Dr. Barbra Krantz spoke with Jessica Kumari backstage at The Early Show on Saturday about America's national epidemic of prescription drug abuse so bad, it's being called "Pharmageddon." (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

Report: Prescription Drug Addiction, Particularly Among Baby Boomers, Resulting in Leap in Overdose Deaths (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)

In conclusion, the high-metal compost treatments either enhanced or caused no adverse effects on soil enzyme activity. PMID: 20803367 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part. B, Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes)

Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least two prescription drugs in the past month increased from 25% to 31%, says ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

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Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS). The goal of the ISWG is to improve patient outcomes by creating protocols that educate pediatricians on early diagnosis and treatment options. Full details of this study appear online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy. Infantile spasms-known also as West syndrome and named after Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR; ASX: HIN), a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) Supplement that allows HeartWare to enroll a second allotment of 54 patients in its "ADVANCE" bridge-to-transplant clinical trial under a Continued Access Protocol (CAP)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Background Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are increasingly contributing to the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa, yet little is known about the economic consequences and disability associated with them. Objective To explore cost and disability conseque... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

OBJECTIVE: To address issues concerning potential treatment-emergent "suicidality," a consensus conference was convened March 23-24, 2009. PARTICIPANTS: This gathering of participants from academia, government, and industry brought together experts in suic... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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As many as half of all pregnancies are unintended, and unintended pregnancy has been linked to a variety of adverse pregnancy and infant health outcomes. Our aim was to determine if urban women who experience high levels of neighborhood and/or individual-l... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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Impulsivity-related falls (IRFs) sustained by hospitalized, older adults can lead to critical adverse events. The purpose of this study was to determine whether 7 common fall risk factors contributed to the occurrence of IRF in hospitalized, older adults. ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Falls are a common problem among older adults that may be exacerbated by the addition of psychotropic medications. Within each drug class, some medications have lower risk of falls. As a result, a comprehensive effort to decrease falls begins with a review... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

PURPOSE: This cross-cultural study investigated the prevalence of suicidal behavior and attitudes towards suicide and reactions to suicidal individuals in 320 Austrian and 326 Turkish medical students. METHODS: Data were collected using a self-report quest... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of psychoactive drug use among motor vehicle drivers in Shanghai and its neighboring cities. We selected 10,002 drivers involved in a traffic accident or violation between 2007 and 2008 in Shangha... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

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AquAdvantage salmon would be the first gene-altered animal grown commercially for food. The agency says cross-breeding between the new fish and wild populations is 'unlikely,' but some are wary.The effort to win federal approval of genetically engineered salmon received a major boost Friday when the Food and Drug Administration released an analysis that deemed the fish safe to eat and unlikely to harm the environment. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)

A new discovery by scientists at the Universities of East Anglia and Frankfurt could make it possible in future to identify the source of banned CFCs that are probably still being released into the atmosphere. Using mass spectrometers, the researchers analysed air samples collected in the stratosphere by balloons belonging to the French space agency, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). They discovered the largest chlorine isotope enrichment ever found in nature. CFCs were banned in most countries because of their depletion of the ozone layer... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found two genes in mice which might help identify why some people are more susceptible than others to potentially deadly staph infections. The researchers uncovered important genetic clues that ultimately could help inform patient management and drug development. "If you know up front that a patient is at risk for developing an Staphylococcus aureus infection, then you will be better able to manage them clinically, give them preventive measures, and treat them more aggressively if they become ill," said Vance Fowler, M.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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A chemical that rid mice of malaria-causing parasites after a single oral dose may eventually become a new malaria drug if further tests in animals and people uphold the promise of early findings. The compound, NITD609, was developed by an international team of researchers including Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Ph.D., a grantee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)