Your Baby's Brain On Drugs And Alcohol And Tobacco

Although behavioral studies clearly indicate that exposure to drugs, alcohol and tobacco in utero is bad for a baby's developing brain, specific anatomic brain effects have been hard to tease out in humans. Often users don't limit themselves to one substance, and demographic factors like poverty can also influence brain development.

Transdel Pharmaceuticals Advances Lead Topical Pain Drug Into Phase 3 Program

Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TDLP) announced that based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") review of its Phase 3 submission the Company can initiate its Phase 3 clinical program for its novel topical cream based non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ("NSAID"), Ketotransdel(TM).

Study Finds Biological Link Between Pain And Fatigue

A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.Working with mice, the researchers, led by Kathleen Sluka, Ph.

Minimally Invasive Bi-Atrial Lesion Pattern Produces Positive Results In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Interim results from a study conducted in patients with atrial fibrillation demonstrated that a port access, paracardioscopic Ex-Maze procedure produced favorable outcomes and allowed patients to discontinue antiarrhythmic drugs. Andy C. Kiser, MD, presented the results in a poster session at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago.

Cocaine More Likely To Be Chosen Over Food By Subordinate Monkeys

Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. More dominant monkeys undergoing the same stressful situation had fewer changes in brain activity in areas of the brain involved in stress and anxiety and were less likely to choose cocaine.

Replacement Drug For Treating Cocaine Addiction Has Positive Finding In Animal Model

New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a "replacement" drug that mimics the effects of cocaine but has less potential for abuse - similar to the way nicotine and heroin addictions are treated.Reporting at the annual meeting of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in San Diego, Calif.

Patients Help Crack Nurses' And Midwives' Code, UK

To mark World Health Day, the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) today launches a new Code for the UK's 674, 000 nurses and midwivesWith events held in Edinburgh, Belfast, Glamorgan and London, the launch of the new Code aims to clarify expectations;

Rapid Weight Gain Of Freshmen Unsubstantiated By Study

The "freshman 15" - the rapid weight gain believed to afflict many new college students when they begin school - appears to be a bit of an urban legend: a cautionary tale often told but not well substantiated.Now a study of 36 freshmen at Auburn University - located in one of the states with the highest prevalence of obesity in the nation - reports an average gain of only 1.

Advanced Cell Technology Platform Yields Over 140 Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC; http://www.advancedcell.com) reported on a large-scale differentiation process that has generated panels of differentiating human progenitor cell lines from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The research will be published in the April issue of Regenerative Medicine (Vol.

Reproductive Health Professionals Criticize Censorship Of Content Related To Abortion On USAID-Funded Database; Applaud Dean's Reversal

ARHP applauds the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dean's reversal of POPLINE's decision to remove the search term "abortion" from their database. This action helped rectify what amounted to ideological censorship that could negatively impact patient care and is of great concern to reproductive health professionals everywhere.