Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
A new study shows that most people can't identify even one symptom of stroke -- thenumber one cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in thiscountry. And the people most likely to suffer a stroke -- those over 75 yearsold -- are the least likely to know the symptoms of stroke and whethe...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...ho try to quit report feeling irritable, moody and even depressed, said Gold, professor of psychiatry, neu...un as heroin or cocaine," he added. "It is perhaps even more malicious because the negative effects are not as quickly apparent, so it's easier for everyone...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
... he said. "Faculty have to be able to apply three, even four times before they get funded," said Bender, "but by that time, it could be three years, so your enthusiasm and self-confidence begin to go down. When we got the MPPP award, we were perked up because now we knew we could really get some work done...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...physicians. Shone and her colleagues theorize that even though Child HealthPlus has effectively eliminated the financial barriers to healthcare for children of the working poor, a number of non-financialbarriers, such as transportation, day care, and others continueto prevent these children from receiving...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...th services, once expected to soar to one-fifth or even higher by the end of this century, has now held st...y lean health services systems, it is possible and even likely that they will maintain their health employment levels through any spending slowdown. States ...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
...the major tool for the clinical management of pain even though the drugs can have some very serious side ...eeling rested. Everyone has REM sleep each night, even if we do not remember our dreams. REM sleep occurs about every 90 minutes and lasts for about 20 mi...Area of Research Outlined For Promising New Cancer Drugs
... by cutting off the blood supply to tumors, making even extremely largetumors disappear. In mice, the drugs appear to stop malignant tumor growth andspreading, but they have not yet been tested in humans, and the medicalcommunity remains cautious. Both angiostatin and endostatin evidently interfe...Secondary Prevention Of Heart Disease Should Be Improved
... hospital admissions. Campbell et al conclude that even though there are known benefits to the implementation of secondary care to patients with coronary heart disease, there seems to be plenty of opportunity for improving procedures within general practice. Contact: Dr Neil Campbell, Clinical Research Fe...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
... clinically relevant damage fromionizing radiation even in a clinical situation," said Dr. Steven A. Leadon,professor of radiation oncology at the UNC-CH School of Medicine. "Before long,we also may be able to monitor the effects of irradiating tumors much betterthan we can now." A report on the r...Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
...re could be thousands of nutrients that we haven't even found yet." Houseknecht says it is possible that CLA may have some advantages over current drug therapies on overall health. "When rats are given TZD, they get fatter. CLA makes them leaner, which has obvious advantages," she says. "In obese animals ...Advisory: Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine
...he vaccine's protection against otitis media carry even moregood news for children. Otitis media, an ear infection common in children, can be an extremely painfulillness for children. It is also associated with fever, irritability, sleepdisturbances, anorexia and vomiting. Clinical trials funded by the ...Dermatologists Recommend Raising Age for Insurance Coverage for Acne Drugs to Age 40 -- or Beyond
...er sun-induced skin damage. "We found that even among people age 33, 75 percent of tretinoinprescriptions were for acne," Feldman said. "And at age 40, 63 percent of theprescriptions still were for acne. Prescriptions for acne did not balance withthose for photoaging and other skin conditions unti...Products For Weight Loss Or Increased Energy Can Be Deadly, Warn Poison Control Experts
... have included stroke, heart attack, seizures, and even death."Olson emphasized that consumers need to be aware that dietary supplementproducts are considered neither food nor drugs from a legal standpoint. "Therefore, they are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Manufacturers are solely re...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...terview. "Almost allpatients die within two years, even with the best efforts using surgery,external beam ...malignant cells disseminated throughout the brain, even in theirearly stages. "Our treatment aims at achieving local control of the central mass usi...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
...than lifestyle choices and therefore would persist even with improved health behaviors," Lantz said. "The bottom line here is that income differences in mortality are due to a lot more than health risk behaviors. If we just focus on personal health behaviors in our policies and programs, we will ...Brain Tumor Treatment In Multicenter Tests
...e. Studies show survival times measured in months, even for patientswho receive aggressive treatment, incl...fects." The neurosurgeon also points out that even with advances in treatment suchas stereotactic radiosurgery, which focuses a single dose of radiatio...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...ingpregnancy, inflicts serious damage on the fetus even at nicotine levels too lowto cause the traditional... counsel pregnant cocaine users to have abortions, even though"cocaine is less likely to cause malformations than is cigarette smoking." Recent labo...Fast Food Can Speed Up Clogging Of The Arteries
...holesterol, but when it is oxidized, it can become even more dangerous. Oxidation occurs when cholesterol comes in contact with "free radicals," whichare highly unstable, reactive oxygen molecules that circulate in the blood anddamage tissues. Oxidized LDL cholesterol -- fat particles that have beencombi...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...ccur, evenat the best treatment programs. And two, even when there's a relapse, atemporary reduction in ri...nor produce permanent reductions in riskbehaviors; even interventions short of this ideal will provide benefits thatoutweigh their costs." Nevertheless, the...UCSF Study Finds Popular Blood Thinner Does Not Weaken Bones
... the bones or fractures than otherwomen their age, even though warfarin inhibits a vitamin that may help buildbones. The study was recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "Among the women we studied warfarin did not appear to have a bad effect onbone," said Sophie A. Jamal, MD, a UCSF resea...