Patients with accident or trauma related chronic pain often have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. What isn’t clearly known, however, is how PTSD relates to mood disorders and pain severity in chronic pain patients.
University of Michigan researchers examined the contribution of PTSD to the pain experience, functional disability and frequency of depressive symptoms. They […]

Research into the correlations between allergies and the development of
tumours - and possible benefits for future cancer treatments - has finally
become an established research discipline in its own right. That was the
conclusion at the 2nd International AllergoOncology Symposium, which took
place in Vienna at the weekend. The symposium’s organiser, Prof.
Jensen-Jarolim, was extremely happy with the event, […]

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals seized more than 14,000 dosage units of Shangai Regular, Shangai Ultra, Super Shangai, Natural?« Super Plus, and Lady Shangai. Although labeled as natural supplements, the seized products were all marketed to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), impotency, and/or to provide sexual enhancement, which caused […]

Sanofi-aventis
announced results from a new study that showed Ambien CR(R) (zolpidem
tartrate extended-release) CIV tablets 12.5 mg provided significant
improvement in sleep onset, sleep maintenance and total sleep time over 8
weeks in patients with co-morbid insomnia and major depressive disorder
(MDD) who were administered a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)
for depression. Ambien CR also […]

University of Florida researchers have identified a drug compound that dramatically lowers blood pressure, improves heart function and - in a remarkable finding - prevents damage to the heart and kidneys in rats with persistent hypertension.
The findings, which appear in the May 1 edition of the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, could lead to a […]