News tagged with sedatives
The malicious use of pharmaceuticals: An under-recognized form of child abuse
Child abuse is a serious problem that affects nearly one million children a year in the United States alone. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Department of Health and Human Services classify child abuse into ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Understanding Balance in the Nervous System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UConn neuroscientist is studying a signaling pathway in the brain that is the target of many anxiolytic medications.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2010 |
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South Africa to research mood-lifting plant
(AP) -- For hundreds of years, indigenous South Africans have chewed a plant they say reduces stress, relieves hunger, sedates and elevates moods. Now they have a license to study and market it, and plan ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Study may help explain 'awakenings' that occur with popular sleep-aid Ambien
Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don't remember doing any of these activities the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Sedation successfully used to disentangle North Atlantic right whale
Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service and its state and nonprofit partners successfully used at-sea chemical sedation to help cut the remaining ropes from a young North Atlantic right whale on January 15 ...
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Australian to lead thalidomide suit
An Australian woman born without arms and legs will lead a mass lawsuit against the German and British firms behind thalidomide, a sedative blamed for birth defects, lawyers said Saturday.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 25, 2011 |
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Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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