Once-a-month naltrexone successfully used to treat alcohol dependence
..." said Stephanie O'Malley, professor of psychiatry and director of the Division of Substance Abuse Resear...eavy drinking within the first month of treatment, and this response was maintained over the six month treatment period. The lead author was James Garbult,...Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
...n grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) to open a research center to study dietary supplements. The ...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
..., published by IOS publishers. While the cognitive and behavioral impacts of Alzheimer's can be clearly w...essed in patients, the disease's cellular function and methods for disrupting thought and memory have not been well understood. By conducting this research...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
...ry transferred from rural trauma centers in Oregon and Washington to level I trauma centers in both states. Researchers from the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine and the Department of Surgery, OHSU School of Medicine, and the Depar...'Promiscuous' area of brain could explain role of antidepressants
...rstanding of how antidepressants like Prozac work and how to make them more effective. According to resu...nal Neuron, a study in mice proposes that dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitter systems in the brain occasionally get their signals crossed, causing dela...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
... industry. Anna Gilmore (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) and colleagues analysed internal tobacco industry documents on Moldova made public through litigation. T...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
...s week's issue of THE LANCET concludes that adults and children with an allergy to peanuts could also be ...using it in certain specialty breads, bakery goods and catering foods, and a small number of these are finding their way into the UK. The authors suggest t...Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
...rugs to end the life of some critically ill babies and infants, concludes a study in this week's issue of...ith end-of-life decisions in critically ill babies and infants. Little is known about the frequency of end-of-life decisions in this population, the clinic...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...cterised by traumatic flash-backs, hypervigilence, and emotional numbing that might be a risk factor for substance abuse and suicide. About 13 million people are classified as refugees worldwide. Refugees could be at excess r...Unchaperoned examinations risk misconduct allegations
...at nearly half of male general practitioners never and rarely used chaperones when intimately examining w...f 252 patients took part in the survey during June and December 2003. Ninety two percent (232) were offered a chaperone before an intimate examination, 22%...UK approval procedures will drive research overseas
...rity to one person while others relied on research and development committees, which typically sat monthl...health service research will block evaluation work and accelerate the migration of clinical studies to other parts of the world," they conclude....Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
Common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, now account for more incapacity benefit c...ong term sickness absence is a major public health and economic problem. In 2003, 176 million working days were lost; up 10 million on the previous year. E...The right to live gives us a right to die
...o be "as free as reasonably possible from distress and pain." If an individual feels that their life is b...ty, they also have the right to end their life - and by extension to have medical assistance to achieve this painlessly, he argues. In most countries peo...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...in-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes family and one of the most common human viruses. Symptoms of...om a typically mild childhood illness with a fever and sore throat to mononucleosis in teenagers or adults. After the initial infection, the virus settles...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...d by a high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, and cereals; a moderate to high intake of fish; a low ...icularly olive oil; a low intake of dairy products and meat; and a modest intake of alcohol, mostly as wine. Current evidence suggests that such a diet ma...Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
...ed States. Nearly 60 percent of Americans ages 65 and older suffer with some form of this progressive jo...sks, from walking up a flight of stairs to bathing and dressing, extremely difficult. By 2010, arthritis is projected to affect almost 40 million American...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
... Medicine (IOM) has reaffirmed nevirapine's safety and efficacy to prevent mother-to-child transmission o...u-Uvin, MD, member of the HIVMA Board of Directors and an AIDS researcher working in the Philippines, Cambodia, and India. "Now we all need to turn our at...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...rb rising prices by reducing inefficient practices and improving quality and safety. But a study of 341 HMOs suggests that more competition may not automatically solve price and...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
...s that the AIDS medication nevirapine is effective and safe in preventing HIV transmission from mother to...ional Academies. The IOM's analysis of the design and methodology of the 1997 drug study in Uganda, called HIVNET 012, determined that policy-makers and o......published by ACP. The new Ethics Manual revisits and expands on issues of earlier editions, such as patient privacy and confidentiality, complementary and alternative medicine, end-of-life care, physician-assisted suicid...