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| | The reason is a steep drop in mouse populations, a tick's preferred host | TUESDAY, March 20 The northeastern United States may see a significant increase in cases of Lyme disease this spring, an expert warns. The reason is that oak trees produced relatively few acorns this year, part of a normal cycle of boom and bust years for the acorn c... » Read the full article |
| | Government food-aid program now offers vouchers for fruits and vegetables | TUESDAY, March 20 Small stores in two low-income areas of North Philadelphia began stocking healthier foods after changes to a popular U.S. government food-aid program, a new study finds. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC... » Read the full article |
| | New poll of medical boards reports online professional violations by doctors | TUESDAY, March 20 Some doctors are sliding down a slippery slope in their online lives, committing professional violations, whether intentional or not, and risking their careers, a new survey suggests. The survey of 68 medical boards across the United States aimed to... » Read the full article |
| | Short-term rejection rates better for recipients than those taking standard drugs, study finds | TUESDAY, March 20 A novel technique that uses a kidney transplant recipient's own stem cells may someday replace or reduce the initial use of anti-rejection medications, new research suggests. Six months after receiving a kidney transplant, only about 8 percent of ... » Read the full article |
| | In short-term, drug still helps restore the pulse, study found | TUESDAY, March 20 The decades-old practice of treating cardiac arrest patients with epinephrine -- adrenaline -- might do more harm than good in the long run, suggests a new analysis of hundreds of thousands of cases. Japanese researchers found that cardiac arrest pa... » Read the full article |
| | Large review showed they did not make any difference in healthy women | TUESDAY, March 20 Vitamin E supplements don't appear to affect a healthy woman's overall risk of heart failure one way or the other, researchers report. "It neither increases nor decreases the risk," said study author Dr. Claudia Chae, a cardiologist at Massachusetts... » Read the full article |
| | The response occurred even when adults didn't know the baby, study found | TUESDAY, March 20 Seeing a baby's face triggers a response in areas of adults' brains involved with emotion, reward and planning movement, a finding researchers say may indicate a natural inclination to take care of an infant. Researchers observed this pattern in adu... » Read the full article |
| | Yet so far, there have been very few cases of the potentially lethal illness, experts say | TUESDAY, March 20 Insects that are part of a family of bugs that transmit Chagas disease are well-established and feeding on human blood in certain regions of the United States, a new study finds. What remains a mystery, however, is why the insects infect millions in... » Read the full article |
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