Use Caution with All Pain Medications
• Drug News • • Pain • • Stroke • May 31 07
Not long ago, choosing a pain reliever meant finding one that eased your pain without being too hard on the stomach. Now, research suggests…
Rotterdam bans cannabis-selling cafes near schools
• Children's Health • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 31 07
Almost half of Rotterdam’s coffee shops will be forced to stop selling cannabis because they are too close to secondary schools, Dutch news agency…
Dentists Need More Training in Oral Cancer Detection
• Cancer • • Dental Health • May 30 07
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at…
Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
• Stroke • May 30 07
Brain damage that occurs even days after a stroke, increasing stroke size and devastation, is the focus of researchers trying to identify new treatments.
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Increased smoking may be linked to asthma epidemic
• Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 28 07
More adults, especially women, are smoking these days and their secondhand smoke may be contributing to the asthma epidemic among children in the United…
Bird flu hits poultry near Vietnam capital
• Flu • • Public Health • May 28 07
Bird flu has hit another province in northern Vietnam despite government efforts to halt its spread, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.
Tests on…
FDA wants sale of unapproved cold drugs stopped
• Drug News • May 28 07
Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc. said U.S. health regulators asked companies to stop manufacturing and distributing unapproved timed-release dosage forms containing guaifenesin, used for treating…
Arthritis pain may change with the weather
• Arthritis • May 25 07
People who swear they can predict the weather by the pain in their arthritic knees may be right after all, a new study suggests.
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Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
• Arthritis • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • May 25 07
Coffee is a habit for more than 50 percent of Americans, who drink, on average, 2 cups per day. This widely consumed beverage is…
Telephone “Quitlines” May Help Dental Patients Stop Smoking
• Dental Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 07
Dentists may be able to help their patients stop smoking by referring them to tobacco-use telephone “quitlines,” according to a pilot study published in…
Link Between Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Conditions
• Bowel Problems • • Neurology • May 23 07
A decade-long study by neurologists at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock has found a link between the increasingly…
Passengers, not just mobile phones, contribute to road accidents
• Public Health • • Trauma & Injuries • May 22 07
The new study, by The George Institute for International Health, was designed to determine the risk of a crash associated with passenger carriage compared…
Chronic pain may impair your memory
• Pain • May 22 07
Chronic pain doesn’t just cause physical discomfort, it can also impair your memory and concentration.
Researchers at the University of Alberta’s Multidisciplinary Pain Centre…
Marijuana Worsens COPD Symptoms in Current Cigarette Smokers
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 21 07
Marijuana worsens breathing problems in current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007…
Red Wine Protects the Prostate
• Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Male • • Urine Problems • May 21 07
Researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely…
Cigarette Use May Explain Asthma Epidemic in Children
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 21 07
The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study published this…
Chronic Pain Can Drive You to Distraction
• Pain • May 18 07
Anyone who has experienced chronic pain knows that it affects the ability to work, sleep and perform other activities essential to leading a full…
Lowering Body Temperature Could Aid Standard Stroke Treatment
• Neurology • • Stroke • May 17 07
University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists have developed a model that could help physicians combine current clot-busting medication with below-normal body temperatures (hypothermia) to improve…
Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
• Children's Health • • Drug News • May 17 07
Scientists have found evidence that the cox-2 inhibitor celecoxib, a common pain reliever used to treat arthritis, may offer a new way to reduce…
US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
• Infections • • Trauma & Injuries • May 16 07
US soldiers in Iraq do not carry the bacteria responsible for difficult-to-treat wound infections found in military hospitals treating soldiers wounded in Iraq, according…
Chocolate Toothpaste? Extract of Tasty Treat Could Fight Tooth Decay
• Dental Health • • Food & Nutrition • May 16 07
For a healthy smile brush between meals, floss regularly and eat plenty of chocolate?
According to Tulane University doctoral candidate Arman Sadeghpour, an extract…
Smokeless cannabis delivery device efficient and less toxic
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 15 07
A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same levels of THC, the active therapeutic chemical, with the same biological effects as smoking cannabis without the…
Mid-Life Headaches May Increase Risk of Vision Problems
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Headaches • • Migraine • May 15 07
Middle-aged men and women with a history of migraine and other headaches are more likely to have retinopathy, damage to the retina of the…
Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy
• Gender: Male • • Urine Problems • May 14 07
Thousands of men facing surgical removal of the prostate due to cancer may someday have one less thing to worry about: post-surgical urinary incontinence.
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Protecting Your Eyes from Dangers of the Summer Sun
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Skin Care • May 09 07
The sun provides enjoyment, but over-exposure can damage your skin and your eyes.
The harm to your eyes comes from the ultraviolet (UV) light…