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Higher Dose of Clot-Buster Is Better Before Artery Procedure (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Cardiologists should be giving more of the clot-preventing drug Plavix than is now recommended before performing the artery-opening procedure called angioplasty, a new study says. ...

read more Cardiologists should be giving more of the clot-preventing drug Plavix than is now recommended before performing the artery-opening procedure called angioplasty, a new study says. read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Proposal to Give FDA More Muscle Gets Mixed Reviews (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
A U.S. Senate bill that offers up the prospect of enhanced powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its dealings with the pharmaceutical industry is drawing both praise and criticism from health experts. ...

read more A U.S. Senate bill that offers up the prospect of enhanced powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its dealings with the pharmaceutical industry is drawing both praise and criticism from health experts. read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Proposal to Give FDA More Muscle Gets Mixed Reviews (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
A U.S. Senate bill that offers up the prospect of enhanced powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its dealings with the pharmaceutical industry is drawing both praise and criticism from health experts. ...

read more A U.S. Senate bill that offers up the prospect of enhanced powers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its dealings with the pharmaceutical industry is drawing both praise and criticism from health experts. read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Worksite Health Programs Boost the Bottom Line: Study (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Workplace health programs can help employees better control their blood pressure and diabetes, and that can benefit employers, too, a new U.S. study finds. ...

read more Workplace health programs can help employees better control their blood pressure and diabetes, and that can benefit employers, too, a new U.S. study finds. read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Worksite Health Programs Boost the Bottom Line: Study (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Workplace health programs can help employees better control their blood pressure and diabetes, and that can benefit employers, too, a new U.S. study finds. ...

read more Workplace health programs can help employees better control their blood pressure and diabetes, and that can benefit employers, too, a new U.S. study finds. read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

More Than 10% of U.S. Adults Develop Drug Problems (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Ten percent of American adults abuse drugs at some point in their lives, including 2.6 percent who become dependent on drugs, according to a new federal report. ...

read more Ten percent of American adults abuse drugs at some point in their lives, including 2.6 percent who become dependent on drugs, according to a new federal report. read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Clot-Preventing Drug Improves Heart Blood Flow After Angioplasty (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Infusing the clot-preventing drug streptokinase improved blood flow in the tiniest heart blood vessels of people who had artery-opening procedures such as angioplasty, a small Turkish study found. ...

read more Infusing the clot-preventing drug streptokinase improved blood flow in the tiniest heart blood vessels of people who had artery-opening procedures such as angioplasty, a small Turkish study found. read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

New Drug Could Help Fight Bleeding Strokes (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
The first proven treatments for often-fatal intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding strokes) are on the horizon, including a new drug called recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) that slows bleeding and limits brain damage, according to updated guidelines released Thursday by the American Heart Assoc ...

read more The first proven treatments for often-fatal intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding strokes) are on the horizon, including a new drug called recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) that slows bleeding and limits brain damage, according to updated guidelines released Thursday by the American Heart Assoc read more Fri May 2007 Fri May 2007

Drinking Alcohol Shrinks the Brain (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
While it might help your heart, drinking even moderately could shrink your brain, U.S. researchers say. ...

read more While it might help your heart, drinking even moderately could shrink your brain, U.S. researchers say. read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

FDA Looks to Widen Antidepressant Warnings (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
U.S. health officials recommended Wednesday that warnings about antidepressants and suicidal thoughts and behaviors be expanded to young adults up to 24 years of age. ...

read more U.S. health officials recommended Wednesday that warnings about antidepressants and suicidal thoughts and behaviors be expanded to young adults up to 24 years of age. read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

A Woman's Brain Hit Harder by Alcohol Abuse (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Alcohol abuse chips away at intelligence more in women than in men, even when less alcohol is consumed over fewer years, new research suggests. ...

read more Alcohol abuse chips away at intelligence more in women than in men, even when less alcohol is consumed over fewer years, new research suggests. read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Study Probes Parkinson Drugs' Effect on Motivation (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Drugs that modify levels of a key brain chemical, called dopamine, also influence how people react to success and failure, British scientists say. ...

read more Drugs that modify levels of a key brain chemical, called dopamine, also influence how people react to success and failure, British scientists say. read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Study Outlines Fat Hormone's Role in Breast Cancer (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Italian researchers are shedding light on how leptin, a hormone found in fat cells, may play a major role in the development and progression of breast cancer. ...

read more Italian researchers are shedding light on how leptin, a hormone found in fat cells, may play a major role in the development and progression of breast cancer. read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Many U.S. Immigrants Can't Read Prescription Labels (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Few New York City pharmacies translate prescription drug labels from English into other languages, posing a serious risk to patients who don't speak English, researchers say. ...

read more Few New York City pharmacies translate prescription drug labels from English into other languages, posing a serious risk to patients who don't speak English, researchers say. read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

FDA Says No to Vioxx Successor (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday turned down Merck & Co.'s request to market Arcoxia, a successor to its banned arthritis drug Vioxx. ...

read more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday turned down Merck & Co.'s request to market Arcoxia, a successor to its banned arthritis drug Vioxx. read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Low-Dose Morphine Calms Chronic Cough (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Low-dose, slow-release morphine can give chronic coughers substantial relief, according to a new British study. ...

read more Low-dose, slow-release morphine can give chronic coughers substantial relief, according to a new British study. read more Fri Feb 2007 Fri Feb 2007

More Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
American teens are cutting back on their use of marijuana, but their abuse of prescription drugs in recent years has stayed the same or increased. ...

read more American teens are cutting back on their use of marijuana, but their abuse of prescription drugs in recent years has stayed the same or increased. read more Fri Feb 2007 Fri Feb 2007

Steroid Drugs Won't Help Most Kids with Kawasaki Disease (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Adding corticosteroid drugs to conventional treatment for a childhood cardiac illness called Kawasaki disease did not make a difference for most patients, new research shows. ...

read more Adding corticosteroid drugs to conventional treatment for a childhood cardiac illness called Kawasaki disease did not make a difference for most patients, new research shows. read more Fri Feb 2007 Fri Feb 2007

Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Beats Shots For Kids Under 5 (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
In news that's sure to be met with millions of tiny shouts of glee, researchers report that the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine is much better than the shot at protecting the youngest children against the flu. ...

read more In news that's sure to be met with millions of tiny shouts of glee, researchers report that the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine is much better than the shot at protecting the youngest children against the flu. read more Fri Feb 2007 Fri Feb 2007

Marijuana May Ease AIDS Patients' Foot Pain (HealthDay)

Categorie : Alcohol / Addiction
Adding fuel to the debate over medical marijuana, a new study suggests that AIDS patients can relieve stubborn nerve pain in their feet by smoking the drug. ...

read more Adding fuel to the debate over medical marijuana, a new study suggests that AIDS patients can relieve stubborn nerve pain in their feet by smoking the drug. read more Fri Feb 2007 Fri Feb 2007

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