| Date: Nov 20, 2009
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Children's sleep position appears correlated with the location of deformational plagiocephaly, which typically presents as a flat spot on the back of the skull, according to research published online Nov. 16 in Pediatrics.
Date: Nov 20, 2009
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Important practice setting differences exist in the use and availability of trained medical interpreters and telephone interpretation services for communicating with limited English proficient patients, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in Health Services Research.
Date: Nov 20, 2009
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Treatments that address deficient norepinephrine-mediated neurotransmission could treat cognitive dysfunction in Down's syndrome, according to the results of animal research published in the Nov. 18 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
Date: Nov 19, 2009
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New developments in eating disorders, including research on the biological contributions to illness onset and maintenance, may have important implications for clinicians, according to a Seminar published online Nov. 19 in The Lancet.
Date: Nov 16, 2009
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Sexual satisfaction is associated with better psychological well-being in women, underscoring the importance of sexual function to women's overall health, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Date: Nov 16, 2009
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The rate at which individuals eat a meal may affect the postprandial response of gut peptides, according to a crossover study conducted in Greece and published online Oct. 29 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Date: Nov 13, 2009
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Early intervention and youth development programs can reduce the risk of teenage pregnancy, but they do not tackle larger-scale societal and family influences on early parenthood, according to a study published Nov. 12 in BMJ.
Date: Nov 12, 2009
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A group intervention aimed at reducing alcohol and sexual risk behaviors in adolescents in juvenile detention centers may alter risky behaviors, according to a randomized, controlled study published online Nov. 9 in Pediatrics.
Date: Nov 10, 2009
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Children with autism spectrum disorders have worse handwriting than children without the condition, and can benefit from special handwriting instruction and fine motor control training, according to a study in the Nov. 10 issue of Neurology.
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