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36. Researchers Turn to Surprising Remedies for Bipolar Disorder

Scientists believe that off-beat remedies like skin patches that prevent seasickness or a drug that fights Lou Gehrig's disease could prove useful in treating bipolar disorder.

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37. Non-Surgical, Low-Tech Treatment For Clubfoot The Focus At International Symposium

We often think that high-tech, surgical methods are the best approach when it comes to medical care. But for children born with clubfoot, there is growing, worldwide interest in a low-tech, non-surgical method of treatment that is more effective, less expensive and easier to provide than surgery. [click link for full article]

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38. New Strategies For Antibiotic Resistance Discovered By Researchers

With infections increasingly resistant to even the most modern antibiotics, researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) report in the September issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology on new clues they have uncovered in immune system molecules that defend against infection.Drs. Michael R. Yeaman and Nannette Y. [click link for full article]

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39. New Schizophrenia Drug Shows Promise In Phase II Human Trials

A new experimental drug for the treatment of schizophrenia which targets glutamate receptors in the brain rather than dopamine has shown promise in human trials. The volunteers experienced significant improvements in their symptoms while suffering few side effects. The drug is currently called "LY2140023".You can read about this trial in an article published in Nature Medicine. [click link for full article]

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40. Genetics Research Furthered By Collaborative Cross Project

Mice that are part of the Collaborative Cross project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists around the world learn more about possible causes of drug abuse, diabetes, sleep disorders, stress and pain, kidney disease and a number of other conditions that affect millions of people. [click link for full article]

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41. Start Of Football Season Means Sports Medicine Physicians Should Brace Themselves For Injuries

Football Fever is upon the nation once again. The soaring of the pigskin signals the start of the "busy" season for cheerleaders, marching bands, and inevitably, sports medicine physicians."After only a few days of practice at UB we've had three players with ACL injuries, a medial collateral ligament tear, a dislocated shoulder and a dislocated elbow," said Marc Fineberg, M.D. [click link for full article]

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42. One Dose of Ritalin Causes Adults to Eat Less, Study Says

Just a single dose of the ADHD drug Ritalin prompts adults to ingest fewer calories and fat, according to new research from Canada's University of Ottawa.

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43. Study: Smokers At Higher Risk for Dementia

A new study shows that smokers are 50 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.

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44. Certain Heart Surgeries May Be Deadly for Women, Study Finds

Certain heart surgeries, such as a coronary bypass, may save the lives of men with heart disease, but can be deadly for women, researchers have found.

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45. Newspapers Report Medicaid Developments In Maryland, New York, Wisconsin

Newspapers recently reported Medicaid developments in four states. Summaries of the coverage appear below.Maryland: The Maryland Dental Action Committee said the state must increase Medicaid reimbursements to dentists who treat children by $40 million over the next two years, the Baltimore Sun reports. [click link for full article]

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46. HIV Self-Test Kits Ineffective Among High-Risk Populations, Study Says

Some HIV self-test kits are used improperly by high-risk groups, and such groups can interpret test results inaccurately, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Reuters Health reports. [click link for full article]

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47. Medical Data Collection Firms File Suits In Maine, Vermont Over Physician Prescription Confidentiali

Three medical data collection and analysis companies on Wednesday filed lawsuits in federal court challenging laws in Maine and Vermont that make physicians' prescription-writing practices confidential, the AP/Contra Costa Times reports. The lawsuits were filed by Connecticut-based IMS Health, Pennsylvania-based Wolters Kluwer Health and Verispan. [click link for full article]

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48. Wisconsin Assembly-Approved Budget Would Reduce Birth Control, Cancer Screen Access, Some Democr

The Wisconsin Assembly-approved state budget would reduce access to cancer screening and birth control because it eliminates state funding for privately owned family planning clinics, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (D) and several Assembly Democrats said at a news conference on Tuesday, the AP/Appleton Post-Crescent reports. [click link for full article]

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49. Student Opticians Removed From The Registers

The General Optical Council (GOC) removed a total of 288 student optometrists and dispensing opticians from its registers. Those removed failed to complete the retention process by returning a completed application form and paying the retention fee. [click link for full article]

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50. Campaign to recognise dangers of mental illness

An international alliance of specialists in mental health is launching a campaign today to shift the focus of the world's attention from disorders of the body to disorders of the mind.

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51. Blue wonder: Happy birthday Viagra

Exactly 15 years ago, Michael Allen took a call from a doctor in a small Welsh town that gave the first hint of a revolution to come. The doctor had been running a small clinical trial testing a new drug to treat angina. The future for the drug, known as UK-92480. was looking bleak: other trials had showed that it did not have much impact on the disease, and indeed was less effective than existing treatments.

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52. Hard to stomach: Overcoming IBS

Irritable bowel syndrome is an embarrassing illness. The symptoms are unpleasant: painful stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation, and in the worst cases can be so debilitating as to prevent people from working. Yet IBS affects one in five people ? many of whom are suffering in silence ? and is twice is common in men as in women.

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53. Nights at the round table: Poker and the battle to stay awake

Wearing snakeskin from head to toe, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott claims he does not need to train for long nights. He is Britain's highest-earning poker player, one of the game's bad boys, who spent his 21st birthday in prison and has since gained a reptilian reputation on the hard-living professional circuit.

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54. Your health questions answered

Ultrasound scan has me worried

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55. Doctor Warns of Microwave Popcorn Risk for Consumers

Consumers may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung research hospital.

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