Codeine could increase users’ sensitivity to pain
Using large and frequent doses of the pain-killer codeine may actually produce heightened sensitivity to pain, without the same level of relief offered by morphine, according to new… read more.
Using large and frequent doses of the pain-killer codeine may actually produce heightened sensitivity to pain, without the same level of relief offered by morphine, according to new… read more.
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – by Bruce Sylvester – Research published on Aug. 7, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine/NEJM indicates… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – China – An international team of scientists has found that over 90% of dementia cases in China go undetected, with the… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – Spain – A gene variant strongly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes appears to interact with a Mediterranean diet… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Newly published research suggests that a derivative of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), found in over-the-counter fish oil supplements, might be used to effectively treat and… read more.
Marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, may double stroke risk in young adults, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2013.
Researchers found that dopamine levels in a part of the brain called the striatum were lower in people who smoke more cannabis and those who began taking the drug at… read more.
Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may… read more.
Breaking a sweat while working out regularly may reduce your risk of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
The new study, which was led by Professor Carol Brayne, of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge, UK, is part of the Medical Research… read more.
New research from a study of over 73,000 patients. People with high blood pressure, who don’t take their anti-hypertensive drug treatments when they should, have a greatly increased… read more.
Taken from JAMA – by Bruce Sylvester – After analyzing data on nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers report that thrombolytic treatment initiated sooner correlates to… read more.
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