Study Sheds Light On Medication Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder
Posted by in Health on 03 30th, 2007 | No Comments
For depressed public with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no increasingly effective than a placebo (sugar pill), according to results published online on March 28, 2007 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are part of the large-scale,...
‘Shrug Off’ Shoulder Surgery Myth, Study Suggests
Posted by admin in Health on 03 30th, 2007 | No Comments
Contrary to widespread belief, total surgical replacement of arthritic shoulder joints carries no greater risk of complications than replacement of other major joints, a Johns Hopkins study suggests. [click link for full article]
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No Pain, DOE Joint Genome Institute Gains Coveted Ergonomics Prize With ‘Shake ‘N Plate’
Posted by in Health on 03 28th, 2007 | No Comments
Emerging from a record field of 28 finalists representing many major multinational companies, a team of scientists and engineers from the U.S. division of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) won the 2007 Ergo Cup. DOE JGI’s “Shake ‘N...
Canadians Warned Not To Use The Sexual Enhancer XOX For Men, Due To Potential Health Risks
Posted by in Health on 03 27th, 2007 | No Comments
Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the unauthorized natural health product XOX For Men, considering it contains an undeclared pharmaceutical ingredient, tadalafil, an ingredient found in the prescription drug Cialis. The use of XOX For Men could pose serious health risks, particularly for...
New York Times Examines Eli Lilly Program Aimed At Reducing Unnecessary Medicaid Prescriptions For Antipsychotic Drug Zyprexa
Posted by admin in Health on 03 27th, 2007 | No Comments
The New York Times on Friday examined an Eli Lilly program that offers state Medicaid programs assistance in monitoring physicians’ prescribing practices for Zyprexa, a treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that is the singled-out largest drug cost in state Medicaid budgets. [click link...
MESOMARK™
Posted by in Health on 03 27th, 2007 | No Comments
MESOMARK™ is a laboratory analysis that is used as an adjunctive tryout to degree the amount of strange protein fragments (called soluble mesothelin related peptides) in a patient?s blood sample to determine whether a rare cancer of the internal body lining… (Approved: 1/24/2007)
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Bayer Schering Pharma Presents Innovations In Men’s Healthcare At The 22nd Annual assembly Of The European organization Of Urology (EAU)
Posted by in Health on 03 26th, 2007 | No Comments
Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany, highlighted their expanded new offerings in Men’s Healthcare during a press conference held at the 22nd Annual assembly of the European organization of Urology (EAU) on March 22, 2007. The event focused on study results from their three products: Levitra®, Testogel®...
Heart History and ADHD Medications
Posted by admin in Health on 03 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Sudden cardiac death occurs in approximately 600 children per year in the United States. The most common cause is an inherited disorder called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Medications used to treat ADHD should not be prescribed for children and adolescents with structural heart defects. A thorough health...
TORCH: Towards a Revolution in COPD Health? Not really.
Posted by in Health on 03 20th, 2007 | No Comments
final month, the long-awaited results of the TORCH study of Advair (aka Seretide external the U.S.)(TM) for patients with moderate to severe COPD were published, but were no doubt disappointing to patients with COPD and investors who own GSK stock. Optimists spun the results as “positive”...
Hope For Cystic Fibrosis Using HIV To right Faulty Genes
Posted by admin in Health on 03 19th, 2007 | No Comments
A UK scientist is experimenting with a new gene therapy using HIV that could eventually right faulty genes in cystic fibrosis babies before they are born.A genetic scientist based at University College, London, Suzanne Buckley, has successfully used HIV as a genetical fabric carrier or “vector”...
Scared From Treatment
Posted by admin in Health on 03 19th, 2007 | No Comments
Although the intent of the FDA’s Black Box Warnings is to educate doctors, patients, and parents approximately the potential side effects of medications, I’m concerned that when combined with sensationalized and distorted media reporting, they frequently create unnecessary fear and the decision...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]