENHAGEN – Researchers are paying more attention to subjective cognitive decline – a patient’s perceived notion of memory loss – even if the patients complete various cognitive tests with flying...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New genetic research could identify Alzheimer’s therapy targets

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 15:40

COPENHAGEN – The National Institutes of Health recently awarded $24 million to eight academic centers to analyze the human genome and identify genes that either increase the risk of Alzheimer’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s may be declining in U.S. and Germany

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 22:00

COPENHAGEN – The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease appears to be declining in the United States and may be following a similar positive trend in Germany as well. An analysis of the ongoing Framingham...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Telecare intervention lessens chronic joint pain

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 21:05

A telecare intervention within the primary care practice setting elicited clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in long-standing chronic joint and other musculoskeletal...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Children’s psychiatric disorders linked with moms’ fertility problems

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 19:50

MUNICH – Children born to mothers who required fertility treatment had a significantly higher rate of psychiatric disorders, compared with children born to mothers without fertility problems, based...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Rising projection of Alzheimer’s cases stems mainly from better reporting

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 18:55

COPENHAGEN – Researchers appear to be tracking contradictory trends in the global incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. There’s no doubt that both are declining in the United...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Fractures increased with two diabetes drugs

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 18:40

SAN FRANCISCO – Adults who started taking sulfonylurea drugs for diabetes were 9% more likely to develop fractures within 5 years, and patients starting thiazolidinediones were 9% more likely to have...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Patients become full partners in inflammatory arthritis and psoriasis research

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 15:15

NEW YORK – Improvements in clinical trial design for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases are being credited to a decision to enlist patients as full partners, not just...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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