Using powder-free latex gloves rather than those with cornstarch powder greatly reduced the number of workers’ compensation claims related to latex-related illness, a recent Geisinger study found.
Healthcare workers use latex gloves to reduce the spread of infection and disease when caring for patients. The gloves also protect workers from exposure to chemicals, bodily fluids and other potentially dangerous substances.
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ImVisioN Therapeutics AG, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering intralymphatic immunotherapy (ILIT™), today announced that it has obtained positive Phase I clinical results for its lead product, IVN201 (Cat-MAT), an immunotherapeutic product for the treatment of cat dander allergy.
The study was conducted from August 2008 to March 2009 in a total of 20 patients with allergy to cat dander. The results demonstrated an excellent safety Read the rest of this entry »
For the millions of Americans with food allergies, the importance of being educated about food allergy and prepared to treat a reaction is not to be underestimated. On March 28, the first of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s (FAAN) Read the rest of this entry »
A new study published in Epilepsia finds that the prevalence of depression is almost twice as high in people with epilepsy compared to the general population. Among those with epilepsy, racial minorities have seven times the odds of depression in comparison to the majority Caucasian population. The findings also show that 40 percent of depressed respondents with epilepsy were not accessing mental healthcare Read the rest of this entry »
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-but not exposure to traumatic events without the development of PTSD-may be associated with subsequent attempted suicide in young adults, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Approximately 421,200 to 842,400 Americans age 15 to 24 Read the rest of this entry »
Some people overindulge on junk foods or needless shopping sprees when they feel depressed. Others lose control the minute they feel happy. Is there a way to avoid such extreme actions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates simple techniques that can help people act in their long-term interests rather than indulging in immediate pleasures.
"The recipe is simple," write Read the rest of this entry »
The following highlights efforts that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
Austin, Texas: City officials this month will begin a series of forums, called the "Hispanic/Latino Quality of Life Initiative," which Read the rest of this entry »
The federal government should make preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and promoting mental health in young people a national priority, says a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. These disorders — which include depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, and substance abuse — are about as common as fractured limbs in children and adolescents. Collectively, they take a tremendous Read the rest of this entry »
The Institute of Race Relations has published a new report on the devastating impact on family life of Britain’s anti-terrorist control order and detention policy. The report, entitled ‘Besieged in Britain’, has been written by journalist and author Victoria Read the rest of this entry »
Frequent and/or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man’s risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
The study results were published online Feb. 9 in the journal Cancer .
The researchers found that being a marijuana smoker at the time of diagnosis was associated with a 70 percent increased risk of testicular cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
A new study finds that a botanical drug could provide the key to new treatments for peanut allergies. Generic diflucan pills no prescription The findings are published online in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Lead author Xiu-Min Li, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Center for Chinese Herbal Therapy for Allergy and Asthma at Mount Read the rest of this entry »
Your mother’s wrinkles - or lack there of, may not be the best predictor of how you’ll age. In fact, a new study claims just the opposite. The study, involving identical twins, suggests that despite genetic make-up, certain environmental factors can add years to a person’s perceived age. Generic diflucan pills no prescription Results just published on the web-based Read the rest of this entry »
CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has successfully completed an early proof-of-concept phase II clinical trial of its Captisol-Enabled® budesonide/azelastine nasal spray for seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR). CyDex has an international PCT patent application pending for this combination nasal spray product.
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Three-Way Cross-Over Study was conducted in 108 SAR patients to Compare the Relative Read the rest of this entry »
The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country’s psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who lived closest to the sites of the terrorist attacks experienced heightened levels of stress and anxiety in the months following the September 11 Read the rest of this entry »
Huijing Xia, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Eric Lazartigues, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author on a paper reporting that a recently identified enzyme in the brain plays a critically important role in the central regulation of blood pressure. The LSUHSC research team showed that Angiotensin-converting Read the rest of this entry »
A groundbreaking new study by researchers in the US suggests that teenagers who smoke could be setting themselves up to become depressed
adults.
Published pre-press as an early on line issue last month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the research was the work of Florida State
University Psychology Professor Carlos A Bola?±os-Guzm??n and colleagues.
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The financial crisis could lead to greater use of cheap heating fuels and burning of waste at home, increasing risks to children’s health. This adds urgency to discussions taking place in preparation for the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in 2010. On 28-29 January 2009, European policy-makers are gathered in Luxembourg at the Thematic Meeting on Healthy Environments to recommend actions and policies to protect children’s health from Read the rest of this entry »
Harvard Health Publications, the publishing division of Harvard Medical School, today announced the creation of its online Stress Resource Center at The resource center was created to help the general public understand the ways that daily stress affects their bodies and how they can reduce these Read the rest of this entry »
Most people know that too much sodium from foods can increase blood pressure.
A new study suggests that people trying to lower their blood pressure should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite effect to sodium.
Researchers found that the ratio of sodium-to-potassium in subjects’ urine was a much stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease than sodium or potassium alone.
"There isn’t as much focus on potassium, Read the rest of this entry »
Recent tests on human cells show that SCN’s patented substance NGNA/N5G has good antiviral effect on several viruses that affect humans, especially the rhinovirus, which is the most common cause for cold symptoms. The substance also has a strong protective effect against severe complications from the influenza virus.
In 2007, Scandinavian Read the rest of this entry »
A faint waft of men’s cologne in a shopping mall. The smell of a neighbor’s barbecue. A flash of a face on TV: small unexpected sensory cues can trigger extreme reactions in people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), about one quarter of all people who have lived through a traumatic event like rape, assault, war or terror attack.
New research by Read the rest of this entry »
Based on positive Phase II trial findings, Bayer Schering Pharma will move into Phase III trials with its oral agent riociguat (BAY 63-2521). Riociguat is the first member of a new class of vasodilating agents called soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators. It is being investigated as a new approach for the treatment of different forms of pulmonary hypertension. Riociguat demonstrated significantly improved Read the rest of this entry »
Depressed pregnant women have twice the risk of preterm delivery than pregnant women with no symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The study is published online in the Oxford University Press’s journal Human Reproduction on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
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Dartmouth researchers with the National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research are preparing to visit the Galveston, Texas area on their first field mission in early November to study the impact of Hurricane Ike, which hit in late September.
The NCDMHR, established last year with funding from the National Institutes of Health, aims to study long-term recovery from disasters, focusing on mental health. Hurricane Ike is Read the rest of this entry »
A review article which is published in the current issue of the European Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics analyzes the relationship between depression and bone metabolism.
This study reveals that the association between psychiatric illness, in particular depression, and osteoporosis has been the subject of a growing body of research Read the rest of this entry »