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Keywords: MIGRAINES, MOOD DISORDERS, DEPRESSIONA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 21-Jan-2009 at 00:00 ET. | 07-Jan-2009
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Keywords: DIABETES, DIET, NUTRITION, GLYCEMIC INDEXA reporter's PressPass is required to access this story until the embargo expires on 20-Jan-2009 at 19:00 ET. | 07-Jan-2009
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| MED | NO Help: Nitric Oxide Monitoring Does Not Help Most Children with Asthma
A recent multi-center prospective study found that calibrating medications based on daily monitoring of the fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and symptoms in asthmatic children showed no significant improvement over medicating based on daily symptom monitoring alone. Please see links to full article and editorials under "contacts". (Embargo expired on 07-Jan-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
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| MED | Bacteria Found in Amniotic Fluids of Women Who Undergo Preterm Birth
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Yale University have made a significant advancement in understanding the cause behind why some pregnant women suffer from inflammations in the inner womb without any signs of an infection.
Using gene-cloning techniques, researchers discovered that approximately 60 percent of the bacteria present in women with intra-amniotic inflammations were missed by traditional culture testing — considered the gold standard for finding bacterial infections.
J. of Clinical Microbiology, Jan-2009 | 06-Jan-2009
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| MED | Traditional Risk Assessment Tools Do Not Accurately Predict Coronary Heart Disease
The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools, NCEP, do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT.
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| MED | Promising New Drug Being Evaluated as Possible Treatment Option for Fragile X Syndrome
Initial findings by researchers at Rush University Medical Center and the University of California, Davis, could lead to a new approach for treating inherited disorder.
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| MED | Wii Fit A Promising Tool For All Ages; Game's Health Measurements Flawed
A Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages.
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, Oct-2008 | 06-Jan-2009
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| MED | Most Babies with Uncomplicated Febrile Seizures Can Avoid Spinal Tap
Do babies with febrile seizures need spinal taps? The largest study to date, from Children's Hospital Boston, suggests that most babies can be spared these painful procedures if the seizure is uncomplicated and if the baby is well-appearing. The researchers hope the findings will reassure anxious parents, and are calling on the American Academy of Pediatrics to change their current recommendations.
Pediatrics, Jan-2009 | 06-Jan-2009
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| MED | Vision Problems Prompt Older Drivers to Put Down the Keys
With 30 million drivers in the US aged 65 and over, we count on older Americans to recognize when they can no longer drive safely and decide that it’s time to stay off the road. A new study finds that a decrease in vision function is a key factor in bringing about this decision.
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