News tagged with adverse health effects


Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by ...


Childhood health disparities can have life-long health effects

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research indicates that physical and mental stress in childhood may have life-long adverse health effects and policy initiatives are needed to emphasize the importance of starting health promotion and disease prevention early ...





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Highest cannabis users are Australians

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Lancet paper co-authored by a UQ researcher states that Australians are the highest cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.


Study reveals high level of adverse drug reactions in hospitals

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a study of more than 3,000 patients, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that one in seven admitted to hospital experience adverse drug reactions to medical treatment.


Cancer patients and doctors report drug side effects differently

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting, although important, ...


Study finds reproductive health effects from low doses of bisphenol-A

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) shows significant reproductive health effects in rats that have been exposed to bisphenol-A (BPA) at levels ...


Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite a national focus on reducing surgical errors, surgery-related adverse events continue to occur both inside and outside the operating room, according to an analysis of events at Veterans Health Administration Medical ...


Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study ...


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.


Medications effective in reducing risks for breast cancer can also cause serious side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three drugs that reduce a woman's chance of getting breast cancer also have been shown to cause adverse effects, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health ...


Adverse drug events: a large burden in pediatric care

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An 11year national analysis at Children's Hospital Boston shows that side effects or accidental overdoses of medications are a common complication of outpatient care in children, generating more than half ...


Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A survey of patients had who experienced some sort of adverse event during their hospitalization found that, although caregivers discussed the event with patients less than half the time, those patients to whom the adverse ...



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