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First ever large-scale study of ketamine users published

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The first ever large-scale, longitudinal study of ketamine users has been published online today in the journal Addiction. With Ketamine (K, Special K) use increasing faster than any other drug in the UK (British Crime ...

findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

Medicine & Health / Medications

Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter ...

Why can't some people give up cocaine?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...

AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Oct 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.

Acetaminophen may be linked to asthma in children and adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug.

Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia

Medicine & Health / Medications

Nov 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

(AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin - drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work.

Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 18, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...

This smart wheelchair has laser vision

Technology / Engineering

Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...