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Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. The opiate-associated itch is so common that even women who get epidurals for labor pain often complain of itching. For many years, scientists have scratched their own heads about why drugs that so effectively suppress pain also induce itch. Now in mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can control opioid-induced...
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- St. George's University (SGU) School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, announced that it has been granted full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Council on Education (COE), the highest standard of achievement for veterinary medical education in the United States. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally. The finding suggests that it may one day be possible for people to take the compound much like a daily vitamin as a way to treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes. This naturally occurring compound is called nicotinamide mononucleotide, or NMN, and it plays a vital role in how cells use energy. "After giving NMN,...
Overweight or obese kids are at three times greater risk for high blood pressure compared with children of normal weight, according to researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine. The four and a half year study of 1,111 healthy Indiana school children revealed that when the children's body mass index (BMI) reached or passed the 85th percentile, the adiposity effect on blood pressure was more than four times that of normal weight children. Adiposity...
Up-and-down cycle flattens as age disrupts pattern A marker for Alzheimer's disease rises and falls in the spinal fluid in a daily pattern that echoes the sleep cycle, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found. The pattern is strongest in healthy young people and reinforces a link between increased Alzheimer's risk and inadequate sleep that had been discovered in animal models. The brain's relative inactivity during sleep may provide an opportunity...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – What makes us reach for a drink? Do people get influenced and pushed to start drinking by certain circumstances, or is there something else? According to the Washington University School of Medicine, drinking can be influenced by personal and societal factors, including economic fluctuations, political instability, and social norms. Apparently, these norms can even vary among countries and different time periods, leading to different “drinking cultures.” A review...
Analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers of ten years of scientific studies has resulted in changes in American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for how initial urinary tract infection in infants and toddlers is diagnosed and treated. This change will affect thousands of children every year. The findings of the IU School of Medicine investigators argue against exposing all young children who are diagnosed with an initial urinary tract infection (UTI) to a painful...
Lauren Kennish M.D., rheumatologist, has joined the medical team in Summit Medical Group’s rheumatology department. Berkeley Heights, NJ (PRWEB) August 26, 2011 Lauren Kennish M.D., rheumatologist, has joined the medical team in Summit Medical Group’s rheumatology department. Dr. Kennish earned her BA in biology with distinction at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and she earned her MD at New York University School of Medicine in New York City. After graduating, she...
Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem, known as intraoperative awareness, any more than a less expensive method.The new study, published Aug. 18 in The New England Journal of Medicine, involved more than 6,000 surgical patients at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Chicago and the University of...
Like explorers mapping a new planet, scientists probing the brain need every type of landmark they can get. Each mountain, river or forest helps scientists find their way through the intricacies of the human brain.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new technique that provides rapid access to brain landmarks formerly only available at autopsy. Better brain maps will result, speeding efforts to understand how the healthy brain works and...
