- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — Adolescents — or at least
adolescent mice — are more likely than adults to become addicted to
OxyContin, a widely prescribed opioid painkiller.
The authors of a study published Sept. 10 in
Neuropsychopharmacology believe this may have to do with
adolescents' heightened sensitivity to the “high” brought on by the drug.
But this [...]
- (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of CenterWatch:
Lower Back Pain
If you are aged 18 to 70 and have acute (recent onset)
low back pain due to strain/spasm, you may qualify for this study.
The research site is in Newport News, Va.
More information
Please see http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/studies/cat700.html.
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
If you are [...]
- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Few U.S. Medical Students Plan to Work in
Primary Care
Hard work and lower salaries may be among the reasons why only 2
percent of graduating medical students in the United States plan to work
in primary care internal medicine, according to a [...]
- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — Many large physician
groups in the United States lack the essential elements needed to create
patient-centered “medical homes” designed to put primary-care doctors in
charge of coordinating care, says a new study.
The medical home model is seen by many health-care providers,
businesses and patients as a promising way to address problems [...]
- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — Tumors often rebound
rapidly following chemotherapy, and oncologists may now understand why:
Blame the body.
They may also have found a new way to prevent that rebound effect, at
least in their mouse model.
Robert Kerbel, of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, and
the University of Toronto, led an international team [...]
Der Fantasie sind tatsächlich keine Grenzen gesetzt. Das zeigt sich am neuesten Trend in den USA: dem Eyeball-Tattoo (Augapfeltätowierung). Dabei wird Tinte direkt in den weißen Augapfel injiziert. Motive können nicht eingebracht werden, vielmehr handelt es sich um einen Farbklecks, der neben der natürlichen Augenfarbe der Iris prangt. Wer will, kann auf diese Weise ein [...]
- WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetics who
tightly control their blood sugar levels early, even if only for the first
10 years after diagnosis, have reduced risk of heart attack, death and
other complications a decade or more later, British researchers report.
The same cannot be said for type 2 diabetics who control their [...]
Mit dem nahenden Herbst rollt auch wieder die nächste Erkältungswelle an. Daher ist jetzt genau die richtige Zeit, sich gegen die lästige Infektionskrankheit zu rüsten. Dafür sind besonders die Abwehrkräfte zu stärken. Das kann gut mit Wechselduschen und Kneipp-Kuren erreicht werden. Der positive Effekt von drei bis fünf kalten Güssen oder Waschungen des Oberkörpers ist [...]
Le toucher est le premier des cinq sens à se développer chez le foetus. Dès le 2ème mois de grossesse, le sens tactile apparaît le long de la colonne vertébrale, des fesses et du cou. Le futur bébé perçoit ses premières sensations par le placenta et les contractions utérines. A 15 semaines environ, ses doigts [...]
Workers at Ground Zero work take photos as the first beam for the future 9/11 memorial is raised into place on September 2, 2008 in New York. Seven years after the September 11 attacks on the United States, few are the signs of rebirth at the site in lower Manhattan where the twin towers of [...]