Review: Dell Streak is awkward phone, so-so tablet
By RACHEL METZ Associated Press Published: 8/31/썚 2:20 AM Last Modified: 8/31/2010 7:49 AM Rather, it’s because the cell phone I’m using – the just-released Dell Streak – is actually a touch-screen tablet device that makes some of the clunkiest handsets from the late ’90s look diminutive by comparison. The Streak – $300 with a two-year AT&T contract – [...]
Read MoreDoctor, you can’t be serious! They might sound barking, but some of our crazy DIY remedies actually work
By Victoria Lambert Last updated at 11:55 PM on 30th August 2010 We all have favourite home remedies – those quirky health tips you or your family swear by. But do they have any basis in fact? VICTORIA LAMBERT took 15 of the most interesting and asked a variety of medical specialists to explain why they might work – [...]
Read MorePivotal Phase 3 Study Compares Tapentadol Extended Release Tablets to Placebo in Patients with Chronic Osteoarthritis …
Posted on: Monday, 30 August 2010, 14:37 CDT RARITAN, N.J., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Phase 3 safety and efficacy data comparing tapentadol extended release (ER) tablets, an investigational pain medication, to placebo in patients with moderate to severe chronic osteoarthritis knee pain have been published by Clinical Drug Investigation. In addition, this study compared oxycodone controlled release (CR) to [...]
Read MoreQuestions Loom over Drug Given to Sleepless Vets
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia symptoms, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received the same medication [...]
Read MoreSmoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows
Updated: Mon Aug. 30 2010 13:03:16 CTV.ca News Staff Though many who suffer chronic pain will tell you that smoking pot can help dull the pain, there has been little hard medical research into whether it really is effective. Now, a new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, appearing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, shows that marijuana really can [...]
Read MoreDeaths raise fears about sleep drug for vets
Marine Cpl. Chad Oligschlaeger, 21, was being treated for PTSD when he died in his sleep at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in May 2008. Oligschlaeger was taking six types of medication, including Seroquel, to deal with anxiety and nightmares that followed two tours of duty in Iraq. The military medical examiner attributed the [...]
Read MoreFor sleepless vets prescribed Seroquel, a nightmare
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, August 30th 썚, 10:05 AM Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia symptoms, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-pyschotic called Seroquel. Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received the same medication over the last [...]
Read MoreQuestions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
WASHINGTON – Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia symptoms, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-psychotic called Seroquel. Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received the same medication over the last nine years, helping to make [...]
Read MoreTraumatized vets take potent drug to help them sleep, but questions loom about potential risks
WASHINGTON – Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia symptoms, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three psychiatric drugs, including a potent anti-pyschotic called Seroquel. Thousands of soldiers suffering from PTSD have received the same medication over the last nine years, helping to make [...]
Read MoreStick With Las Vegas Sands, Stay Away From SanDisk
Image by Getty Images via @daylife As I come back from vacation and look at all the charts, I see two very conflicting patterns. Short term, the market was oversold enough and technology got hit hard enough that the “Intel bad news” was a buying event. Also, after a week of GDP doom and gloom the revised [...]
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