More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis
...t may have been because the THC had been ingested, rather than inhaled; digesting THC may produce potent THC metabolites, which induce psychotic effects. Research into designing THC-based medications has boomed in the last few years, due to the many therapeutic effects of THC. These drugs could be used to a...Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
... standard of patient care and reduce transmission, rather than fanning the flames of an epidemic of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. It also shows the need for the use of specific treatment for MDR-TB (DOTS-Plus) to prevent the high mortality rate among those carrying this type of tuberculosis." (Quote by...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...co-sleeping or separate sleeping arrangements, but rather changes in where the infant sleeps during the night and during naps. "In other words, it is consistency in sleeping arrangements from sleep onset until awakening that appears to be critical," Hayes says. "Infants and toddlers are disrupted when the ...Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens
...Sexually Transmitted Infections . Sexual maturity, rather than age at first sex, seems to be a critical factor. The researchers studied 127 young women from three sexual health clinics. All of them had started having periods within the preceding five years or were aged 17 years and under. The young women w...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
... factors, which involve changes in gene expression rather than a mutation in a gene. Finally, the potential insights extend beyond those involving sleep. Four of the five individuals in the study have clinical features or a history of depression. While the scientists say that this could be a coincidence, or...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...ibed were often handled by negotiating a solution, rather than primarily withholding an intervention," the authors found. "Although our respondents reported being pitted between conflicting obligations, most of them found overt ways of negotiating solutions without resorting to covert rule breaking." "Physi...NHS target driven culture is failing patients
...em increasingly engineered to medical technicians rather than to professionals that seemed to be responsible," he says. "The presiding tick box culture allowed and even fostered suboptimal assessment." Although individual clinicians did what they were asked, they did no more than what was required. Biases...Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage
...e and de-activate these cells to make them repair, rather than damage, liver tissue." He added: "Cirrhosis, commonly, but not always, caused by alcohol consumption, can lead to liver failure. At a time when outcomes for other diseases, such as cancers and heart trouble, have made dramatic gains, liver damag...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...ster explains that system of care is a philosophy, rather than a specific plan. Communities that adopt system of care make an effort at cross-agency cooperation for all child- and family-serving agencies to support children with complex needs in an integrated manner. Since communities have different needs...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
..., some apparent triggers may actually be symptoms, rather than causes, of the earliest stages of a heart attack. Steptoe believes the review has important implications for clinicians. "Physicians and cardiologists need to talk to patients with ACS (acute coronary syndromes) about their experiences in the ho...UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
...ny would probably not sell them, said Hersman, but rather provide annual service agreements to provide polarized xenon on site in hospitals and research institutions. In time, Hersman said the number of employees could grow dramatically. "If we can demonstrate it is effective in not only assessing and moni...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
... of food. Some may actually prefer to use a CD-ROM rather than see a practitioner as a result. The computer-guided self-help treatment program for Bulimia has real potential to be utilised in routine clinical practice - especially as a first step to care." Only three short sessions of 20 minutes of clinici...New colorectal cancer screening recommendations for African Americans
...al cancer screening in African Americans at age 45 rather than 50 years. Colonoscopy is the preferred method...cedure for colorectal cancer for African Americans rather than flexible sigmoidoscopy because of the high overall risk and as well as some evidence that Afric...Energy and sports drinks attack enamel
... it is healthier to drink a soft drink all at once rather than sipping for a long period of time....Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...target one of the underlying causes of the disease rather than just the symptoms. "Of course, there is a lon... to accumulate in the brain of Alzheimer's victims rather than elsewhere in the body. Researchers believe there are many different forms of beta amyloid circu...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...ong female patients. This isn't 'women's lib' but rather a necessity for good medical practice". "The analy...disease is more gradual, accompanied by tiredness, rather than the more commonly-recognised symptoms, such as sudden violent chest pain, that predominate in m...Depression may explain higher risk of heart attack associated with antidepressants
The underlying depression, rather than the effects of the drugs themselves, may expl...e likely to be linked to the underlying depression rather than the drugs themselves....Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
...future doctors to target treatment more precisely, rather than directing chemotherapeutic medication or radiation to tumors through a scattershot approach, said Marc Greenberg, a chemistry professor in the university's Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, who will present his team's findings on March...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
... would expect growth rates to decrease in the late rather than early 1990s around the time that potent therapy became widely used if this was the case. Instead, we see little correlation between widespread availability of treatment and reduction of transmission. This is highly pertinent to the recent increa......an test for a wide variety of chemical components, rather than looking for a specific group of compounds. "At this point in the study, we have determined that the inks do in fact vary in composition from manufacturer to manufacturer and from color to color," Wagner says. The researchers also have found some...