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Jennie Spotila looks forward to the next meeting of the CFS Advisory Committee – and explains how you can participate.
Current Members of the CFS Advisory Committee
The spring meeting of the CFS Advisory Committee is May 22-23, and we only have a few weeks to prepare. The agenda is not available yet, but we do know about a few new things happening at the meeting.
New Members
There will be some new faces at the table. Rebecca Collier, RN has been appointed to replace Dr. Jacqueline Rose,
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Welcome to the new Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss (SICHL) website. If you are new to the site, please watch the video on the homepage to hear Dr. Jackler, Sewall Professor and Chair Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery), discuss SICHL and his vision of a world in which hearing loss is a thing …
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A new study suggests that hypertensive teenagers have higher academic achievement and fewer emotional and behavioral problems than peers with normal blood pressure.
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Two studies have found that depression and the use of certain antidepressants are associated with increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection, an increasingly common cause of diarrhea that in the worst cases can be fatal.
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My excitement for science stems from a passion to help eliminate the social stigma surrounding mental disorders. Mental disorders plague 26% of adults and 13% of children (8-15 yrs) in the United States within a 12-month period. Some are treated quietly and recover quickly. Medications cannot control the symptoms of others and so they are labeled as lazy, rather than depressed, or crazy, rather than as someone suffering from schizophrenia. I’ve encountered many people who believe that if
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Tweet If you had a chance to read Steve Brill’s enormous piece on outrageous hospital bills in Time earlier this year, you probably found it an eye-opener. Speaking before Physicians for a National Health Program meeting in New York last … Continue reading →
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Most Penn Medicine CAREs grants expand existing programs or start new ones that support community health. In the case of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Violence Intervention Program, a CAREs grant extends a program already making a difference that may not have received enough funding otherwise. After a young...
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A recent article in the LA times tells of a husband’s quest to find a treatment for his wife’s Alzheimer’s disease. This is a narrative that journalists know and love – the brave patient or loved-one who won’t accept the nihilism of the medical establishment, who finds a maverick doctor willing to buck the system. [...]
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Depression has become a common medical issue worldwide. Conventional treatments, generally, have not been effective in preventing recurrence of this condition. SSRIs can take months to provide a beneficial effect. Adverse side effects of antidepressant medications are a further concern, based on individual physical and mental health status. Additionally, in order to achieve remission, the [...]
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In a new study published in the journal Cell, a synthetic form of vitamin D, calcipotriol, deactivates the formation of fibrotic proteins in mouse liver cells, suggesting a potential new therapy for fibrotic diseases in humans. Liver fibrosis results from … Continue reading →
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How the heck do you measure health? At first glance it seems pretty overwhelming. That's because something like "How healthy are we?" Is a big, hazy question that's hard to out your finger on. You might as well ask people what love means, or whether they believe in unicorns. But if you start narrowing down your definitions a bit, it becomes quite a simple task - who do you mean by "we"? "How healthy" in what terms? Whether we have gum... Read more
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disease affecting more than 27 million people in the U. S, globally causing moderate to severe disability in more than 40 million people. In the past decade, stem cells have shown great promise in treating OA. Yesterday, researchers at the University of Bristol announced that they have created a 'smart material', composed of silk and cellulose, that according to them paves the wave for both affordable and effective cell based treatments for cartilage
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Singh, N., Rahatekar, S., Koziol, K., Ng, T., Patil, A., Mann, S., Hollander, A. & Kafienah, W. (2013). Directing Chondrogenesis of Stem Cells with Specific Blends of Cellulose and Silk, Biomacromolecules, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1021/bm301762p
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The lawsuit claims Monster violates California law by marketing highly-caffeinated drinks to children, despite scientific findings that such products may cause "significant morbidity in adolescents."
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Demand for GMO-free labeling seems set to continue to grow as a global marketing tool.
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California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has proposed reforms "to strengthen and restore the intent of Proposition 65."
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Winning streaks in sports may be real and not merely magical thinking, several new studies suggest.
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The theme of Better Hearing and Speech Month 2013 is “Helping People Communicate.” We here at SICHL are dedicated to that very topic, as a key part of helping people to communicate is – helping them to hear. As a part of marking this month, we will be sharing with …
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If Valium makes you groggy, and Ambien makes you sleepwalk…
A compound that blocks a brain receptor you probably have never heard of may hold the key to the next generation of sleeping pills—and there is always a next generation of sleeping pills.
A new class of hypnotic compounds that serve as antagonists for the neurotransmitter orexin may combat insomnia without the “confusional arousals” that have come to plague some users of zolpidem, otherwise known as Ambien. Sleepwalking, […]
Uslaner J.M., Tye S.J., Eddins D.M., Wang X., Fox S.V., Savitz A.T., Binns J., Cannon C.E., Garson S.L. & Yao L. & (2013). Orexin Receptor Antagonists Differ from Standard Sleep Drugs by Promoting Sleep at Doses That Do Not Disrupt Cognition, Science Translational Medicine, 5 (179) 179ra44-179ra44. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005213
