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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News

Research Reveals Smokers View Nicotine As Addictive As Cocaine To mark World No Tobacco Day tomorrow, a new survey reveals smokers themselves perceive nicotine to be more addictive than cocaine and only marginally less addictive than heroin1. Smoking is in fact a chronic, relapsing medical condition2 but 60% of smokers who have tried to quit at least three times have never sought medical help or treatment1 and despite recognising the severity of their dependence, smokers typically battle their addiction to smoking with just willpower alone3.

30 May 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health."Delirium is prevalent in people with dementia," said Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Penn State.	30 May 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Is It Ethical To Use Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials? The results of this study, conducted in Germany, re-open the debate on whether it is ethical to conduct placebo-controlled studies where patients in the placebo-group are at a serious disadvantage compared to patients taking the new treatments.	30 May 2011

Dentistry News
U.S. And Canadian Pediatricians Fight Tooth Decay Among Indigenous Children Early childhood tooth decay is one of the most common infectious diseases found in indigenous children in the United States and Canada, resulting in additional adverse health effects. In a new policy statement, "Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities," in the June 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online Monday, May 30), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) provide recommendations for the prevention of dental disease in young children and pregnant women, through collaboration with primary health care providers, policy makers, and public health practitioners in indigenous communities.	30 May 2011
ADHA To Host Largest National Dental Hygiene Meeting At 88th Annual Session In Nashville, Tenn. The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) will maintain its status with the largest national dental hygiene meeting with more than 1,700 dental hygienists, and more than 2,000 total participants set to attend the Center for Lifelong Learning at the 88th Annual Session (CLL/AS).	30 May 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Study Suggests New Therapeutic Targets For Virally-Induced Asthma Attacks When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks.	30 May 2011

Heart Disease News
New Super Sticky Cholesterol In Individuals With High Heart Disease Risk Discovered MGmin-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a form of ultra-bad cholesterol that significantly increases the risk of heart disease, has been discovered by researchers at the University of Warwick, England.	30 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Making Brain Surgery Safer Brain interventions must be planned so that the neurosurgeon can access and remove the tumor without causing unnecessary damage. Before the brain tumor can be removed, crucial questions must be answered.	30 May 2011
Improving Health Via Virtual Natural Environments A new position paper by researchers at the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health (ECEHH - part of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry) and the University of Birmingham has compared the benefits of interaction with actual and virtual natural environments and concluded that the development of accurate simulations are likely to be beneficial to those who cannot interact with nature because of infirmity or other limitations: but virtual worlds are not a substitute for the real thing.	30 May 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their hands on some crucial drugs.	30 May 2011

Seniors / Aging News
No Excuse For Poor Nursing Care, Says NMC Chief Executive, UK Dickon Weir-Hughes stresses nurses and midwives accountable for care. In response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports on the care of older people, NMC Chief Executive and Registrar, Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes said: " There is no excuse for unsafe care in any circumstance.	30 May 2011
Help For Patients Suffering From Delirium Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health."Delirium is prevalent in people with dementia," said Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Penn State.	30 May 2011

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