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In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis than with a placebo. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

Overall alcohol use-particularly consumption of beer-is declining in the US, according to a new study published in the August 2008 issue of The American Journal of medicine. Researchers examined 50 years of data and found several changes in alcohol intake but no change in alcohol use disorders.

Men age 75 and older should not be screened for prostate cancer, and younger men should discuss the benefits and harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their clinicians before being tested, according to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The recommendation and accompanying evidence summary appear in the August 5 issue of the Annals of Internal medicine.read more

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Medicinal marijuana helps relieveneuropathic pain in people with HIV, says a University of California, SanDiego, School of medicine study.

Today's decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve the reclassification of azithromycin for the treatment of chlamydia infection will mean convenient and effective care for patients, said the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

Most of the options on the kids' menu in 13 top chain restaurants are too high in calories, and there are still too many meals high in saturated fat and sodium, said a US watchdog in a report released this week. 93 per cent of nearly 1,500 possible menu choices had more than one third of the daily recommended amount of calories the Institute of medicine recommends for 8 year olds.

A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, putting them and their babies at risk for developing drug-resistant strains of the virus, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of medicine. the researchers found that the drug, nevirapine, stays in the blood and breast milk of the infected mothers for at least two weeks.

New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit.

Cancer researchers at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular medicine are studying the effects of experimental treatments on living tumor cells taken from multiple myeloma patients who are undergoing a routine diagnostic process. The trial may result in the discovery of novel therapeutic targets for treatment of this incurable form of blood cancer expected to strike nearly 20,000 men and women this year.

Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal and treatment-resistant forms of cancer.