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When All Else Fails: Brain Surgery
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Like many others, I've never been a big fan of surgery as a solution for mental disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or depression. A medical procedure done on a bodily organ whose functioning we're only beginning to grasp -- the brain -- seems a little premature. It hits too close to the thinking behind frontal ... ...
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Global Fund Approves 'In Principle' $47M Grant For Reducing Spread Of HIV Among MSM, Transgender In South Asia
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved, "in principle," a $47 million grant to reduce the spread of HIV among gay and other men who have sex with men in seven south Asian countries, IANS/Thaindian.com reports. According to a statement IANS/Thaindian...
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Family Planning, No-Cost Condom Distribution Could Reduce Global Warming, UNFPA Says
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Slowing global population growth through no-cost condom distribution and wider access to family planning services would help aid the fight against climate change, the United Nations Population Fund said in a report released Wednesday, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.
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Kangaroos Hold Cure for Skin Cancer
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Scientists at the Melbourne University are studying a DNA repair enzyme produced by kangaroos. This enzyme helps protect them from skin cancer, and it could eventually lead to some sort of 'DNA repair cream' that you could simply apply to your skin after a day in the sun.
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Early Relationships Influence Teen Pain And Depression
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Angst could be more than a rite of passage for insecure teenagers, according to a study published in The Journal of Pain. Researchers from the Université de Montréal, the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center and McGill University have discovered that insecure adolescents experience more intense pain in the form of frequent headaches, abdominal pain and joint pain...
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Greater Risk Of Major Medical Errors When Surgeons Are Burned Out, Depressed
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Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the mental well-being of the surgeon is associated with a higher rate of self-reported medical errors, something that may undermine patient safety more than the fatigue that is often blamed
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BBC News - Clot risk after surgery warning
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The risk of a blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts longer than previously thought, say researchers at the University of Oxford.
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Eating Disorders Basics
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An overview of what you need to know about eating disorders, including their general characteristics, the main types, who is at risk, and other health effects.
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