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First in-home test of brain-computer communication by ALS patients offers promise amidst challenges

August 30, 2018 ALS, amidst, brain-computer, By, challenges, Communication, First, in-home, of, offers, patients, promise, test

Laboratory studies have shown the potential for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who cannot move or speak, to communicate

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Model based on liquid biopsies may predict time to progression in colorectal cancer

August 30, 2018 based, Biopsies, cancer, colorectal, in, liquid, may, model, on, Predict, progression, Time, to

An evolutionary model utilizing serial blood samples from patients with advanced colorectal cancer treated with anti-EGFR therapies in a phase

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Rural America suffering severe shortage of mental health professionals

August 29, 2018 America, health, Mental, of, professionals, Rural, severe, shortage, suffering

Rural America has a severe shortage of qualified mental health professionals because agencies and governmental units are unable to pay

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Researchers find first indicators of prognosis for the most aggressive breast cancer

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 aggressive, breast, cancer, Find, First, for, indicators, Most, of, Prognosis, Researchers, the

Triple negative breast cancer is the rarest, but also the most aggressive and hard to treat form of the disease.

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Childhood report reveals one in four 14-year-old girls self-harm

August 29, 2018 14-year-old, Childhood, four, girls, in, ONE, report, reveals, self-harm

Nearly a quarter of girls aged 14 (22 percent) said they had self-harmed in the last year according to a

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Investigating treatment resistance in cancer

August 29, 2018 cancer, in, Investigating, resistance, treatment

Melanoma and liver cancer are becoming more widespread in Europe and the U.S. While both diseases progress very differently, they

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Oral anticoagulants plus antiplatelets associated with poor outcome in atrial fibrillation

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 anticoagulants, antiplatelets, associated, atrial, fibrillation, in, Oral, outcome, plus, poor, with

Combined oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy is associated with a worse prognosis than anticoagulation alone in newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation

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Video games designed to improve results of doctors making triage decisions

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 decisions, designed, Doctors, games, improve, making, of, results, to, triage, Video

A team of researchers with widely diverse backgrounds from several institutions in the U.S. has developed two video games designed

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Researchers call for open and respectful debate around Stanford Prison Experiment

August 28, 2018 and, around, call, debate, Experiment, for, open, Prison, Researchers, respectful, Stanford

Some of the world’s leading social psychologists, including Professor Stephen Reicher from the University of St Andrews, have called for

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Additional inhibitor can help anti-VEGF therapy overcome resistance in deadly brain cancer

August 27, 2018 Additional, anti-VEGF, brain, Can, cancer, deadly, help, in, inhibitor, overcome, resistance, therapy

Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor’s access to blood vessels could be the key to helping

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