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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: University of New Mexico, Health and Medical Professionals, Autism, Symptoms, Behavioral Conditions
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Science, Autism, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns
Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Sports, Swimming, Diarrhea
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Healthcare Provider
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Military, Epidemics and Plagues, U.S. Army, Explosions
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Drone is catapulted off aircraft carrier in milestone flight test
In a historic feat for the U.S. Navy, a stealthy bat-winged drone was catapulted off an aircraft carrier's flight deck before it soared above the Atlantic and into the blue sky. On Tuesday morning, the X-47B experimental drone was launched from the...
Tags: U.S. Navy, Military Equipment, Aircraft Carriers, George H.W. Bush
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Starbucks Corp., Human Interest, Science, Nobel Prize Awards
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The specter of human cloning
A breakthrough in stem cell research has again raised the specter of human cloning. The discovery by a team at Oregon Health and Science University moves the world incrementally closer to that result, but its more immediate effect will be to spur...
Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Research, Food and Drug Administration
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Study casts doubt on some findings about sodium
Are Americans getting mixed messages about how much sodium they should be consuming? Lately, yes, and some of those messages are muddled because studies themselves are muddled, a panel of doctors has concluded. The Institute of Medicine panel...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Failure, Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
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The curious mouse builds up personality, researchers find
Researchers working with identical twin mice say the adult brain continues to grow with the challenges it faces – and with a willingness to create those challenges. Scientists in Germany put 40 twin mice in an enclosure that offered all sorts of...
Tags: Germany, Science and Technology
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Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and gene patents
It's hard to imagine Supreme Court justices paying much attention to the travails of Hollywood's rich and famous. Still, there's an interesting connection between Angelina Jolie's disclosure Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy and a case the...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Benghazi, Ovarian Cancer, Genetic Engineering, Breast Cancer
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biotechnology Industry, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Benghazi, Genetics
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