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For Some Athletes, Head Blows May Hamper Learning
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College football and hockey players sustain numerous blows to the head every season. Those hits, according to a new study published in the online edition of the journal Neurology, may add up to brain injuries that impact learning for some players. College football and hockey players sustain numerous blows to the head every season. Those hits, according to a new study published in the online edition of the journal Neurology, may add up to brain injuries that impact learning for some players.
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Raising HDL Levels May Not Lower Heart Attack Risk
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It is widely believed that raising "good" cholesterol levels lowers heart attack risk, but surprising new research finds evidence that this may not be the case. It is widely believed that raising "good" cholesterol levels lowers heart attack risk, but surprising new research finds evidence that this may not be the case.
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Statins 'benefit healthy people'
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Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
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Oldest living kidney donor at 83
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An 83-year-old man becomes the oldest person in the UK to donate a kidney while still alive, the NHS Blood and Transplant service says.
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Children with cancer have complete responses in a Children's Oncology Group phase 1 trial
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(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) A pill designed to zero in on abnormal genes that drive specific cancers has produced encouraging early results in children with an uncommon but aggressive type of lymphoma, as well as in children with a rare form of neuroblastoma. A phase 1 clinical trial of the drug crizotinib achieved remissions, with minimal side effects, for 10 of the children participating in a clinical study carried out by the multicenter Children's Oncology Group.
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Collaborative study looks for clues on hard-to-treat breast cancer
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(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) Some types of breast cancer can be successfully treated with drugs such as tamoxifen, but treatment for a type of breast cancer more common in young and black women is still limited to radiation and general chemotherapy. Called triple negative breast cancer, this type of cancer is the focus of a 20-month, $8.6-million research project that aims to find new diagnostic tools and options for drugs.
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Smartphones a big help to visually impaired
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(Loyola University Health System) iPhones and other smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but few vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study presented at the 2012 ARVO Annual Meeting.
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