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Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...snorted, injected or taken orally. The drug, often made in clandestine laboratories from inexpensive over-the-counter ingredients, is widely abused by diverse groups, including young adults who attend "raves" or private clubs, motorcycle gang members, male and female commercial sex workers, and bisexual a...

Quit Smoking

...d bupropion - known commercially here as Zyban and made by GlaxoSmithKline - is showing considerable promise in helping smokers butt tobacco out of their lives for good. In the study 784 participants took bupropion to help them stop smoking. After seven weeks of treatment 461 participants had successfully...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

A new spray has been developed to heal wounds made inside the body during surgery without scarring. T...erred to open surgery techniques. // The spray, made from polyethylene glycol, is now undergoing clinical trials in Germany and France as well as the US....

The new born nightmare

...he lead researcher, adding that the study was only made possible by the vast amount of data stored in the Regenstrief system. The researchers conclude that erythromycin should be used with great precaution in a baby’s first four weeks of life. br>...

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...atement. // The self-contained mechanical heart, made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts, is the first major advance in the development of an artificial replacement heart in nearly two decades. The surgeons have said previously that patients considered for the implant were critically ill with few...

Have sex and stay young

...sultant neuro-psychologist Dr David Weeks, who has made a 10-year study of the subject. "Pleasure derived from sex is a crucial factor in preserving youth. It makes us happy and produces chemicals telling us so," he claims.//Dr Weeks said loving couples make more of an effort to keep themselves in good ...

Generic drug costs remain shackled

...me would remain in force until a decision had been made on how best to supply generic medicines cost-effectively to the NHS. A spokesperson for the British Generic Manufacturers Association said the extension raised a number of issues. Continuing to base the controls on 1998 prices was likely to be painfu...

Woman gets cancer from transplanted kidney

...al years after her transplant. // The woman has made a full recovery, but her case underscores the importance of closely following patients after organ transplantation, according to researchers led by Dr. Sigurdur Bodvarsson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Analysis of the cancer cells and the...

An effective way to treat angina

...eir heart cannot cope with the oxygen demand being made on it. They can be treated by angioplasty, to open up a blocked artery to the heart, or bypass surgery to short-circuit a vessel blockage.// Angina can relieved by another, less invasive, method by increasing blood flow to the heart. Enhanced Exte...

How to prevent wrinkles?

Researchers made a study on a group of older people in order to show- how eating patterns can stop you getting wrinkles.They have been looking at a group of 300 people aged 60 or over living in many countries . They have found that whether they were fair or dark-ski...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

...ntraceptive skin patch for weekly use. Ortho Evra, made by New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson, is a one-and-three-quarter-inch patch containing the hormones norelgestromin and ethinyl estradiol, designed to be an alternative to birth control pills. // The patch delivers the hormones through the skin for...

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

...urs to seven-and-a-half hours. The change has been made to accommodate increased demands of work and more leisure activities. A team from the US Department of Medicine in Chicago, investigated whether lack of sleep can alter metabolic and hormonal functions. Professor Eve Willis, who led the study, said...

First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback

...0 days ago. The latest setback caused swelling and made the patient, Robert Tools, 59, of Franklin, Kentucky, less responsive, implant surgeon Laman Gray said. // Robert Tools received the AbioCor mechanical heart on July 2 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. At the time, he was so ill he had been given l...

Implantable Contact Lens Found Safe and Effective

...eived the implantable lens, known as STAAR ICL and made by STAAR Surgical Inc. of Monrovia, California. One-year follow-up data was available for 429 eyes implanted with the contact lens. Vukich reported that 45% of the implanted eyes had visual acuity of 20/20 or better, and 84% had visual acuity of 20/4...

How do patients benefit of clinical trials

...the information given prior to consent should have made this clear. And less than 40 per cent realised that they might// experience some side effects from an experimental treatment. But virtually all were happy with the informed consent process. Greater knowledge and understanding of what the cancer tri...

Activated charcoal for poisoning treatment

...ing. Pharmacists and pediatricians, too, should be made aware that the activated charcoal can effectively used at home....

Constipation can be a cause

...ins.Dr Abbott said: "Adjustments for those factors made no change in the results - the strong tie between bowel movement frequency and the risk of Parkinson's disease remained." However, the fact that relatively few people develop Parkinson's means that most people with constipation will never get it. D...

The henna allergy

... containing PPD could cause contact dermatitis and made the skin swollen, red and itchy.// He added it could even stop people taking jobs in certain industries where they might come into contact with the chemical. Dr Hausen said: "It is possible that the mark from the tattoo will remain for several mont...

FDA attacks American Red Cross for blood violations

...ntial to the public health. // Despite a promise made by the Red Cross in a 1993 consent decree to make substantial improvements in the quality control of its blood program, inspections over the past two years have revealed persistent and serious violations of blood safety rules. FDA inspectors said t...

TV drug commercials prompt prescriptions

... the Food and Drug Administration set up rules and made them legal. // The pervasive drug ads have a considerable effect -- nearly a third of adults have talked to their doctor about a drug they saw advertised. About 44 percent of those adults then received a prescription for the drug they saw adverti...

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