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More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis

... subjects were given low doses of THC and had much lower concentrations in their blood. However the two male subjects experienced their reactions with blood concentrations of 4.7ng/ml and 6.2 ng/ml, respectively. Favrat and colleagues found that both subjects reported severe anxiety and impaired psychomoto...

Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain

...rships, later first intercourse, and substantially lower prevalence of diagnosed STIs than did other groups. White women reported higher levels of risk behaviours than other ethnic groups, but were less likely to report STIs than black Caribbean and black African women. White women reported an average of ...

Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows

...rve damage or disease report better pain relief at lower doses of a combined drug treatment than from eithe...wo different types of neuropathic pain experienced lower pain intensity than when they received either of the drugs individually. As well, significantly lowe...

Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens

...w partner or use of a condom was associated with a lower risk of chlamydial infection, while the use of emergency contraception doubled the risk. Sex during a period also increased the risk of bacterial vaginosis. Smoking conferred protection against HPV. But sexual maturity had a significant impact on al...

Brain activity prior to treatment flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects

...ample, physicians might select a medication with a lower side-effect profile, start medication at a lower dose or opt for psychotherapy alone when treating patients susceptible to antidepressant side effect...

Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability

...of their patients by specialists may actually have lower liability risk than primary care doctors who do no...tion can substantially improve health outcomes and lower costs." Coordinating care can also reduce medial errors. "So it is important to remove any perceiv...

March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

... glaucoma. Despite some evidence that treatment to lower intraocular pressure may delay the progression of ...rsonal continuity and improved preventive care and lower rates of hospitalization. Although even fewer studies addressing the association between continuity ...

Do minorities survive hospitalization better than others?

...ical observations. While two recent studies showed lower in-hospital mortality for African-Americans than f...dition, odds of in-hospital mortality tended to be lower for women, and the survival advantage for women was even greater after DNR status was included in th...

Primary care office strategies may increase colon cancer screening

...eened for CRC by fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or lower endoscopy. Clinician advice for CRC screening can be a major force in a patient obtaining screening tests; however, clinicians face a complicated series of recommended testing strategies for CRC screening. Esther K. Wei, Sc.D., from Brigham and Women...

Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine

...icians with negative attitudes had a significantly lower rate of exposure to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) than either patients treated by physicians with more positive attitudes or patients who were not injection drug users. Physician attitudes were not associated with any other problems wi...

Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass

... factor 1 (IGF-1). Those on the raw food diet had lower body mass indices and significantly lower bone mass in important skeletal regions such as the hip and lumbar spine, sites where low bone mass ...

Organizational traits associated with quality patient care are essential to home care nursing

...re, are associated with higher nurse retention and lower in-patient mortality in hospitals. However less is known how these organizational traits support other nursing practices such as home care nursing and district nursing, its international counterpart, according to Linda Flynn, assistant professor at t...

Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests

...umor necrosis factor alpha, were associated with a lower ability to respond to insulin and use glucose. On ...se had levels of adiponectin that were 32 percent lower than the 12 women who didn't have the disorder. "This suggests that low production of adiponectin i...

Acupuncture found to lower elevations in blood pressure

...nts using low levels of electrical stimulation can lower elevations in blood pressure by as much as 50 perc...ctivity and its need for oxygen, which in turn can lower blood pressure, and promotes healing for a number of cardiac ailments, such as myocardial ischemia (...

Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds

...d with increased rates of absenteeism from school, lower grades and feeling sick," Nishina said. "The more bullying they experience, the more they dislike school and want to avoid school." Release URL, if available: The URL must point to the specific release, not a general page oThis second paper is par...

Hepatotoxicity and statins

...l/hepatology . Statins are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the liver's production of cholesterol. They have been shown to decrease the risk of artherosclerosis and related diseases. In the United States, doctors write millions of prescriptions for statins each year. However, ...

Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure

...xes, differences in pressure between the upper and lower chambers should move the blood into the lower chamber, the left ventricle. The atrium, the upper, collecting chamber, then contracts. In very earl...

Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users

... surely plays some role in an AIDS rate 57 percent lower than that of Houston's," Martin said. Although NEPS are consistently rejected by politicians and platforms of both major political parties, Martin said some lawmakers are starting to consider changes in policy as they learn more about studies confirm...

Massive weight loss conference Dallas April 1-2

...n 98,000 breast lifts, 5,900 buttock lifts, 15,000 lower body lifts, 13,000 thigh lifts and 17,000 upper arm lifts were performed, according to ASAPS....

Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos

... chronic fatigue syndrome respond to placebos at a lower rate than people with many other illnesses, according to the first systematic review of the topic. According to the new analysis by Dr. Hyong Jin Cho of King's College London and colleagues, 19.6 percent of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome imp...

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