Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
...te. "What we need to do clinically is to achieve a balance between side effects and pain relief," says the Queen's anesthesiologist. "The purpose of this study was to evaluate two different drugs for chronic pain, and to carefully measure both the pain-relieving effects and the side effects." The clinical tr...Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...ut none have a formal review process to assess the balance and straightforwardness of these advertisements, a...e a formal process for reviewing the ads to assure balance and straightforwardness. Of the 122 ads that were aimed at attracting patients, the most common mar...Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...e another study shows that Major League Baseball's balance score averaged around 1.7 over the last quarter ce... 'early retirements' in recent years have improved balance in the Cuban League although I doubt the typical Cuban baseball fan would find much consolation in ......ically, saliva slowly helps to restore the natural balance of the acid found in the mouth. If foods high in acid are consumed on an excessive basis, the mouth can't repair itself and the greater the chance for dental erosion, says Dr. Shipley. "As the availability of soft drinks increase so does the amount ...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...further research to establish the most appropriate balance between drugs and non-pharmacological treatments for depression, they conclude....Genes for alcohol consumption identified
...in. Different versions of this gene may affect the balance and effect of signalling molecules and in turn help to shape individual drinking habits. Scientists do not know precisely why particular genetic variants may influence behaviour, but they do have a few clues. They found that one particular genetic va...Employees with diabetes are not more tired
... become tired more frequently because their energy balance is more easily disrupted. Due to the double burden of illness and work, researchers expected that employees with diabetes would have a higher risk of experiencing symptoms of fatigue. Weijman demonstrated that this assumption was not correct. In a f...Emergency clopidogrel could save thousands of lives46,000-patient heart attack trial results
...r so of treatment). In absolute terms, the overall balance of these different effects was about even, and there was no clear reduction in hospital mortality for any particular type of patient. He emphasised that there was already compelling evidence that long-term use of beta-blockers after a heart attack be...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
...ching implications because they help clarify how a balance of two important brain systems can influence an individual's behavior and emotional expression in times of need," says Ned Kalin, senior author on the study and chair of psychiatry at UW Medical School. "The findings suggest that how open an individu...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
... said. "This study could help tip the motivational balance for parents or prospective parents who want to take the next step and do something about their smoking behavior, both for their own health and for that of their child."...Suicidal behaviour caused by antidepressants 'cannot be ruled out'
...longer monitoring periods are needed to assess the balance of risks and benefits fully. They recommend that patients should be warned of the potential hazard and monitored closely in the early weeks of treatment. The final study was based on information from the General Practice Research Database and analyse...Clot-busting drugs may help detect potentially deadly leg clots
...we are built; dependency and immobility shifts the balance to clotting inside our veins," says Dr. Robinson. This risk is the main reason flight attendants remind passengers to stretch their legs on long flights and hospitals put intermittent inflatable devices on the legs of bedridden patients. Some people ...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...ed to the infection. The doctor must decide how to balance his or her primary responsibility to the patient with obligations to other persons in society. For their part, patients and families should be aware that different physicians, based on individual values and reasoning, may respond differently in sim...PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...s of cell degeneration. Normally, antioxidants can balance the damage done by OS. But toxic pesticide exposur...els of maneb also undergo changes that disturb the balance in the antioxidant defense system. Another concern is whether maneb causes more damage when people a...Simpler blood thinning medication effective for preventing blood clots and stroke
...e patients for treatment with ximelagatran. In the balance are a large number of potentially preventable fatal or disabling strokes that accumulate as a consequence of the limitations and underutilization of warfarin," the authors write. (JAMA. 2005;293:690-698. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com ) Editor'...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...s information can be useful in helping young women balance the need to avoid unintended pregnancies with the need to build strong bones." Scholes' study, which appears in the February 2005 issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine , is the first to show that teen-aged Depo-Provera users' bone ...Aetiology of congenital heart disease explained
...myocytes, were seriously affected in their calcium balance when exposed to specific p200 antibodies. The cells were rendered unable to accumulate calcium, which ultimately led to cell death, apoptosis. Knowledge of how this congenital heart condition arises will go a long way towards helping scientists deve...Tiny superconductors withstand stronger magnetic fields
..., in order to be fully superconducting. A correct balance should be achieved."...Opportunity missed: TIA patients receive less aggressive attention than those with stroke
... eyes; Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; and Sudden, severe headache with no known cause. Symptoms occur suddenly and vary widely, with an episode lasting from a few minutes to a few hours. The retrospective study evaluated diagnostic tests, therapy and education of 91 ......arent institutions. Without drastic changes in the balance of priorities, there seems little prospect that the schools will continue to enjoy the high reputation they have had in the past."...