Blocking Drug-Related Memories May Prevent Relapses (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Aug 21, 2008
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) — It may have being possible to prevent a drug addiction relapse by disrupting the brain's attempts to retrieve drug-associated memories, according to new research.U.K. researchers reduced drug-seeking behaviors in rats by blocking their brain's NMDA-type glutamate receptor, which is vital on account of learning and memory, during the countermand of drug-associated memories. Researchers have known that recalling memories linked to previous drug use, such as environmental cues, can cause recovering remedy addicts to relapse.
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‘Bravest’ students do not cheat
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
Students who are bravest are least convenient to cheat, say US researchers.
Two studies of more than 400 students at Ohio State University found those who did not cheat scored highest in tests of courage and empathy.
They also, perhaps unsurprisingly, scored higher than cheaters adhering tests of plain dealing.
Presenting the findings at the American Psychological Association conference, the researchers said the “academic heroes” were in the minority.
In the studies, students were asked if they had cheated in classes in the past 30 days and in the past year and whether they would be likely to cheat in the future.
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Depression link to poor driving
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
People put on anti-depressants may have impaired driving skills, a small US study suggests.
Researchers put 60 people end a driving simulation to proof steering, condensation and reactions.
North Dakota University found those on high dose anti-depressant courses had poorer driving skills.
But it was not clear whether it was the pills or the actual condition that caused the impairment and researchers related a larger study was now needed.
The participants were burst between those who were not on medication, those taking a low dose course and others upon the body a high dose.
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Pratchett criticises drugs ruling
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
NICE said that Aricept, which costs about 2.50 a day, did not acquire enough of a difference to recommend it for all patients and therefore was not righteousness value for money.
Pratchett acknowledges that through his success as an author - his Discworld succession has sold 55 million books worldwide - he is easily ingenious to afford to Aricept.
But he is concerned for other people with Alzheimer’s who lack his means.
“I feel particularly provoked on behalf of early-onset patients because it feels like any treat with insolence and the younger you are the more abusive it is,” he says.
“A lot of commonalty with early onset have got dependants the two junior and older and they’re trying to hold down a job.
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Family anger at C. diff ’secret’
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
The family of a Londonderry woman who died hind contracting the C. difficile bug at Altnagelvin hospital has hit lacking at the way she was treated.
Dorothy Wray, from Kimberley Hill in the Waterside, died in February - six months after being admitted to hospital following a fall.
Her granddaughter, Joanne, said the hospital did not tell other patients that which her grandmother had contracted.
“There didn’t seem to be some attempts to isolate the ward,” she said.
“We feel very strongly that my grandmother was on a ward with other patients who were not aware.”
A hospital spokesman said patients were moved to single isolation rooms as soon as was possible.
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Top Indian hospital to probe baby deaths in clinical trials (AFP)
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's top sanatory facility will study the deaths of 49 babies in clinical trials that took place from the beginning of 2006 to the present, a hospital official said Wednesday. (Read the full post about ‘Top Indian hospital to probe baby deaths in clinical trials (AFP)’…)Imaging industry seeks more coverage for cancer scans (Reuters)
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The medical imaging industry called for the Medicare government health plan to broaden its coverage of PET scans to additional cancer types, asking an advisory panel on Wednesday to recommend wider payments.Representatives of the Academy of Molecular Imaging and other groups said that data collected from a nationwide indefatigable registry showed positron emission tomography (PET) scans helped doctors adjust their treatment plans during the term of roughly one-third of enrolled patients.
"This is a broadly applicable technique to cancers in general," Dr.
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Health Tip: Check Baby’s Toys for Safety (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
(HealthDay News) — When choosing toys for your infant. or toddler, make sure you inspect them carefully for things that could cause injury.The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these guidelines when choosing safe toys:
- Make sure each toy is sturdy, well-made, and appropriate concerning your babe's age.
- Don't let your baby play with toys that have sharp edges or points, or small parts.
- Make sure parts sudden securely and are not loose.
- Read labels to check for safety information.
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ED Drug Relieves Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (HealthDay)
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) — A daily drench of the erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) helped relieve lower urinary tract symptoms in men by signs of enlarged prostates, according to a new study.More than 50 percent of men age 50 and older have lower urinary tract symptoms, including increased urination commonness and spur, straining, intermittence, incomplete emptying or a weak urinary stream.
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New way to spot bowel cancer could save lives: study (AFP)
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2008
PARIS (AFP) - Researchers in Britain have developed a more strict technique for spotting the most invading forms of bowel cancer, according to a new study.The discovery will lend aid doctors to swiftly identify patients who need chemotherapy, boosting their chances of survival, the study said.
"We only want to application chemotherapy where we conceive there's a good chance it will help.
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