News tagged with sedatives
Older drivers unaware of risks from medications and driving
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Most older drivers are unaware of the potential impact on driving performance associated with taking medications, according to new research from the Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). ...
Calming Parents Might Help Kids Cope With Anesthesia
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The start of anesthesia can be distressing for children. Although antianxiety drugs can help keep kids calm, side effects exist. Non-drug methods offer alternatives, but a new review of studies finds that no single method ...
Large users of zopiclone assessed as impaired
Mar 26, 2009 |
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A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows a positive link between the amount of the hypnotic (sleeping medicine) zopiclone in the blood and the chance of being assessed as impaired in a clinical examination. ...
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Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychi ...
US doctors regularly prescribe real drugs as placebo treatments
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Oct 24, 2008 |
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Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe "placebo treatments" including active drugs such as sedatives and antibiotics, but rarely admit they are doing so to their ...
The profound effects of numbing agents
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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A large proteomics study on the brains of newborn mice provides more evidence that numbing drugs often used in obstetric or pediatric medicine can have profound and long-term negative effects, even after minimal exposure.
UB-designed ventilator can safely sedate ICU patients for less
Feb 25, 2009 |
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A new, recently licensed medical device developed by University at Buffalo researchers would introduce into intensive care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating ...
Selective restraints and reduced medication could reduce nursing home falls says 4-year study
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Selectively restraining elderly residents and giving them fewer sleeping pills could significantly reduce falls, according to a survey of 21 nursing home units published in the January issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Sedatives, mood-altering drugs related to falls among elderly
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Nov 23, 2009 |
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Falls among elderly people are significantly associated with several classes of drugs, including sedatives often prescribed as sleep aids and medications used to treat mood disorders, according to a study led by a University ...
When it comes to brain damage, blankets take the place of drugs
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Have you ever covered yourself with a blanket to stave off the shivers? A new study shows that a blanket can also help alleviate shivering in patients who have been cooled to prevent brain damage.
Right whale sedation enables disentanglement effort
Mar 11, 2009 |
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On Friday, March 6, 2009, for the first time ever, a North Atlantic right whale that had been severely entangled in fishing gear, was administered a sedation mixture that made it possible for rescuers to remove 90 percent ...
Silence may lead to phantom noises misinterpreted as tinnitus
Jan 01, 2008 |
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Phantom noises, that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new research published in the January 2008 edition of Otolaryngology ...
Health-related spam
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Sep 18, 2007 |
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A new study in PLoS Medicine has found that a third of all spam messages advertise health products such as drugs and natural health products and that it is easy to purchase prescription drugs and controlled substances advert ...
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