Archive: 18/02/2016
Overdose deaths from common sedatives have surged, new study finds
Headlines about America's worsening drug epidemic have focused on deaths from opioids—heroin and prescription painkillers such as OxyContin. But overdose deaths have also soared among the millions of Americans using benzodiazepine ...
Feb 18, 2016
Commercial weight loss system expands diabetes prevention access
A new randomized controlled study conducted by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and published online today in the American Journal of Public Health found that adults with prediabetes who followed a nationally-available ...
Feb 18, 2016
Experimental drug may limit harmful effects of traumatic brain injury
A new report by University of Kentucky researcher Linda Van Eldik, PhD, describes an experimental drug candidate that may aid patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Feb 18, 2016
Surgery and stenting safe, effective lowering long-term risk of stroke
Stenting and surgery are equally effective at lowering the long-term risk of stroke from a narrowed carotid artery, according to results of CREST—a 10-year, federally funded clinical trial led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's ...
Feb 18, 2016
Study finds areas of excellence, need for improvement in quality of mental health care
The care provided by the U.S. military health care system to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression is good in some areas, but needs improvement in other realms, according to a new RAND ...
Feb 18, 2016