Acamprosate: potential medication for treating alcoholism
... Acamprosate is a medication used in Europe and elsewhere to prevent relapse in alcoholics.... New findings, in conjunction with previous research, indicate that acamprosate should be safe to take when people are drinking, and should not make them want to drink more or behave differently over and above the effects of alcohol alone.... ...As scientists and clinicians learn more about the chang...UPenn Cancer Center offers prosate cancer prevention trial using selenium & vitamin E
(PHILADELHIA, PA) - Prostate cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer, after lung cancer, for American men. According to the American Cancer Society, about 189,000 men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 31,200 are expected to die of the disease in just this year alone. To help combat such alarming numbers, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Cente...