Hopkins Researchers Develop Under-The-Skin Implant For Pain Treatment
...ve to external drug delivery systems used to treat serious pain and may be a potential technique for the management of drug addiction. The button-sized polymer works much like the continuous-release birth control implant. It will be inserted under the skin through a tiny incision made under mild, local ane...Benefits Of New Diet Drug Don't Outweigh Risks
...ication, the greater their risk of developing this serious condition. In an article published in the same issue of the journal, it is reported that Redux also is associated with sleep problems, drowsiness, headaches, dizziness, vertigo, nervousness, anxiety, depression and abnormal dreams and that disconti...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
...during pregnancy for her own health. No short-term serious side effects in either women or infants were observed in either Pediatric ACTG Protocol 185 or 076. However, information on long-term safety of antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy is lacking. Long-term follow-up is recommended for all infants exposed......stem first on mammograms because breastcancer is a serious health threat. The <AHREF="http://www.cancer.org/">American Cancer Society estimates thatin 1997 some 180,200 new cases of <AHREF="http://www.cancer.org/bcn.html">breast cancer will bediagnosed among women in the United States, 1,40...Mother's Milk: Nutrition And Nurture For Infants -- And The Best Defense Against Disease
...is that breast-fed babies experience fewerand less serious incidences of disease and allergy than formula-fed babies.Gastrointestinal, respiratory, and middle-ear infections, in particular, aregreatly reduced in breast-fed infants. In recent years, scientists at Penn andother institutions have sought to unde...Psychiatric Symptoms May Signal Brain Damage From Diet Pills
...omeone who is morbidly obese and hence at risk for serious health problems, but not for a person who just wants to lose a few pounds for cosmetic reasons," explained McCann. "Many people who try diet pills quickly regain their weight after they stop taking the drugs, so they might be tempted to continue tak...Mammography Messages Need To Be Tailored For Older Women
...nd it can reveal breast cancer before it becomes a serious disease,"she says....Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
...ive bombs: They attack cancer cells but also cause serious side effects throughout the body. The new generation of anti-cancer drugs is designed to operate more like snipers, precisely targeting cancer cells, with fewer deleterious effects on patients. Such pinpoint action means that clinical testing of new ...Organ Rejection Drug Also Shows Promise For The Treatment Of Kidney Disease
...steroids. It waswell-toleratedwith no evidence of serious toxicity, and patients taken off steroids did notrelapse while takingMMF." Physicians evaluated treatment responses in eight patients with variousdiseases of theglomerulus, a network of blood capillaries in the kidney that filters wasteproducts..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
...o diagnose, monitor and assist in the treatment of serious diseases. Initial disease targets for this technology include AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. The second program, developed in part from research efforts conducted at the United States Department of Energy -- Ames Laboratories......uple of case reports thatstated children developed serious behavior problems on inhaled steroids, butthese re...ication. But in some cases,particularly where more serious changes in mood or behavior are noted, referralto a mental health professional may prove more effect...Drug Is First In Decade To Show Promise Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
... buspirone. Davidson said bothdrug categories have serious limitations. While sedatives help reduce symptoms, they can cause physiologicdependence leading to subsequent withdrawal distress, Davidson said. Moreover,they don't help treat the depression that is found in 30 percent to 50 percentof GAD p...National Health Study Launched On The Internet
...g system for drugs or dietarysupplements that have serious side effects." Williams notes that vitamins and dietary supplements are widely consumed yetthere is a scarcity of scientific information on how they affect health. "Wehave included many of these supplements in our survey and will continue toupdate th...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
...ure rather than prevention. Manymedicines can have serious side effects, biomedicine can be very austere and uncaring, costs have soared and the benefits of biomedicine are often poorly distributed." Aging baby boomers are interested in health and wellness, and they are open to using healthcare outsi......re infantsget off mechanical ventilators, may have serious side effects. The study, which was publi...on their own. Because ventilator therapycan cause serious long-term problems such as chronic lung disease,neonatologists try to wean infants from ventilators ...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...eld have known that smoking is a drug addiction as serious or devastating in the long run 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 involved to be in denial about the seriousness of the problem." ...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
... of pain even though the drugs can have some very serious side effects," explains Ralph Lydic, Ph.D., professor of anesthesia. "This discovery means we have specifically targeted an area in the brain and a molecule that causes side effects from pain medication. We want to try and eliminate these side eff...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...'t believe the disease is seriousuntil they have a serious episode; others don't have confidence in the regimenthe physician has prescribed; others are under the impression they must livewith symptoms every day when in reality, if the disease is managed properly,they should not have symptoms. Clark, an award...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
... "Overall, 52 percent of approved drugs have serious adverse effects notdetected prior to approval" by ... first to develop "reliableestimates of deaths and serious injuries from prescription drugs," and second toimplement procedures to reduce the number of drug-re...... colic has no place in primary care because of the serious potential side effects that the drugs could pose. Contact: Dr Peter Lucassen, General Practitioner in Private Practice, Amsterdam Dr Willem Assendelft, General Practitioner, Institute of Research in Extramural Medicine, Free University, Amsterdam, ...