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Physician views of self-monitoring blood glucose in patients not on insulin

July 10, 2018 Blood, glucose, in, insulin, not, of, on, patients, Physician, self-monitoring, views

Physicians continue to recommend routine self-monitoring of blood glucose for patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes, in spite of

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Training program for dealing with behavioral problems is available as iPhone application

July 10, 2018 application, As, available, behavioral, dealing, for, iPhone, is, problems, program, Training, with

If you watch a child with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or even a typical child engaging in disruptive behavior, would

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Change health messaging to focus on potential impact to help stop the next pandemic

July 9, 2018 Change, focus, health, help, impact, messaging, Next, on, pandemic, potential, Stop, the, to

Changing public health messaging to focus on the impact of our actions—for example the potentially harmful impact of infecting a

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Environmental impact passed on to offspring

July 9, 2018 Environmental, impact, offspring, on, passed, to

Anyone with lots of brown adipose tissue, or brown fat, can count themselves lucky: this tissue—which is found in some

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Listeria monocytogenes multi-country outbreak: 47 cases including 9 deaths

July 7, 2018 47, 9, cases, deaths, including, Listeria, monocytogenes, multi-country, outbreak:

Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables produced in a company in Hungary are the likely source of an outbreak

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Nucleus tuberalis lateralis found to play a central role in regulating eating behavior

July 6, 2018 A, Behavior, central, eating, found, in, lateralis, Nucleus, Play, regulating, role, to, tuberalis

A team of researchers from China and Singapore has discovered a region in the brain that appears to play a

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A peek behind the curtain: Prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD

July 6, 2018 A, behind, curtain:, exposure, for, peek, Prolonged, PTSD, the, therapy

Post-traumatic stress disorder can be debilitating, but there are therapies that can reduce symptoms, improve quality of life, and help

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Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy

July 6, 2018 As, cancer, effective, or, prostate, radiotherapy, surgery, treatment, ultrasound

Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with

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Mental health burden for Indigenous Australians exceeds estimates

July 5, 2018 Australians, burden, estimates, exceeds, for, health, Indigenous, Mental

Mental health disorders are four to seven times more common among Indigenous adults than other Australians, University of Queensland researchers

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FDA permits marketing of devices to create arteriovenous fistula

July 5, 2018 arteriovenous, create, devices, FDA, fistula, marketing, of, permits, to

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has permitted marketing of two catheter-based devices designed to create an arteriovenous (AV) fistula

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