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Addictions RSS FeedsKentucky Public Health To Launch Strength Training Program For Women - Six organizations in Kentucky will be trained to offer the StrongWomen Program, which promotes strength training and nutrition as part of a long-term health plan for women 50 and older, the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced today. DPH and the Barren River District Health Department have partnered to launch the initiative, which will be offered at sites throughout Kentucky....Feed Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities Using Ripple Effect - A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface.... On The Trail Of A Targeted Therapy For Blood Cancers: Exploring Protein Critical To Blood Cell Development - Investigators from the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic effects of chemotherapy in children and adults. Their findings may one day help in the development of targeted therapies for leukemia, multiple myeloma and other cancers of the blood.... Safe Kids Kansas And Kansas State Fire Marshal Offer Home Fire Safety Tips - In 2007, 37 Kansans died in 3,276 residential fires. In the seven-year period 2000-2006, 57 Kansas children ages 14 and under died in residential fires, and another 377 were hospitalized for accidental fire/burn related injuries. October 5-11, 2008, is Fire Prevention Week, observed every year since 1922 around the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.... 1,848 Breast Cancer Diagnoses And 398 Deaths In Kansas During 2002-2006 - Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in women but screening and early detection can help identify cancer in its early stages when the disease is most treatable. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and women should become informed about their risks of developing cancer and how effective screening for the disease is.... Indiana State Health Department Reports Third Human Case Of West Nile Virus - State health officials report one probable human case of West Nile virus in Marion County. This is the third human case of West Nile virus infection in Indiana this year. The other human cases were in Perry and Tippecanoe counties.... Indiana State Health Department Releases 2008 Fireworks Injury Report - State health officials announced the release of the 2008 Fireworks-Related Injuries Report. As of August 12, 2008, there were 141 fireworks-related injuries, including one death, reported to the Indiana State Department of Health. Of these injuries, more than three-quarters (111) occurred between June 30 and July 6.... Governor Blagojevich And Walgreens Team Up To Encourage Women To Get Screened During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Illinois - Celebrating the one year anniversary of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich's groundbreaking expansion of the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP), Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold, today announced in Centralia a partnership between the State of Illinois and Walgreens to encourage women to get screened during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.... People Urged To Take Precautions Following Rabid Bat Discoveries - Idaho - Several rabid bat reports in Idaho are prompting public health officials to warn people throughout the state to take precautions around bats and make sure that their dogs, cats, and horses are adequately vaccinated against rabies. Two rabid bats were recently discovered from Ada County, as well as two rabid bats from Kootenai County.... Idaho Unveils Website To Help Idahoans Prepare For Pandemic Influenza - Is your family prepared for school closures, empty food shelves and no available medical care? Could your business still function with 40% of workers staying home? Will police, fire and critical utility services be available if workers are ill or caring for ill family members? These are things which ... DOH Sponsors A Statewide Physical Activity And Nutrition Forum, Hawaii - The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) Healthy Hawai'i Initiative (HHI) hosted a Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Forum, "Good Health: Creating Active Living Communities.... Experience, Science And The Drinking Age - Recently more than 100 college presidents surrendered their authority to do something meaningful about campus alcohol abuse by urging policymakers to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18. There has not been so great a "hand-washing" of a significant problem since Pontius Pilate! Thankfully, this group did not include University of Wyoming leadership. I have a unique perspective on this issue.... Internet Surpasses Doctors As The Top Source Of Health Information - More U.S. adults used the Internet than doctors to obtain health and medical information over the past year, according to pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research. This trend represents a noticeable change in consumer behavior from previous years, as doctors have traditionally been the top source of health information.... Operating Department Practitioner Struck Off For Assaulting A Colleague, UK - Operating department practitioner Lloyd Subner has been struck of the HPC Register for assaulting a colleague while employed by Kings College Hospital NHS Trust. A panel of the HPC Conduct and Competence Committee found that on 12 December 2006, Mr Subner threw a box of intravenous fluids at a female colleague and swore at her.... Cerus Presents Data On Intercept Blood System At AABB Annual Meeting - Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) announced results from 10 studies on the INTERCEPT Blood System, presented this week at the AABB annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.... Illumina Launches MRNA-Seq On The Genome Analyzer - Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the broad availability of mRNA-Seq, a new product for full-length, complementary DNA (cDNA) sequencing on the Genome Analyzer.... Cyclacel Announces Completion Of Enrollment In Phase 2 Trial Of Sapacitabine In Elderly AML - lCyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCC) (NASDAQ:CYCCP) announced today the completion of enrollment as per protocol in the Phase 2 clinical trial of sapacitabine, the Company's oral nucleoside analogue, in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Interim results from this trial are expected to be available by the end of 2008 and final results during the second half of 2009.... Inspire Initiates Phase 1 Trial Of INS117548 For Glaucoma - Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISPH) announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial with INS117548 Ophthalmic Solution for the treatment of glaucoma.... Weakening Economy Prompts Advanced Medical Optics To Lower 2008 Revenue Guidance - Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (AMO) (NYSE:EYE) today lowered 2008 revenue guidance to a range of $1.17 billion to $1.20 billion and 2008 adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) guidance to a range of $0.70 to $0.80. The company had previously forecasted a 2008 revenue range of $1.22 billion to $1.24 billion and a 2008 adjusted EPS range of $1.00 to $1.15.... Roche NimbleGen Launches 2.1 Million-Probe Arrays For The Detection Of Chromosomal Aberrations And DNA Copy Number Variation - Roche NimbleGen, a company of Roche announced today the launch of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) arrays and services for the high-resolution mapping of genomic copy-number differences based on the company's new 2.1 million-probe HD2 platform.... Biovail Comments On Filing Of Lawsuit - Biovail Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BVF) today announced that it has been notified that a proposed securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York against the Company, its Chairman and two former officers.... ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Announces Filing Of Patent Application For A Novel Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine Technology - ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTC: IMUC) (IMUC), a biotechnology company, announced the filing of a provisional U.S. patent application relating to its novel vaccine technology targeting cancer stem cells. The vaccine technology is exclusively licensed from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.... Small Intestine Can Sense And React To Bitter Toxins In Food - Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that bitterness also slows the digestive process, keeping bad food in the stomach longer and increasing the chances that it will be expelled.... Clue To Genetic Cause Of Fatal Birth Defect - A novel enzyme may play a major role in anencephaly, offering hope for a genetic test or even therapy for the rare fatal birth defect in which the brain fails to develop, according to a study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study appears in the October issue of the journal of Molecular Endocrinology. In the U.S.... UNC Receives $8.5 Million For New Public Health Preparedness Research Center - The North Carolina Institute for Public Health has been awarded an $8.5 million, five-year grant to create a new research center focused on helping protect the state from a wide range to disasters and threats.... NCAR Launches Intensive Study Into Future Hurricane Risk - The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working with federal agencies and universities as well as the insurance and energy industries, has launched an intensive study to examine how global warming will influence hurricanes in the next few decades.... Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides - With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimise the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), looks at why there is currently little use of biological alternatives in the UK.... Natural Fingerprints In Coal Used To Track Mercury Emissions - University of Michigan researchers have developed a new tool that uses natural "fingerprints" in coal to track down sources of mercury polluting the environment. The research is published in the online issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.... Body Contouring: Selecting Appropriate Massive Weight Loss Patients Critical - The importance of pre-operative screening for patients seeking body contouring after massive weight loss will be assessed in three studies presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.... Urban Earthquakes, Nuclear Bombs And 9/11: New York Seismologist Honored For Work Local And Global - Won-Young Kim, a senior scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, has won the Jesuit Seismological Association Award from the Seismological Society of America for his work on wide-ranging questions both local and global.... Controversial Injections Examined At ASPS Annual Meeting - Injecting fat after breast reconstruction to correct implant wrinkling or dimpling may be safe and effective to improve breast shape, according to a study to be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.... Risk Factors Outside Of AAP Guidelines Identify More Preemies Needing RSV Prophylaxis - New data have emerged regarding three risk factors which may help pediatricians better identify which preterm infants are at high risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease and may thus benefit from palivizumab (Synagis®) prophylaxis, investigators reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2008 National Conference and Exhibition.... Pregnancy Does Not Affect Mother's Cognitive Function, New Study - Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush according to mental health researchers at The Australian National University.... High Risk Offender Charged With Assaulting A Women In Her Home, Calgary, Canada - The Calgary Police Service has charged a local man in connection with a daytime aggravated assault in the downtown in September. On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a man burst into a home in the 500 block of 15 Avenue S.W., and confronted a woman who was home alone.... Maple Leaf Foods Update On Its Bartor Road Facility And Positive Test Results For Listeria - Maple Leaf Foods (TSX/MFI) has posted the background materials distributed at a news conference. Documents provided with this advisory are: -- Listeria Fact Sheet -- Media Backgrounder on Positive Test Results at Bartor Road Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.... Heart Transplantation Programme At Harefield Hospital To Undergo Review - Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust will be working with the National Specialised Commissioning Team (NSC Team) and the Healthcare Commission over the next month on a review of Harefield Hospital's heart transplantation programme. As part of the Trust's routine monitoring and audit of its transplant operations, data is collected on post-operative survival including 30-day survival rates.... Scientists To Explore Chemical Reactions In Extreme Conditions - A new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic chemistry from the restrictive bonds of Earth. The Center for Chemistry of the Universe will allow scientists to explore new types of chemical reactions that occur under the extreme conditions of space.... Nobel Prize For Discovery Of Green Fluorescent Protein Won By MBL Scientist Osamu Shimomura - Osamu Shimomura, a senior scientist emeritus and Corporation member at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of green fluorescent protein (GFP), one of the most important tools in contemporary science and medicine for illuminating life at the microscopic level. Dr.... Early Data Show Potential For Imatinib To Treat Life-threatening Form Of Pulmonary Artery Disease - An early proof-of-concept study presented shows promising results for imatinib in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, incurable blood vessel disorder.... Phase III Study Showed Rituxan In Combination With Chemotherapy Improved Progression-Free Survival In Patients With Relapsed Chronic Leukemia - Genentech, Inc.... A New Improved Gene Therapy Can Be The First Treatment For Machado-Joseph Disease - Portuguese, Swiss and French researchers show, for the first time, that is possible to inhibit, in a living organism, the mutated copies of a gene without affecting any existing normal copies of the same gene.... Patients Who Recover From Coma But Cannot Communicate Feel Pain - Do patients who survive a severe brain injury but fail to recover speech or non-verbal communication perceive pain ? After their remarkable publication where they showed that a patient in a vegetative state in reality was conscious, scientists at the University of Liège (ULg) were able to tackle the very difficult issue of pain perception in coma survivors.... At ASPS Annual Meeting: Innovative 'No Breast Implant' Procedure - Women who desire a mommy-makeover, have had major weight loss, or are unhappy with the toll age has taken on their breasts can breathe easier. An innovative procedure to correct severely deflated, sagging breasts left looking like "pancakes" will be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 5, in Chicago.... Gene Determines Rapidity Of Ejaculation In Men - The rapidity of ejaculation in men is genetically determined. This is the result of research by Utrecht University. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel Waldinger and Pharmacological Researcher Paddy Janssen studied 89 Dutch men with premature ejaculation and will publish the results this week in the renowned International scientific journal the Journal of Sexual Medicine.... Reason For Body's Response To Borrelia Discovered - Inside a cell it is so crowded that a certain protein from borrelia winds up being crunched. From having been like an oblong rugby football, it gets bent and then collapses into a lump. At this point a previously hidden part appears, known to trigger the formation of antibodies. This explains how Borrelia can be diagnosed, a process that was previously unknown.... Memory Improves If Neurons Are New - The birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) does not end completely during development but continues throughout all life in two areas of the adult nervous system, i.e. subventricular zone and hippocampus. Recent research has shown that hippocampal neurogenesis is crucial for memory formation.... Is Couple Therapy Better Than Individual Psychotherapy In Alcoholism? - Alcohol abuse serves as a chronic stressor between partners and has a deleterious effect on relationship functioning.... Solvents May Cause Brain Disorders, But Rehabilitation Is Possible - There is little experience with the (neuro) psychological treatment of patients with solvent-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy (CSE). This randomised controlled trial evaluates a treatment programme based on previous outcome studies of patients with chronic fatigue, whiplash and traumatic brain damage.... Victims Of Political Violence: What Does It Mean To Those Who Treat Them? - Health care personnel treating victims of politically motivated violence are at risk for traumatic stress symptoms. Few studies have assessed the positive psychological impact of politically motivated violence on health care workers. This study examined the level of positive psychological impact among health care workers with recurrent exposure to victims of politically motivated violence.... The Brain Still Awake, Even During Deep Sleep - Sleep in man is divided in two main phases : non-REM sleep, which occupies most of our early sleep night, and REM sleep, during which our dreams prevail. Non-REM sleep is usually considered as a compensatory 'resting' state for the brain, following the intense waking brain activity.... Antioxidants Could Help Huntington's Disease Sufferers - Therapeutic strategies to strengthen antioxidant defences could help to prevent the progression of Huntington's Disease. This is the suggestion from the results of the first ever trial on human samples carried out by researchers at the University of Lleida. The results have been published in the latest issue of Free Radical Biology & Medicine magazine.... Gene Hunt In Dyslexia - Letters are warped, syllables left out about four percent of the German population are dyslexics. Scientists seek to spot responsible genes and try to develop a genetic screening test to support affected children at an earlier age. Scool? Skuul? Or perhaps shcool? The beginning is a delicate time especially in reading and writing.... Age Related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified - A team of clinicians and scientists at the University of Southampton has identified a major new genetic association with age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed countries.... Article In The Journal Of The American Society Of Hypertension Warns Heart Disease Set To Triple In Obese Teens - A recent paper published in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension projected that the prevalence of premature coronary heart disease (CHD) in young adulthood will more than triple from five percent to 16 percent for currently obese adolescents when they reach 35 years of age.... American Society Of Hypertension Updates Guidelines To Address 7-Fold Mortality Increase In Hypertensive Patients With Diabetes - Updated guidance published in the current issue of the American Society of Hypertension's (ASH) Journal of Clinical Hypertension addresses the urgent need for physicians to take a more integrated, individualized approach to treating hypertension (high blood pressure) in patients with diabetes by treating the intricacies of each patient profile, rather than focusing on the disease in isolation.... When Nothing Else Works: Therapy Approved By FDA For Treatment-resistant Depression - Millions of patients with treatment-resistant clinical depression, who have struggled for years with disability and how to cope with their condition, now have an option that could help them lead more productive and successful lives. The NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy system, developed by Neuronetics, Inc.... FDA Continues Review Of Takeda's New Drug Application For Alogliptin (SYR-322), A DPP-4 Agent For Type 2 Diabetes - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") announced that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned United States (U.S.) subsidiary, received notification that the U.S.... Boston Scientific To Release Broad Range Of Clinical Trial Data On The Performance Of TAXUS(R) Coronary Stent Systems At TCT 2008 - Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press announcements at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) twentieth annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, which runs from October 12 to 17 in Washington, D.C.... Woman Suffers Serious Vitamin Deficiency After Gastric Bypass Surgery - A woman developed disease because, after her weight-loss surgery, she did not take her multivitamin, as reported in a Case Report released on October 10, 2008 in The Lancet. The obesity epidemic is well documented around the world, and has affected developed countries in great magnitude.... A Call To Combat Tobacco Smuggling - The UK government needs to increase its efforts in tackling the tobacco smuggling problem, according to a team of experts who authored an essay published on bmj.com. Tobacco smuggling is responsible for about 4,000 premature deaths every year in the UK - four times the number of deaths that are caused by using all other smuggled illegal drugs combined.... Copyright © 2008, Typojoe.com. All Rights Reserved. |