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Traumatic Brain Injury Haunts Children For Years With Variety Of Functional Problems: Two Studies


American Psychological Association
Mon, 11 May 2009 08:44 UTC
Children who suffer traumatic brain injuries can experience lasting or late-appearing neuropsychological problems, highlighting the need for careful watching over time, according to two studies published by the American Psychological Association.

In one study, a team of psychologists used a longitudinal approach to gain a better idea of what to expect after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The researchers found that severe TBI can cause many lasting problems with day-to-day functioning. Some children may recover academically but then start acting up; other children do surprisingly well for unknown reasons.

In the second study, the first systematic meta-analysis summarizing the collective results of many single studies, the researchers found that problems lasted over time and, in some cases, worsened with more serious injury. Some children with severe TBI started to fall even further behind their peers than one would normally expect, in a snowball effect that requires further study.
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Flashback Dangerous distraction

Amy Novotney
Monitor on Psychology
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:27 UTC
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Psychologists' research shows how cell phones, iPods and other technologies make us more accident prone and is laying the foundation to make using these gadgets less dangerous.

On a Tuesday evening two years ago, avid cyclists Christy Kirkwood and Debbie Brown were finishing a 13-mile bike ride in Orange County, Calif., when a driver talking on a cell phone swerved into their bike path, knocking Kirkwood off her bike and throwing her 227 feet. The motorist - who had been travelling at 55 mph - continued a short distance before stopping to see what had happened, says University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer, PhD, who served as a consultant on the case.

"The driver thought he'd hit a deer," Strayer recalls.
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Radiation treatment for Breast Cancer causes Cancer in the other Breast

David Gutierrez
NaturalNews.com
Wed, 13 May 2009 06:58 UTC
Young women who receive radiation treatment after breast cancer surgery are significantly more likely to later develop cancer in the other breast than women who did not undergo such radiation.

The findings come from a study, published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, on more than 7,000 women who were treated for breast cancer in Netherlands between the years of 1970 and 1986. All study participants were diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 71.

Among study participants in general, the risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast (contralateral breast cancer) after treatment in the first breast was three to four times higher than the rate for new cases of breast cancer. This risk only went up with a number of other risk factors, including family predisposition or treatment with radiation or chemotherapy.
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US: Top brain surgeons suspended for abandoning patient in operating room

Heidi Evans
New York Daily News
Wed, 13 May 2009 04:36 UTC
Two of New York's highest-paid surgeons have been suspended for abandoning a patient in the operating room after she was anesthetized and prepped for brain surgery.

Thomas Milhorat - chief of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital - and his colleague, Paolo Bolognese, were suspended for two weeks, officials confirmed.

The Long Island hospital took the rare step even though the surgeons are two of its biggest stars.
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Government Thinks Drugs are the Answer

Tiffany Boutwell
Natural News
Sun, 10 May 2009 18:41 UTC
A study was recently released indicating that children who receive stimulants and psychotropic drugs for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) have higher scores on math and reading tests. This research is very disturbing and raises many alarming questions from parents and non-parents as well.
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A Hundred Health Sapping Neurotoxins are Hidden in Packaged and Restaurant Food

Barbara Minton
NaturalNews
Mon, 11 May 2009 17:40 UTC
What is it that stands between you and vibrant health? People who have spent a fortune on supplements, gotten plenty of exercise and bought high quality food still find themselves unable to answer this question. For many of them, the answer lies in neurotoxins hidden in even the most healthy sounding foods, including many foods labeled as organic. These ingredients often cause serious reactions, including migraines, insomnia, asthma, depression, anxiety, aggression, chronic fatigue, and even ALS. They may be responsible for the swelling numbers of children diagnosed as ADHD.
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Soda Tax Weighed to Pay for Health Care

Janet Adamy
Wall Street Journal
Tue, 12 May 2009 16:06 UTC
Senate leaders are considering new federal taxes on soda and other sugary drinks to help pay for an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.

The taxes would pay for only a fraction of the cost to expand health-insurance coverage to all Americans and would face strong opposition from the beverage industry. They also could spark a backlash from consumers who would have to pay several cents more for a soft drink.

On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee is set to hear proposals from about a dozen experts about how to pay for the comprehensive health-care overhaul that President Barack Obama wants to enact this year. Early estimates put the cost of the plan at around $1.2 trillion. The administration has so far only earmarked funds for about half of that amount.
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Conflicts of Interest Taint Medical Studies

Robert Roy Britt
LiveScience.com
Mon, 11 May 2009 09:38 UTC
A new review of studies finds 29 percent of cancer research published in high-profile journals had disclosed a conflict of interest.

While it's a good thing that the conflicts were disclosed, the review also found conflicts affect the research outcomes. The results, announced today, will be published June 15 in the journal Cancer.

The findings add to a mountain of evidence suggesting you should be skeptical of health and medical advice.

Other investigations have indicated that many medical studies simply are not accurate. Further, the media is known to distort key aspects of medical studies, twisting findings by virtue of ignorance, blowing obscure, unpublished "breakthroughs" out of proportion, and frequently failing to disclose industry funding even when the researchers do mention it.
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Cyberbullying, more than just "messing around"

Patricia Reaney
Reuters
Mon, 11 May 2009 06:46 UTC
If may affect as many as half of U.S. teenagers, can be as bad or worse than being beaten up in the schoolyard, and is so relentless and emotionally devastating that suicide can seem the only answer.

Whether it is through emails, instant messaging, cellphones, texting or web sites, cyberbullying is a growing problem. In the past 10 years 37 U.S. states have adopted legislation mandating schools to implement anti-bullying statutes.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Transistors Used To Detect Fungus Candida Albicans


ScienceDaily
Mon, 11 May 2009 17:48 UTC
The Nanosensors group from the Universidad Rovira i Virgili has created a biosensor, an electrical and biological device, which is able to selectively detect the Candida albicans yeast in very small quantities of only 50 cfu/ml (colony-forming units per millilitre).

"The technique uses field-effect transistors (electronic devices that contain an electrode source and a draining electrode connected to a transducer) based on carbon nanotubes and with Candida albicans-specific antibodies", Raquel A. Villamizar, lead author of the study said.

The Candida samples, which can be obtained from blood, serum or vaginal secretions, are placed directly on the biosensor, where the interaction between antigens and antibodies changes the electric current of the devices. This change is recorded and makes it possible to measure the amount of yeast present in a sample.
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