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Echinacea for Preventing and Treating the Common Cold

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA JAMA Clinical Evidence Synopsis | February 10, 2015 ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | SUMMARY OF FINDINGS | DISCUSSION | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES Clinical Question  Are Echinacea products associated with a reduced incidence and a shorter duration of common colds compared with placebo? Bottom Line  Individual prophylaxis trials show no association with […]

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Diet Quality Declines Despite Increase in Healthy Food Consumption

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 21, 2015, Vol 313, No. 15 Over the last 2 decades, adults around the world modestly increased their intake of healthy dietary items, but this trend was exceeded by increases in consumption of unhealthy items, according to an analysis of global dietary patterns (Imamura F et al.Lancet Glob

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From Gene to Genome

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork   UCLA stakes an early claim to leadership in clinical genomic sequencing. Yes, the future does often exist somewhere. In the case of genomic medicine, that place is UCLA. I witnessed it firsthand when I participated last July in the eye-opening weekly case conference of our Clinical Genomics Center (CGC).

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Unraveling the Influence of Gut Microbes on the Mind

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA May 5, 2015, Vol 313, No. 17  Within the last decade, the phrase “gut feelings” has taken on a whole new meaning. Traditionally, scientists have focused on the role of the central nervous system in regulating our moods and behaviors, but a paradigm shift is afoot, with new research

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Having a Robot in an Ebola ward

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork In November, with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa showing no signs of slowing, the list of people climbing aboard planes to Liberia and Sierra Leone was not terribly long. Deborah Theobald, the co-founder of Cambridge-based health care company Vecna Technologies, was one of them. Accompanying her were two new

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Meditation Promotes Better Sleep in Older Adults

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Mindfulness meditation improved sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbance compared with a structured program focused on changing poor sleep habits and establishing a bedtime routine (Black DS et al. JAMA Intern Med. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8081 [published online February 16, 2015]).  

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Blood Pressure Control and Cognitive Performance

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Something to Think About With Aging May 19, 2015, Vol 313, No. 19 > Along with declining memory performance, elevation of systolic blood pressure and an increased prevalence of hypertension are expected consequences of advancing age. It is not surprising, therefore, to expect that the two processes may be

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Drones in Healthcare

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Follow us Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Drones in Healthcare I think the world has become fascinated by drones. I know I have. I got one for Christmas and it’s really fun to play with. The one I got is really hard to fly, but in many ways that makes it more fun. What a lot of people

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Race, Ethnicity, and the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Breast cancer is not one disease, and eliminating the disparities in outcomes requires improved understanding of biology and implementation of systemwide clinical innovation to deliver high-quality care to all women, one woman at a time. Representing 14.0% of all new cancer diagnoses, an estimated 232 670 new cases of breast

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Consuming—Not Avoiding—Peanuts Leads to Fewer Peanut Allergies in Kids

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 follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 28, 2015, Vol 313, No. 16 Anita Slomski, MA High-risk children who consumed peanut products from infancy until they were 5 years old were significantly less likely to develop a peanut allergy than those who avoided peanuts, according to the LEAP randomized trial (Du Toit G et al. N Engl

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