Carbonated soft drinks and sleeping pills cause heartburn during sleep
... blockers, two other types of medications known to precipitate gastroesophageal reflux. Other significant predictors of heartburn during sleep that were found include increased body mass index (BMI), various sleep abnormalities, hypertension, and asthma. "Heartburn during sleep is indicative of nighttime refl...Data on herceptin for early breast cancer currently insufficient for decision on its use
...otoxicity. However, it is clear that Herceptin can precipitate severe heart failure in some patients, states the editorial. The Lancet concludes: "The best that can be said about Herceptin's efficacy and safety for the treatment of early breast cancer is that the available evidence is insufficient to make reliab...Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise
... example owing to caffeine intake, therefore could precipitate stress-induced myocardial ischemia, angina pectoris (reflecting an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand) or could also contribute to the manifestation of acute coronary syndromes. Consequently, as stated by Namdar et al., the current...Alcoholics with a borderline personality disorder are at greatest risk for suicidal behavior
...le with the authorities or neighbors is enough to precipitate suicidal behavior. Very often these subjects get drunk before the suicide attempt." "Among individuals with a history of one or more suicide attempts," added Conner, "analysis of the characteristics of the most serious attempt suggests that alcohol-...Less agitation in AD patients, less stress and depression in caregivers with collaborative care
...symptoms which often lead to caregiver burnout and precipitate nursing home placement. Decreasing patient agitation in the treatment group participants was directly correlated to lower caregiver stress and also translated into less depressive symptoms in the treatment group patient's caregivers. This result wa...Search for cancer genes unlikely to succeed, say experts
...thusiasm for this new field of research should not precipitate unwarranted expectations."...On World NO Tobacco Day the ESC urges governments to spread smoking bans & tax tobacco
...health; some of these are almost immediate and can precipitate acute manifestations in cardiac patients," said Professor Guy DeBacker, chairman of the Joint European Societies Cardiovascular Prevention Committee. "It is important therefore to consider ways to minimize exposure and one very effective way is a com...Study links effects of withdrawal to compulsive drug use and craving
... paired with drug withdrawal by themselves came to precipitate a withdrawal-like state and to prompt drug seeking...ugh classical conditioning, these cues alone could precipitate drug-seeking behaviors," said Kenny. "Thus, in addition to memories of the pleasurable effects of dr...Study shows digitalis safe in patients with common form of heart failure
...ns based on small, anecdotal studies that it might precipitate early death," said Kitzman. "Our findings that it is relatively safe in this disorder allow it to be prescribed if needed for atrial fibrillation, and to be evaluated further to see if it has other benefits, such as improving symptoms, as it does for...Secondhand smoke in cars may lead to dangerous levels of contaminants for children
...hort periods of time, perhaps even 10 seconds, can precipitate asthmatic episodes in children," Rees said. He added that ventilation won't likely overcome secondhand smoke pollution that sticks to surfaces. "Toxic particles from secondhand smoke can settle on furniture or on floors, and we are assuming that w...Antipsychotic medications used to treat Alzheimer's patients found lacking
...re thinking and behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's precipitate placement in a nursing home, at which point the economic and social costs associated with Alzheimer's care skyrocket," said co-lead author Pierre Tariot, M.D., of the Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix, AZ. "By identifying the limitations of exi...Scripps research combination therapy obliterates new vessel growth in tumors and retinopathy
...nts, high levels of circulating angiostatics could precipitate stroke or heart attack due to the fact that such patients make collateral blood vessels in hearts and brains that are starved for oxygen from vascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and diabetes. For these and other patients, the us......onals to help treat the negative emotions that can precipitate risk behaviors may be useful avenues to decreasing risky behaviors in teens," says Lescano....