Conference convenes on ibogaine, a controversial drug to treat heroin addiction
.... Over the last 30 years, therehave been anecdotal reports of drug addicts who obtained relief from theiraddiction, without suffering withdrawal symptoms, by using ibogaine. Ibogaine isinteresting because it appears to have a novel mechanism of action. Thisconference will explore ibogaine's possible mechanis...We do 'feel with the mind's eye,' confirm Emory researchers in Nature
... both tasks. "Together with the subjective reports of visual imagery in this task andthe associated parieto-occipital cortical activation noted previously, ourfindings support the proposal that visual processing facilitates normal tactilediscrimination of orientation," the authors write. "Perhaps th......n a letter in this week's BMJ. Contrary to recent reports that 31 per cent of female obstetricians would prefer a caesarian delivery, the authors report that midwives, who attend to women and their babies, before, during and after their birth are better placed to make and informed choice regarding mode of d...New DNA chip method could improve cancer diagnosis
...al side effects, oncologistsrely heavily on biopsy reports that diagnose the tumor type involved. However,ev...iday's Science, a team of Whitehead-ledresearchers reports the first systematic and objective approach for identifyingand classifying tumor types. This approa...Sleep debt affects metabolic functions
... but not forthe rest of the body. There have been reports that the number of hours asleepeach night can be voluntarily decreased without affecting daytime sleepiness,mood, or cognitive function. The scientists at the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago,investigated whether sleep debt can alter me...New study shows link between sex and violence among N.C. high school males
...gnancy. The coalition works with public officials, reports dataand research on a wide range of adolescent health issues and conducts trainingprograms for those working directly with teens. This year the coalition isfocusing on adolescent males. "Apart from the efforts by the coalition, there have not...... the journalNature. The new findings add to recent reports that suggest eradicating HIV from thebody with currently available anti-HIV therapies is unlikely because the viruscan hide in sanctuaries which drugs cannot access and can exist in a latent formon which drugs have no effect. Scientists frequently re...Home blood pressure measurements are usually acceptable
... of poor reporting accuracy. Dr Edouard Battegay reports that for patients in this category, other methods of recording blood pressure may be preferable to self reported measurements....Illness severity, not age, predicts death in older sick people
...fit from treatment based on their age." In earlier reports from the same data, Hamel had shown that older patients receive less aggressive care. This study explored the link between less aggressive care and death rates. The findings suggest that less aggressive treatment for elderly patients may not account ...ENBREL (etanercept) long-term clinical trial data
...atient year in controlled trials. There were nine reports of cancer, similar to the expected number (10.7) calculated from the NCI SEER database. None of the patients has developed a new autoimmune rheumatic disease. IN POSTMARKETING USE, SERIOUS INFECTIONS AND SEPSIS, INCLUDING FATALITIES, HAVE BEEN REPOR......ng. It is a common observation in medical journal reports that numerousbenefits result from using honey to dress wounds: The viscosity of honey provides a protective barrier to prevent wounds becoming infected. Honey creates a moist healing environment that allows skin cells to re-grow across a healin...Scientists identify gene that detects DNA damage
... associate professor of genetics John Petrini, now reports that mutations in a closely linked neighboring gene, called Mre11, can also independently produce A-T. Petrini's team was the first to identify and describe the Mre11 complex, a protein cluster responsible for detecting DNA damage within cells and ...Cigarette smoking among American teens
...hat we see most of the decline in smoking so far," reports Johnston. "There has been rather little improvement in the lower grades among the non-college bound, who traditionally have far higher smoking rates." Consistent with this fact, most of the recent improvement in eighth- and 10th-grade smoking has ...New web site provides access to information on sleep and sleep disorders
...and publications, and access NIH program staff and reports through the site....BioMed Central -- freedom of information for the science community
...ought almost exclusively by libraries. Theresearch reports themselves are highly-formalized articles whose fo...onomic terms. BioMed Central believes thatresearch reports should: 1. be published electronically 2. take advantage of technology to allow more flexible pr...Cancer summit launches global commitment to improve cancer care, research and treatment
...cases of cancer occur and five million people die, reports the World Health Organization (WHO). Due to drama...exceed 10 million, despite advances in treatments, reports WHO. The Charter of Paris Against Cancer is the first global call to action against cancer in ......ected in an effort to prevent whiplash. Dr. Croft reports in the JACA article that seat and head restraint improvements have already been made in a few models of Saab and Volvo, for example. Sophisticated forward- and rear-looking systems are also being developed to gauge the distance between cars. A comp...Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
...er. "In the '70s and '80s, scientific and clinical reports began to come out of advanced European countries, ...blem is that companies "borrow" science from other reports to claim their products are similarly safe and effective without supporting evidence, he said. A sec...Health risks from impaired drug metabolism
...new variation hasn't been studied yet, but Schwarz reports that it is more common among African Americans than CYP2C9*3 and is likely to affect drug metabolism. Schwarz's research has important implications for the administration of drugs that are widely used--warfarin for use in stroke prevention and foll......fighting potential, says Dashwood. Encouraged by reports of cancer-fighting chemicals in green tea, the researchers decided to test white tea to determine whether it has similar qualities. They brewed four varieties of white tea and subjected each to a laboratory test using bacteria. The test, called the S...