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Prescription drug misuse

Prescription Drug Misuse Common In High Schoolers

Misuse of prescription drugs is common among high school students; and those misusing prescription drugs frequently obtain them from multiple sources, according to two studies published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. However, adolescent controlled prescription drug misuse (PDM) co-occurs with significant consequences, including lower…

Pharmacology

Blood Flow Is Key To Early Diagnosis And Treatment For People

The study find that the Non-invasive techniques and devices for assessing blood flow and other diagnostic considerations for people with critical limb ischemia are addressed in a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation. The statement provides perspective on the strengths and limitations of current imaging techniques,…

Rising Cases Of Various Blood Disorders Like Leukaemia In Sri Lanka

Rising Cases Of Various Blood Disorders Like Leukaemia In Sri Lanka

According to the recent study, it is stating that the pivotal role of haematology leukaemia ; and blood and marrow transplantation in modern adult and paediatric medicine. This study is also highlighting on the various conditioning regimens using for stem cell transplantation; including types of stem cell transplantation, its harvesting process and various steps involving…

Cardiovascular Diseases Are The Most Common Cause Of Death

Cardiovascular Diseases Are The Most Common Cause Of Death

Cardiovascular diseases;Patients with a history of coronary heart disease (CHD) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) benefit more from treatment with a statin in combination with ezetimibe than from treatment with a statin alone. However, there is no hint that the combination therapy of a statin plus ezetimibe is also superior to the combination of a…

Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy Versus Transoral Robotic Surgery And Neck Dissection

The researches find that the Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) with concurrent neck dissection has supplanted radiotherapy in the USA as the most common treatment for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), yet no randomised trials have compared these modalities. Therefore We aimed to evaluate differences in quality of life (QOL) 1 year after treatment. The ORATOR…

Drug interactions

Women And Elderly At Higher Risk Of Dangerous Drug Interactions

The analysis, conducted in the Brazilian health care system; and recently published in the journal npj Digital Medicine, revealed a 60 % increased risk for adverse drug interactions in women compared to men and a 90 % increased risk in cases of medicines whose interaction is known to produce dangerous reactions. In older people; one…

Alcohol Use Disorder Can Struggle To Recognize Facial Expressions

Alcohol Use Disorder Can Struggle To Recognize Facial Expressions

As the people in early stage recovery from alcohol use disorder can struggle to recognize facial expressions of emotion; particularly anger according to a study. The findings building on the mounting evidence; that long term alcohol misuse may impair the brain’s ability to process facial emotion. People recovering from alcohol use disorder struggle to recognize…

Medical genetics

Individual Differences In Pleasure Are Due To Genetic Variation

The researches find that a financial reward are due, in part, to genetic differences, according to research with identical and fraternal twins published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings suggest that how we experience pleasure and reward is at least partly heritable. Therefore The brain’s reward system plays…

Heavy metals

Consumption Of Metals In Fish During Pregnancy Increases Risk For JIA

Consuming moderate amounts of heavy metals contained in fish during pregnancy; or early childhood may adversely impact the child’s immune system, potentially resulting in juvenile idiopathic arthritis; according to findings published in Pediatric Rheumatology. “The starting point of autoimmunity which leads to JIA and rheumatoid arthritis is still unknown,” Erik Kindgren, MD, of Linköping University…

Radio dignosis

MRI Assisted Biopsies More Effective At Detecting Prostate Cancers

The study find that the Using MRI scans to target biopsies is more effective at detecting prostate cancers that are likely to need treatment than standard ultrasound guided biopsies alone, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. The research; led by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR); and Universities of Bristol, Ottawa, Exeter…

Family medicine

Medicare Patients Appeal Gap In Nursing Home Coverage

The researches find that the Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old former high school teacher needed a nursing home stay and care at home to recover. Yet Medicare wouldn’t pay for that. So Gordon is stuck with a $7,000 bill she not afford and, as if that are…

Alzheimer’s

Excessive Daytime Sleeping Could Be An Early Sign Of Alzheimer’s

Excessive daytime napping often develops long before the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease occur. Now, researchers may have found the striking new biological explanation for this phenomenon. A team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found that Alzheimer’s disease attacks; the brain region responsible for keeping people awake during the…