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Professional footballers at high risk of injury
Professional footballers run a high risk of being injured during training and competitive play, shows an audit of almost all the league clubs in England, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Players are particularly susceptible to injury towards the end of both halves of matches and during specific periods of the season, the... view more... (2001-01-23)
Study finds improvement in the care of children with cancer at the end of life
Expanded use of palliative care services is associated with enhanced communications between families and caregivers, improved symptoms management, and better quality of life for children dying from cancer, according to study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston. view more (2008-03-31)
Lactic acid not athlete's poison, but an energy source-if you know how to use it
In the lore of marathoners and extreme athletes, lactic acid is poison, a waste product that builds up in the muscles and leads to muscle fatigue, reduced performance and pain. view more (2006-04-20)
Sleep deprivation affects eye-steering coordination when driving
Driving a vehicle requires coordination of horizontal eye movements and steering. view more (2007-06-11)
Temperament shows in stress
Innate temperament affects both physiological and emotional reactions in stressful situations. These differences should be taken into account in, for example, the treatment of heart patients according to Tarja Heponiemi's psychology dissertation examined on October 13 at the University of Helsinki. view more (2004-10-19)
Penn studies point to strategies for reducing painful breast cancer drug side effects
Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. view more (2009-09-29)
A virus may contribute to certain psychiatric disorders
A virus that causes a fatal brain disease in horses and sheep may be linked to certain mental disorders in man, medical experts heard today (Wednesday 09 January 2002) during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal College of Physicians, London. view more (2002-01-07)
Journal Sleep: Link between insomnia and hypersomnia, depression in children
According to a study published in the January 1st issue of the journal SLEEP, sleep-disturbed children are more severely depressed and have more depressive symptoms and comorbid anxiety disorders compared with children without sleep disturbance. view more (2007-01-03)
POOR HEALTH OF GULF VETERANS NOT RELATED TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Most Gulf War veterans do not have a formal psychiatric disorder and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst the group are low, finds a study in this weeks BMJ. Previous population-based studies have shown that Gulf veterans report medically unexplained symptoms such as fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and irritability more often than other... view more... (2002-09-10)
How Safe Are Your Foundations?
Catastrophic failure of the foundations of a large structure such as an oil drilling or exploration platform are costly in terms of wasted time, inconvenience, environmental damage or monetary value, but add to this the potential cost of the loss of human life and the confidence of the public in the industry falls rapidly. Consideration of all of... view more... (2004-05-13)
Brains scans of symptomatic Gulf War veterans show differences
Veterans of the first Gulf War who returned with multiple health symptom complaints show significant differences in brain structures from their fellow returnees without high numbers of health symptoms. view more (2007-05-01)
Use weights, not aerobics, to ease back pain
People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of Alberta study. view more (2008-12-12)
Energy drinks: The coffee of a new generation?
It's not uncommon for students to consume energy drinks to increase their concentration as they study throughout the night. view more (2009-02-06)
New technology may prevent vitamin B12 deficient seniors and vegetarians from needing injections
For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. view more (2008-06-18)
One third of patients who stop treatment for schizophrenia early do so due to poor response
A third of patients treated for schizophrenia who stop taking their medication early do so because they do not feel any significant improvement or because their symptoms are worsening. view more (2005-12-23)
Gabapentin Shown Effective for Fibromyalgia Pain
New research supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) shows that the anticonvulsant medication gabapentin, which is used for certain types of seizures, can be an effective treatment for the pain and other symptoms associated with the common, often hard-to-treat... view more... (2007-06-12)
A new pharmaceutical drug that halts progress of metastatic kidney cancer
Research has shown the efficacy of a pharmaceutical drug known as sunitinib which halts progress of metastatic kidney cancer. view more (2007-03-02)
Introvert persons are more likely to become tired at work
Introvert people have a higher risk of becoming tired than their extravert colleagues. This was revealed in the first large-scale and systematic study into the influence of personality on tiredness, which was carried out by researchers from Tilburg University. Psychologists from Tilburg University followed more than 700 people for a period of two... view more... (2002-09-11)
Depression in older cancer patients can be effectively treated with collaborative approach
Depression in older cancer patients can be effectively treated with collaborative approach in primary-care settings view more (2009-10-21)
New hope for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Patients treated with lenalidomide for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or disease that no longer responds to chemotherapy have experienced a major response to therapy, according to a phase II study conducted by Asher Chanan-Khan, MD, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI). The results are published in the December... view more... (2006-12-05)
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