Drug Prices Rise Despite Calls for Cuts

Drug Prices Rise Despite Calls for Cuts 

online.wsj.com - BY JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF Even as government and private health plans push to restrain spending on medicines, the prices of brand name prescriptions are climbing rapidly, reaching the steepest rate of...

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A historical perspective of alternative medicine 

kevinmd.com - by Roberta BivinsAs a historian who writes about the controversial topic of ‘alternative medicine’, I get a lot of questions about whether this or that therapy ‘works’. Sometimes, these questions a...

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la difícil transición a la vida adulta 

pediatriabasadaenpruebas.com - La cardiología "de adultos" está cambiando en parte. Y ello es debido a los avances técnicos de la cardiología pediátrica: cada vez son más los niños que llegan a la vida adulta con una cardiopatía...

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'Pack-a-day' smokers fewer in California; lung cancer rates lower too 

latimes.com - A man smokes in Santa Monica, which now has ordinances banning cigarette smoking on the beach and on its Third Street Promenade. Strict policies in the state are credited with decreasing the smokin...

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Medical News: New Viral Illness in China Linked to Ticks 

medpagetoday.com - Action Points  Explain that a previously unrecognized severe febrile illness in China has been traced to a novel bunyavirus, possibly transmitted by tickNote that the illness is characterized by se...

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Platelet-Rich Plasma May Be An Option For Chase Utley 

huntsvilleprp.wordpress.com - It was reported this week in The Morning Call, that Philadelphia Phillies’ Chase Utley, has patellar tendinitis and chondromalacia (weakened or missing cartilage under the knee cap). Utley may be f...

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protein diets bad for your colon?

protein diets bad for your colon? Reuters 

reuters.com - By Amy Norton NEW YORK | Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:42pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets many people turn to for weight loss might have potentially harmful long-ter...

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Symposier - Music Therapy for Brain Cancer Patients -- Sloan 

symposier.com - Uploaded and shared in Youtube by: mskcc — Music therapy is offered to some cancer patients through Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Integrative Medicine Department. Music therapist Karen P...

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Why H1N1 Still Matters | VEOMED 

veomed.com - Facilitated by: Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds, Shane Joiner, Communication Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds, Presented by: Stephen C. Redd, MD, Michael ...

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Symposier - Chest x-ray, Right Paratracheal stripe 

symposier.com - Symposier.com is the technological platform that will allow you (and your colleagues) to share medical information, event calendars, clinical cases, new procedures and much more with medicine profe...

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New health statistics show Americans living longer

New health statistics show Americans living longer 

reuters.com - ATLANTA | Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:20pm EDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Life expectancy in the United States has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.In 2009...

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Parkinson's disease yields to experimental gene therapy 

latimes.com - By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times March 16, 2011, 5:38 p.m. A small-scale gene therapy trial conducted at seven U.S. medical centers has found that a single infusion of a specialized gene, piggyb...

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New Report Shows How You Get Addicted to Diet Soda 

articles.mercola.com - Surveys have found that people who drink diet beverages average more than 26 ounces per day, and some drink far more. About 3 percent of diet-soda drinkers have at least four daily.   Some may be a...

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Worried about radiation exposure? Get questions answered in this live chat.

Worried about radiation exposure? Get questions answered in this live chat. 

latimes.com - Join a Web chat Thursday about the effects of radiation with expert Keisuke Iwamoto. By Mary Forgione, Tribune Health March 16, 2011, 5:18 p.m. The radiation threat from Japan's nuclear reactors in...

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Breast Cancer Trial Tests Multiple Drugs Quickly 

symposier.com - Uploaded and Shared in Youtube by: mdandersonorg The Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private alliance that includes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and majo...

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ADHD May Boost Creativity in Adults 

webmd.com - Study Shows College Students With ADHD Score Higher on Tests That Measure Creativity March 15, 2011 -- An attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis can make many aspects of learning...

Effect of knee position on quadriceps muscle force steadiness and activation strategies

Effect of knee position on quadriceps muscle force steadiness and activation strategies

submitted by zaleono 3 hours ago

In this study we investigated the effect of knee position on quadriceps force steadiness and activation strategies. Quadriceps force steadiness was evaluated in 22 volunteers at two knee positions by testing their ability to regulate submaximal force. Muscle activation strategies were studied in both time and frequency domains using surface electromyography. Quadriceps force fluctuations and the associated agonist and antagonist activity were significantly higher at 90° than at 30° of flexion (P < 0.05). The quadriceps median frequency recorded at 30° was significantly higher than at 90° of flexion (P < 0.05). Regression analyses revealed that force steadiness was related to quadriceps activation and median frequency (P < 0.001), but not to hamstring coactivation (P > 0.05). The results indicate that knee position significantly affects quadriceps force steadiness and activation strategies. This finding may have important implications for designing a force control testing protocol and interpreting test results. Muscle Nerve, 2011

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