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  • New Immune Cells Th22 Prevent, Treat Inflammation
    Deborah Mitchell
    Nov 20th, 2009

    Scientists have discovered a new type of immune cells, Th22, which can protect the body against inflammation. This may lead the way to new treatments for inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and respiratory diseases such as asthma.

  • Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray Recalled
    Deborah Mitchell
    Nov 19th, 2009

    The makers of Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray voluntarily recalled approximately 120,000 bottles after finding the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia in a small amount of the product made in Germany and sold in the United States. Thus far, no one has reported becoming ill after using the nasal spray.

  • Little Rock to Host 'Free' Health Care Clinic November 21
    Ramona Bates MD
    Nov 14th, 2009

    Arkansas Lt Governor Bill Halter held a press conference yesterday to encourage more nurses and doctors to volunteer for the free health care clinic to be held Saturday November 21st in downtown Little Rock.

  • Patients, Doctors Spending More Time Together During Visits
    Deborah Mitchell
    Nov 10th, 2009

    Do you think your doctor spends enough time with you during your office visits? Researchers report that primary care doctors spent more time with their adult patients during office visits in 2005 than they did about ten years earlier.

  • Harvard Medical School researchers' coffee poisoned with sodium azide
    Jenny Decker RN
    Oct 27th, 2009

    The day was August 26th. Harvard medical school researchers were just having another day at the office. The pathology lab workers were studying mice and how diseases interact with the immune system, writes Associated Press. Unbeknownst to these six researchers, their coffee had been poisoned with sodium azide, a white odorless solid that produces a deadly gas when mixed with water.

  • Drug Industry Lobbyists Will Get What They Want Concerning Healthcare Reform
    Tyler Woods Ph.D.
    Oct 23rd, 2009

    There are now over 3,000 registered healthcare lobbyists on Capitol Hill. When you think of this, that's six lobbyists for every single member of Congress. This makes it quite easy for the drug industry to get what they want concerning healthcare reform.

  • Spreading The Red Ribbon Week Message
    Jenny Decker RN
    Oct 21st, 2009

    Schools across America are spreading the red ribbon week message. It is a message of drug prevention. Driving by a school, you may notice red ribbons hung up on fences, or you may see all the kids playing out on the playground wearing all red tops. Red Ribbon Week is one of the “oldest and largest drug prevention campaigns in the country,“ writes drugsrdumb.com.

  • Illness Neglected Among Adults Without Health Insurance
    Deborah Mitchell
    Oct 20th, 2009

    Adults who do not have health insurance are likely to have a chronic illness such as diabetes or high cholesterol and not even know it, according to the results of a new study conducted by a research team from Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance. When such illnesses go undiagnosed and untreated, the uninsured are at greater risk of expensive, disabling, and deadly complications of their disease.

  • Medical marijuana policy changes
    Kathleen Blanchard RN
    Oct 19th, 2009

    President Obama plans to change medical marijuana policy – the Federal government will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users or their suppliers – as long as they remain in compliance with the law.

  • Placebo Effect May Not Be Purely Psychological
    Denise Reynolds RD
    Oct 16th, 2009

    The placebo effect is a measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. Placebo is Latin for “I shall please” and describes a pharmacologically inert substance, such as saline or a sugar pill, that produces an effect that is similar to that which would be expected of an active substance.

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