Pharmacologic Effects and Mechanisms of Abuse and Dependence
• Cocaine Addiction • Mar 06 08
Cocaine is a stimulant as well as a local anesthetic with potent vasoconstrictor properties. It induces a complex pattern of subjective effects that have…
Cocaine and the Heart
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
Cocaine use has been associated with both acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases. These include acute myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia (both silent ischemia and ischemia…
Safe and Sound?
• Infections • • Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 06 08
It is no secret—MRSA kills. It is also no secret that MRSA is a huge ongoing obstacle facing all health-care professionals; orthpaedic surgeons are…
“She Can Do It!”
• Public Health • Mar 06 08
Today more than 90 percent of orthopaedic surgeons are men. This is a startling statistic given these facts: The number of women orthopaedic patients…
Secondhand Smoke a Risk for Children Worldwide
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 05 08
Parents worldwide are doing little to protect their children from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins…
Hospitals still not smoke-free
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 05 08
Although smoke-free policies have been introduced at all NHS Hospital Trusts a study by researchers at The University of Nottingham has found that smoking…
Sex Matters: From Sports to Life
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 05 08
We know men and women are different on the outside, but the differences on the inside are astronomical, as well. Today, orthopaedic surgeons are…
Back to Basics: Aspirin After Knee Surgery
• Drug News • • Surgery • Mar 05 08
Taking aspirin to prevent blood clots after knee surgery may be a safe and effective alternative to currently recommended treatments that are often costlier…
Millions of cosmetic procedures done in US in 2007
• Cosmetics • • Surgery • Mar 04 08
The annual report released Monday by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicates that 11.7 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the US…
“Lazy Eye” Treatment Shows Promise in Adults
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 04 08
New evidence from a laboratory study and a pilot clinical trial confirms the promise of a simple treatment for amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” according…
Drug use trends affect risk of marijuana in deviance prone boys, but not girls
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 08
When national drug use trends among adolescents go up or down, the risk of marijuana use among deviance-prone male youth also goes up or…
Blueberry and green tea containing supplement protects against stroke damage
• Dieting • • Neurology • • Stroke • Mar 04 08
A unique dietary supplement called NutraStem ® has been shown to have beneficial effects following experimental stroke. A nutritional supplement product, NutraStem also known…
Aromatherapy May Make You Feel Good, But It Won’t Make You Well
• Alternative Medicine • Mar 03 08
One of the most comprehensive investigations done to date on aromatherapy failed to show any improvement in either immune status, wound healing or…
Toxins in cigarette smoke prevent stem cells from becoming cartilage
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 08
A toxic pollutant spread by oil spills, forest fires and car exhaust is also present in cigarette smoke, and may represent a second way…
Virtual Gaming No Replacement for Real Exercise
• Children's Health • Mar 03 08
Video games like Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution can play an important role in getting kids off the couch and involved in physical…
Exercise after arthritis hospital stay cuts costs
• Arthritis • Feb 29 08
Arthritis sufferers who participate in three weeks of intensive exercise therapy after being hospitalized for their disease enjoy a better quality of life a…
Sex Differences Extend into the Brain
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Feb 29 08
What was once speculation is now being confirmed by scientists: the brains of women and men are different in more ways than one.
Discoveries…
Unrecognized Health Hazards of Smoking from a Hookah
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 29 08
A new fad among college students and other young people—smoking from a hookah—is raising public health concerns. The centuries-old tradition of smoking from a…
Hormone replacement therapy appears to have no effect on risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Endocrinology • Feb 29 08
Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more predominant in women, the reasons for this are unclear. Many studies have examined the effects of estrogen on…
Genetic Factors in Smoking Also Increase Risk of Chronic Bronchitis
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 29 08
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to…
Gene Expression Differences Between Those of Europeans and African Ancestry
• Genetics • Feb 28 08
Differences in gene expression levels between people of European versus African ancestry can affect how each group responds to certain drugs or fights off…
Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Worldwide Concern
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 28 08
Although secondhand smoke has been linked to death and illness, a new study suggests that parents around the world do very little to protect…
Headache common in people with GI trouble
• Headaches • • Migraine • Feb 28 08
The prevalence of headache is higher in people with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as nausea, acid reflux, diarrhea, and constipation, than in people who…
Degenerative Eye Disease More than Doubles Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Heart • • Stroke • Feb 28 08
The progressive eye disease, age related macular degeneration, or AMD for short, doubles the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke,…
Scientists discover how cigarette smoke causes cancer: Study points to new treatments, safer tobacco
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 28 08
Everyone has known for decades that that smoking can kill, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells…