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Adderall Used to Boost School Performance...
... say they use the attention-deficit drug Adderall to stay alert when cramming for tests, writing ... among students, who can buy Adderall from classmates, friends, or family members ...(06/01/2005)
Billion dollar drugs, pipeline dreams...
... the world's biggest drug company with $52.5 billion in 2004 sales, spent ... company going forward.' Lyrica, a Pfizer painkiller approved by the Food and Drug Administration in December ...(06/01/2005)
FDA warns users about Able drug recall...
... Able makes generic versions of the attention-deficit disorder drug Ritalin and the painkiller Vicodin. ...(06/01/2005)
Prescription Stimulant Abused By Some Students Anxiou...
... a question about ADHD drugs - -- including Adderall, Ritalin and Dexedrine -- and more than 7 percent of the 1,304 Palo ...(06/01/2005)
Knowing More About 'What's Inside' Birth Control Pills May H...
Press ReleaseSource: Berlex, Inc. ... Clothing Than the Ingredients of Their Birth Control Pills MONTVILLE, N.J ...(06/01/2005)
Bone Check...
... Kirkendoll skirkendoll@flintjournal.com 810.766.6366 Bone density screenings will be offered at local Kroger Stores ... bones susceptible to fracture. The bone scan is done of the ankle ...(06/01/2005)
Health Fair catering to local Cedartown senior citizens...
Cedartown seniors needing to get tested for high blood pressure or prostate problems won't be able to use the "It's just too expensive" excuse anymore. ... tests, $8 lipid profiles and $6 complete blood count tests. Prostate screenings will be ... m ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Re: testing...
... No, a CBC (which is a complete blood count, a bit of a misnomer because it isn't 'complete ... CBC (which is a complete blood count, a bit of a misnomer ...(06/01/2005)
Council Bluffs Senior Center to hold health fair...
... age 50 and older.A local pharmacist will be available to complete a 'brown-bag' review of medications ... Blood draws for lipids, thyroid and blood count tests will be available ...(06/01/2005)
Cocaine raises aneurysm risk, U.S. study finds...
May 9, 2005 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who use cocaine could be raising their risk of dangerous aneurysms, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ... had more than four times the risk of coronary artery aneurysms as non-users, the researchers rep ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Cocaine users at much higher risk of coronary aneurysm...
Cocaine users in their mid-40s had more than four times the risk of coronary artery aneurysms as non-users, researchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ... cardiologists read the angiogram of each patient to ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Area physicians say heart procedures best decided case by ca...
... heart is held by a device while the bypass graft is sewn in place; or on-pump, where ... document.write('') During a coronary artery bypass to relieve chest pain and ...(06/01/2005)
Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital Named Top Healthcare Pr...
... of the hip and/or knee, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), heart failure (HF), community acquired pneumonia ...(06/01/2005)
Study Shows Improved Outcomes in CABG Patients With INVOS...
... desaturations in actively managed diabetic coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients using Somanetics' INVOS Cerebral ...(06/01/2005)
Premier Announces Nation's Top Healthcare Providers...
... of the hip and/or knee, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), heart failure (HF), community acquired pneumonia ...(06/01/2005)
PR Newswire: New Trend in Treating Heart Disease in Diabetic...
... times more likely to die of coronary artery disease (CAD) thannon-diabetics (2). Treatment ... for diabetics has been coronaryartery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, particularly when more ...(06/01/2005)
Re: Chest pain...
... procedures such as balloon angioplasty (PTCA), with or without coronary stenting, is typically considered ... or greater in the right coronary artery (RCA), the left anterior descending ...(06/01/2005)
Providence Health Care Researcher Named One of Canada's Top ...
... heart attacks, stroke and surgical pro-cedures such as transplantation, balloon angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery ...(06/01/2005)
Eagle County residents try to deal with seasonal allergies...
Eagle County residents try to deal with seasonal allergies createQString(s) for(var Tree pollen, ragweed and warm weather can trigger allergies.(06/01/2005)
Re: Question about synthroid dosage...
Topic: Thyroid Disorders: Support Group >> Discussion: Question about synthroid dosage by countryladybug Re: Question about synthroid dosage by kansas3, on 5/3/2005 7:47:19 PM NEW! No, that is not a huge dose.(06/01/2005)
RPT-UPDATE 3-Able Labs suspends manufacturing, recalls produ...
CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Able Laboratories Inc. ( ... non-prescription drugs, including versions of painkillers Tylenol and Vicodin and the stimulant Ritalin, among others ...(06/01/2005)
Re: ritalin...
Topic: ADD/ADHD: Richard Sogn, MD >> Discussion: ritalin by aunty04310 Re: ritalin by Richard_Sogn_MD, on 5/16/2005 2:26:35 PM NEW! Hello aunty04310, Bipolar Disorder and AD/HD have many symptoms in common, and one can be confused with the other. .. ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Able halts manufacturing, starts recall...
... makes generic versions of attention-deficit disorder drug Ritalin and the painkiller Vicodin, earlier this month said ...(06/01/2005)
Behavior Therapy Cuts Need for ADHD Drug...
... behavior modification and a new methylphenidate (MPH) patch drug treatment were equally effective. Methylphenidate is the stimulant used in pill ...(06/01/2005)
Medication Combined With Behavior Therapy Works Best For ADH...
In fact, when the two are combined, the study showed, the amount of medication required to achieve the same results as use of medication alone can be reduced by two-thirds. ... most commonly used by doctors, methylphenidate (MPH, also ... Study Sugg ... (more) (06/01/2005)
NORML.ORG Web: Book Review: Kids, Cannabinoids and Our Bodie...
By Debbie Jeffries and LaRayne Jeffries ( 2005; Quick American ) I'm not a parent, but if I were, I would do whatever was necessary for my child. ... drugs that focus on the brain, such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, Imipramine, Zoloft, Tegretal, and all th ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Book Review: Kids, Cannabinoids and Our Bodies...
By Debbie Jeffries and LaRayne Jeffries ( Quick American ) I'm not a parent, but if I were, I would do whatever was necessary for my child. ... drugs that focus on the brain, such as Ritalin, Dexedrine, Imipramine, Zoloft, Tegretal, and all the othe ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Saudi king's condition improving...
KING FAHD King Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz in 2002 BIRTH DATE: Born 1923 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ... control of the country to his younger half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah. Source: Reuters News Service • Official online biography: Royal Embassy of ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Take control of your fertility...
... needed to figure out a new system of birth control.'The pill was not good for my body ... As a method of birth control, the 'method effectiveness' (or how well ...(06/01/2005)
Depomed gets FDA OK for Cipro rival...
Depomed gets FDA OK for Cipro rivalDepomed has received its first approval from the FDA, for Proquin XR, a once-daily, extended-release drug for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections. ... Depomed's own dissolution studies, Bayer's ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Alcon Gets Warning Letter for Misleading Statements About Ci...
... Alcon Laboratories' website for Cipro HC Otic eardrops fails to disclose risk information and ... not making risk information about Cipro HC Otic (ciprofloxacin HCl/hydrocortisone otic ...(06/01/2005)
UPDATE 1-FDA approves Depomed's urinary tract treatment...
CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Specialty drugmaker Depomed Inc. ( DEPO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said the U.S. ... Bayer's (BAYG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) antibiotic Cipro to list nausea and diarrhea as 'uncommon ... In contrast to Cip ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Non-Stimulant Strattera More Widely Available for ADHD Patie...
Strattera isapproved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents. Adolescentswho have shown a clear benefit may also continue treatment into adulthood. ... Eli Lilly and Company's Strattera(R), the only approved non-stimulantmedication pro ... (more) (06/01/2005)
PR Newswire: Non-Stimulant Strattera More Widely Available f...
... a new treatmentchoiceEli Lilly and Company's Strattera(R), the only approved non-stimulantmedication ... The Netherlands and Norway. Strattera is approved forthe treatment of ADHD in ...(06/01/2005)
Non-Stimulant Strattera More Widely Available for Attention-...
Strattera is approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents. Adolescents who have shown a clear benefit may also continue treatment into adulthood. ... new treatment choice Eli Lilly and Company's Strattera(R), the only approved non- ... (more) (06/01/2005)
Non-stimulant Strattera More Widely Available for Attention-...
Strattera is approved for the treatmentof ADHD in children and adolescents in these countries. ... A selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, Strattera represents thefirst new class of ADHD ...(06/01/2005)
UNC Launches Study Of Liver Injury Caused By Drugs...
... New Warning For Strattera (December 22, 2004) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising health ... about a new warning for Strattera, a drug approved for attention deficit ...(06/01/2005)
Purdue study finds races react differently to dietary salt, ...
... in foods and nutrition at Purdue, conducts a bone density scan on a student participating in Camp Calcium ... salt in the diet reduces bone density in both African-American and ...(06/01/2005)
Re: looking for some reading material...
... Topic: Bone Health: Density and Osteoporosis >> Discussion: looking for some reading material ... a moderately bad PCP who ordered a DXA scan once I begged him to but who didn't ...(06/01/2005)
Re: I am allergic to all cyclens...
... warning on depo that states it causes irreversable bone density loss and you should be taking calcium or ... want to look into a bone scan to see if you have ...(06/01/2005)