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A new study found that water births are no more risky than land births, and that women in the water group sustain fewer first and second-degree tears.

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Keywords: Health, Parenting, Childbirth, Medicine, Midwifery

The Ray Charles Foundation has made an investment in the future, donatng $1 million to fund a new neurosurgery scholarship program at Cedars-Sinai. Under the direction of Dr. Keith Black, scholarship recipients will receive personalized, mentored research training from neurosciences faculty members while conducting their own research projects.

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Keywords: Ray Charles Foundation, Ray Charles, Keith Black, Keith L. Black, MD, Neurosurgery, Ray Charles Foundation Scholars Fund in Neurosurgery

They work in a bubble of 80-hour work weeks, and 24-hour shifts. But for first-year doctors who started their careers in the past few years, a new study shows that certain political events affected their mood just as much as the intense first weeks of their training had.

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Keywords: Politics, Medical Interns, mood, Depression, Medical Education, Residency

Mayo Clinic researchers will present findings at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Dec. 7–10 in Orlando. New Mayo Clinic studies to be presented include: DNA analysis identifies elevated risk factor for myeloma in individuals of African ancestry Study identifies more precise assessment measures for patients newly diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia Researchers develop method to assess cancer-fighting cell therapy's effectiveness

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Keywords: American Society Of Hematology, Cancer, Dr. Geffen Kleinstern, Dr. Linda Baughn, Dr. Reona Sakemura, Leukemia, Medical Research, Multiple Myeloma, Stem Cell

A study combining low-dose chemotherapy with a monoclonal antibody is effective for older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL.

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Keywords: ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Nicholas D.P Cosford, Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia

“Tips for Parents Who Learn Their Newborn Has Developmental Disability” provides information for both parents and various providers who work directly with parents and includes links to valuable resources.

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Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Director of the Mount Sinai Bone Program, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Keywords: Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), AAAS Fellows, Endocrinology, Bone Disease, skeletal biology, Aging, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Mone Zaidi, Bone Mass, energy metabolism, AAAS Annual Meeting

Deep DNA sequencing analysis conducted by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators examining genomic differences within tumors for prediction of disease relapse in certain hematologic malignancies has identified small mutations. These may help further guide treatment decision making for patients.

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Keywords: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, AML, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, MDs, Dna Sequencing, ASH annual meeting, Rutgers University, New Jersey