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Frog Secretions Could Be Used To Ward Off Mosquitoes

...overed that their secretions could act as powerful painkillers and hallucinogens. --Edited IANS...

Intimate Calisthenics: Rock your blues Away

...effects of Orgasms, explaining how orgasms release painkillers in the blood stream, and offer a protection for colds, illnesses, aches and pains. Sex helps in producing extra estrogen and testosterone, a widely known protective cover for bones and muscles. And all these extra hormones act as hair and skin condit...

NHS 24: A complete makeover

...symptoms similar to bird flu. He was asked to take painkillers but later died. But Dr Robson, 40, said that various reforms have been done to the NHS 24 service. He said that the nurse are trained well to give proper advice and are specifically trained to recognize the signs of meningitis. The service has ...

Drug deaths in King County continue to go up

... drug deaths, fueled in large part by prescription painkillers // . According to the medical examiner's annual report on deaths in King County, Statistics indicate that deaths from overdoses of prescription opiates such as methadone and oxycodone are still on the rise, says Dr. Richard Harruff, the chief medica...

Increase in drug abuse by teenagers

...rmingly found an increase in drug abuse of various painkillers // . The researchers found that almost 50% of stud...th grade are abusing drugs. The increase in use of painkillers may be linked to increased stress these students are exposed or due to their ignorance regarding the...

UN Fears Earthquake Victims Could Turn To Drugs

... the excessive use of tranquillizers, opiate-based painkillers and cannabis. On the other hand, drug abusers in a traumatized population are many times more difficult to treat than in the general population," said Dr Rizwan Taj, head of psychiatry at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The earth...

Height of ignorance in people!

...sociation (AGA), over-the-counter and prescription painkillers are often used inappropriately and there is an ala...racteristics of the population who frequently uses painkillers and their attitudes and behaviours. The study is published in the November issue of the Journal of R...

Gynaecologist Faces Stiff Prison Sentence On Counts Of Sexual Abuse

...he obstetrician-gynaecologist prescribed addictive painkillers for no good medical reason, pressured patients into surgeries and double-billed insurance companies for procedures. In all, more than 50 former patients and employees have sued Momah or contacted police or regulatory agencies to make accusations aga...

Safest painkiller Ibuprofen found to cause severe GI bleeding

...ll bring attention to the reality of the amount of painkillers potentially being used by patients at home....

Tennis elbow not new among cricketers, say experts

...ltrasound therapy, use of anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers and administration of steroids are some of the methods used to deal with the problem. Recovery from the ailment can take anywhere between three weeks to a year during which the patient is best advised to abstain from the particular repetitive action....

Terminally Ill Patients Could Be Offered A Better Life

...ows care-giving organizations to administer strong painkillers that make life more bearable. But the experts say all state government should frame laws that allow organizations to play a more dynamic role in easing the pain of the terminally ill. Drawing attention to the needs of the terminally ill and also th...

Aspirin Might Counter Side Effects of Cox-2 Painkillers

...as published in Cell metabolism has shown that the painkillers like Vioxx are strong Cox-2 inhibitors which interferes with the chemical pathways that causes pain. vThough Cox-2 inhibitors have good effect in reducing pain, they may cause high blood pressure and severe cardiovascular problems. These drugs inhi...

Calcitriol [Vitamin D] with combination of painkillers for cancer treatment

...e prostate cell growth by 25 percent and combining painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen with calcitriol killed 70 percent of the prostate cancer cells. ...

Wishing the pain away

...painkiller can trigger the brain to release neural painkillers that can soothe the pain. // The study provides the first direct evidence that the brain’s own pain-fighting chemicals, called endorphins, play a role in the phenomenon known as the placebo effect — and that this response corresponds with a reducti...

In The Habit Of Taking Painkillers For Your Chronic Headache? Time To Switch Over

...t has been found out that women who regularly take painkillers are more prone to develop high blood pressure than women who don’t take any. Infact there is a 2 fold increased risk // , which draws attention. The regular use of these drugs by millions of people may help explain the growing incidence of hyperten...

The growing availability of Fake drugs in the market

... of spurious drugs, mainly comprising antibiotics, painkillers and cardiac medicines, are being sold in Bangalore. Most of the drugs were found to have a very small percentage of medicine and in some no medicine at all. Karnataka's biggest spurious drug racket first came to light in May-end this year when inv...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...n inappropriate drugs prescribed in the study were painkillers and drugs that act on the central nervous system, such as sedatives, antidepressants, and drugs used to treat anxiety. Researchers say, “One possibility is that physicians are used to prescribing the older drugs and inappropriate drugs in these class...

Aspirin Induced Asthma , A Little-Known Inducer

...ed asthma is a severe reaction to aspirin or other painkillers that is characterized by the onset of asthma 30 minutes to three hours // after taking the medications. British researchers analyzed more than 20 studies on asthma and found more than 20 percent of adults and about 5 percent of children suffer from ...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...ospital the following evening, where she was given painkillers and sent home. Three nights later, she was back in the hospital. She died the following day. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of Holly's death. But Monty Patterson said he learned from an attending physician at the hospital that ...

Painkillers Increase Risk of Miscarriage

California researchers report taking painkillers during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which include// aspirin and ibuprofen, are some of the most widely used drugs and are often used by pregnant women. Doctors interviewed 1,055 pregnant women im...

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