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• Study of self-awareness in MS has implications for rehabilitation
• It does not always need to be antibiotics: healthy pig breeding
• Cognitive-behavioral coping skills training has positive effects on rheumatoid arthritis
• New enzyme targets for selective cancer therapies
• Many in U.S. lack knowledge about Ebola, its transmission, poll finds
• Sequence of rare kidney cancer reveals unique alterations involving telomerase
• Mindfulness-based depression therapy reduces health care visits

Study of self-awareness in MS has implications for rehabilitation Posted: 23 Aug 2014 06:43 AM PDT Persons with MS may be able to improve their self-awareness through task-oriented cognitive rehabilitation, a study shows. Self-awareness is one's ability to recognize cognitive problems caused by brain injury. This is the first study of self-awareness in MS that includes assessment of online awareness, as well as metacognitive awareness.

It does not always need to be antibiotics: healthy pig breeding Posted: 23 Aug 2014 06:43 AM PDT The application of antibiotics can be reduced in pig breeding by using antimicrobial peptides, researchers have found. Researchers investigated the application of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) as substitutes for antibiotics in liquid sperm preservation. They were able to show that AMPs fight bacteria effectively in test tubes, and also that two of the investigated AMPs suppressed bacterial growth in liquid preserved semen preparations if combined with a small amount of the antibiotic "gentamicin." The sperm quality was not impeded by this addition.

Cognitive-behavioral coping skills training has positive effects on rheumatoid arthritis Posted: 23 Aug 2014 06:42 AM PDT Two psychological interventions have been separately and in combination been studied to determine their effectiveness in offering relief to RA patients. Cognitive-behavioral coping skills training trains patients in various cognitive and behavioral techniques or skills to enhance their ability to cope with pain and improve their behavioral and psychological functioning.

New enzyme targets for selective cancer therapies Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:29 AM PDT Compounds that target brain cancer have been recently developed by researchers. The team synthesized a first-of-its-kind inhibitor that prevents the activity of an enzyme called neuraminidase. Although flu viruses use enzymes with the same mechanism as part of the process of infection, human cells use their own forms of the enzyme in many biological processes.

Many in U.S. lack knowledge about Ebola, its transmission, poll finds Posted: 22 Aug 2014 06:42 AM PDT Although the Centers for Disease and Prevention reports no known cases of Ebola transmission in the U.S., a poll shows that four in 10 adults in the U.S. are concerned that there will be a large outbreak in the country, and one-quarter are concerned that they or someone in their immediate family may get sick with Ebola over the next year.

Sequence of rare kidney cancer reveals unique alterations involving telomerase Posted: 21 Aug 2014 09:48 AM PDT Clues about genetic alterations that may contribute to a rare form of kidney cancer have been discovered by an international scientific collaboration of researchers, providing new insights not only into this rare cancer but other types as well.

Mindfulness-based depression therapy reduces health care visits Posted: 21 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT A mindfulness-based therapy for depression has the added benefit of reducing health-care visits among patients who often see their family doctors, according to a new study. The research showed that frequent health service users who received mindfulness-based cognitive therapy showed a significant reduction in non-mental health care visits over a one-year period, compared with those who received other types of group therapy.

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