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(Yale University) In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study.

The findings are published in the March 2012 issue of Pediatrics published online Feb. 6.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have obtained new evidence that at least some persistent stuttering is caused by mutations in a gene governing not speech, but a metabolic pathway involved in recycling old cell parts.

Beyond a simple association, the study provides the first evidence that mutations affecting cellular recycling centers called lysosomes actually play a role in causing some people to stutter.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Even members of the lay public who have received CPR training are confused about how to perform the lifesaving skill and say they don't have confidence in their ability to do it properly, according to a study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania which will be presented today at the American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions.

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Patients who have high-risk non-melanoma skin carcinomas of the head and neck may benefit from concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy, according to a UNC-led study.

Their study is the first to report on multiple patients with these skin carcinomas treated simultaneously with radio- and chemotherapy.

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) A new type of nanoparticle developed in the laboratories at the University of North Carolina has shown potential for more effective delivery of chemotherapy to treat cancer.

(Washington University School of Medicine) The same trait that makes a rare immune cell invaluable in fighting some infections also can be exploited by other diseases to cause harm, two new studies show.

(Northwestern University) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers have received a $762,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to tailor drug treatments to patients' genomic information.

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) A new finding based on multiple collaborations between UNC and Duke scientists over several years points to new avenues for investigation of cell metabolism that may provide insights into diseases ranging from neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease to certain types of cancers.

(Washington University School of Medicine) High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis.

(Washington University School of Medicine) Measuring oxygen during eye surgery, investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis have discovered a potential reason that African-Americans are at higher risk of getting glaucoma than Caucasians.

They found that oxygen levels are significantly higher in the eyes of African-Americans with glaucoma than in Caucasians.