Accidental overdose with Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) carries a greater risk of death
...patients, who have overdosed deliberately, with no history of alcohol abuse, were managed on medical floors. ...accidental poisoning and in situations if the case history was in doubt should be managed in intensive care units....Childhood sexual abuse proves top predictor for HIV infection in women
A history of childhood sexual abuse overshadows all other factors that place a woman at risk for contracting HIV infection, suggests a new UCLA and Charles R. Drew University study. The American Journal of Health reports the findings in its April issue. Our fi...Tests reveal subtle signs of Alzheimer's before clinical symptoms appear
...e especially useful in people with a strong family history or who are otherwise considered at high risk of developing the disease. The study also provides new data about the course of cognitive changes associated with AD and how brain function is affected in the earliest stages of the disease. While the tea...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...le carrying a certain gene or with a strong family history of AD. The key, says Jacobson, is to track not only the absolute levels of abilities, but also how they change over time -- especially from a healthy state -- in relation to one another. Our analyses, he continues, show that although AD is typical...Researchers link stroke patients' anger and aggression to brain injury
...of the patients (average age of 60) had a previous history of stroke or depression. Forty-seven of the patients (32 percent) became unable to control anger or aggression as a result of the stoke. The Speilberger Trait Anger Scale (see attached) was used to assess the patients' pre-stroke and post-stroke stat...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
...s. It is not surprising that a company that has a history of lying to the public about an addictive and deadly product would also try to hide its wrongdoing by deliberately destroying incriminating documents thereby preventing individuals from having meaningful access to the halls of justice."...Early cardiovascular disease found in asymptomatic individuals
...uggests that individuals with risks such as family history of heart disease should be screened for detection of early disease." The Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, located at the University of Minnesota, opened in January 2001 to screen ostensibly healthy individuals in the Twin Citi...University of Pittsburgh transplant researchers present findings at international meeting
...cancers that develop in transplant patients with a history of smoking. Special ultrasound technology that qu...e susceptible to infections and cancers. A smoking history and relapse to smoking could very well compound cancer risks. Indeed, in recent years, transplant te...Why heart transplant patients resume smoking revealed in University of Pittsburgh study
...e susceptible to infections and cancers. A smoking history and relapse to smoking could very well compound ca...p to three years. Of these, 144 (71 percent) had a history of smoking, from two to more than 95 pack years, a calculation based on the number of packs per day ...Nations only National Healthcare Outreach Mapping Center established
....D., director of The Polis Center and professor of history in the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. The project will merge IUs medical and geographic informatics strengths to develop a unique center. The original mission of the National Library of Medicine was toprovide rapid access to health care information...Exploring the brain chemistry of people at risk for alcohol disorders
...onmental cues than do individuals without a family history of alcoholism. These findings may demonstrate unde...egulation. For example, individuals with a family history of alcoholism tend to exhibit poor impulse control, antisocial tendencies and sensation seeking. A ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet, April 16, 2002
...tion on a person's age, sex, ethnicity, and family history of diabetes (factors that cannot be changed) and clinical factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and body weight (factors that can be changed by lifestyle changes or drug therapy). An alternative for the oral glucose tolerance test is...At 2 years, cocaine babies suffer cognitive development effects
... appeared to be intoxicated or taking drugs, had a history with the Department of Human Services in previous pregnancies, or self-admitted or appeared to be high risk for drug use after interview by hospital staff. Meconium was collected in the hospital from infants diapers and screened for drugs. Researcher...Statin drugs may lower risk of Alzheimers
...centers. They examined risk factors and medication history in 912 people with probable or definite Alzheimers...results were adjusted for age, sex, education, and history of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. The relationship between statins and risk of Alzheimers was n...Mercury ups heart disease risk
...verage of 12 years. Heart disease was defined as a history of an acute coronary event, like a heart attack, o...tein (LDL, bad cholesterol), triglycerides, family history of coronary heart disease, systolic blood pressure, weight and intake of fatty acids and antioxidant...Young adults dont heed warning message of heart attack or stroke in family
...tors of risk among those young adults whose family history had taken a turn for the worse. However, their fin...rent among young adults who see a change in family history and those who do not, the researchers found. Nor are young adults whose family members suffer stroke...Triggers for sudden cardiac death differ by gender
...nt of the women and 33 percent of men had no prior history of cardiac disease, and 90 percent of the patients were asymptomatic prior to the event. Sudden cardiac arrest is a huge public health burden and we still dont completely understand all inciting events. This study suggests that emotional triggers ma...Firstborn: First risk for heart disease?
...n. They recorded birth order, age, gender, family history of CHD and the presence of other major risk factor... and their sisters and brothers in terms of family history of CHD, hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes. But cigarette smoking was lower among the firstborn......ticipants answered interview questions about their history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Researchers cont... activities. They found that participants with a history of CVD were on average 54 percent more likely to have impaired cochlear function than adults without...