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ScienceDaily: Top News

ScienceDaily: Top News

Complementary medicine widely used to treat children with autism, developmental delay

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST

In a study of the range of treatments being employed for young children with autism and other developmental delays, researchers have found that families often use complementary and alternative medicine treatments and that the most frequent users of both conventional and complementary approaches are those with higher levels of parental education and income.

Study: Autophagy predicts which cancer cells live, die when faced with anti-cancer drugs

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 07:30 PM PST

When a tumor is treated with an anti-cancer drug, some cells die and, unfortunately, some cells tend to live. A study now details a possible difference between the susceptible and resistant cells: the rate at which cells are able to cleanse themselves via the process known as autophagy.

Two behavioral interventions help cancer patients struggling with sleep issues

Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:09 AM PST

Cancer patients who are struggling with sleep troubles, due in part to pain or side effects of treatment, can count on two behavioral interventions for relief – cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), researchers report in a new study published. While CBT-I is the gold standard of care, MBSR is an additional treatment approach that can also help improve sleep for cancer patients, the study found.

Are you listening? Kids' ear infections cost US health care system nearly $3 billion a year

Posted: 09 Jan 2014 02:54 PM PST

A new study finds that ear infections account for approximately $2.88 billion in added health care expenses annually and is a significant health-care utilization concern.
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