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New Silver Nanoparticle Skin Gel For Healing Burns
Scientists in India are reporting successful laboratory tests of a new and potentially safer alternative to silver-based gels applied to the skin of burn patients to treat infections. With names like silver sulfadiazine and silver nitrate, these germ-fighters save lives and speed healing. The researchers describe gel composed of silver nanoparticles - each 1/50,000th the width of a human hair - that appears more effective than these traditional gels. Their study is scheduled for the Aug. 3 issue of ACS" Molecular Pharmaceutics, a bi-monthly journal.

IOM Vitamin D And Calcium Workshop On Aug. 4
As part of its study of how much vitamin D and calcium people need, a committee convened by the Institute of Medicine will hold a public workshop to gather insights and data from experts on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Among the workshop"s presentations will be a discussion of a recent vitamin D and calcium report released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which can be found at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/vitadcaltp.htm. A workshop agenda with a list of presentations is available at http://www.iom.edu/?id=68400.
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Cancer; Not Simply A Question Of Life Or Death, Macmillan Cancer Support
Health and social care services are overlooking the long-term physical and emotional effects of cancer survivors, leaving many of the two million people living with or beyond the disease in the UK suffering alone and in silence. According to Macmillan Cancer Support, cancer survivors are suffering needlessly and in silence: overlooked by health and social care services that frequently miss the long-term physical and emotional effects of the disease.
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Do ADHD Drugs Cause Sudden Death?

This week, a study came out that scared us big-time ... it suggests that children and teens who take stimulants like Ritalin for ADHD have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death. Our pediatrician weighs in. A new study in The American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that children and teens who take stimulants like Ritalin for ADHD have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death. Researchers collected data on stimulant use among 564 children and teenagers who died unexpectedly of unknown causes and an equal number who died as passengers in auto accidents. Many of the unexplained deaths were later attributed to previously undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmias. They concluded that the odds of using stimulant medication were six to seven times greater among the children who died suddenly of unexplained causes than among those who died in car crashes. The FDA says, "Given the limitations of this study"s methodology, the FDA is unable to conclude that these data affect the overall risk-and-benefit profile of stimulant medications used to treat ADHD in children." Pediatrician Dr. Cara Natterson says: "Medications are not without risks. We say that to our patients repeatedly, but this most recent study reminds us of that fact very poignantly. There are many steps that doctors take when they prescribe stimulant medication in order to maximize safety: they make sure a patient really needs the medicine, they take histories and do physical exams, and they do baseline EKGs. What worries me is that many of these stimulant medications have developed a street following, with friends giving medicines to other friends or even selling them to peers. Adolescents and young adults often think these drugs are benign -- safe ways of increasing alertness and helping to pull an all-nighter. This study is a stark reminder that they are not." momlogic.com


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