Medicine Archive
Genital herpes found to cause chronic pain syndrome
0 Comments Published July 22nd, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Medical News, Medicine, PopularReactivation of genital herpes is linked in some cases with the emergence of widespread chronic neuropathic pain , according to a Finnish study reported in The Journal of Pain .
In the clinic at the University of Helsinki, 17 patients were examined who presented widespread chronic pain with no visible lesions in brain magnetic imaging. Because [...]
Removing ovaries questionable, says Cochrane Review
0 Comments Published July 21st, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Medicine, PopularHBNS.org - For premenopausal women, the decision of whether to undergo a hysterectomy - removal of the uterus - is a challenging one. To make things more complex, added pressure to decide whether to remove the ovaries can arise - a decision that researchers say relies more on the preferences of the woman or her [...]
Dangers of internet drug sales growing
0 Comments Published July 21st, 2008 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Internet, Life, Medical News, Medicine, PopularUMaryland.edu - Consumers are facing a growing risk of getting counterfeit drugs because of rising Internet sales of medical drugs, projected to reach upwards of $75 billion by 2010, according to a report from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Even more alarming is the infiltration of these counterfeit drugs into retail American pharmacies [...]
Too much sleep increases stroke risk after menopause
0 Comments Published July 20th, 2008 in Aging, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Medicine, Popular, SleepAHA - Post-menopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night seem to have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .
Compared to women sleeping seven hours, the risk of ischemic stroke was 60 to 70 percent higher for those sleeping nine hours or [...]
Know that exercise reduces colon cancer risk
0 Comments Published July 18th, 2008 in Exercise, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Medicine, PopularHBNS.org - Many experts now consider colon cancer a largely preventable disease, but a new study finds that primary care doctors might not always inform patients about one important step they can take to reduce their risk: becoming more physically active, or getting more exercise.
When researchers analyzed survey data from 1,932 adults who answered questions [...]
Topamax (topiramate) shown to reduce alcoholism, alcohol-induced illness
0 Comments Published July 18th, 2008 in Alcoholism, General Interest, Health, Health News, Medical News, Medicine, Mental Health, Substance abuseMUSC.edu - Individuals with alcohol dependence are offered hope through a recent study of Topamax (topiramate ) by researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina.
In a landmark study, MUSC researchers working with investigators at the University of Virginia Health System and elsewhere have found that topiramate, an FDA-approved medication, not only decreases heavy drinking, [...]














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