New Drug Can Treat Alcoholism: Study
A new drug can help alcoholics overcome their addiction by reducing
stress-induced cravings, a new study has found. There is already a drug on
the market, Revia, which treats alcoholism by reducing the body's ability to
enjoy its effects. This new drug cuts cravings by taking the edge off of
stressful situations which might push recovering alcoholics to pick up the
bottle again.
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CDC Study Reveals Adults May Not Get Enough
Rest or Sleep
About 10 percent of adults report not getting enough
rest or sleep every day in the past month, according to a new four-state
study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention′s
(CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Nationwide, an estimated 50 to
70 million people suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders. Sleep
loss is associated with health problems, including obesity, depression, and
certain risk behaviors, including cigarette smoking, physical inactivity, and
heavy drinking.
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FDA OKs Nexium in Children Age 1 to 11
The FDA has approved use of the drug Nexium in
children aged 1 to 11 who have acid reflux disease. It approved liquid and
delayed-release capsules of Nexium in doses of 10 milligrams or 20 milligrams
for these youngsters. It is already approved in doses of 20 milligrams or 40
milligrams for those aged 12.
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Headache common in people with GI trouble
The prevalence of headache is higher in people with gastrointestinal (GI)
symptoms such as nausea, acid reflux, diarrhea, and constipation, than in
people who don't have these bothersome symptoms, new research
indicates.
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Diabetic mice 'cured' with drugs
US scientists have managed to rid diabetic mice of the effects
of the disease using a cocktail of drugs. The mice, who had type 1 diabetes,
started producing their own insulin after taking a mixture of four drugs.
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F.D.A. Seeks to Broaden Range of Use for Drugs
When federal drug regulators approve a medicine for sale, they limit how
drug makers sell it. A drug approved to treat only breast cancer cannot be
marketed for lung cancer even if some studies suggest that the medicine may
save lung patients. But the FDA proposed guidelines that would
change this, and advocates on both sides
of the issue say that lives are at stake.
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