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Medical News Today: 11-23-2004
The same system that regulates blood pressure may also play a role in aging, according to new research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center... click link for more info.
As they sit down to their Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Americans will marvel at the cornucopia of food at their table... click link for more info.
Senior citizens continue to ignore professional advice on the need for exercise and a health diet, according to the third annual State of Aging and Health in America Report released today... click link for more info.
An overwhelming majority of pharmacies in England and Wales have voted in favour of the funding arrangements and service framework of the new pharmacy contractual framework... click link for more info.
NSAIDs, including COX-2 inhibitors, are of little use in osteoarthritis of the knee, according to new research... click link for more info.
Companies' per-worker health insurance costs in 2004 rose 7... click link for more info.
Cocaine addiction wreaks profound changes on the brain, hijacking reward circuits and depressing inhibitory loops to the point that drug seeking and taking become central drivers of behavior... click link for more info.
UK Minister for International Development Gareth Thomas on Monday was scheduled to give a speech in St... click link for more info.
With the onset of winter, a peak in activity of norovirus infection can be expected... click link for more info.
New tough plans to deal with patients who verbally abuse NHS staff have been launched in an attempt to improve morale within the health service... click link for more info.
Arla Foods has recalled a batch of its Café Met Mochalatte and Chocolatte low-fat sterilised milk drinks as a precautionary measure because of a production fault affecting the neck of the bottle... click link for more info.
A recent study has shown that early pulmonary rehabilitation after admission to hospital for acute exacerbations of COPD is safe and leads to statistically and clinically significant improvements in exercise capacity and health status at three months... click link for more info.
The EMEA (European Medicines Agency) took the initiative to organise a workshop on pain treatment in children... click link for more info.
During the fall and winter months, some people suffer from symptoms of depression that can appear gradually or that come on all at once... click link for more info.
Animals in the wild are constantly confronted with decisions where to nest, who to mate, where the best forage is... click link for more info.
Motorcycle-related injuries and deaths have been on the rise since 1997, and urban teaching hospitals are bearing the brunt of caring for those injured, according to a new nationwide study... click link for more info.
High-quality care for depression can improve productivity at work and lower rates of workplace absenteeism, according to a new report... click link for more info.
CancerBACUP comments on Commonwealth Fund of New York study"This research confirms what we know from callers to our helpline - patients are still not getting enough information to be properly involved in decisions about their treatment", says Joanne Rule, Chief Executive of CancerBACUP... click link for more info.
Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh announced today the Government of Canada's intention to enter into discussions on options for financial compensation to people who were infected with hepatitis C through the blood system before January 1, 1986, and after July 1, 1990... click link for more info.
If you want your baby to sleep well at night you should try taking him/her for an afternoon stroll... click link for more info.
Veteran patients who receive long-term opioid prescriptions generally are treated with modest and stable medication dosages, according to an article in the November 22 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
US researchers have found that back pain can shrink the thalamus, this is a part of the brain that helps you make decisions and interact with other people... click link for more info.
Paul Martin, Prime Minister, says that the Canadian government is renegotiating the 1998 hepatitis C compensation package... click link for more info.
Most enrollees in the World Trade Center Health Registry reported having one or more respiratory problems that either began or got worse in the weeks and months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, according to the latest quarterly report issued today by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)... click link for more info.
Cocoa has an ingredient called theobromine which is 30% more effective at stopping persistent coughs than codeine, say researchers from Imperial College, London, UK... click link for more info.
A survey released today in Australia has found that more than three-quarters of 12-year-olds have drunk alcohol at least once... click link for more info.
Doctors in Australia are concerned some lung cancer patients will be denied subsidised access to a new treatment that could potentially stabilise their disease and improve their quality of life... click link for more info.
The National Asthma Council of Australia says obesity worsens asthma symptoms... click link for more info.
Low-dose antioxidant supplementation may reduce the risk of cancer among men, but not in women, according to an article in the November 22 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals... click link for more info.
Rhabdomyolysis risk low with most statins, but combination therapy problematic; JAMA editors call for new approach to FDA's postmarketing surveillance... click link for more info.
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) will hold a conference tomorrow (23/11) to clarify the position of appraisal, revalidation and clinical governance in GPs' professional development... click link for more info.
New Academy study finds most Americans expect non-profit hospitals and health plans to be more trustworthy, but lower in quality, than their for-profit counterparts Many Americans have a low level of trust in hospitals and health plans overall, but tend to be most trusting of non-profit hospitals and health plans, according to new study co-authored by The New York Academy of Medicine and published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs... click link for more info.
Varian Medical Systems, Inc (NYSE: VAR), a world leader in X-ray tubes and a premier supplier of the PaxScan® line of flat-panel digital X-ray image detectors, will introduce two new PaxScan products at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago later this week: -- The PaxScan 2020 is designed for the cardiac and conventional C-arm market... click link for more info.
Two new studies indicate that for men with prostate cancer, PC Hope is associated with significant improvements in quality of life, reductions in patients' pain rating, and a decline in PSA levels without major side effects... click link for more info.
PDT delivers high efficacy and better cosmetic outcomes in Bowen's Disease compared to standard therapies - Data presented today at the 13th congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) show that 93% of Bowen's disease lesions treated with MAL-PDT achieved complete response compared to 86% and 83% for those treated with cryotherapy and 5-FU respectively... click link for more info.
Galderma today gave details of its extensive ongoing Phase IV clinical trial programme for Metvix® PDT involving more than 800 patients with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in 96 sites worldwide... click link for more info.
Nearly a quarter of adults or 12 million people in the UK are dependent on alcohol, according to new research... click link for more info.
Imaging studies of the brain when it is under the influence of alcohol reveal that different areas of the brain are impaired under high and low levels of alcohol, according to a Yale study published in Neuropsychopharmacology... click link for more info.
Researchers are using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to probe brain activity in search of the answer... click link for more info.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St... click link for more info.
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