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From Focus:
Common
Genetic Variant Dampens Pain
In a recent study, Clifford Woolf and colleagues identify a biochemical pathway
that helps control how animals respond to pain. The pathway changes the levels
of neurotransmitter production in cells and, when overactive, may lead to pain
hypersensitivity. The researchers also reveal a genetic variation in some humans
that is associated with lower pain sensitivity and a faster recovery from surgery.
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Personally Controlled Health Records:
Are They the Next Big Thing?
The push to create personally controlled health records may be
on the brink of going public in the same way that personal computers
and the internet did. In fact, the momentum is so great that
the effort could be at risk of fragmenting, with companies and
institutions producing a dizzying array of personally controlled
health records. At a recent conference—organized by (from
left) Isaac Kohane, William Crawford, Kenneth Mandl, and colleagues—representatives
from government, business, and the health care industry met to
turn the potentially divisive field into a collaborative enterprise.
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Breaking the Code: An Intern
Takes Role in Hospital Emergency
Interns may not have the experience and patient information
that other members of their hospital team have, says Nicole
Martin. But they still may have to step in and handle a life-or-death
situation. She did.
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