Women in Uganda have a higher risk of HIV infection during pregnancy
...on during pregnancy and promote safe sex or sexual abstinence where feasible." In an accompanying comment James McIntyre (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) states: "The authors have been able to control for sexual behavior to a greater extent than previous reports, and they show little e...Smoking seems to increase brain damage in alcoholics
... smoking and drinking, or continued smoking during abstinence from alcohol, put them at greater risk for cognitive dysfunction as they age?" Finally, says Meyerhoff, there is the question of whether smoking has an effect on physical recovery from alcohol abuse. "In alcoholics who stop drinking, we know that the...U.S. House introduces Microbicide Development Act of 2005
...ny developing countries to insist upon condom use, abstinence or faithfulness with older or more powerful men. For women in many parts of the world, being poor and young are the most significant risk factors for acquiring HIV infection. The feminization of the epidemic calls for a comprehensive approach to HI...Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
...ntical patients. Newborns suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) exhibit seizures, poor feeding, diarrhea and vomiting that lead to excessive weight loss and dehydration, sleeping problems and fever. Disruption in the mother-child bonding process has also been reported, and there is an increased ris...Alcohol abuse: Early diagnosis is key to treatment success
...junction with GGT and other biomarkers to confirm abstinence or detect relapse prior to reissuing previously wi...e issues; biomarkers can help to make adherence to abstinence that much more likely; and new discoveries can help to ensure that new therapies for alcoholism are ...Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics
...en shown to grow and spread again after periods of abstinence weeks to months and have been accompanied by imp...vement." - Some alcoholics can achieve long-term abstinence in spite of persistent deficits in decision-making. "There is accumulating evidence that the genera...Easy access to nicotine patches could help more smokers to quit
... deceive if they wished), and by reporting smoking abstinence only during the previous week, not continuous abstinence since the quit attempt. We think the results of the distribution programme are therefore likely to b...Personalized immunosuppression with leading organ transplant therapy may optimize patient care
...f contraception must be used simultaneously unless abstinence is the chosen method. If pregnancy occurs during treatment, the physician and patient should discuss the desirability of continuing the pregnancy (see complete product information). Adverse events reported in >30% of renal, cardiac or liver tran...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
...f contraception must be used simultaneously unless abstinence is the chosen method. If pregnancy occurs during treatment, the physician and patient should discuss the desirability of continuing the pregnancy (see complete product information). Adverse events reported in >30% of renal, cardiac or liver tran...Neuroimaging confirms the greater vulnerability of women's brains to alcohol
...ith the affected individual. The good news is that abstinence seems to partially reverse the brain atrophy, for both genders. "Because of the 'telescoping' effect," said Mann, "early diagnosis and early prevention are even more important for women with alcohol problems than for men. Despite the fact that men, ...Marijuana withdrawal reported by teens seeking treatment
...tting cigarettes, cocaine or other drugs, may make abstinence more difficult to achieve. A new study in today's edition of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence shows that teens that use marijuana frequently also may face the same withdrawal symptoms that have been found to challenge adult marijuana users try...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
... respectively. Factors that contributed to smoking abstinence among baseline smokers were older age, worse basel...e's own cancer risk, and reinforcement for smoking abstinence with lung CT scan screening."...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...ted in a 17 percent decrease. Sex and pretreatment abstinence each showed significant interaction with the medic...treatment outcome, with men and those with lead-in abstinence both exhibiting greater treatment effects. Discontinuation due to adverse events (e.g. nausea, heada...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
.... The relative Cho normalization across periods of abstinence suggests that when drug exposure is terminated, ad...r partially recover as a function of extended drug abstinence has important implications both for the neurobiology of addiction and substance abuse treatment," th...