Ecstasy may be drug of choice for those trying to cope with lonelienss, study finds
...n by people who feel socially isolated and perhaps unable to feel a sense of belonging in other ways," said study lead author Ami Rokach, Ph.D., of York University in Toronto, Ontario. "The locations in which the drug is most popularly consumed, namely at raves and parties where individuals are suddenly sur...Combined kidney and bone marrow transplantation allows patients to discontinue anti-rejection drugs
... of their cancer, and the kidney failure made them unable to tolerate the toxic aspects of standard bone marrow transplantation, which has been used for some myeloma patients. For many years Sykes and her colleagues at MGH -- along with collaborators at BioTransplant Incorporated of Charlestown, Mass. -- h...More hand transplants to be performed, predict experts at international congress
...e care of other personal hygiene tasks that he was unable to do before his transplant. Italian surgeons said that 22 years after one patient's hand was severed, the transplant has afforded nearly the same sense of touch in his transplanted hand as his other. Today's discussion also included details of compr...Pill-splitting can yield cost savings on common prescription drugs, Stanford researchers find
...se with enteric coatings - certain patients may be unable to split tablets consistently and accurately. Such...ause of concerns that patients may be unwilling or unable to split pills accurately. Stafford's research suggests that pill-splitting is likely to be safe and...Trust doctors: the new lost tribe?
...o meet both service and hours requirements and are unable to employ more doctors in training. Thirty-six trust doctors in the region responded to a separate questionnaire about education and training. Sixteen reported that they had an educational supervisor and only six had appraisals. The most common caree...Kidney disease in diabetics relates to insulins effectiveness, say Pittsburgh researchers
...ch the kidneys' tiny blood vessels are damaged and unable to filter wastes and excess water from the blood. Untreated, nephropathy leads to end stage renal disease (ESRD), in which the kidneys' entire filtration system closes down and the kidneys fail to function. A patient with ESRD requires dialysis or a ...Virus that can infect both mice and humans is driven to extinction with cancer drug
...mutation rate caused by FU, the investigators were unable to track the viruses' mutations as they progressed closer to extinction. "This was likely due to the fact that highly mutated genomes are either undetectable with current methods, or that the mutations obtained and detected were already sufficient to...Rutgers researcher finds brain connections may reorganize in Parkinson's disease
...ith the fore-limb. The result is that the brain is unable to process these signals to control movement of th...ections may explain why L-DOPA and other drugs are unable to restore complex sensorimotor behaviors such as maintaining manual contact with an unseen moving o...Operating on a beating heart shows benefit in elderly
...in Quebec. "However, until now, surgeons have been unable to identify in which patients the technique is most beneficial. This study provides striking evidence that patients over 80 are a subgroup who can benefit greatly from off-pump surgery." During bypass surgery, surgeons make a detour around the blo...New data suggests chemotherapy patients benefit from heart failure treatment
...rt failure develops when the heart is weakened and unable to pump blood efficiently through the body. It co...ics and the beta-blocking agent carvedilol, unless unable to tolerate therapy. Ten patients had baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of less th...New clues to help diabetes and hypoglycemia
...patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are often unable to sense their need to take life-saving glucose. The evidence came from a known and potent appetite stimulant released by the brain called Neuropeptide Y (NPY). Studies using diabetic rats have shown the NPY levels in the brains of diabetic rats di...Medications aren't affecting brain size in children with ADHD
...ildren with the disorder typically fidget, and are unable to sit still and pay attention in class. They are easily distracted, have trouble playing quietly, and may talk excessively, among other symptoms. Healthcare practitioners typically diagnose the disorder by observing a child's behavior and by t...New avenue of HIV damage found
... Schacker, "but we now know that the population is unable to recover to a normal size because the environmen...upport the cells is destroyed. New CD4 T cells are unable to get into the space they need to be in to function, and there is no space for the cells to divide....Survey: Medicare gets higher marks from enrollees than private insurance
...ries * 33 percent of privately insured people were unable to pay their bills or had been contacted by a collection agency, compared to 18 percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries * 12 percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries said they "had to change way of life" to pay medical bills, compared to 9 percent...Cocaine-exposed children subject to stereotyping
...tus. "In other words, the assessors were not only unable to correctly identify which children had been exposed in-utero to cocaine, they were also more likely to presume exposure if a child displayed cognitive and behavioral problems during testing," says the study's lead author Rose-Jacobs. "These results...Women report chronic pelvic pain not taken seriously, survey shows
...omen to receive a diagnosis, and by then, many are unable to work or fully participate in normal activities....ising that more than 80 percent say they have been unable to work at times due to pelvic pain, and 45 percent say they have been debilitated for two-to-three ...Trauma surgeon seeks change in law that discourages counseling of problem drinkers
...unity for them to undertake projects they might be unable to complete otherwise. The laws discourage the use...e Commissioners (NAIC), the insurance industry was unable to provide any evidence that the law was saving them money. "Insurers are already paying for alcoho...Men more dependent on exercise than women, UF study shows
...toms such as anxiety and depressions when they are unable to work out and often give up social relationships to exercise. Their professional or school work begins to suffer, and they continue to exercise despite injuries, Hausenblas said. About 3 percent of the study participants 2 percent of men and 1 per...Enzyme replacement therapy found to effectively treat patients with Fabry disease
...n spread to his hands. His doctors, however, were unable to find anything wrong with him, telling his parents that the pain was all in his mind. Seventeen years later, Raul was officially diagnosed with Fabry disease a rare genetic disorder that causes severe pain in the hands and feet, eventually destr...Prenatal stem cell transplants may open door to organ transplants, treating genetic diseases
... have faced a major barrier in that they have been unable to achieve high levels of engraftment the number of donor stem cells usually does not grow large enough to overcome the effect of diseased cells. An exception to this limitation is diseases in which donor cells have a normal advantage over the trans...