Purdue-IU researchers explore new method for early disease diagnosis

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Purdue University researchers worked with the Indiana University School of Medicine to establish a technique that provides a new approach for detecting a number of genetic disorders found in infants and young children.

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How to forget your unhappy past

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Researchers say their findings might lead to a way to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety to gain control of debilitating memories.

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Axis I and II disorders as long-term predictors of mental distress: A six-year prospective follow-up of substance-dependent patients

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"These results underscore the importance of diagnosing and treating both substance-use disorder and non-substance-use disorder Axis I and Axis II disorders in the same programme. "

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Cochlear Implant Restores Hearing To Patient With Rare Genetic Disorder

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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have, for the first time, used a “bionic” ear to restore hearing in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease. They say this advance offers new hope for individuals with the rare disorder, which can produce non-malignant tumors in ears, as well as in the eyes, brain, and kidneys.

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Williams Syndrome Across Cultures

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. The concept of "DNA as fate" quickly breaks down - it's been long accepted that both genes and the environment shape human behavior. Williams syndrome to provide clues to some of the mysteries of the genetic basis of behavior. Despite the differences in upbringing, in both countries children with Williams syndrome were rated significantly higher in global sociability and their tendency to approach strangers than were their typically developing counterparts. The research were settled on two vastly differing environments: the United States and Japan,

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