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How and when do we learn to talk:Why German and French babies cry differently

Prof. Angela D. Friederici,of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig talks about Language Acquisition. She asserts that babies learn language right from birth,even cry with the intonations of their mother tongue.

Source:How and when do we learn to talk? | Tomorrow Today –Interview –[...]

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Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings:cluster randomised controlled trial.

BMJ. 2013 May 13;346:f2882. doi:10.1136/bmj.f2882.OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of an intervention to enhance self management support for patients with chronic conditions in UK primary care. DESIGN:Pragmatic,two arm,cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:General practices,serving a population in northwest England with high levels of deprivation. PARTICIPANTS:5599 patients with a diagnosis [...]

Top medicine articles for April-May 2013

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine for April-May 2013:

Antibiotics for COPD exacerbations:Further Evidence of Benefit http://buff.ly/WOANHG

Diet does not work:substituting dietary linoleic acid in place of saturated fats increased the rates of death –BMJ http://buff.ly/WOAZH5

The Physician in US Cigarette Advertisements,1930–1953 (illustrated review) http://1.usa.gov/VcuA7W [...]

CDC urges doctors to help patients quit smoking

WASHINGTON – Doctors need to step up their efforts to counsel patients on smoking cessation.

That was the message from officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and primary care…

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Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings:cluster randomised controlled trial.

BMJ. 2013 May 13;346:f2882. doi:10.1136/bmj.f2882.OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of an intervention to enhance self management support for patients with chronic conditions in UK primary care. DESIGN:Pragmatic,two arm,cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING:General practices,serving a population in northwest England with high levels of deprivation. PARTICIPANTS:5599 patients with a diagnosis [...]

Once-daily initiation of basal insulin as add-on to metformin:a 26-week,randomized,treat-to-target trial comparing insulin detemir with insulin glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Obes Metab. 2013 Feb 19. doi:10.1111/dom.12083.AIMS:This study assessed the efficacy and safety of once-daily insulin initiation using insulin detemir (detemir) or insulin glargine (glargine) added to existing metformin in type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS:This 26-week,multinational,randomized,treat-to-target trial involved 457 insulin-naive adults with T2D (HbA1c 7-9%). Detemir or glargine was [...]

EU Regulators Recommend Withdrawing Almitrine

The benefits of almitrine in managing COPD no longer outweigh the risks of marked weight gain and peripheral neuropathy,given alternative treatments,a committee of the European Medicines Agency said. News Alerts Medscape Today Headlines

CMS offers $1 billion for health innovators

Got a better way to deliver and pay for health care? If so,the feds have a billion dollars worth of grants you can apply for.

The $ 1 billion is the second round of Health Care Innovation Awards…

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Dialysis:Guidelines May Reduce Bloodstream Infections

A quality improvement plan developed by the CDC is associated with a reduction in access-site-related bloodstream infections among patients receiving hemodialysis. Medscape Medical News Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines