Hazing underrecognized as cause of serious injury, says MGH physician
...the questions required to find out about it." The term hazing refers to unpleasant initiation practices of organizations such as fraternities and sororities, athletic teams, the military and gangs. Hazing activities can range from the merely embarrassing to the dangerous and deadly. While hazing practi...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...ts are not being reserved for those requiring long term therapy, where the risk of gastrointestinal advers...an anticipated. Additionally, the extent of short term use, the substantial use in patients not at risk for gastrointestinal adverse events, and the higher...Landmark study results published in NEJM highlight breakthrough treatment for heart failure
...t failure patients, and validates Medtronic's long term commitment in providing physicians with clinical proof, " said Oern Stuge, Vice President, Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management in Europe. He continued, "We're encouraged by the positive results of the MIRACLE study, which reinforce and expand MUSTIC4...Novel use of radiotracer reveals extent of mycoardial infarction damage
...f each patientMyocardial infarction is the medical term for a heart attack and results when the supply of oxygen is cut off to some portion of the heart muscle. The American Heart Association estimates that more than a million Americans will experience a heart attack in 2002, and more than 300,000 America...Sugar on the brain: Study shows sugar dependence in rats
...l characteristics of drug dependence. Although the term "sugar addiction" often appears in magazines and on television, scientists had not demonstrated that such a thing as sugar dependency really exists, said neuroscientist Bart Hoebel, who led the study. Hoebel and colleagues studied rats that were indu...Babywalkers delay infant development
...l healthy infants (83 boys and 107 girls), born at term and attending registered day care centres. They asked parents to record the age at which their child reached various developmental milestones including rolling over, sitting alone, crawling, and walking alone. Of the102 infants using babywalkers, ach...Mad hatters, seafood jubilees, & Pfiesteria Files
...source of mercury mystery Ever wonder where the term "mad as a hatter" came from? Mercury, once used e... "jubilee" means easy fishing in Mobile bay The term "jubilee" means celebration, and for seafood lovers along the Gulf Coast there is indeed cause for c...New practice guidelines focus on neuroimaging of premature and low birth weight babies
... regarding the use of brain imaging of preterm and term infants. The guidelines are published in the June ... results from the cranial US testing. When a full term infant with coma or seizures has evidence of birth trauma, CT should be performed to detect any hemm...Study confirms air pollution linked to slowed lung function growth in children
...areas with cleaner air. Lung function is a medical term describing lung capacity and how well lungs are working. "These findings are an important confirmation of our earlier studies," says W. James Gauderman, Ph.D., associate professor of preventive medicine at USC and the study?s lead author. "The result...Drug combinations reduce HIV levels in untreated patients
...48 weeks using any of three drug combinations. The term "viral load" -- measured in copies of the HIV-1 ge...process of commandeering the cell's machinery. The term "nucleoside" denotes the structure of the compound, meaning that it mimics one of the nucleoside uni...Hormone therapy study stopped due to increased breast cancer risk, lack of overall benefit
... benefits are likely to outweigh the risks. Longer term use or use for disease prevention must be re-evaluated given the multiple adverse effects noted in WHI," said Jacques Rossouw, M.D., acting director of the WHI. According to Rossouw, the adverse effects of estrogen plus progestin applied to all women...Teen drug use linked with later health problems
...study adds to the body of research about the long- term public health consequences of drug abuse and the importance of early intervention to prevent adolescent drug abuse. Lead investigator Dr. Judith S. Brook published the study in the June 2002 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health....New genetic screening method predicts behaviour of Wilms' tumour in children
...s' tumour] could be cured without the risk of long term side effects of treatment if we could identify at presentation subgroups of those who could safely avoid treatment with cardiotoxic chemotherapy drugs and radiotherapy. Conversely, poor survival of those who relapse might be improved by early treatme...Study finds a mouse model for episodic neurological disorders
...d author Brandy Fureman, Ph.D., of the NINDS. The term common migraine refers to migraines that are not preceded by other neurological symptoms (auras). These headaches affect an estimated 20 to 24 million people in the United States. Other episodic neurological disorders include periodic paralysis, he...Demystifying irritable bowel syndrome
...regarded as a functional disorder-which is a loose term frequently used to describe anything that we cannot adequately explain, or probable psychiatric disease. We prefer to judge the disorder to be a discrete collection of organic bowel diseases, with characteristic morphological, psychological, and phys...No link between epidurals and backache
...n relief during labour is not associated with long term backache, find researchers in this week's BMJ. An ... there are no differences in the incidence of long term low back pain, disability, or movement restriction between women who receive epidural pain relief an...Alcohol use, thrill-seeking prove bad mix for HIV-positive men
...isk-taking behaviors," Kalichman says. He uses the term "sensation seeking" to describe the tendency to seek out highly arousing sensory stimulation. In their study, Kalichman and colleagues found that HIV-positive men who were sensation seekers were more likely to have unprotected sex, regardless of alco...When moms smoke, certain kids are more vulnerable
...the period in the womb are very important for long term health, especially among genetically susceptible children, and emphasize the importance of pregnant women not smoking," Gilliland said. Researchers collected cell samples from the mouth of each child and analyzed their DNA. They looked for variation...New research sets out to help children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
...D, Neurofeedback has the potential to provide long term benefits in cognition and behaviour. Importantly it is non-invasive, has no known side effects and if proven successful may reduce dependency on Ritalin." David Williams, Head of Research at Cerebra adds: "We are extremely pleased to be able to fund ...Specialist mental health services required for refugees exposed to extreme trauma
...evious research has focused on the short-to-medium term and suggests that posttraumatic stress reactions tend to persist. Derrick Silove and colleagues from Liverpool Hospital, Australia, retrospectively assessed the long-term effects of trauma on mental health and disability in Vietnamese refugees resett...