Some Brain Cells 'Change Channels' To Fine-tune The Message
...ng the swap might help protect them from a calcium overdose that can kill them in Lou Gehrig's disease. "We don't know yet whether this happens in muscle-controlling nerve cells, but we're looking into it," says Richard Huganir, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investiga...Some Brain Cells Change Channels
...ng the swap might help protect them from a calcium overdose that can kill them in Lou Gehrig's disease. "We don't know yet whether this happens in muscle-controlling nerve cells, but we're looking into it," says Richard Huganir, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investiga...Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths
...aising alarm as the number of people dying from an overdose of the drug fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine, rises. Addicts are misusing a clear patch that transfers a controlled dose of fentanyl through the skin into the bloodstream over the course of a few days, UF experts say. The adhe...High resolution 'snapshots' detail dynamics of a cocaine antibody
...eutic agent to counter the craving, addiction, and overdose of the drug. To date, no treatment has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Commenting on the new findings, Xueyong Zhu, Ph.D., the primary author of the study and a staff scientist in the Wilson laboratory said, "Development of ...High-tech research shows cocaine changes proteins and brain function
...ssue obtained from individuals who died of cocaine overdose and compared these "protein profiles" with individuals who died of non-drug related causes. "The findings provide new insights into the long-term effects and damage that cocaine has on the human brain and will help guide future animal studies to fu...Wisconsin doctors pinpoint cancer with TomoTherapy radiation treatment
...he surrounding healthy tissue is not exposed to an overdose of radiation. To make sure the tissue is spared, TomoTherapys radiation therapy is combined with a computerized tomography scanner to record the growth and movement of the tumor. The precision of this technology is unprecedented in radiation oncolog...... makes a simple mistake, accidentally keying in an overdose of 100 milliliters per hour. Another patient is supposed to receive 25 ml of a different drug, but a miscalculation unleashes 250 milliliters by mistake. Errors like these occur every day in hospitals across the country, sometimes placing patients a...OxyContin Abuse Continues To Rise
...urs. Abuse of the drug has led to higher rate of overdose deaths and narcotics crimes. Oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin, was detected in 56 cases where toxicology tests were performed in 2000 and 2001. Of those people, 23 took fatal doses of the drug....Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity
... from Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh where an overdose of fluoride in drinking water has affected about a million people, who are suffering from joint pains, abnormal growth in the joints, respiratory disorders etc. there had been even reports of fluoride toxicity arising out of drinking some form of ins...Fentanyl Narcotic Pain Patch under Scrutiny
...t both patients and doctors . Some of the signs of overdose associated with fentanyl skin patch include shallow breathing; tiredness, extreme sleepiness, or sedation; inability to think, talk, or walk normally; and feeling faint, dizzy, or confused. FDA officials warn that if these signs occur, patients or th...Generally people talk of vitamin overdose but with the case of vitamin B12 //it is just the opposite. Especially vegans and elderly subjects are most likely to suffer from this vitamin deficiency declares a study from the Harvard Medical School. The symptoms of B12 deficiency are subtle co...