More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis
...n more unexpected. Favrat and colleagues' report adds to the body of evidence that cannabis might be more harmful than previously thought. In the UK, cannabis was downgraded to class C early last year, but government officials have called for a review of the decision following a series of studies reveal...British hospitals need clinical ethicists
...thics through lecturing and private consultations, adds the author. In light of all the evidence, we now need to introduce clinical ethicists in hospitals in the United Kingdom, he says. Doctors cannot possibly deal with all the ethical problems they encounter in their professional lives, nor can they be ...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
... the gums (periodontal disease). This new evidence adds to the growing body of research which shows that a pregnant woman's oral health is important to the health of her newborn. The study's principal investigator, Dr. Ananda P. Dasanayake, associate professor of epidemiology & health promotion at the ...NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine
...s to prepare to respond to an avian flu pandemic," adds Dr. Fauci. Sanofi pasteur, Swiftwater, PA, manufactured the trial vaccine, which is an inactivated vaccine made from an H5N1 virus isolated in Southeast Asia in 2004. Sanofi pasteur, formerly Aventis Pasteur, was awarded a contract by NIAID to manufa...Depression linked to insomnia in HIV patients
...rther research is needed to learn whether insomnia adds to the disabling burden of HIV, especially in patients who have not yet developed symptoms of AIDS. Reid also says researchers should study how a patient's living conditions, along with his or her alcohol, drug and caffeine use, could affect insomnia...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...obal observing system for the Earth's atmosphere," adds Burrows. "This is something we need as we enter the new geological age of the Anthropocene, where mankind is the driver of climate change." SCIAMACHY was preceded by a smaller scale version of the instrument called the Global Ozone Monitoring Experi...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...ehind a truck or the stern of a ship." Drinkwater adds that the tidal current oscillations in the cross-shelf or approximately east-west direction may not be large enough to force a significant impact. Currently the northward end or narrower 'nose' of B-15A has been steered on a course consistent with ...HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...e accurate information to sexually active people," adds Paul Volberding, MD, chair of the HIV Medicine Ass...hould not be driving our STI prevention strategy," adds Dr. Stamm. "Science should. For the sake of public health, the federal government has a responsibi...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
...diana and to raise awareness about this disorder," adds Dr. Swiezy. Established in 2003, the CSATC actively treats more than 800 children and is the only pediatric academic and research program in Indiana. It also provides consultation and services to patients from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. U...Government wasting your taxpayer money on ineffective drug cure
...ysis. "I consider it a waste of government money," adds Dr. Steinman. "I do not believe we should continue to waste our limited resources on a treatment of unproven benefit."......ly tested, evaluated, and modified, as necessary," adds co-investigator Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, Professor...o the way clinicians and hospitals actually work," adds Koppel, who also teaches in Penn's Sociology Department. Recommendations As CPOE systems continue ...Emory Study finds HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe heart disease
...IV in the development of CAD," Dr. Sola states. He adds that the researchers were surprised by their findings. "We expected to see a strong relationship between HIV status and angiographically significant CAD," Dr. Sola says. "However, earlier studies were conducted in an era when effective therapy agains...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...ge of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, state that "This study adds to the already substantial and still growing literature clearly documenting the existence of what has been termed the 'healthy immigrant effect'. less acculturation consistently is associated with better health and health outcomes, even though immig...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...y during the latter part of the 1990s." His report adds that whilst there had been a small increase in people unable to find work to match their qualifications, this was far too small to account for the effect on job satisfaction. In Germany through most of the 1990s, the fear of job loss was increasing, ...Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
...regimens containing more chemotherapy." "Our study adds to the increasing number of trials that suggest that older patients in fair to good health tolerate standard chemotherapy regimens, and even more intensive regimens, almost as well as younger patients," the researchers write. "A sobering finding fro...Exercise tolerance is good screening test for chest pain patients
...ng this high-risk group for further stress imaging adds little benefit and is not cost-effective, primarily because of the high rate of admission after equivocal or abnormal results from stress imaging studies," said Dr. Gibbons. Other authors of the study include: Gautam Ramakrishna, M.D.; Alan Zinsmeist...Infectious microorganism linked to kidney stones and other diseases
...solve this puzzle, but we feel that we are close," adds Ciftcioglu. NB was discovered in the 1990s and has been found in the calcium phosphate centers of kidney stones. This novel agent has also been detected in related conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, prostatitis, and some cance...Computer model being developed at Stanford may help surgeons better predict patient outcomes
...ar system. The realistic response of blood vessels adds more predictive ability to earlier versions of his simulation, which assumed rigid vessel walls for simplicity. "The physics of blood flow is so complicated that it is impossible to guess what will happen during a surgery," Taylor said. Medical profe...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...iologists say that in many cases the MRI screening adds valuable information and may alter a woman's medical care for the rest of her pregnancy. "If that's true, it's a major change," Illes said. Woman report that the scan gives them a feeling of reassurance that their pregnancy is normal. Studying when f......s and would be prohibitively expensive. Moreover, adds Lee, such trials would be ethically questionable because of the need for unscreened control groups. At present, American Cancer Society guidelines recommend that women age 40 and older have a screening mammogram every year and that they "should conti...