CHPA president and leading physician available to comment on NIDA 'Monitoring the Future'
...merica are working together on a major campaign to raise awareness of and help prevent this abuse of an otherwise safe and legal product. CHPA is the 125-year-old trade association that represents U.S. manufacturers and distributors of over-the-counter medicines and nutritional supplement products....CHPA statement regarding 'Monitoring the Future' findings on cough medicine abuse
...he-counter medicines, we are working diligently to raise awareness of this problem and provide resources for parents, healthcare providers, retailers, teens, and community leaders. CHPA also supports many retailers' efforts to prevent the sale of dextromethorphan-containing medicines to those under the a...Long-term financial costs associated with prostate cancer treatment
...y and concerns about life-altering adverse effects raise concerns about cost versus benefit. While studies often report immediate treatment costs, most ignore the impact of side effects and longer term considerations, such as relapse. Although age and individual risk play a role in treatment decisions, the...Hospital performance measures may not accurately reflect quality of care or predict patient outcomes
...ures. Dr. Horn notes, "The results of this study raise questions about the appropriateness of using Hospital Compare performance measures as the basis either for pay-for-performance systems or for consumers to identify better-quality hospitals. If performance measures are not strongly associated with bet...Smoking worsens knee osteoarthritis
..., which contributes to cartilage loss Smoking may raise carbon monoxide levels in arterial blood, contributing to tissue hypoxia (insufficient blood oxygenation), which could impair cartilage repair Dr. Amin and colleagues believe that the increased pain experienced by smokers with knee osteoarthritis...November/December 2006 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...dy looks at ways to help inner-city health centers raise vaccination rates among high-risk children and finds that when a menu of tailored interventions (such as flu vaccines on a walk-in basis or reminder e-mails for clinicians) is implemented in inner-city health centers, the result is a modest rise in f...Taste test may identify best drugs for depression
...s: SSRI (serotonin specific reuptake inhibitor) to raise serotonin levels; NARI (noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor) to raise noradrenaline levels (another neurotransmitter important in depression, and also found in taste buds...Randomized study indicates that patients with herniated disk improved with or without surgery
... rates in the U.S. and lower rates internationally raise questions regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of some of these surgeries, compared to nonoperative care, with evidence inconclusive on the optimal treatment. James N. Weinstein, D.O., M.Sc., of Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., a...OPICAN study in seven Canadian cities reveals prescription opioid abuse more prevalent than heroin
...e major form of illicit opioid use. These findings raise questions about the current focus of Canada's drug control policy and treatment programs. A team led by Dr. Benedikt Fischer, a researcher funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and based at the Centre for Addictions Research (C...UGA professor finds that confusion about Calories is nothing new
...rie was defined as the amount of heat required to raise one kilogram of water one degree Celsius or one gram of water one degree Celsius. As the Calorie became popular in nutrition, it became more practical to measure the amount of kilograms. To denote this, a capital "C" refers to a kilogram calorie, whi...New family health history projects focus on Alaska Native, Appalachian communities
... of family health history. Another goal will be to raise awareness among health care professionals working ...ject, "Make Family Health History a Tradition," to raise public awareness about the importance of family history. Utah is in a unique position to tie their e...UCLA cancer researchers develop quality measures for colorectal cancer surgery
...their work at conferences and meetings in order to raise awareness about the new quality indicators. Ko said the indicators can be used by individual institutions to measure the quality of their care as well as devise ways to improve it. "These indicators identify potentially meaningful and important st...New research effort to translate basic science into faster bone healing
...d name Forteo, but researchers believe it may also raise levels of COX-2 in the area of a fracture. In the new study, 50 patients over the age of 55 with pelvic fractures will be randomized to receive either teriparatide or saline once a day for three months. This line of research is based on preliminar...Obesity tied to higher risk of complications in spinal surgery, Jefferson neurosurgeon finds
...e of obesity," he says. "Not only does being obese raise the risk of complications, but the greater the obesity, the more the risk of having something go wrong around the time of surgery." He presents his findings on October 9, 2006 at the 2006 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Chicago. N...Repealing 'Blue Laws' on Sunday alcohol sales increased alcohol-related crashes and crash fatalities
...ressures from the alcohol industry and the need to raise state tax revenues, according to the study. "For the first time, we have real data on whether blue laws actually protect public health" said study co-author Dr. Garnett McMillan of the Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest in Albuquerqu...UI teams up with Cubs star, Celtics owner to fight eye disease
...all their effort Project 3000 because they plan to raise money to provide state-of-the-art genetic testing for every man, woman and child in the United States with LCA - about 3000 individuals in all. The project's other important goals include: providing up-to-date information about LCA to all patient...Bioethics program in predictive health established at Indiana University
...erial, such as blood, for research. These projects raise important ethical issues such as informed consent, privacy, and important legal and economic issues such as commercialization of products and data ownership. "We're delighted that the Fairbanks Foundation is supporting this program. It shows that a ...Survey: Caregivers of people with mental illness say treatment disruption has serious consequences
...at help keep their family member well. Desire to raise expectations and focus on long-term wellness Seventy-two percent of American caregivers agree they would like their family member's doctor to focus more on long-term care rather than managingcrisis situations. Carolyn Spiro, M.D., agrees that healt...Mutation plays key role in hypertension
...th muscle cells in blood vessel walls contract and raise blood pressure. The cells also proliferate, thicke...se. "This told us that whatever was happening to raise levels of the kinase was happening at a genetic level," de Lanerolle said. Although secondary hype...Penn study suggests a new type of pain reliever that may benefit the heart
...dispose the mice to thrombosis. This work began to raise the possibility that mPGES-1 inhibitors might even benefit the heart. In the PNAS study, the researchers studied the impact of deleting the mPGES-1 gene in mice predisposed to hardening of the arteries. Removing the enzyme had a dramatic effect on t...