In September 2004 Viox was withdrawn from the market. Viox was found to interfere with the heart. The debate of selective COX-2 inhibition drugs, like Viox and Celebrex continues in the medical community because of their potential for adverse side effects.
Satpal Singh, PH.D., associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, University of Buffalo School of Medicine and [...]
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Cognitive impairment increases the chance of an auto accident, but at what point should someone identified as having Alzheimer’s stop driving?
Brian Ott, M.D., professor, The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, studied a group 128 individuals of whom 84 had been diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The participants all drove. Individuals diagnosed with early [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
The earlier a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease the greater their benefit from treatment.
Catherine Roe, Ph.D., neurology research instructor, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, reviewed data representing over 22,000 Alzheimer’s patients.
Roe found that Alzheimer’s patients with more that 12 years of education were diagnosed at a slightly younger age [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
Painful stimuli begins in receptors beneath the skin, in joints, and in many internal organs. Specialized nerve fibers relay these signals through the spinal column to the brain, where pain becomes conscious.
In the spinal column the messenger molecule amino butyric acid (GABA) is released to act as a kind of pain filter by activating chloride channels on [...]
Approximately, 121 million people world-wide are believed to suffer from depression. An estimated 1 million deaths a year are associated with suicide resulting from depression.
Anna Maratos, Arts Therapist, Central and Northwest London Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK, reviewed music therapy studies to determine if depressed patients benefited. After a search she identified 5 studies that met her criteria. [...]
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Depression
Low back pain affects most adults. Unfortunately, there is not a consensus of the best way to achieve pain relief. One approach is to use non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin and ibuprofen, which helps reduce lower back pain that does not involve sciatica. NSAIDs are often used because they not only reduce pain [...]
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Chronic Pain
Low-back pain is experienced by most adults at one time or another. Over time most people find the pain goes away. However, low-back pain accounts for considerable health care costs and work absenteeism.
Dr. Arno Engers, Center for Quality of Care Research, Radboud University Jijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands reviewed 2-dozen studies and found additional individual education [...]
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Chronic Pain
Chronic pain patients primary source of relief is typically a pain-killing opiate. Unfortunately, opiate drugs are often unsatisfactory because of poor efficacy or intolerable side effects like extreme sleepiness, mental clouding, and hallucinations.
Dr. Anreas Beutler, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine/ Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has developed a novel approach using [...]
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Chronic Pain
The mission of a recent Mayo Clinic research project was to predict, prevent, and halt brain aging disorders.
Demetrius Maraganore, M.D., Mayo Clinic, used an unprecedented method to predict brain aging disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers were able to identify several gene variations (DNA fingerprints) that [...]
According to stress theories there is a tendency for a person’s genetic makeup to predispose them to depression; a negative life experience can trigger a depression. Most studies focus on either the genetics or environment, but not both.
Gerald Haeffel, psychologist, University of Notre Dame, decided to investigate whether a gene associated with dopamine interacted with maternal parenting style to [...]
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Depression
