http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-frequent-heartburn-cancers-throat-vocal.html Cancer Thu, 23 May 2013 11:33:02 EST news288527567 (HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to conduct a new survey involving 2,000 health care professionals to examine their views on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription medications. The survey has been approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fda-survey-doc-attitudes-dtc.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 12:41:03 EST news287667656 (HealthDay)—Pimples have long been the bane of teenage existence, but pediatricians say there is now enough evidence on effective treatments to put out the first guidelines on battling acne in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pediatricians-endorse-acne-treatment-guidelines.html Pediatrics Mon, 06 May 2013 09:50:01 EST news287050651 (HealthDay)—United States residents across the nation will have an opportunity to safely and anonymously unload expired, unwanted prescription medications on Saturday, April 27, during the sixth annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-saturday-sixth-annual-rx-drug.html Medications Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:50:01 EST news286222034 Nearly 30 percent of women failed to pick up their bisphosphonate prescriptions, a medication that is most commonly used to treat osteoporosis and similar bone diseases, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published this week in the journal Osteoporosis International. The failure to pick up these newly prescribed medications, called primary nonadherence, can lead to an increased risk of fractures for these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-percent-women-prescriptions-osteoporosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:56:27 EST news285497769 (HealthDay)—Payment and policy updates have been proposed for 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Advanced Notice and draft Call Letter published Feb. 15. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cms-payment-policy.html Health Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:23:42 EST news280751011 (Medical Xpress)—Two treatments most likely to lead to recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been identified by UK researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-treatments-chronic-fatigue.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:30:02 EST news278841481 More people are better off thanks to the impact of an influx of direct-to-consumer advertising spending than they would be without those marketing efforts, according to a study recently published by Jayani Jayawardhana, an assistant professor in the University of Georgia College of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-links-consumer-welfare-prescription-drug.html Medications Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:57:52 EST news273167855 If you are among the 50 percent of Americans who suffer from insomnia, then you have probably tried everything – from warm milk to melatonin pills or prescription medications to induce sleep – with varying degrees of success and side effects. But what if sleep could be achieved not by a substance, but through 'balancing' brain activity? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-music-ears-good-night-therapy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:08:22 EST news272632092 Doctors who commit suicide appear to be under-treated for mental health problems, despite their seemingly good access to health care, a new University of Michigan study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-job-stress-mental-health-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:42:32 EST news271942938 "Communicating With Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Review of What Really Works," the latest report from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), provides 40 pages of recommended guidelines for health care providers interacting with the fastest growing age segment of America's population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-effective-senior-patients.html Health Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:17:34 EST news269536648 Overweight children are far more likely to take prescription medications than children of a normal weight—a trend that adds to already higher health-care costs for treating childhood obesity, according to new research from the University of Alberta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medication-higher-overweight-obese-kids.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:28:24 EST news268576097 A centralized prescription network providing real-time information to pharmacists in British Columbia, Canada, resulted in dramatic reductions in inappropriate prescriptions for opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines, widely used and potentially addictive drugs. The findings are reported in a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-pharmanet-inappropriate-prescriptions-potentially-addictive.html Medications Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:00:10 EST news265963481 Each year, an estimated four million Americans experience adverse reactions to prescription medications. Many of these reactions, ranging from mild rashes and drowsiness to hospitalization and death, could be avoided if warning labels were more effective, according to a Michigan State University study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-oft-ignored-prescription.html Health Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:20:01 EST news258977186 Reducing the non-FDA-approved use of antipsychotic drugs may be a way to save money while having little effect on patient care, according to a Penn State College of Medicine study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-off-label-antipsychotic-medications-money.html Medications Tue, 15 May 2012 10:21:14 EST news256296062 A study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications in a primary care network in Canada suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and physician characteristics, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. The report is part of the journal's Health Care Reform series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-off-label-medications-common.html Medications Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:01:53 EST news253810895 The majority of Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure participate in Medicare's Part D prescription drug coverage program, and most of these receive a low-income subsidy from the program, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The study presents the most comprehensive description of drug coverage to date among Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-drug-coverage-medicare-beneficiaries-kidney.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:00:12 EST news250443433 (Medical Xpress) -- Race is a key factor in properly dosing the antibiotic azithromycin in pregnant women, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-proper-dose-common-antibiotic-pregnant.html Medications Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:52:16 EST news249634315 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that prescription medications may affect the body's ability to metabolize 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHPC), the only FDA approved medication for the prevention of recurrent preterm birth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-medications-interact-common-anti-recurrent-preterm.html Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:50:02 EST news247985562 (Medical Xpress) -- Working-age adults who take combinations of prescription medication may be doubling their risk of serious falls at home according to research from The University of Auckland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-multiple-medicines-fall-young-middle.html Medications Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:42 EST news246526473 Health care costs for hepatitis C patients with end-stage liver disease are nearly 2.5 times higher than those in the early stages, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-economic-advanced-liver-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:25:32 EST news239894718 Medical evidence suggests that psychiatric drugs known as atypical antipsychotics are effective in reducing symptoms for some off-label conditions, but not others, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-atypical-antipsychotics-aid-symptons-off-label.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:00:07 EST news236352442 In more than 70 per cent of legal disputes over informed consent, patients allege the doctor failed to properly explain the risks of complications, a University of Melbourne study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-patient-complaints-allege-doctors-disclose.html Other Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:53:07 EST news235644766 Universities and colleges need to do more to protect young adults from the dangers of illicit stimulant use and to educate them about harms, argue the authors of an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-abuse-campuses.html Health Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:34:25 EST news234531232 (AP) -- Tiny amounts of pharmaceuticals and personal care products detected in the drinking water of the nation's biggest city continue to pose no public health risks to residents, environmental officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-medications-nyc-health.html Health Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:30:21 EST news233033400 A new study by researchers at Drexel University's School of Public Health suggests that abuse of prescription painkillers may be an important gateway to the use of injected drugs such as heroin, among people with a history of using both types of drugs. The study, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, explores factors surrounding young injection drug users' initiation into the misuse of opioid drugs. Common factors identified in this group included a family history of drug misuse and receiving prescriptions for opioid drugs in the past. The results support a need for efforts to prevent misuse of prescription drugs, particularly during adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-drexel-misuse-pain-medication-pathway.html Medications Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:33:59 EST news230553223 Chronic pain is not managed well in the general population and it's an even greater challenge for homeless people, according to new research by St. Michael's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-chronic-pain-homeless-people.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:04:31 EST news230465020 Thousands of patients in Scotland who are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) were prescribed high-risk medications by their GPs which could potentially cause them harm, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-thousands-patients-high-risk-drugs.html Medications Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:32:12 EST news227932309 The high cost of health care is deterring parents from taking their children to the doctor or buying prescription medication, regardless of how much money they make or whether they have health insurance, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 2, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-healthy.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 04:11:51 EST news223528114 Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Harvard School of Public Health, have reported widespread and increasing medication use among pregnant women. The study, which currently appears online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, also found that medication use varied by socioeconomic status, maternal age, race/ethnicity and state of residence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-widespread-medications-pregnant-women.html Medications Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:45:43 EST news222947121