WASHINGTON, DC — May 28, 2007 — An investigational agent that activates chloride channels, causing increased excretion of fluid into the gastrointestinal tract, significantly improves bowel transit time and relief of constipation in constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C).
The agent — lubiprostone — was twice as effective as placebo in relief of IBS-C symptoms in 2 […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 17 (UPI) — Celecoxib (Celebrex) prevents the brains of premature babies from bleeding after birth, say doctors at the University of Rochester in New York.
Babies born between 24 and 32 weeks that weigh less than 3.5 pounds have a 20 percent risk of a type of brain bleeding called germinal matrix hemorrhages.
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A colon cancer researcher at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) has laid out the roadmap for how medical science should employ aspirin and new aspirin-like drugs for use in preventing colon cancer in certain high-risk individuals.
In the New England Journal of Medicine, Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, writes an editorial […]
Executives at Purdue Pharma recently agreed to pay $635 million in fines to settle charges they failed to disclose abuse risks of the powerful painkiller OxyContin. They pleaded guilty to “misbranding” the drug.
“Scores died as a result of OxyContin abuse and an even greater number of people became addicted to OxyContin, a drug that Purdue […]
Ivivi Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:II), a leader in non-invasive, electrotherapeutic technologies, today announced that preliminary data from a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study entitled “Effect of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (”PEMF”) on Post-Surgical Pain Reduction for Breast Augmentation” showed an 80% acceleration in pain relief in patients treated with the active technology as compared to patients treated […]
Ken Corbett will be the first to admit that he was a little skeptical of Healing Touch therapy, at first. So Corbett, a certified Healing Touch practitioner and patient care volunteer at the Hospice Home on Chapel Hill Road, decided to try a little experiment; he chose to monitor three terminally ill patients every day […]
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BANTAM - A Torrington woman who allegedly posed as a doctor’s assistant to call in prescription drug orders was arraigned in Bantam Superior Court on Thursday on 150 criminal charges.
Police said they caught Marcia L. Beres, a 32-year-old unemployed certified nurse’s assistant who lives at 69 Hyde St., in September attempting to pick […]
A new study suggests parents can ease their child’s anxiety about immunizations by telling a joke, reading a book or bringing a favorite toy from home.
Other proven distraction techniques include blowing soap bubbles and, for babies under six months, using a pacifier dipped in sugar water.
The study’s lead author, Doctor Neil Schechter, directs the Pain […]