Researchers ID brain abnormalities in children exposed to methamphetamine in utero
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: UCLA researchers used structural magnetic resonance imaging to show for the first time that individuals whose mothers abused methamphetamine during pregnancy (with or without alcohol abuse) had brain structural abnormalities that were more severe than...
Modified home video game shows promise for improving hand function in teens with cerebral palsy
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Rutgers engineers have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve their hand functions. In a pilot trial conducted by the Indiana University School of Medicine, the system improved...
How Health Reform Legislation Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries
From The Commonwealth Fund: This issue brief examines the provisions in the pending legislation and how each one would work to improve benefits, extend the fiscal solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, reduce pressure on the federal budget,...
Efforts to steer patients to lower-cost physicians may be based on misleading rankings, study finds
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Insurance practices that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs low are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according to a new study....
Long neglected nutritional training for doctors at all levels needed now
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The profession must take advantage of changes in medical education to ensure that all health professionals, but especially gut specialists, are given adequate training in nutrition, urge Dr Penny Nield and colleagues, in the launch...
Study: Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African-American children. This study...
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