2008

March

• Just listening to phone calls may impair driving

• Smokers treated for brain aneurysm with coils at higher risk of recurrence

• Researchers Use Light to Detect Alzheimer’s

• Toiling away at your computer hard on the eyes

• Severe lupus may respond to drug combo

• More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s: report

• Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer?

• Loyola Uses Virtual-reality Video Game to Help Burn Patients Play Their Way to Pain Relief

• Like sweets? You’re more like a fruit fly than you think…

• Neighborhood Plays Key Role in How Much People Exercise

• Hometown Health Addresses Influenza, Smoking Cessation

• Appendix Removed through Mouth, First in U.S.

• Studies Review New Drug and Indications for Heated Chemotherapy

• Antibiotics not needed for acute rhinosinusitis

• Child Abuse Prevention Month: Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome

• Tips for Protecting Your Health This Spring Break

• New chemical can kill latent tuberculosis bacteria

• Cat carried woman’s antibiotic-resistant infection

• After-school programs can increase physical activity of adolescent girls

• Researchers confirm link between common cold and ear infection

• Nicotine poisoning common in tobacco workers

• No increase in stroke risk with non-aspirin NSAIDs

• Hispanics Encouraged to Become More Involved in Their Health Care

• Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From a Lifetime of Eating Cornstarch

• First Early-Detection Blood Test for Parkinson’s Shows Promise

• Dermatology Team Finds Treatment for Rare “Life-ruining” Condition

• Poor Neighborhoods Create Health “Double Jeopardy” for Minority Kids

• Bird flu shows signs of mutation: China expert

• Genetic analysis reveals range of Rett syndrome

• Glaucoma associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death in black patients

• Post-stroke clot-busting therapy beneficial for patients on aspirin

• Pain in Fibromyalgia Is Linked to Changes in Brain Molecule

• Virtual Reality, Computer Technology Improve Stroke Rehabilitation

• Typical North American diet is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids

• Curing addiction with cannabis medicines

• LASIK patients report more than 95 percent satisfaction rate worldwide

• Contemplative Brain Network Less Complex in Children

• Telling Smokers Their Lung Age Improves Quit Rates

• Broccoli May Help Boost the Aging Immune System

• Smoking doesn’t make you happy

• Withdrawal from Sedatives (Alcohol and Benzodiazepines)

• Withdrawal from Opioids

• Management of Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal

• The Cocaine-Abused Heart: Question and Answers

• Cocaine-Induced Dysrhythmias

• Cocaine-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction

• Cocaine, Cigarette Smoking, and Alcohol Use

• Cocaine-Related Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

• Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use

• Pharmacotherapy for Cocaine Abuse and Dependence

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