Popular and clinical lore support the strong connection between smoking and alcohol consumption. Adolescent smokers appear to have a greater vulnerability to developing alcohol-use disorders. Results indicate that smoking “primes” the brain for subsequent addiction to alcohol and possibly other drugs.
Combining radiation and chemotherapy with Erbitux, a cancer-targeting agent that attacks specific receptors on the surface of tumor cells, is showing promising results in treating patients with advanced esophageal cancer.
To mark the end of Mouth Cancer Awareness Week which started on Sunday 12th November the Mouth Cancer Foundation is holding a giant sponsored walk which will take place in London. Hundreds of walkers from across the country are already signed up to take part in the free 10k sponsored Mouth Cancer Walking event designed to raise awareness of Mouth Cancer.
People who suffer from job burnout may be prone to developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study of 677 mostly male middle-aged Israeli workers, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
The blood-thinning drug anticoagulant Angiomax works better with 47 percent less risk of major bleeding, to maintain blood flow in patients who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain, according to study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Monitoring fetal oxygen levels during labor does not lead to healthier newborns or reduce unnecessary Caesarean deliveries.
A gene variant that increases the risk of developing the aggressive “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in people over age 50, is reported in two recent articles in Science by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.
Genetics play a major role in predisposing infants to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease prevalent in premature infants that disrupts normal blood vessel development of the retina and can lead to blindness, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the November issue of Pediatrics.
Women who participated in prolonged, frequent bicycling had decreased genital sensation and were more likely to have a history of genital pain than women runners, researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine report in the current issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Seventy-six percent of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese. However, less than one third of those 40 years of age and younger suffer these health issues. This is one of the conclusions shown in the research of Alberto Cordero of the School of Medicine, and the University Hospital.