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October 30, 2007

Ambien appears to wake up coma patient

Filed under: Health — heaven @ 11:28 pm
A British woman who slipped into a coma six years ago after taking heroin is reportedly regaining consciousness after being given an Ambien-type drug. Amy Pickard of Hastings was given zolpidem, the drug marketed in the United States under the name Ambien...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News - October 30, 2007

Filed under: Health — heaven @ 9:50 pm
STS-120's third spacewalk is completed HOUSTON, Oct. 30 -- U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock Tuesday completed the third spacewalk of space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission. The 7-hour, 8-minute spacewalk included installation of...

Injections ease Achilles tendon pain

Filed under: Health — heaven @ 7:36 pm
Patients with chronic tendinosis of the Achilles tendon have less pain when injected with a small amount of a dextrose solution, a Canadian study found. Lead author Dr. Norman J. Maxwell of St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver said chronic tendinosis is a co...

Radiation boost helps cancer survival

Filed under: Health — heaven @ 7:05 pm
An extra radiation boost following breast cancer surgery and standard radiation helps prevent breast cancer return in young women, a Dutch study found. Senior author Dr. Harry Bartelink, a radiation oncologist at The Netherlands Cancer Institute at Anton...

Smoking increases risk of psoriasis

Filed under: Health — heaven @ 6:39 pm
U.S. researchers have added psoriasis to the list of smoking-related diseases. The study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, found the risk of developing psoriasis is more than two times higher for heavy smokers. Also, exposure to passive smo...
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