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How Noise And Nervous System Get In Way Of Reading Skills
A child"s brain has to work overtime in a noisy classroom to do its typical but very important job of distinguishing sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language and reading.

Genzyme And Isis Announce That Mipomersen Phase 3 Study In Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Met Primary Endpoint
Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ) and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) today announced that the phase 3 study of mipomersen in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) met its primary endpoint, with a 25 percent reduction in LDL cholesterol after 26 weeks of treatment, vs. 3 percent for placebo (pAbout Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
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Thyroid Journal: First Comprehensive Guidelines For Managing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
New guidelines designed to standardize and optimize the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC), an uncommon and challenging form of thyroid cancer, have been developed by the American Thyroid Association and published online ahead of print in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The guidelines are available free online at http://www.liebertpub.com/thy.
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A Catalyst For Public Debate: Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, And Accountability

An independent large study conducted by MEDCO Health Solutions Inc. found that women treated with tamoxifen for breast cancer doubled the risk of the disease returning if they used antidepressants--in particular, Paxil and Prozac. The researchers used medical records to identify 353 women taking tamoxifen plus other drugs that might interfere with it, and 945 women taking tamoxifen alone. Those taking a drug combo did so for about a year on average. Next, researchers checked to see how many were treated for second cancers in the following two years. "Breast cancer recurred in about 7 percent of women on tamoxifen alone, and in 14 percent of women also taking the antidepressants Paxil and Prozac, and, to a lesser extent, Zoloft." Medco"s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Epstein, said: If women want to take an antidepressant, "you probably want to stay away from those three." Alliance For Human Research Protection


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