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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Bath Salts That Cause Hallucinations, Paranoia And Delusions Banned In New York State Some bath salts have been banned in New York state because of their cocaine or methamphetamine like effects when abused. The initial ban by Nirav Sha, Health Commissioner for New York State, may be followed by a nationwide ban if Senator Charles Schumer, New York, has his way.	24 May 2011
The ALICE RAP Project To Redefine The Concept Of Addiction In The EU ALICE RAP is a new dynamic trans-disciplinary EU project which aims is to help policy makers "re-think and re-shape" current and future approaches to the huge human and economic costs of addictions and lifestyles in Europe.	24 May 2011
Heredity Behind Subjective Effects Of Alcohol Scientists have long known that people who have a close relative with alcohol problems themselves run an increased risk of starting to abuse alcohol. The reason for this has not been known, but a new study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, provides part of the answer.	24 May 2011
Critique 043: Frequent Moderate Drinking Of Alcohol Is Associated With A Lower Risk Of Fatty Liver Disease In a large study of men in Japan, the presence of fatty liver disease by ultrasonography showed an inverse (reduced risk) association with the frequency of moderate alcohol consumption; however, there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day.	24 May 2011
Intoxication And The Four Loko Effect The popular, formerly caffeinated, fruity alcoholic beverage, Four Loko, has been blamed for the spike in alcohol-related hospitalizations, especially throughout college campuses.Initially, caffeine was deemed the culprit and the Food and Drug Administration ordered all traces of caffeine to be removed from Four Loko and all other similar beverages.	24 May 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Three Women Go On The Run For Alzheimer's Society In The Bupa London 10,000 Three friends from Sevenoaks, Kent, are running together in the Bupa London 10,000 on 30 May, to raise funds for Alzheimer's Society.They are all taking part in honour of their respective grandmothers who currently have, or died with, Alzheimer's disease.	24 May 2011

Dentistry News
Dental Helpline On Hand To Reassure Public, UK The UK's only independent dental helpline is advising the public to get in touch if they are concerned about their rights and costs involved when receiving NHS dental treatment. The advice follows 'Dispatches' investigation into the state of UK dentistry aired on Channel 4 last night.	24 May 2011
Struggling With Headaches? Visit Your Dentist If you have a headache, quite often the first port of call is the medicine cabinet for pain relief or a visit to the Doctors. However, if the problem persists it might be something you should mention to your dentist as the persistent cause may lie inside your mouth.	24 May 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry Welcomes World Health Assembly Outcome On Vaccines, Fake Medicines And Non-communicable Diseases As one of the 189 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), and in line with WHO principles governing relations with NGOs, representatives of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) were present to listen to the proceedings of the 64th World Health Assembly (WHA).	24 May 2011
Pandemic Influenza H1N1 In Mexico Gerardo Chowell and coworkers report the incidence of pandemic influenza H1N1 morbidity and mortality in 32 Mexican states in 2009 and quantify the association between local influenza transmission rates, school cycles, and demographic factors.	24 May 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Struggling With Headaches? Visit Your Dentist If you have a headache, quite often the first port of call is the medicine cabinet for pain relief or a visit to the Doctors. However, if the problem persists it might be something you should mention to your dentist as the persistent cause may lie inside your mouth.	24 May 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News

78% Of Seniors Surveyed Who Try To Estimate Out-Of-Pocket Medical Costs In Advance Do It With Accuracy At Least "Sometimes" A survey of 377 seniors 65 and older showed that 41%1 try to estimate in advance their out-of-pocket costs for medical appointments, services and treatments and of those who try, 78% get it right at least "sometimes" with more than one third getting it right "most of the time.

24 May 2011

Heart Disease News
Optimization Of CRT Using Cheetah Medical's NICOM(R) Hemodynamic Monitoring System Was Found To Lead To Improvement In Heart Failure Outcomes In a two studies published recently in Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting, Investigators from the department of cardiology in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, UK found that Cheetah Medical's NICOM system is an effective and practical method for optimizing the function of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) pacemakers.	24 May 2011
Cinterion And TZ Medical Announce Advanced Heart Monitoring M2M Device To Improve The Lives Of Millions Affected By Arrhythmia Disorders Cinterion, the global leader in cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules and a Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) company, and TZ Medical, a leading manufacturer of critical-care medical products, today announced Aera-CT™, a lightweight and cost effective mHealth heart arrhythmia monitoring device.	24 May 2011
Heart Scientists Discover Protein That May Be One Cause Of Heart Failure Researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre discovered a protein switch which can trigger a cascade of events leading to heart failure, pointing to a new direction for drug development."Our research suggests that PINK1 is an important switch that sets off a cascade of events affecting heart cell metabolism," says Dr.	24 May 2011
CT Angiography Screening In Asymptomatic Patients Leads To More Medicines, Tests And Procedures, Without Clear Benefit Coronary computed tomographic (CT) angiography, which can detect plaque buildup in heart vessels, is sometimes used as a screening tool to assess the risk for a heart attack. However, the usefulness of the test on low-risk patients who do not have coronary symptoms, such as chest pain, has been unclear.	24 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Violence Doesn't Add To Children's Enjoyment Of TV Shows, Movies, New Study Finds Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them. An Indiana University research study concludes that violence doesn't add anything to their enjoyment of such programs and their characters.	24 May 2011
Simulation Technology For Health Science Curriculums Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, has announced a partnership agreement with Medical Education Technologies, Inc.	24 May 2011
Drug Side Effect Labeling Has Reached Information Overload The lists of potential side effects that accompany prescription drugs have ballooned in size, averaging 70 reactions per drug, a number that can overwhelm physicians trying to select suitable treatments for their patients, according to a new study of drug labels.	24 May 2011
Changed Computer Habits Of Children Lead To Poorer Reading Skills Sweden and the US are two countries in which increased leisure use of computers by children leads to poorer reading ability. This is the conclusion from research carried out at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.	24 May 2011
Online Dating For Men Doesn't Always Mean Unsafe Sex If a gay or bisexual man seeks sex or dating online, the type of partner or relationship he wants is a good indicator of whether he'll engage in safe sex, a new study suggests.Gay men seeking long-term romance online are more likely to engage in safe sex than men who want a sexual encounter only, the study shows.	24 May 2011

Mental Health News

Bipolar Disorder: Mind-Body Connection Suggests New Directions For Treatment, Research A new study by motor control and psychology researchers at Indiana University suggests that postural control problems may be a core feature of bipolar disorder, not just a random symptom, and can provide insights both into areas of the brain affected by the psychiatric disorder and new potential targets for treatment.

24 May 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Bayer Gets Advanced, Launches New Product That Works Twice As Fast Bayer has always been associated with fast pain relief for a variety of ailments having introduced their aspirin in 1899, but this week the company pushes innovation and announces the launch of Bayer Advanced Aspirin, which has clinically proven to relieve tough pain twice as fast as previous Bayer Aspirin tablets.	24 May 2011
Pharmacists ' Influence Grows In Hospitals Pharmacists are more integrated and influential in medication therapy decisions in hospitals than ever before, according to the latest installment of an annual survey of hospital pharmacy directors.	24 May 2011

Seniors / Aging News
$3 Million NIH Grant To Study Aging In Mexico Rebeca Wong, one of the nation's foremost experts on aging, has been awarded $3.03 million by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to continue a groundbreaking study in Mexico.	24 May 2011
78% Of Seniors Surveyed Who Try To Estimate Out-Of-Pocket Medical Costs In Advance Do It With Accuracy At Least "Sometimes" A survey of 377 seniors 65 and older showed that 41%1 try to estimate in advance their out-of-pocket costs for medical appointments, services and treatments and of those who try, 78% get it right at least "sometimes" with more than one third getting it right "most of the time.	24 May 2011
Elevated Levels Of Certain Biomarkers Among Elderly Patients With Heart Failure Symptoms Associated With Increased Risk Of Death Elderly patients with symptoms of heart failure and increased concentrations in the blood of the biomarker copeptin, or a combination of elevated concentrations of copeptin and the biomarker NT-proBNP, had an associated increased risk of all-cause death, according to a study in the May 25 issue of JAMA.	24 May 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Overall Abortion Rate Drops 8% In Eight Years, Rises 18% Among Poor Women In USA While the abortion rate dropped between 2000 and 2008 overall in the USA, among women whose family incomes are below the federal poverty level it rose, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute wrote in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.	24 May 2011
Online Dating For Men Doesn't Always Mean Unsafe Sex If a gay or bisexual man seeks sex or dating online, the type of partner or relationship he wants is a good indicator of whether he'll engage in safe sex, a new study suggests.Gay men seeking long-term romance online are more likely to engage in safe sex than men who want a sexual encounter only, the study shows.	24 May 2011

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