Link Between Tobacco Smoke And Behavioral Problems In Boys With Asthma Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDepression Rife Among Medical Students Medical students frequently suffer from depression, especially during their internship years. New research published in the open access journal BMC Medical Education reveals the extent of the problem and features a detailed analysis of the symptoms and sufferers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Care Reform: If Not Soon, When? Some argue that the Obama administration will be hard pressed to take on something so organizationally and politically complicated as
health care reform during such a sharp economic downturn.The counterpoint:
health care reform is essential for any kind of durable economic recovery. So far, the signs are that
health care reform will stay near top of the new administration's agenda.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGeneric Rx: Shopping For Health Care In The Global Village Once the exception, generic
drugs are now the norm. This year, about two-thirds of the
prescriptions written by doctors were for generic
drugs.Generic
drugs have taken off for many reasons. Brand-name blockbusters (Fosamax, Zocor, and Zoloft) have lost their patent protection in recent years. The Medicare Part D
prescription plans have loaded up their formularies with generics.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comVytorin Cholesterol Drug - Nice Name, Nice Numbers, But Let's See What You Can Do Results from two clinical trials reported this year dinged the reputation of cholesterol drug Vytorin (ezetimibe plus simvastatin). One showed that in people with a rare inherited condition, Vytorin did a great job lowering cholesterol but didn't reduce atherosclerosis.
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