Coated Aspirin Has Same Effect on Stomach as Plain Aspirin
• Bowel Problems • • Drug News • Jul 31 07
Some people take aspirin without ever having a problem with their stomach. Others develop low-grade stomach pain or get an ulcer. A few develop…
Impact on Lungs of One Cannabis Joint Equal to Up to Five Cigarettes
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 31 07
A single cannabis joint has the same effect on the lungs as smoking up to five cigarettes in one go, indicates research published ahead…
Etoricoxib and naproxen effective for arthritis
• Arthritis • • Drug News • Jul 30 07
The COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib and the older agent naproxen are both safe and effective for the treatment of arthritis, according to a report in…
Multiple Sclerosis Gene Uncovered After 30-year Search
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jul 30 07
For the first time in more than three decades, a multi-center team of researchers has uncovered a gene linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) that…
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 07
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of…
More Fish Oil, Less Vegetable Oil, Better for Your Health
• Dieting • Jul 26 07
Scientists have provided new evidence that using more fish oil than vegetable oil in the diet decreases the formation of chemicals called prostanoids, which,…
Infant Hearing Test Results May Predict Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Children's Health • Jul 26 07
One of the greatest medical mysteries of our time has taken a leap forward in medical understanding with new study results announced by Dr.…
Study Identifies New Gene Therapy Tools for Inherited Blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 26 07
An improved approach to gene therapy may one day treat some of the nearly 200 inherited forms of blindness, scientists at Washington University School…
Malt Liquor Linked to Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 26 07
Drinking malt liquor - the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens - may put young adults at increased risk for alcohol problems and…
Viagra’s Other Uses
• Drug News • • Heart • Jul 26 07
Viagra is now being used to treat not only erectile dysfunction (ED) but also pulmonary hypertension. And the drug may have potential for treating…
Eat fish—especially if you drink high levels of alcohol
• Dieting • Jul 25 07
Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are a necessary part of an individual’s healthy diet.
New findings indicate that binge-drinking men have lower intakes…
Learning a second language—Is it all in your head?
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 25 07
Think you haven’t got the aptitude to learn a foreign language? New research led by Northwestern University neuroscientists suggests that the problem, quite literally,…
Childhood Sun Exposure May Lower Risk of MS
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Jul 24 07
People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who…
Poor Health Literacy Associated With Increased Mortality in the Elderly
• Public Health • Jul 23 07
Older adults who cannot read and understand basic health information appear to have increased mortality rates over a five-year period than those with adequate…
Nicotine Rush Hinges on Sugar in Neurons
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 22 07
When nicotine binds to a neuron, how does the cell know to send the signal that announces a smoker’s high?
As with other questions…
Investigating the causes of Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Jul 20 07
A University of Nottingham researcher has been awarded more than £440,000 by the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) to investigate the causes of the condition.
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Improvement following ADHD treatment sustained in most children
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 20 07
Most children treated in a variety of ways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed sustained improvement after three years in a major follow-up…
Advice, devices ineffective in preventing worker back pain
• Backache • Jul 19 07
Back pain is the number one cause of worker-compensation complaints, second only to the common cold in causing lost workdays. Consequently, employers and regulators…
“Preconditioning” Helps Protect Brain’s Blood Vessels from Stroke
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jul 19 07
Challenging brain tissue with a small noxious stimulus beforehand gives it a resilience that can lessen damage to blood vessels during a stroke, report…
Gene Identified for Crohn’s Disease in Children
• Bowel Problems • • Genetics • Jul 19 07
Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child’s risk of Crohn’s disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of…
Very Young Babies Vulnerable to Sudden Death While Seated
• Children's Health • Jul 19 07
Very young babies are vulnerable to sudden death, when seated, warns a study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
…
Safer Cigarettes Coming Soon?
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 18 07
The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more…
Prognostic factors for tobacco consumption reduction after relapse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 17 07
It is not properly estimated the cigarette consumption after a relapse compared with the consumption before a smoking cessation therapy. The aim of this…
Flat Feet Can Slow Down Back to School Kids
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 17 07
The first few weeks of school are always difficult for children transitioning from the lazy days of summer to the rigorous schedule of classes…
Screenings Help Detect Eye Problems Early
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 17 07
Experts recommend routine eye screening in all infants before they leave the hospital and at all well-child visits.
Pediatricians look for abnormalities in the…