| Dads-to-be get morning sickness too
Dads-to-be can suffer from morning sickness in similar ways to their partners, a new government guide to pregnancy has highlighted.The 2006 Pregnancy Book explains in its 'Mainly for men' chapter that morning sickness and postnatal depression can affect expectant fathers and offers some advice on what symptoms you should look out for."Believe it or not, men can get symptoms of pregnancy too! The most commonly reported ones are sleeplessness, indigestion and nausea," the Department of Health guide explains."They are probably caused by stress, but are no less uncomfortable for that."The chapter directed at dads-to-be includes advice on men's feelings during pregnancy and tips on how to support expectant mums throughout the experience.There's also advice on bringing your new baby home and reacting to changing emotions, moods and feelings that occur when you become a parent.
September 2006 Clinical Briefs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved Chantix (varenicline tartrate) tablets, to help cigarette smokers stop smoking. The active ingredient in Chantix, varenicline tartrate, is a new molecular entity that received a priority FDA review because of its significant potential benefit to public health. Chantix acts at sites in the brain affected by nicotine and may help those who wish to give up smoking in two ways: by providing some nicotine effects to ease the withdrawal symptoms and by blocking the effects of nicotine from cigarettes if they resume smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 44.5 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes and more than 8.6 million of them have at least one serious illness caused by smoking.
‘Silent killer’ as treatment for heart and lung disease
Carbon Monoxide (CO), a gas once dubbed the silent killer by the UKs health and safety executive, could provide a life-saving treatment for an incurable lung and heart condition, report researchers at Harvard Medical School, US. The researchers showed that CO can be used to reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which is caused by uncontrolled proliferation of the smooth muscle cells of the pulmonary arteries blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs. Uncontrolled proliferation remodels the blood vessels, thickening the blood vessel wall and blocking blood flow. This eventually causes fatal heart failure. .
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