Prostate Cancer Screening Benefits Younger, At-Risk Men

May 7, 2012
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Screening younger men and men at risk of prostate cancer is beneficial and should not be abandoned, according to researchers who conducted a large new study in Europe. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening of over 160,000 men reduced the risk of death from [...]

Lyrica Fails in Pain Studies

May 6, 2012
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A drug currently used to treat fibromyalgia and other chronic pain disorders is not effective in reducing neuropathic pain caused by HIV infection or diabetes, according to the drug’s manufacturer. Pfizer ordered a halt to two phase III studies after preliminary results showed that pregabalin, which is sold under the brand name Lyrica, was no [...]

Regular Jogging Dramatically Increases Life Expectancy

May 4, 2012
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Want to live longer? How about six years longer? If so, put on your sneakers and go jogging — at least twice a week for an hour. Research from a comprehensive heart study in Copenhagen, Denmark found that regular jogging — even at a slow pace — increases life expectancy dramatically. “The results of our [...]

New Drug Believed to Ease Neuropathic Pain

May 4, 2012
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University have a developed a new drug that could offer a new treatment option to patients suffering from neuropathic pain. The drug, currently called BL-7050, works by inhibiting the transmission of pain signals within the body, according to Professor Bernard Attali and Dr. Asher Peretz of the Department of Physiology and [...]

Teenage Marijuana Use Rising

May 2, 2012
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The number of American teenagers regularly using marijuana has risen sharply since 2008, according to a national survey by The Partnership at Drugfree.org. Over one in four teens have used marijuana in the past month and 1.5 million teens smoked marijuana heavily – at least 20 times a month. The last time regular use of [...]

Electrical Brain Stimulation Eases Migraines Without Drugs

May 2, 2012
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Pain from migraine headaches can be reduced — and possibly even prevented — by stimulating the brain with mild electric charges from a small portable device, according to a researcher at the City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering. Transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, sends an electrical current to the brain via [...]

New Regulations for Drug Labs, But Drug Testing of State Workers Blocked in Florida

May 1, 2012
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Florida’s controversial crackdown on prescription drug abuse took a small step forward – and one giant step backward in recent days. On Friday, Governor Rick Scott signed into law the Health Care Facilities Bill, which tightens the regulation and licensing of drug screening laboratories. The legislation seeks to prevent kickbacks and other inducements that are [...]

Hooked at Birth: A Drug Addicted Baby Born Every Hour in U.S.

April 30, 2012
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A rise in the number of pregnant women using opiates has led to a nearly threefold increase in the rate of infants born with symptoms of drug withdrawal, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association. On average, researchers say a drug addicted baby is born every hour in [...]

West Virginia Uses OxyContin Settlement Money to Build Gym

April 30, 2012
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In 2001, Darrell McGraw Jr.,West Virginia’s attorney general, filed a civil case against Purdue Pharma, maker of a controversial and highly addictive drug, alleging that the pharmaceutical company had engaged in “coercive and deceptive” marketing of OxyContin. McGraw charged that Purdue had used “misleading advertisements and had promoted the inappropriate use of OxyContin for minor pain.” [...]

Industry Funded Study Promotes More Drug Testing

April 30, 2012
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Nearly two out of three patients who take a urine drug test are misusing their prescription medications, according to a new study by one of the nation’s largest drug labs. The misuse includes failing to take a prescribed drug or taking it in combination with another medication that may be harmful. Quest Diagnostics analyzed nearly [...]

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