Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1417 Medications/Drugs News en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 23:02:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1417 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080509/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay92008 hsn/20080509/clinicaltrialsupdatemay92008 HealthDay Fri, 09 May 2008 23:02:20 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080509/hl_hsn/healthtiptreatinganulcer hsn/20080509/healthtiptreatinganulcer HealthDay Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:44 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Ulcers are sores that occur in the lining of the digestive tract. They can be triggered by factors such as bacteria, medication or excess production of stomach acid. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080509/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay82008 hsn/20080509/clinicaltrialsupdatemay82008 HealthDay Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:39 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080509/hl_hsn/computerprogramhelpsdrugabusersstayclean hsn/20080509/computerprogramhelpsdrugabusersstayclean HealthDay Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:38 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- The use of a computer-assisted training program, in addition to traditional counseling, helped drug abusers stay abstinent longer than counseling alone, a Yale University School of Medicine study found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080508/hl_hsn/severaltherapiesshowpromiseforvasculardepression hsn/20080508/severaltherapiesshowpromiseforvasculardepression HealthDay Thu, 08 May 2008 03:47:00 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- New treatments for a type of depression in the elderly related to blood vessels -- called vascular depression -- are under development, and researchers have discovered why some patients with this condition fail to respond to current medications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080508/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay72008 hsn/20080508/clinicaltrialsupdatemay72008 HealthDay Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:58 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080508/hl_hsn/virtualrealitytherapymayhelpptsdpatients hsn/20080508/virtualrealitytherapymayhelpptsdpatients HealthDay Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:57 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may ultimately benefit from a combination of prescription medication and cutting-edge virtual reality psychotherapy, new research suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080508/hl_hsn/electronicpillboxhelpsseniorssticktodrugregimens hsn/20080508/electronicpillboxhelpsseniorssticktodrugregimens HealthDay Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:53 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults following a medication regimen are less likely to miss doses when reminded by an electronic pillbox that both beeps at the appointed drug-taking time and announces the number of pills to take and how to take them, new research reveals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080508/hl_hsn/quarterofdisabledseniorsuseriskymedications hsn/20080508/quarterofdisabledseniorsuseriskymedications HealthDay Thu, 08 May 2008 03:46:52 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Senior citizens with disabilities are twice as likely as their non-disabled counterparts to being taking at least one prescription drug deemed inappropriate for people 65 or older, according to new research. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/obesity_drugs_dc nm/20080507/obesity_drugs_dc Reuters Wed, 07 May 2008 22:08:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/obesity_drugs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t190247_450x293_us_obesity_drugs.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=OJR9Obl4qcOO0yo3Tcrvzg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A drug from a new class of weight-loss treatments disrupted wiring needed for brain development in young mice, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, raising concerns about using such medications in children.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/obesity_drugs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080508/2008_05_07t190247_450x293_us_obesity_drugs.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=OJR9Obl4qcOO0yo3Tcrvzg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks along the boardwalk while leaving the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/drug_treatment_dc nm/20080507/drug_treatment_dc Reuters Wed, 07 May 2008 15:11:49 GMT Reuters - People in treatment for drug abuse may be more likely to succeed with the help of computer-based behavioral therapy, a pilot study suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/afghan_drugs_dc nm/20080507/afghan_drugs_dc Reuters Wed, 07 May 2008 12:38:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/afghan_drugs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080507/2008_05_06t201531_450x312_us_afghan_drugs.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=p8nRjHZr3gASc86dyxcMKQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Naik Bakhat, a 35-year-old woman, relaxes after smoking opium in the Eshkashem district of Badakhshan province, northeast of Kabul April 24, 2008. For a long time, rural folk in parts of Afghanistan have had a casual attitude towards opium, using it as a panacea for just about anything due to the lack of medicines. Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer and exporter but most people tend to forget that it is also a huge narcotics consumer. Heroin, opium and other drugs are becoming a scourge on the streets of Kabul. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Jam Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan's impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/hl_nm/afghan_drugs_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080507/2008_05_06t201531_450x312_us_afghan_drugs.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=p8nRjHZr3gASc86dyxcMKQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Naik Bakhat, a 35-year-old woman, relaxes after smoking opium in the Eshkashem district of Badakhshan province, northeast of Kabul April 24, 2008. For a long time, rural folk in parts of Afghanistan have had a casual attitude towards opium, using it as a panacea for just about anything due to the lack of medicines. Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer and exporter but most people tend to forget that it is also a huge narcotics consumer. Heroin, opium and other drugs are becoming a scourge on the streets of Kabul. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080507/hl_hsn/costscanvaryby100ormoreforsamedrugs hsn/20080507/costscanvaryby100ormoreforsamedrugs HealthDay Wed, 07 May 2008 03:47:03 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Prices of prescription drugs can vary by $100 or more for the same drug from store to store -- and even within the same chain. So it pays to shop around, a new survey found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080507/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay62008 hsn/20080507/clinicaltrialsupdatemay62008 HealthDay Wed, 07 May 2008 03:46:56 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080506/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay52008 hsn/20080506/clinicaltrialsupdatemay52008 HealthDay Tue, 06 May 2008 03:47:42 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080504/hl_hsn/10ofuskidsusingcoughmedicineeveryweek hsn/20080504/10ofuskidsusingcoughmedicineeveryweek HealthDay Sun, 04 May 2008 03:46:10 GMT HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080504/hl_hsn/commonmedicationscouldcausephysicalimpairmentintheelderly hsn/20080504/commonmedicationscouldcausephysicalimpairmentintheelderly HealthDay Sun, 04 May 2008 03:46:08 GMT HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show that anticholinergics, a commonly prescribed group of drugs, may cause elderly people to "slow down" in their daily physical activities. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080503/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay22008 hsn/20080503/clinicaltrialsupdatemay22008 HealthDay Sat, 03 May 2008 03:47:47 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/hl_afp/safricahealthaids afp/20080502/safricahealthaids AFP Fri, 02 May 2008 16:10:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/hl_afp/safricahealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080502/capt.cps.nbl07.020508180618.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=SxxeOcA1WGp_OJQ0L8wwZQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Nokubonga Potelwa (back) talks to a patient in an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in Winterton, March 2008.(AFP/Alexander Joe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The waiting room at the anti-retroviral clinic in rural Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, is bustling, as patients clutch their files patiently awaiting their life-saving medication.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/hl_afp/safricahealthaids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080502/capt.cps.nbl07.020508180618.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=SxxeOcA1WGp_OJQ0L8wwZQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nokubonga Potelwa (back) talks to a patient in an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in Winterton, March 2008.(AFP/Alexander Joe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080502/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatemay12008 hsn/20080502/clinicaltrialsupdatemay12008 HealthDay Fri, 02 May 2008 03:46:54 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch: