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May 15th 2008Drug InformationBreast Cancer
Research from the US suggests that exercising or being physically active is linked to a reduced risk of invasive premenopausal breast cancer, and the reduction is even higher when girls and women start regular physical activity in early adolescence and continue into adulthood.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationAbortion
Kansas Supreme Court on Friday unsealed two lawsuits demanding that Johnson County, Kan., District Attorney Phill Kline (R) return abortion records to Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the Kansas City Star reports. In unsealing the cases, the court released hundreds of documents related to the two cases.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationMultiple Sclerosis
The MS Society has launched this week’s MS Week 2008 with a series of new adverts featuring images and words of people with multiple sclerosis (MS).The four new adverts encourage people living with the condition to explore the help that is out there, whether through the MS Society’s branch network, self management courses, through online support forums, or via personalised care.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationDepression
Depressed people may have far fewer of the receptors for some of the brain’s “feel good” stress-response chemicals than non-depressed people, new University of Michigan Depression Center research shows.And even among depressed people, the numbers of these receptors can vary greatly. What’s more, the number of receptors a depressed person has appears to be linked with the severity of their symptoms - and the chances that they’ll feel better after taking a medication.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
The Connecticut House on Wednesday approved a bill that intends to make it easier for patients to receive insurance coverage for treatment in residential facilities, the Hartford Courant reports. The bill, which passed in the Senate on May 1, will be sent to Gov. Jodi Rell (R) for final approval.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationCardiovascular
CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced the first implantation of the combination aortic-mitral allograft heart valve in a patient at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery was performed by Dr. Jose Navia, a cardiac surgeon with the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationStroke
For the first time, researchers have peered deeply at the atomic level into the protein that causes hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) — a disease thought to cause stroke and dementia.The study pinpointed a tiny portion of the protein molecule that is key to the formation of plaques in blood vessels in the brain.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationGastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology
The symptoms of IBS and coeliac disease can often be very similar as a result the diagnosis of coeliac disease can be delayed or missed and IBS is misdiagnosed.
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationMental Health
A new study, presented for the first time at an international psychiatric meeting, examined the time to relapse in patients with schizophrenia treated with risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) or oral quetiapine. The data show that the mean time free from relapse for patients treated with RLAI was statistically longer than those treated with quetiapine (607 days RLAI versus 533 days with quetiapine, p
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May 15th 2008Drug InformationHypertension
Perching on an exam table with arms and legs dangling is not the most accurate (nor medically recommended) position for a blood pressure check, according to a study released in the April 2008 issue of MEDSURG Nursing.
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