"Steered" common marijuana among Teens and medical devices: study

THURSDAY, Aug. 2--HealthDay News) for the treatment of substance abuse among young people, many were used for medical marijuana, which was recommended for someone else, also known as "directed" medical marijuana, found that the new study.

The authors of the study, from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, Idaho, suggest that the policy changes are needed to deter the misuse of medical marijuana by young people.

During the test, the lead Author Stacy Salomonsen-Sautel and colleagues questioned 164 young people aged 14-18 in two adolescent substance abuse treatment programs in Denver about their use of medical marijuana. Researchers found that nearly 74 teens use marijuana, which was recommended for someone else on average 50 times.

Compared with teens who do not use medical marijuana, those who began using drugs regularly in younger age and were also more dependent on marijuana and showed more signs of the disorder, according to the report published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

The researchers, however, stressed that the majority of teens believed that drug comes with little or no risk.

Because of recent changes to the rules of the State and Federal have door open to more legalized marijuana medical use in Colorado, the researchers suggested that teens using medical marijuana most likely got it from the registry identification card of an adult important for drugs.

The authors of the study concluded that the improved security measures are necessary to prevent medical marijuana in the hands of people that he should not, particularly teenagers.

"The high risk of many patients in the treatment of adolescent substance abuse medical marijuana transalpine were used on a number of occasions, which means that considerable changes direction takes place from registered users," Salomonsen-Sautel said in the journal messages. "Our results support the need for changes in the rules, which protect against medical marijuana to teenagers cross trade."

--Mary Elizabeth Dallas Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, news release, 31 July 2012

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Charity breast cancer increases the amount of liabilities the value of Mammograms: researchers

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Aug. 2 HealthDay News)--Breast Cancer Charity that brought the world the Pink Ribbon, which exaggerates benefits of Mammography by minimizing its harms, claim scientists.

Susan g. Komen organization is referred to for the Cure, as stated in the announcement, 2011 that the pointer of cancer survival five years during breast caught early 98%, while only 23% if not caught early.

"The survival Statistics posed are eye-catching and relevant. Means that the woman is crazy and irresponsible if not go to detect, "said Dr. Steve Woloshin, co-author article challenge charity. "But the statistics are misleading."

In accordance with the comment that Woloshin appears online Aug. 2 in the BMJ, in her 50s woman who refers to regular mammograms for 10 years will be the only cuts the chance of dying by a fraction of a percentage point--every 10 000 women who will not be able to screened 7 deaths.

The reason for the discrepancy?

Survival statistics, calculate how much a woman lives only after the diagnosis, the researchers explained.

If 100 women were diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 67 after feeling the tumor and all died three years later, at the age of 70, the survival rate of five years will be 0 per cent.

But if cancers were detected by Mammography, when women were 64 and they still died at the age of 70, the survival of five years will be 100 percent.

Komen also minimizes the harms that may come from over-screening in accordance with article.

For every woman whose life is saved by Mammography, between two and 10 women are overdiagnosed, which means they are told they have cancer, if not and end up going through unnecessary treatment.

Up to half of the women who are inspected annually by the Decade they receive at least one false positive, which means must undergo biopsy and breast cancer have the experience of fear of thinking, if only temporarily.

The article falls at a time when there has been a growing furor over the value of breast cancer. The U.S. preventive services Task Force now recommends that women in their 40s not get regular mammograms.

American Cancer Society recommends that all women aged 40 and over get annual mammograms.

In the end, women must obtain reliable information from their doctors or other sources about the risks and benefits of Mammography. One problem is that not all primary care doctors know the numbers right to transfer their patients, according to the latest research.

Overall, few doctors would argue that there are certain advantages to Mammography.

Dr. Stephanie Bernik, head of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Onkologiczna, supports push for a Cancer Charity.

"As doctors, we believe that breast cancer is extremely beneficial," she said. "Screening save lives, but probably is not as dramatic as sometimes took too."

Adds Woloshin, who is Professor of medicine and community and family medicine at Dartmouth School of Medicine and Institute of the Dartmouth health policy and clinical practice: "there is some benefit, but the size is of a different order than what is implied by the advertising. Women's decisions should be good for each other. "

Komen Foundation representative defended the position of the organization.

"Everyone Agrees that Mammography is not perfect, but it is the best tool for the detection of commonly available that we have today," said Chandini Portteus, Vice President of Komen research, evaluation and scientific programmes. "My wymówienie for years the science has to improve, therefore the Komen is putting millions of dollars for tests to detect breast cancer before symptoms through biomarkers," for example, she explained.

"Komen is also financing research to accurately predict a 6,000 cancer and which are not," still Portteus. "When we invest in obtaining those responses, we believe is simply irresponsible effectively discourage women from taking steps to know what happens to their health," she noted.

"These numbers are not in question," said Portteus. "Early detection allows for early treatment, which granted women the best chance of surviving breast cancer."

Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. SOURCE: Stephanie Bernik, M.D., Chief, surgical oncology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, New York; Steven Woloshin, M.D., Professor of medicine and community and family medicine, Dartmouth School of Medicine and Institute of the Dartmouth health policy and clinical practice, Lebanon, Navy; Chandini Portteus, Vice-President, research, evaluation and scientific programmes, Susan g. Komen for the Cure; 2 Aug. 2012, BMJ, online

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CDC: new patterns of smoking are Cause for Alarm

Other than cigarettes, cigars and popularity

By Matt McMillen
WebMD Health News

Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

2 Aug. 2012--People light up cigarettes less these days, but the number of cigars and the quantities of tobacco pipe used for has its smoked each year is on the rise.

And, while the overall amount of tobacco consumption continues to drop, that the decrease in the fall. Between 2010 and 2011, tobacco use fell by less than 1%. The reason could be economic, at least in part, as the industry is finding ways around the taxes meant to discourage smoking.

"The data suggest that some smokers have switched from cigarettes to other tobacco combustible, primarily from the 2009 increase in the federal tobacco excise tax differences between product types created," write the authors of the report, part of the CDC morbidity and mortality weekly report for Aug. 3.

Smokers puffed for more than 435 billion cigarettes in 2000. By last year the number fell by a third to less than 300 billion. These same 11 years old, but also Saw cigarette tobacco consumption more than doubled, from about 15 billion cigarettes equivalents to nearly 34 billion, a 123% increase.

More than other types of tobacco smokers really had to pipe tobacco has its. Report, the CDC estimates that such consumption has increased by nearly 500% of the tobacco between 2000 and 2011. Pipe tobacco, the report States, the Germans executed in popularity after the 2009 excise duties increased the price of tobacco to cigarettes equivalent. The authors suggest that route prices, have contributed to 573% growth in consumption of tobacco pipe between 2008 and 2011.

In accordance with the Editorial Note attached to the report which has become so popular is a pipe of tobacco in name only. Producers of tobacco to cigarettes simply relabeled their product as a pipe of tobacco in order to avoid the new tax. They then marketed their "pipe tobacco" tobacco as it ought to. Nothing changed but the labels.

In the meantime, in order to avoid the tax, which increases the retail prices of the producers of such "small" cigars, cigars the size of cigarettes simply adds some additional weight to their product. Which allowed them to be classified as "large" category not taxed as aggressively. Consumption of such cigars you will see 233% between 2000 and the 2011.

Report of the Surgeon General, note the authors, it was found that smoking cigarettes, cigars and other products not becoming more popular among teenagers and young people.

"The increase in smoking cigars that show test is a growing problem among youth and adults, is cause for alarm," Tim McAfee, MD, MPH, Director of the Office by the CDC on smoking and health, says in a news release.

"The increase in prices was one of the most effective ways to reduce tobacco use and prevent youth smoking initiation," they write. "The public health impact of excise duty increases and regulation may hinder efforts to prevent youth smoking initiation, reducing consumption and Prompt closure of the programme."

SOURCE: News release, CDC. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 3 Aug. 2012.

© 2012 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Health Tip: If your child gets the headaches

(HealthDay News)--If a child gets frequent headaches, you can help the pediatrician can diagnose the problem by keeping a log of the child's symptoms.

Nemours Foundation says that the journal should contain:

The frequency and severity of headaches when the start and end and the other symptoms along with the headaches.In the case where the pain was felt, what it felt like (throbbing or dull, etc) and changes in these headaches in time.Any recent injuries, possible to identify headache triggers, current or previous issues of medical drugs.Your child's eating and sleeping habits.Your child's allergies and any family history of headaches.Medicines, or activity that appears to be through the headaches go away.

--Diana Kohnle Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Brains of musicians can be a limitation on the edge

By Barbara Bronson Gray
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, Aug. 2 HealthDay News)--have said that music is reassuring the savage Beast, but if you're the one playing the document can be beneficial to your brain.

A growing body of evidence suggests that learning the game of the instrument and to maintain in practice and play it may offer mental benefits throughout life. The hearing also showed concern positively making music.

The latest study, published in July in the borders of human Neurology, shows that musical instrument training may reduce effects of mental decline associated with aging. Studies show that older adults who learned music in childhood and continue to play an instrument for at least 10 years of vulnerability in the memory and other cognitive tests.

The band also revealed that while advanced age Alives may increase the ability of thinking, the neutralisation of any adverse effects of age and even a lack of education. It is not clear, however, whether starting from instrument to adulthood provides any benefits of the mental.

"Behavior, you can change your brain," said study Author Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, assistant professor of Neurology, radiology and Imaging Science at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Study confirms findings from previous studies and refines the nieopublikowanawDzienniku April 2011 Neuropsychology.

In childhood when the brain is still developing, it seems that learning and continue to play a musical instrument for at least a decade or more can land for the benefit of later in life, Hanna-Pladdy said. But it is also a valuable then lift the instrument in the medium age and start playing again, she noted.

In this test 70 musicians and musicians, at the age of 59-80 were assessed by the neuropsychological tests and test activities, General lifestyle. Musicians scored higher mental acuity tests visual spatial, verbal memory, judgment and appeal and dexterity of motor vehicles.

Hanna-Pladdy, flautist, he studies the impact of music education through its research with brain disorders of movement of skilled persons, such as those who suffered a stroke. She realized that music could be a natural way to offer multi-sensory stimulation, effective way of treatment of such disorders. Became then wishing to learn more about the actual effect of musical training on the brain.

Why study music education in contrast to calculus or history? One of the reasons is that, since most people can, in particular, the determination of the number of years he studied the instrument is relatively easy to assess the impact of music education, Hanna-Pladdy said. The term is also simpler than the music playback time devoted to other activities, such as crosses, reading or games. "Musical activities requires years of practice and is difficult to perform cognitive," she said.

Cheryl Grady, senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre, in Toronto, said the study confirms what has been known for some time: education can help protect against cognitive decline in older adults.

Grady has indicated that it is not entirely clear what actually is the cause of beneficial effect. "I still don't know what actually happens is that many in the brain. My hunch is that those results, has further exercises, brain stimulation, "she said.

The impact of learning a second language is a graduate from the brain, who said Grady is associated with the need to inhibit the system while speaking one language, reading or thinking in the second. Mental process required to play a musical instrument can operate in the same way as of juggling the dual languages to increase connections in your brain, it noted.

Defining Motto for something simple: "use them or lose them to lose less quickly," Grady said.

During the test, found an association between activity of music and staying mentally sharp, not to prove a causal link.

Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. SOURCE: Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, Ph.d., Assistant Professor, Neurology, radiology and imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta; Cheryl Grady, Ph.d., senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto; July 2012 frontiers in human Neurology

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Expert advice can help Kids avoid allergens at school

THURSDAY, Aug. 2 HealthDay News)--Before they head Back to school, children should be taught how to avoid common allergens, experts say.

Like the micro-organisms or viruses there are many triggers of allergies in classrooms and on playgrounds, which are responsible for more than 14 million missed school days each year in the United States, according to the American College of Allergy, asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

"Children with allergies and asthma should be able to feel good, be active and do not miss classes or activities this school year because of their status," the allergist Dr. James Sublett, President of the Committee of Public Relations, said in a news release, ACAAI college. "Helps your child understand what triggers their symptoms can keep them focused on their studies and not their allergies."

ACAAI advised that there are ways in which children can stay from allergy triggers, so may feel the efforts, including:

Avoid the chalk dust. Children with asthma or allergies you should wash their hands after handling chalk and not to sit too close to the chalkboard.Steer clear of bees and wasps. Children have not interfered with bees or other insects when they are outside. You should also avoid clearly has nothing on the pitch. Children with insect allergies should consider talking venom Immunotherapy allergist about 97 percent, which may be effective in preventing future reactions to insect bites, according to the release.Pack lunch. Children with food allergies should cause their school lunch and avoid sharing food, napkins or utensils with friends. Teachers, trainers and school nurse should also be informed about food allergies students. In extreme cases, food allergies can cause Anaphylaxis, a life-threatening reaction. Parents also may suggest that their child's school adoption policy of allergen-free snacks.Remember breathing troubles after physical activity. Children who experience breathing problems during or after the gym class, recess or other forms of physical activity in the school exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and asthma could have. These children visit the allergist who can diagnose and treat their condition.Do not cuddle pets class. Children with allergies should avoid pets with fur and not be placed next to the children who have furry pets in the home. Parents can also request that teachers choose a pet Naked class, such as fish or frog.

The experts recommended that children with symptoms of allergies and asthma, make appointment with the board-certified allergist to develop a plan of treatment.

--Mary Elizabeth Dallas Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. Source: American College of Allergy, asthma and Immunology, news release, 19 July 2012

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For Colorado Family, It's Allergies All Around

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Przez Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

PIATEK, Aug. 3 HealthDay News)--Emily Kloser nie byl zbyt zainteresowanych, gdy jej syn doktora najpierw powiedzial ze mial oznaki, ze wskazywanego przyszlosci z alergii.

Co Mama Vail, Idaho, wiedzialam w czasie byl jak powazne bylyby tych alergii.

Kloser jego syn, Christian, zakonczyl rozwijanie zyciu alergie do jaj, mleka, soja, pszenicy, orzeszki ziemne, nasion i drzewa orzechów. Pierwszy znak znaczacy Alergia przyszedl po raz pierwszy mial jajka i on wybuchla w ulach.

"Bylo oczywiste, ze mial partii alergie pokarmowe," powiedzial Kloser. "On czesto mialoby cieknacy nos i która rozmazuje karnacji."

Po Kloser i jej maz, Mike, dowiedzial sie jak wiele rzeczy Chrystian byl alergie na, rozpoczela sie prawdziwym wyzwaniem. "I do Ponowna nauka jak Cooka," Emily Kloser powiedzial. "Teraz przeczytalem kazdej etykiety, za kazdym razem. Nawet jesli masz marki, którym ufasz, czasami zmieniaja jak utworzyc rzeczy."

Poniewaz jej syn opracowane alergie w mlodym wieku, Kloser powiedzial, ze naprawde wiedzialam on co byl brak i wydaje sie deal with it just fine. W rzeczywistosci ona powiedziala, gdy ona spowodowaloby traktuje zbóz ryzu dla niego na inne dzieci urodzinowe imprezy, inne dzieci czesto zwrócilby jezeli moglyby one miec co Christian zostal podac zamiast Tort urodzinowy.

Na temat wieku 5, ona powiedziala, Christian zaczynaly jego alergii do pszenicy, i krótki czas pózniej udalo mu sie ponownie jedzenia jaj. Wokól wieku 7 lub 8 byl w stanie uruchomic mleka spozywczego i spozywajacych zywnosc mleczarskich. Byc moze nie jest zaskakujace, byl jednym z pierwszych zywnosci chcial spróbowac maczki tego wszechobecne kids': pizzy.

Teraz 18, jest on nadal uczulenie na orzeszki ziemne, nasion i orzechy i, ewentualnie, skorupiaków.

Ale tylko okolo czasu Christian byl bardziej zaawansowanego niektóre z jego alergie, jego starsza siostra Heidi mial reakcje alergiczne Po jedzeniu awokado. Wkrótce po tym one juz, ze byla równiez uczulenie na orzechy wloskie.

Zarówno z Kloser dzieci sa konkurencyjne narciarzy, i rodziny udal sie swiata, pomimo wyzwan zycia z takich powaznych alergii. Emily Kloser powiedzial nauczyla sie z dodatkiem pack niektórych srodków spozywczych, które nalezaloby jej dzieci i nauczyla zadawac pytania o jak zywnosci zostaly przygotowane w róznych jezykach tak bylaby ona gotowy, gdy zostaly one poza Stanami Zjednoczonymi.

Ona powiedziala, ze zyjacych z alergie pokarmowe kids' "naprawde made us wszystkich zdrowsze" poniewaz bylo latwiejsze do jedzenia w niz spozyc w restauracji.

Ale nie jest zawsze sprawne Zeglarstwo. Kilka lat temu, Christian zostal podrózy z trener na zdarzenie konkurencyjnych narciarski i przypadkowo zostal narazony na cos alergie na byl. Gdy podejrzewaja, ze to bylo ziemne narazenia. Back on the mountain, byl, narciarstwa zjazdowego, gdy rozpoczal sie zle. Nie ma on antihistamine leki lub Zastrzyk adrenaliny z nim do przeciwdzialania jego alergie, tak jak zazwyczaj robi, ale jego trenerem zalatwil mu szybko do szpitala, chociaz zajelo godzin dla Christian powrócic do normalnego.

Nadal Kloser powiedzial, ze rodziny próbuje live normalnego zycia. "When I najpierw found out, I sobbed," she said. "I zastanowilo jak byloby przejdz do Kolegium, lub nawet jak on wykraczalaby do dom przyjaciela. Ale wystarczy ludzi dzieci kontaktu ze i zaufanie dzieci i inne osoby dorosle w swoim zyciu. Miec plan i trzymac sie plan Jesli cos sie dzieje. Ale, don't get tak w panike nad nim po uruchomieniu co Twoje dziecko w trosce."

Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. Wszelkie prawa zastrzezone. Zródlo: Emily Kloser, Vail, Santiago.

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