Progress on Alzheimer’s dramatic - researcher
• Brain • Jul 23 04
A cure for Alzheimer’s disease is unlikely in the near future, but big advances are coming soon in the treatment and prevention of the…
Extended-Release Tramadol Reduces Symptoms of Chronic Knee Pain
• Pain • Jul 22 04
In patients with knee osteoarthritis, a once-a-day extended-release (ER) formulation of Tramadol (Ultram) appears to improve symptoms of chronic pain, new research suggests. The…
Depression and Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease
• Depression • Jul 22 04
It is important to understand the interplay of medical and psychiatric disorders. Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chairman, Department…
Tramadol for neuropathic pain
• Pain • Jul 22 04
A substantive amendment to this systematic review was last made on 30 June 2004. Cochrane reviews are regularly checked and updated if necessary.
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Depression and the Immune System
• Depression • Jul 22 04
With an intriguing overlap of immune response-associated symptoms and depression, research in this area may lead to better understanding of the biology of depression…
Depression and Stroke
• Depression • Jul 22 04
Dr. Robinson started his talk by summarizing the results of a recent study by Rasmussen and colleagues, which demonstrated the incidence of poststroke depression…
Medical Illness and Depression
• Depression • Jul 22 04
Concerning the effects of depression on other major medical illnesses, Dr. Musselman reviewed some of the recent literature outlining how depression can influence the…
Baby born with heart outside body
• Heart • Jul 22 04
Charli Southern has defied the odds by surviving despite being born with her heart outside her chest, it is reported.
She was born seven…
US army food… just add urine
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 22 04
The US military has devised a way to ensure its troops in battle need never go hungry - with dried food that can be…
Heat therapy said to hold promise in breast cancer
• Cancer: Breast • Jul 22 04
Therapy that “cooks” small tumors could soon provide an alternative to surgery for women in the early stages of breast cancer, according to one…
Fish prevents deadly heart rhythms
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 22 04
Eating fish can reduce the risk of abnormal heartbeats that can be deadly, say US researchers.
But it must be baked or broiled, not…
Alzheimer’s drug did not improve cognition, Elan Corp. says
• Brain • Jul 22 04
Elan Corp. and Wyeth said on Wednesday that an experimental Alzheimer’s disease treatment did not improve cognition in patients, but it did reduce…
Two Alzheimer’s drugs show potential - U.S. studies
• Brain • Jul 22 04
Two experimental Alzheimer’s drugs have the potential to prevent or halt the progress of the brain-wasting disease, doctors said on Wednesday.
Both focus on…
Second possible UK case of vCJD transfer via blood
• Childbirth • Jul 22 04
Britain extended restrictions on blood donations on Thursday after a second person was suspected of being infected with the human form of mad cow…
Cholesterol Drug OK For Kids
• Children's Health • Jul 21 04
Statin drugs, prescribed to millions of American adults to ward off heart attacks and strokes, can safely reduce cholesterol levels and even reverse narrowing…
Protein sports drink may boost endurance
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 21 04
A sports drink with a shot of protein may give endurance athletes some extra juice, new research suggests.
The study of 15 male cyclists…
The point of drinking is to get drunk?
• Food & Nutrition • Jul 21 04
Germans are Europe’s worst binge drinkers with almost one in five believing “the point of drinking is to get drunk,” according to a survey…
Over 100 Tajiks feared to have typhoid - doctor
• Infections • Jul 21 04
Over 100 people are thought to have caught typhoid in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe after heavy rains cut water supplies to the city of 1…
Bush signs law to develop drugs against bioterror
• Public Health • Jul 21 04
President Bush signed legislation on Wednesday aimed at encouraging the development of drugs and vaccines to negate the impact of attacks using biological and…
People with heart failure are living longer
• Heart • Jul 21 04
Over the last two decades, the occurrence of heart failure has remained stable but survival has improved considerably - although not uniformly across different…
‘Good’ cholesterol protects women against dementia
• Gender: Female • Jul 21 04
For women, maintaining high levels of “good” HDL cholesterol may be one of the most effective strategies for fending off Alzheimer’s disease, according to…
Imclone to seek Erbitux OK for head, neck cancer
• Cancer • Jul 21 04
ImClone Systems Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said on Tuesday they plan by the second quarter of 2005 to ask U.S. regulators to…
Easing the Pain
• Headaches • Jul 21 04
The pain of an unremitting headache may not be the stuff of sensational headlines, yet in terms of the cost to human productivity and…
Lawmakers seek probe of disagreements at FDA
• Depression • Jul 21 04
Two Republican lawmakers on Tuesday asked for an investigation into how health regulators handled internal disagreements such as the conflicting views over the risks…
Gene defect found in some SIDS cases
• Genetics • Jul 20 04
A faulty gene may be responsible for some cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as crib or cot death, U.S. researchers…