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The cells that line the arteries are able to produce C-reactive protein, according to a study.

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The World Champion Boston Red Sox are partnering with Sport in Society to train their players in gender violence prevention this week. Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society will be training Boston Red Sox minor league players at their Spring Training Facility in Fort Myers.

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New findings in mice may help explain the link between obesity and diabetes, and what it takes to turn an overweight person into one with diabetes. Leptin, a hormone already known for its role in appetite and weight gain, may play a major role.

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Three new studies show mixed results on the effects of epilepsy drugs taken during pregnancy.

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New technology for a pilot course on autism enables students to take classes anytime, anywhere via a hand-held Microsoft Windows' Creative Zen Portable Media Center, a device that can show videos, TV programs as well as play music.

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Thomas W. Burke, M.D., has been named Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, effective immediately. Burke has been a member of the M. D. Anderson faculty since 1988 and ad interim Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for nearly a year.

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New imaging technologies such as bioluminescence, using light-emitting substances from such sources as jellyfish and fireflies, show promise of radically changing medical diagnosis from a structural to a molecular basis.

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The proportion of patients who experienced deteriorating symptoms of heart failure while using the experimental Chronicle implantable monitor was reduced by 33 percent...

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In cancer, the mind may need mending long after the body heals. A national study of cancer patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation reveals cancer diagnosis and treatment has a profound and lasting emotional and physical impact that can persist for decades.

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In the largest and most comprehensive prospective study of its kind, researchers have concluded that the risk of ischemic heart disease and, ultimately, cardiac death following radiation treatment for breast cancer has steadily declined over the last quarter century.

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A survey of hospital leaders indicates that many have serious reservations about a mandatory error reporting system, including that it would discourage event reporting and increase the risk of lawsuits, according to a study.

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There are substantial differences between European countries in the potentially inappropriate use of medications among elderly home care patients, according to a study.

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Patients who took vitamin E supplements for about 7 years did not have their risk of cancer or cardiovascular events significantly reduced, and in fact some had an increased risk of heart failure, according to a study.

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Although the type and intensity of treatment for acute myocardial infarction varies widely across the country, elderly patients who receive intensive medical treatment may have comparable survival as those who undergo invasive cardiac procedures, according to a study.

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Timing is everything when it comes to killing prostate cancer cells with specially tailored vaccines, say scientists testing the drugs in mice at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

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Researchers have successfully applied an innovative computer modeling technique to predicting how protein molecules will behave in response to different environmental conditions.

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Members of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology will converge on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., this week for the Society's second annual legislative training and advocacy program.

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It's no longer an ancient Chinese secret. A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is putting a new spin on an old exercise. The T'ai Chi Fundamentals program takes the centuries-old martial arts exercise and transforms it into a useful tool for rehabilitation.

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Outpatient gastric bypass surgery, aortic dissection, and a new way to diagnose sciatica, are all featured topics in this month's tipsheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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President Bush has called upon the medical community to switch from paper to electronic health records within 10 years. In response, the health care community is building a national electronic network. This release covers efforts starting in Pennsylvania.