Archive for January 17, 2010

How Sunlight Causes Skin Cells To Turn Cancerous

Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring. A new study by Loyola University Health System researchers could lead to alternative treatments that would shrink skin cancer tumors with drugs. The drugs would work by turning on a gene that prevents skin cells from becoming cancerous, said [...]

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Study Reveals Predictors Of Long-term Opioid Use For Back Pain

Despite limited evidence of long-term success in using opioid pain medications for chronic low back pain, opioid prescribing has increased in recent years for back pain and other non-cancer pain indications. The implications are controversial as published studies provide little evidence indicating which patients will benefit from long-term opioid treatment…

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Scots ‘drink 46 bottles of vodka’

Adults in Scotland are drinking the equivalent of 46 bottles of vodka each in a year, a new study suggests.

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Concern over adult ADHD treatment

Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder struggle to access treatment because of a lack of services, figures suggest.

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Cool idea

The cancer patients being helped to keep their hair

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