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A Quarter Of Children Who Sleep Fewer Than 10 Hours A Night Become Overweight By The Age Of 6
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Between the ages of six months and six years old, close to 90 percent of children have at least one sleep-related problem. Among the most common issues are night terrors, teeth-grinding and bed-wetting. For the majority, it's simply a stage that passes.
 
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Australia/New Zealand Join Forces On New Treatment Guidelines For Melanoma
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In a cross-Tasman first, Australia and New Zealand have collaborated with a joint approach to the development of treatment guidelines for cancer, to be launched today (19/11) at the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney.
 
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Patients Use Touchscreen Technology To Record Pain And Distress
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Cancer patients in Newcastle, NSW, have been taking part in a unique Australian trial to record levels of pain and distress using touchscreen technology. When out-patients see their doctor at Calvary Mater Newcastle, they use touchscreen computers to complete pain and distress "thermometers", as well as a brief psychological assessment.
 
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Rats Identify Specific Sounds In Noisy Environments, Help Researcher To Understand Human Hearing
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A study conducted on hundreds of rats could help us understand how the brain identifies specific sounds in a noisy environment. The investigation, soon to be published in the journal Brain, was conducted by Alex Martin of the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology. "Our ears have thousands of ciliated cells with different sensitivities," says Martin.
 
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Cognitive Workouts For Sports Champions Developed By Universite De Montreal Researchers
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All great athletes know that in order to perform well, they can't just depend on their physical capabilities. Speed and efficiency in decision-making are just as essential. Two researchers from the School of Optometry of the Université de Montréal have discovered how to train the brain of athletes to improve their overall athletic performance.
 
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Cancer Survival Rates Impact Type Of Web Communities Used By Patients
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Online support communities for high survival rate cancers contain a greater amount of emotional support content than online support communities for cancers with low survival rates, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
 
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Vitamin Boosts Immunity Against Skin Cancer
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Nicotinamide (VitB3), a vitamin found in common foods like meats, nuts, grains and cereals, may provide the next advance in skin cancer prevention, according to new research from the University of Sydney.
 
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Fluorescence Used To Develop Method For Detecting Mercury In Fish, Dental Amalgam
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a simple and quick method for detecting mercury in fish and dental samples, two substances at the center of public concern about mercury contamination.
 
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Some Pregnancy-Related Complications Minimized For Women Who Have Had Weight-Loss Surgery
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Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure-- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby--than pregnant women who are obese, according t
 
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Cultures On Different Page When It Comes To 'Informed Consent', CQ University Australia
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A research study has shown a considerable cultural difference between the beliefs of traditional Aboriginal and Western people in regards to 'informed consent' for medical procedures.
 
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