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Topic: Health

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   Experimental Vaccine Given During Pregnancy Reduces Stillbirths from Common Virus
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:25 AM (203 Reads)
Health Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) — a common virus that can also cause mental retardation and hearing loss in newborn children who were infected in early fetal life.



 

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   FDA Directs ADHD Drug Manufacturers to Notify Patients about Cardiovascular Adverse Events and Psychiatric Adverse Events
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:21 AM (224 Reads)
Health The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today directed the manufacturers of all drug products approved for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to develop Patient Medication Guides to alert patients to possible cardiovascular risks and risks of adverse psychiatric symptoms associated with the medicines, and to advise them of precautions that can be taken.



 

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   FDA Proposes to Strengthen Label Warning for Xolair
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:17 AM (210 Reads)
Health Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has requested Genentech, Inc. add a boxed warning to the product label for omalizumab, marketed as Xolair. The boxed warning emphasizes that Xolair, used to treat patients with asthma related to allergies, may cause anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis may include trouble breathing, chest tightness, dizziness, fainting, itching and hives, and swelling of the mouth and throat. In addition, FDA has asked Genentech to revise the Xolair label and provide a Medication Guide for patients to strengthen the existing warning for anaphylaxis.

 

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   Herpes Treatment Could Help Keep HIV at Bay
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:13 AM (210 Reads)
Health Although it doesn't target HIV directly, a herpes drug may go a long way toward reducing HIV load in women who carry both viruses, a new study shows.


 

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   Kids Living Near 'Green Spaces' Less Likely to Be Overweight
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:11 AM (166 Reads)
Health Children who live in densely populated urban areas may be less likely to be overweight if they have parks and lawns in their neighborhoods, a U.S. study suggests.


 

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   Long-Term Marijuana Use May Impair Lung Function
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:07 AM (266 Reads)
Health People who smoke marijuana for a long time face many of the same kinds of respiratory problems -- such as phlegm, coughing and wheezing -- as long-term cigarette smokers, say researchers at the Yale School of Medicine.


 

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   Many Stroke Patients Affected by Hospital Errors
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:05 AM (130 Reads)
Health Hospital procedures need to be modified to reduce the risk of medical errors and adverse events in stroke patients, U.S researchers say.

 

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   New Report Shows Decline in Stillbirths; Racial Disparities Persist
Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - 12:00 AM (179 Reads)
Health The rate of fetal deaths, also known as stillbirths, occurring at 20 weeks of gestation or more declined substantially between 1990 and 2003, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although fetal mortality rates declined among all racial and ethnic groups from 1990-2003, the fetal mortality rate for non-Hispanic black women was more than double that of non-Hispanic white women (11.56 per 1,000 vs. 4.94 per 1,000).



 

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   Study Finds Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking History
Posted by: Admin on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 11:57 PM (99 Reads)
Health The brains of alcohol-dependent individuals are affected not only by their own heavy drinking, but also by genetic or environmental factors associated with their parents’ drinking, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers found reduced brain growth among alcohol-dependent individuals with a family history of alcoholism or heavy drinking compared to those with no such family history. Their report has been published online in Biological Psychiatry at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00063223 as an article in press.



 

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   Treatment Admissions for Heroin and Cocaine Decreased in 2005, But Increased for Methamphetamine and Prescription Narcotic Pain Medication
Posted by: Admin on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 11:54 PM (144 Reads)
Health The number of admissions to substance abuse treatment for cocaine and heroin abuse declined between 2004 and 2005, but the number of those seeking treatment for narcotic pain medication or methamphetamine/amphetamine increased sharply during that same time period, says a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).



 

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