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People Who Smoke Skunk Are 18 Times More Likely To Develop Psychosis
03.07.2008 07:15
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People who smoke skunk, the extra strong cannabis grown in hothouse conditions, are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis that those who take the milder forms such as hash (cannabis resin), a new study has found. The study, which was carried out at the Institute of Psychiatry and presented this week to delegates at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, looked at the links between cannabis use of psychosis.
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Harmful Habits
Internet Addiction: A Novel Disease Or A Bad Habit?
03.07.2008 07:15
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It is impossible to deny the incredible significance of the internet and the effects its development has had on the world. Today the internet touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives; we shop online, we keep in touch through email, banking and credit can be taken care of through one click of a mouse, news from all over the world blinks up at us from the screen every time we log on, and communities of people from all over the planet are connected.
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Harmful Habits
National Ethics Summit To Prioritize Concerns For Medical Triage, Treatment And Safety During Influenza Pandemic, USA
03.07.2008 07:15
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Public health professionals from across the USA will convene July 14-15 in Indianapolis for a national summit on ethical and policy issues faced by public health officials and the medical community while preparing for a large-scale epidemic.
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First Aid
Controlling Bone Disease Improves Survival Of Hemodialysis Patients
03.07.2008 06:21
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Consistently maintaining certain blood levels of markers of bone metabolism and disease can prolong the lives of patients on hemodialysis, according to a study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that keeping parathyroid hormone, calcium, and phosphorous levels in control is critically important for dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Urology
Questioning Government Guidelines For Childhood Physical Activity And The Association With Childhood Obesity
03.07.2008 06:21
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A longitudinal study of childhood physical activity at the Government-recommended level and obesity-related health outcomes questions the value of UK and US government guidelines and the use of BMI as the outcome measure.
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Weight Correction
Intuition Can Be Explained
03.07.2008 06:20
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Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A new dissertation in education research from Linkoping University in Sweden shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge is created. "Can't 'splain sump'n to somebody who doesn't understand it"; "my legs think faster than I do" (Swedish alpine skiing champion Ingemar Stenmark). "Skate where the puck´s going, not where it´s been" (Wayne Gretsky).
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Neurology
"Pacemaker For The Brain" Shows New Potential
03.07.2008 06:20
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Dr. Douglas Anderson was among the earliest neurosurgeons in the nation to treat Parkinson's disease with a treatment called deep brain stimulation. Dr. Anderson has treated approximately 50 Parkinson's patients with the therapy, known as DBS. His first patient was a middle-aged woman who used a wheelchair due to her Parkinson's. Dr. Anderson implanted an electrode that delivered mild electrical signals deep in her brain.
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Neurology
FDA Approves EVOLENCE(R), A New Generation Collagen-Based Facial Filler
03.07.2008 06:20
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") announced the approval of EVOLENCE® for the correction of moderate to deep facial wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds. EVOLENCE® is a new advanced collagen-based structural dermal filler, and a first of its kind product. The introduction of EVOLENCE® marks the first dermal filler entry for the Aesthetics Group of OrthoNeutrogena.
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Dermatology
New Research Shows That Artichoke Leaf Extract Lowers Cholesterol
03.07.2008 06:20
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Researchers at the University of Reading have found that an over-the-counter Artichoke Leaf Extract (ALE) from the globe artichoke plant can lower cholesterol in otherwise healthy individuals with moderately raised levels. Cardiovascular diseases are the chief causes of death in the UK, and are associated with raised circulating levels of total cholesterol in the plasma. Once plasma cholesterol reaches a certain level, drugs such as statins are often prescribed to help reduce it.
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Alternative Medicine
Gene Directs Stem Cells To Build The Heart
03.07.2008 06:20
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Researchers have shown that they can put mouse embryonic stem cells to work building the heart, potentially moving medical science a significant step closer to a new generation of heart disease treatments that use human stem cells. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report in Cell Stem Cell that the Mesp1 gene locks mouse embryonic stem cells into becoming heart parts and gets them moving to the area where the heart forms.
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Cardiology
Acusphere Announces FDA Acceptance Of Imagify™ NDA For Detection Of Coronary Artery Disease
03.07.2008 06:19
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Acusphere, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUS) announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for approval to market its lead product candidate, Imagify™ (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres for Injectable Suspension), has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Imagify is an ultrasound imaging agent for the detection of coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.
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Cardiology
High Altitudes And Heart Disease
03.07.2008 06:19
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Quickly ascending to a high altitude can challenge the healthiest people, but it can spell extra trouble for individuals with a heart problem, according to the July 2008 Harvard Heart Letter. How your heart will respond to the challenges of high altitude depends on how high you are going, what you plan to do there, the state of your heart, and your overall fitness.
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Cardiology
Researcher Using Computers To Hone Cancer Fighting Strategies
03.07.2008 06:19
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A Florida State University faculty member who uses computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs is attracting worldwide attention from other researchers. Kevin C.
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Cancer
Doctor Knowledge Of Cancer Treatment Options, Costs Key To Advising On Proper Medical Care
03.07.2008 06:19
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The growing number of cancer treatment options and their widely varying costs suggest an increased need for oncologists to understand economic issues in cancer care and be able to discuss these issue with their patients, according to a study by researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and RTI International.
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Cancer
Self-powered Implants For Injured Knees
03.07.2008 06:19
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As news of Tiger Woods' knee injury hits the headlines, a researcher at the University of Southampton has developed a new self-powered sensor to monitor progress during knee operations.
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Orthopedics
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