Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
... tiein with the AHA's effort to alert women of the dangers of heart disease andstroke. It reports that in the United States since 1984 more women have diedeach year of cardiovascular disease than men. Final mortality data for 1995shows that the death rate per 100,000 persons for breast cancer - the diseasewo...Lack Of Data For New Heart Drugs Is Causing Concern
...And Error ONE of the researchers who exposed the dangers of using albumin in patientssuffering from serious burns or shock says new drugs for high blood pressureface unanswered questions regarding their safety. Two weeks ago, Ian Roberts of the Institute of Child Health in Londonand his colleagues...6,000 Pharmaceutical Scientists Convene November 15-19 In San Francisco
...umers need to be aware of the dangers of natural drugs. No More Needles for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Sufferers? -- Millions of diabetes sufferers must receive daily insulin injections to avoid serious, often deadly complications. But ...World's Premier Pharmaceutical Scientists Share Latest R&D Findings
...ry supplements," consumers need to be aware of the dangers of natural drugs. No More Needles for Insulin Dependent Diabetes Sufferers? -- Millions of diabetes sufferers must receive daily insulin injections to avoid serious, often deadly complications. But there's hope: A leading Canadian scientist has d...NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
... intake. To help spread the word about the dangers of uncontrolledhypertension--and what can be done about it--the NHLBI and the NHBPEP have setup a special web site, which can be accessed through the NHLBI home page at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov . They also are offering a variety of materials ...1930s Fascism Spawned Public Health Initiatives
..." Proctor believes that the recognition of the dangers of tobacco was fosteredby a political climate stressing the virtues of racial hygiene and bodilypurity. In racial hygiene journals, smoking was associated with rebellion, jazzand swing dancing, degenerate blacks, Jews and Gypsies. Anti-smoking poster...Keep taking the medicine, diabetes research warns
...any people with type 2 diabetes do not realise the dangers associated with discontinuing their medication," concluded Tim Howard. "New agents and strategies that encourage patients to continue with their treatment may help to relieve the heavy burden of this disease."......ng adults, parents, educators and others about the dangers of club drugs such as Ecstasy, GHB and Rohypnol, w...rgto get the word out across the country about the dangers of club drugs, Dr. Leshner explained. As a way of reaching teens and young adults, the Institute ...Drug trends among American teens
...rm decline." For the most part, beliefs about the dangers associated with the use of these drugs---which have been harbingers of change in the past---remained fairly stable in 1999. Disapproval of using marijuana rose a bit among eighth-graders. Disapproval of using inhalants rose among both eighth- and 1...Injuries on the job: the effects of problem drinking
...ncovered something unexpected. "Once education and dangers of the jobs were taken into consideration," agreed Jonathan Howland, professor of social and behavioral sciences, and associate dean for research at the Boston University School of Public Health, "there was no association between job injury and heavy...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
...bag puppets and performing a puppet play about the dangers of second-hand smoke and the value of breathing clean air; seventh and eighth graders using role-play and coaching exercises to practice new skills for countering offers of tobacco; and ninth graders re-enacting testimony from several landmark tobacc...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
...dren reach adolescence and need to be aware of the dangers of drowsy driving." Lenfant also announced that Garfield creator Jim Davis and his studio, PAWS, Inc., are co-sponsoring this initiative. "Garfield has tremendous appeal to people of all ages, and messages from Garfield about the importance of...UNC study shows family-directed program can reduce adolescent tobacco, alcohol use
...l information to parents and adolescents about the dangers of tobacco and alcohol, improving family communication skills, tips for avoiding peer pressure and the like. "This is the first study of a family intervention of smoking and drinking that uses a national population and a rigorous experimental des...Stimulating environment protects brain against damage from lead exposure
...lations." "At present, the way we deal with the dangers of lead poisoning is to try to limit the possibility of exposure," says Theodore Lidsky, Ph.D., a co-author of the paper and a neuroscientist at the Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities. "Despite enormous progress in eliminating...NIDA and partners announce national initiative on prescription drug misuse and abuse
...ributing 400,000 postcards with messages about the dangers of prescription drugs. The cards are available in restaurants, book stores, clubs, record stores, coffee shops, gyms, and other stores in several major cities, including Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Miami, and Mesa, Arizona, the lar...New research shows even a single drug exposure can alter brain function
...drug use to addiction. This study emphasizes the dangers of even experimenting with cocaine and other illicit drugs, says Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The significance of this finding, says lead investigator Dr. Antonello Bonci, is that the single dose ...... strongly that clinicians discuss the benefits and dangers of using aspirin to prevent heart attacks with healthy patients at increased risk of cardiovascular problems. Often such patients can benefit from taking aspirin, researchers conclude. No reason exists for people not at risk, however, to take daily ...Medical experts unite to raise awareness of risk, threat of blood clots
..., advance prevention and treatment, and reduce the dangers of DVT, a potentially life-threatening condition that affects approximately 2 million Americans per year. Comprised of medical experts representing various specialties and affiliated with leading U.S. institutions, the Council plans to target both h...Food the center of celebration and subject for concern
...April 11, 2002, will explore the controversies and dangers that surround food. "We are a society concerned with food. We plan our lives around mealtime. Food is at the center of our celebrations.. Yet, an estimated 76 million Americans get sick and more than 5,000 die annually from food-related illnesses," ......y also implies that nornicotine adds to the health dangers of smoking itself. Although nicotine has been shown to be a dangerous chemical in addition to its known addictive properties, this is the first demonstration of the chemical potential of a nicotine metabolite, they said. This represents another poten...