Profit motivated cigarette placement in movies
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 25 08
Financially lucrative commercial collaborations between tobacco companies and major motion picture studios beginning in the late 1920s are responsible for the smoking imagery so…
Not a Moment to Lose in Therapy for Acute Stroke
• Stroke • Sep 25 08
In an editorial response to a report in the September 25 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine on the efficacy of intravenous…
Calorie Restriction’s Effects May Differ in People
• Dieting • Sep 25 08
Calorie restriction, a diet that is low in calories and high in nutrition, may not be as effective at extending life in people…
Cocaine abuse in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Cocaine is a tropane ester alkaloid found in leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant, a bush that grows in the Andes Mountain region of…
Summary and Recommendations - Cocaine abuse in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Cocaine use is most prevalent in North and South America, and increasingly in Western Europe, especially among urban men aged 15 to 35 years.…
Treatment - Cocaine abuse in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Acute intoxication — Treatment of acute intoxication is presented separately.
Withdrawal — Cocaine withdrawal is treated by allowing the patient to sleep…
Screening and diagnosis - Cocaine abuse in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Screening — There are no broadly validated brief screening tests for cocaine abuse. Best studied are two tests modified from those used to…
Effects on specific organ systems - Cocaine abuse in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Central nervous system — Cocaine euphoria is associated with transient increases in EEG activity followed by longer-lasting increases in activity. Seizures may occur…
Clinical Effects of Cocaine in adults
• Cocaine abuse in adults • Sep 25 08
Acute intoxication — Typical cocaine doses are 12 to 15 g orally (coca leaf), 20 to 100 mg intranasally, 10 to 50 mg…
Seven Habits (To Break) Of Highly Effective People
• Gender: Male • • Neurology • Sep 24 08
During tough financial times, many people try to demonstrate their value at work by working harder and longer. But, if you don’t also make…
Caffeine Experts Call for Warning Labels for Energy Drinks
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 24 08
Johns Hopkins scientists who have spent decades researching the effects of caffeine report that a slew of caffeinated energy drinks now on the…
Caffeine Experts Call for Warning Labels for Energy Drinks
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 24 08
Johns Hopkins scientists who have spent decades researching the effects of caffeine report that a slew of caffeinated energy drinks now on the market…
‘Casual’ smokers have a greater risk of hazardous drinking and alcohol-use disorders
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 23 08
* Smokers are more likely to drink and drink heavily, and heavy smokers also tend to be heavy drinkers.
* New…
Research Shows Rehabilitation Benefits of Using Nintendo Wii
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 23 08
A UMDNJ case study focused on use of the Nintendo Wii for rehabilitation of a teen with cerebral palsy is believed to be the…
Severe Stress More Common Among Long-Term Cancer Survivors
• Neurology • Sep 23 08
Long-term survivors of adult cancers are almost twice as likely to report psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in…
Marijuana use in adults
• Addiction • • Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 22 08
“Marijuana” refers to the dried material (leaves, stems, seeds) of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa; this is the form used most commonly in the…
Study Shows Opioid Painkillers Help Workers with Low Back Pain
• Backache • • Pain • Sep 22 08
For workers with chronic low back pain, taking opioid pain medications can significantly improve their ability to lift and perform other work-related physical tasks,…
Immigrant Children Are More Likely to Lack Health Coverage
• Children's Health • Sep 22 08
Contrary to public perceptions, foreign-born children are increasingly uninsured, rather than publicly insured, in the wake of immigration policy changes, according to a study…
Study confirms benefit of combination therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 22 08
Extended treatment with Alzheimer’s disease drugs can significantly slow the rate at which the disorder advances, and combination therapy with two different classes of…
Researchers Profile Teens Who Seek Help to Quit Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 19 08
Teen smokers who volunteer for programs to help them quit are more hooked on tobacco than other teens who smoke, new West Virginia University…
Economic Fears Can Affect Dental Care
• Dental Health • Sep 19 08
Regular checkups and cleaning can save money in the end by heading off problems early. Nevertheless, when times get tough and people start losing…
New brain imaging shows effects of withdrawal on smokers
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 18 08
New research highlighted at a symposium during an annual meeting for family physicians shows how nicotine withdrawal creates functional changes in the brains of…
More hand-washing won’t curb hospital infections
• Infections • • Surgery • Sep 17 08
Although hand hygiene is an important method of hospital infection control, increasing the frequency of hand washing by doctors and other healthcare workers does…
Shorter hours mean fewer surgical mistakes: study
• Surgery • Sep 17 08
Surgical residents at a large teaching hospital who worked shorter shifts were less likely to make mistakes during gallbladder surgery, U.S. researchers said on…
Breastfeeding may boost post-baby weight loss
• Children's Health • • Weight Loss • Sep 17 08
New moms may be better able to return to their pre-pregnancy weight by exclusively breastfeeding their infants, according to new research.
“The practice of…