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The financial crisis could lead to greater use of cheap heating fuels and burning of waste at home, increasing risks to children’s health. This adds urgency to discussions taking place in preparation for the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in 2010. On 28-29 January 2009, European policy-makers are gathered in Luxembourg at the Thematic Meeting on Healthy Environments to recommend actions Read the rest of this entry »
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: RNN), a leader in development of innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, announced the completion of enrollment in its Phase IIa clinical trial evaluating ZoraxelTM for treatment of Erectile Dysfunction (ED). The Company expects to have preliminary study results in March 2009.
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The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is expanding the evidence base surrounding the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of depression by commissioning three new research projects. Existing research suggests that CBT may be effective Read the rest of this entry »
People with Alzheimer’s disease who also have diabetes or high blood pressure may die sooner than people without such disorders, according to a study published in the November 4, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study involved 323 people Read the rest of this entry »
A study presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 55th Annual Meeting in Chicago demonstrates three treatments are effective in treating anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. According to the study, supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), treatment that combines cognitive behavioral therapy Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health News
On almost a weekly basis the media reveals, often in excruciating detail, that some male sport star, politician or personality, somewhere, has abused, sexually or in another way, a girlfriend or a woman they have come into contact with.
The trend is a worrying one but a new study from the United States may shed some light on why some men behave in this manner.
The study by researchers from the University of California examined the lives of boys who commit Read the rest of this entry »
Breakthrough: Results
from the fourth year in a long-term clinical study prove the disease
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that the positive clinical effect of the tablet vaccine persists after
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Many older adults worry a lot. Almost one in 10 Americans over age 60 suffer from an anxiety disorder that causes them to worry excessively about normal things like health, finances, disability and family. Although antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can improve anxiety symptoms in younger adults, little has been known Read the rest of this entry »
High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made easier by a pressure sensor that is inserted in the femoral artery.
If a person’s blood flows through their arteries at too high a pressure, even when they are Read the rest of this entry »
An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help people with arthritis/rheumatism cope more effectively with their condition and achieve better quality of life. Healthcare professionals, people with rheumatic disease and their carers, who responded to the survey, highlight the importance of integrating psychological support into the standard Read the rest of this entry »
Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US (COR)) reported that top-line data from its second Phase IIa study in opioid-induced respiratory depression (RD) demonstrated that a single oral dose of 1500mg of the AMPAKINE® compound CX717 achieved statistical significance (p = 0.005) over placebo on the primary endpoint measure of spontaneous basal respiration without affecting opioid-induced analgesia. This placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized Read the rest of this entry »
Sanofi-aventis
announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2 - 5
years old for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and
perennial allergic rhinitis.
The FDA based its approval on the results of a multicenter, randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled study demonstrating that Nasacort AQ can
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Two new partnerships between NHS organisations and leading
universities will receive a total of ??18 million to conduct research
and improve care in major conditions including depression, dementia,
stroke, and childhood obesity, the Department of Health announced
recently.
The new NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Collaborations
for Health Research and Care in Nottinghamshire and in Cambridgeshire
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For men, especially older men, dieting may help reduce the risk of gum disease more than for women, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and other institutions.
The study, published in the journal Nutrition , also provides the latest clue to a powerful link between chronic Read the rest of this entry »
Johns Hopkins and other researchers report what is believed to be the first direct evidence in lab animals that the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil amplifies the effects of a heart-protective protein.
The team’s findings, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation online Jan. 5, helps explain why sildenafil, more Read the rest of this entry »
Circassia Ltd, a
specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on controlling immune system
responses, announced positive results from a phase II clinical study
of its anti-allergy technology, Buy generic diflucan ToleroMune(R), in the field of cat allergy.
The trial showed that ToleroMune treatment can substantially reduce
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The estimated rate of anaphylaxis in young women after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was significantly higher - 5 to 20 fold - than that identified in comparable school-based vaccination programs, according to a study published in CMAJ However, the overall rates of anaphylaxis were low with no associated serious lasting effects.
In a study of Read the rest of this entry »
The drug allopurinol, which lowers uric acid levels, appears to reduce blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension, according to a preliminary report in the August 27 issue of JAMA.
Hypertension is commonly associated with hyperuricemia (elevated blood level of uric acid, a by-product of normal chemical processes Read the rest of this entry »
A Lifeclinic LC300 automated blood pressure monitor was recently featured on the new CBS daytime talk show, The Doctors. The series airs each weekday, delivering up-to-the-minute information from a panel of four practicing medical professionals.
During the October 30th episode, a segment entitled "Heart of the Matter", Dr. Travis Stork discussed Read the rest of this entry »
Researchers examined the levels of post traumatic stress reactivity (PTSR) of over 20,000 adult tsunami survivors by analyzing survey data from coastal Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia. The findings are from the first wave of a long-term prospective longitudinal follow-up study examining the nature and course of mental health consequences and moderating influences among a population in Indonesia affected by the 2004 Read the rest of this entry »
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a study led by Pia Heppner, Ph.D., psychologist with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs of San Diego, VA Center of Excellence for Stress Read the rest of this entry »
What evidence supports the recommendation that patients with diverticulosis avoid nuts, popcorn, and other high-residue foods?
A patient comes to her physician for instructions consequent to the discovery of diverticular disease. She is cautioned to avoid high-residue foods, such as nuts, seeds, popcorn, and corn either on or off the cob, because the by-products of these foods might lead to trauma or obstruction at the diverticular Read the rest of this entry »
A heart-to-heart chat with a peer has proven an effective way to prevent postnatal depression in high risk women, cutting the risk of depression by 50%, according to a University of Toronto nursing study published in BMJ Online.
Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis, an associate professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Canada research chair in perinatal community health, examined Read the rest of this entry »
Almost a quarter of Australian children are living with a parent who has a mental illness, according to new research published in the January issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin.
Buy generic acomplia Of these, just over 1 % (or approximately 60,000 children) have a parent who has a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, Read the rest of this entry »
Taking 1000mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA®943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure). Generic viagra pills no prescription These findings came from a ‘Twins’ trial, in which different treatments were Read the rest of this entry »