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May 17, 2013
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According to a CDC report, 1 in 5 children ages 3 to 17 has a mental illness, and an article in Bloomberg News reports that $247 billion are spent each year treating these patients. This figure is increasing “along with the number of kids hospitalized for mood disorders, substance abuse and other...
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Human Sweat Found to Attract More Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes
A new study in PLoS ONE finds that infection with the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum causes alterations in behavioral responses to host-derived olfactory stimuli in host-seeking female Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto mosquitoes. Researchers found “significantly more infected mosquitoes...
An article in Bloomberg News poses the question “Should patients undergoing broad DNA testing for a specific ailment be told of unexpected findings that signal risk of cancer or other serious diseases, even if they don’t request the information?” A team of ethicists explained that...
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