Cannabis pain relief without the ‘high’
Public Release: 24-Oct-2018 Canadian researchers pinpoint the mechanism of cannabidiol for safe pain relief without side effects McGill University Health Centre In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team…
How to help protect yourself from vaccine administration injury
Public Release: 23-Oct-2018 University of Waterloo A study by researchers at the University of Waterloo reiterates the need for health care professionals, including pharmacists, to take certain precautions to minimize…
Higher levels of urinary fluoride associated with ADHD in children
Public Release: 10-Oct-2018 University of Toronto Higher levels of urinary fluoride associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children Higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with…
High gluten diet in pregnancy linked to increased risk of diabetes in children
Public Release: 19-Sep-2018 Further studies needed to confirm or rule out findings, and to explore possible underlying mechanism BMJ A high gluten intake by mothers during pregnancy is associated with…
Aspirin found not to prolong healthy aging
Public Release: 17-Sep-2018 Large, international study shows daily low-dose aspirin has no effect on healthy life span in older adults Rush University Medical Center Taking a low-dose aspirin daily…
Antibiotic side effects in kids lead to nearly 70,000 ER visits in the US each year
Public Release: 23-Aug-2018Pediatric Infectious Diseases SocietyThe use of antibiotics drives the development of antibiotic resistance, a major threat to public health worldwide. But these drugs also carry the risk of…
The dark side of antibiotic ciprofloxacin
Public Release: 25-Jul-2018 Baylor College of Medicine The use of ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics of the class of fluoroquinolones may be associated with disruption of the normal functions of connective…
Common painkillers triple harmful side effects in dementia
Public Release: 24-Jul-2018 Commonly-prescribed opioid-based painkillers led to harmful side effects tripling in people with dementia University of Exeter Commonly-prescribed opioid-based painkillers led to harmful side effects tripling in people…
Yeast species used in food industry causes disease in humans
Public Release: 19-Jul-2018PLOSCaptionA phylogenetic tree of strains was constructed from data from a filtered set of 150,306 SNP sites, using RRHS and Maximum Likelihood (see Methods). Branch supports represent pseudo-bootstrap…
Scientists reverse aging-associated skin wrinkles and hair loss in a mouse model
Public Release: 20-Jul-2018A gene mutation causes wrinkled skin and hair loss; turning off that mutation restores the mouse to normal appearance.University of Alabama at BirminghamBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Wrinkled skin and…
Consumption of fast food linked with asthma and other allergic diseases
Public Release: 5-Jul-2018WileyA new Respirology review and analysis of published studies reveals a link between fast food consumption and an increased likelihood of having asthma, wheeze, and several other allergic…
Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those COPD
Public Release: 26-Jun-2018 Serotonergic antidepressants increase respiratory-related adverse events for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study suggests St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in…
Possible link found between diabetes and common white pigment
Public Release: 20-Jun-2018 University of Texas at Austin In a pilot study by a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, crystalline particles of titanium dioxide…
One-third of US adults may unknowingly use medications that can cause depression
Public Release: 12-Jun-2018 Polypharmacy on the rise University of Illinois at Chicago A new study from University of Illinois at Chicago researchers suggests that more than one-third of U.S.…
Oral antibiotics linked to increased kidney stone risk for several years after use
PUBLIC RELEASE: 10-MAY-2018Risk appears to be highest among childrenAMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYHighlightsUse of oral antibiotics was linked with an increased risk of developing kidney stones. Risk decreased over time but…
Metastatic cancer gorges on fructose in the liver
Public Release: 26-Apr-2018 Discovery of metabolic reprogramming in metastatic cancer could lead to new therapies Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that metastatic…
Common class of drugs linked to dementia even when taken 20 years before diagnosis
Public Release: 25-Apr-2018 Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The largest and most detailed study of the long-term impact of anticholinergic drugs, a class of drugs commonly prescribed in the United…
Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to pneumonia in older adults
Public Release: 24-Apr-2018 American Geriatrics Society Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a statistical link between pneumonia in older people and a group of medicines commonly used to…
Multiple sclerosis may be linked to sheep disease toxin
Public Release: 22-Apr-2018 University of Exeter Exposure to a toxin primarily found in sheep could be linked to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in humans, new research suggests.…
Post-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain
Public Release: 16-Apr-2018 Rats given morphine experienced pain-reactivity for three weeks longer, inflammatory changes in spinal cord University of Colorado at Boulder Giving opioids to animals to quell pain…
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