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Common Antibiotic Found To Carry Heart Risk

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:05:12 +0000

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a “Z-pack.” The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking azithromycin when compared with another common antibiotic or no antibiotics at all. Wayne A. Ray, Ph.D., professor of Preventive Medicine, and C. Michael Stein, M.B.Ch…

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Study Shows Delays In Siblings Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:04 +0000

A new University of Miami (UM) study shows that one in three children who have an older sibling with an Autism Related Disorder (ASD) fall into a group characterized by higher levels of autism-related behaviors or lower levels of developmental progress. The study will be presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in May, 2012…

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Predicting Arthritis At Much Earlier Stage With New Biomarker Test

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:59 +0000

More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin to show symptoms, which include joint pain and stiffness. By the time these symptoms are present, it is often too late for preventive and minimally invasive treatment options to be effective…

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Valuable Tool In Lung Cancer Screening - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:47 +0000

The most recent research released in June’s Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung cancer screening program…

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Food Cravings Reduced By Lizard Saliva

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:58 +0000

A drug made from the saliva of the Gila monster lizard is effective in reducing the craving for food. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, have tested the drug on rats, who after treatment ceased their cravings for both food and chocolate…

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Racial Disparities Revealed In Prostate Cancer Surgery

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:59 +0000

Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery to remove diseased prostates…

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Resiliency During Early Years Can Protect Against Later Alcohol/Drug Use

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:51 +0000

Resiliency is a measure of a person’s ability to flexibly adapt their behaviors to fit the surroundings in which they find themselves. Low resiliency during childhood has been linked to later alcohol/drug problems during the teenage years…

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Unexpected Source Of Diabetic Neuropathy Pain Discovered

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:37 +0000

Nearly half of all diabetics suffer from neuropathic pain, an intractable, agonizing and still mysterious companion of the disease. Now Yale researchers have identified an unexpected source of the pain and a potential target to alleviate it…

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Potential To Predict Parkinson’s Disease Via Colonoscopy Or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:17 +0000

Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain tha…

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Focusing On New Directions Of Viral Hepatitis Care And Research

Drug Information — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:39 +0000

The editors of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, are pleased to announce the publication of this year’s highly anticipated special 13th issue. Published each May, the 13th issue is devoted to a particular gastroenterological topic of broad interest; this year’s topic is viral hepatitis. In conjunction with editor-in-chief M…

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