Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from April 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from April 2004

Study of twins finds possible mechanism linking depression to heart disease.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is a recognized risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), and by studying pairs of twins, researchers from Emory and Yale believe they have found a mechanism that explains this link. ...

Few cancer patients with major depression are treated.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study finds that few cancer patients with major depression are identified and receive treatment. According to recent research from Scotland, "A screening program designed to identify cases of Major...

LDL receptor-related protein overexpression linked to memory deficits.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amyloid model mice overexpressing the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein exhibit increased soluble amyloid-beta peptide and memory deficits. "Amyloid-beta peptide (A-beta) is central...

Tai chi has physical, psychological benefits.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review of previously published studies suggests that among patients with chronic health conditions, Tai Chi appears to have beneficial effects on balance, flexibility, and cardiovascular health. ...

Previous Rh incompatible pregnancies raise schizophrenia risks in later births.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Previous Rh incompatible pregnancies raise schizophrenia risks in later births. "Rh incompatibility disease (i.e. Rh hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn) has been implicated as a risk factor...

Selective BACE-1 inhibitors synthesized.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have synthesized a series of selective beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE-1) inhibitors. According to a study from the United States, "An effective approach for...

Synaptic frailty and vesicle trafficking in Alzheimer disease reviewed.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review synaptic frailty and clathrin-mediated synaptic vesicle trafficking in Alzheimer disease in a recent issue of Trends in Neurosciences. "Loss of synapses contributes to the...

Consumer group seeking ban on antidepressant sues U.S. government.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A consumer advocacy group sued the United States government March 15, 2004, seeking to force a ban on sales of the antidepressant Serzone. The drug can cause deadly liver failure and is linked to 20...

Study demonstrates Metadate CD has greater effect than Concerta.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study published in the March 2004 online issue of Pediatrics comparing the effects of two extended-release methylphenidate formulations in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

Public health monitoring of autism spectrum disorders is ongoing.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public health monitoring of autism spectrum disorders is ongoing. According to researchers in the United States "Developmental disabilities (DDs) are conditions characterized by physical, cognitive,...

Mammography may not be appropriate for some cognitively impaired women.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Degree of cognitive impairment, comorbidity, and lifespan should be considered when contemplating mammography in older women, researchers say. According to published research from the United States,...

Hyperventilation may underlie CVD in panic disorder patients.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hyperventilation may underlie the heightened risk of heart disease in panic disorder patients. "Panic disorder is associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease and sudden death,"...

Viagra used to treat congestive heart failure, improve quality of life.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The combination of congestive heart failure and erectile dysfunction can often cause depression, but the drug Viagra can safely work to improve all three disorders, said a new study out of the...

Psychiatric Solutions reports 181% fourth quarter revenue increase.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2003. Revenue for the fourth quarter grew 181% to $100,653,000 from $35,838,000 for...

Soluble Fas levels in CSF correlate with HIV dementia severity.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sFas levels are correlated with the severity of HIV-associated dementia (HIV-D). "Soluble Fas (sFas) and soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) are associated with cellular...

MQoL-HIV provides accurate quality-of-life measure for Japanese HIV patients.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The MQoL-HIV test is suitable for measuring quality of life in Japanese HIV patients. Scientists in Japan conducted a study "to evaluate the discriminative properties of the Multidimensional Quality...

Cognitive account best explains "unrealistic optimism" about risky gay sex.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cognitive account best explains the thought processes of gay men who engage in high-risk sex. "Among the self-justifications that gay men use when deciding to have unprotected intercourse is...

Avoidance-based coping linked to heightened mortality risk.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avoidance-based coping is linked to heightened mortality risk for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. Researchers in England conducted a study "to evaluate the effects of avoidance coping...

SCA17 homozygote showing Huntington disease-like phenotype identified.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have identified a SCA17 homozygote showing a Huntington disease-like phenotype. "We report a homozygous case of spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 with 48 glutamines. The age of the patient...

Company sees positive results for indiplon in adults with transient insomnia.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., (NBIX) announced positive results from its phase III trial with the modified release formulation of indiplon, achieving highly statistically significant results in adults...

Researchers discover memory mechanism.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) neuroscientists have discovered a new brain mechanism controlling the formation of lasting memories. This mechanism explains how signals between neurons...

Work will continue behind the scenes on mental health bill.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Work continued behind the scenes on Nebraska governor Mike Johanns' mental health reform plan before lawmakers debated it again. The bill got its first airing before the full Legislature on March...

Bone marrow cells guide brain-derived neurotrophic factor genes into the brain.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone marrow cells guide brain-derived neurotrophic factor genes into the brain. "Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a member of the neurotrophin family, is protective in animal models of...

Postnatal steroids may harm long-term cognitive development.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postnatal steroids may harm long-term cognitive development. According to recent research from the United States, "in this study, we investigated the effect of dexamethasone on the long-term...

Michel A. Sucher, MD, named VP clinical affairs of addiction-treatment company.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hythiam, Inc., (HTM) announced that Michel A. Sucher, MD, has joined the company as the vice president of clinical affairs. In his new role at Hythiam, Sucher will be responsible for supervising...

Child stress rate exceptionally high after terror attacks.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Almost 50% of children caught in terror attacks suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), about three times the rate for children involved in other disasters, a Jerusalem doctor...

Effects of prenatal exposure to second-handsmoke hurt disadvantaged children.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effects of prenatal exposure to second-hand smoke on mental development are exacerbated in children who experience socioeconomic hardships, such as substandard housing and inadequate food and...

Returning to work is difficult for men with HIV/AIDS.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men with HIV/AIDS may have a hard time returning to work after a period of unemployment, even if their health is improving, a new study said. A variety of barriers keep these men from re-entering...

Hispanics face significant disparities in pharmaceutical treatment.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hispanics are less likely to receive or use medications for asthma, cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and pain, according to a new study. These disparities in pharmaceutical...

Orally disintegrating drug receives FDA approval for schizophrenia.
April 5, 2004... 2004 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cima Labs Inc. (CIMA) announced that Fazaclo, a new product in its collaborative product pipeline, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the management of severely ill...

Increased use of antidepressants in children reported, despite worries.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of antidepressant drugs in children is increasing, although evidence for their effectiveness and safety in children and adolescents is scant and widely debated, particularly for selective...

Stress blunts response to flu shots.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even modest stress reduces the effect of flu vaccine, a finding that may shed light on how stress increases vulnerability to infectious diseases, a new study says. Part of the effect was due to the...

Childhood abuse may predict social phobia and PTSD among adult alcoholics.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Both researchers and clinicians can attest to the high co-occurrence of alcoholism and other psychiatric disorders, although the exact contribution of genetic and environmental factors to coexisting...

Lack of parental support during childhood associated with adult depression.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with abundant parental support during childhood are likely to have relatively good health throughout adulthood, whereas people with inadequate parental support while growing up are likely to...

Study offers more evidence that stress makes MS symptoms worse.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most patients with multiple sclerosis believe that stressful life events make their symptoms worse, but this theory remains controversial among care providers and academics. However, new research...

Specific character dimensions predict recovery from eating disorders.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specific character dimensions predict recovery from eating disorders. "A longitudinal prospective design with four assessments was used to examine the stability of personality traits and their...

Anger, frustration may trigger dangerous heart rhythms in some heart patients.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mental stress alone may trigger dangerous heart rhythms in patients prone to irregular rhythms, researchers report. "There is folklore and epidemiological evidence that aggravation can trigger...

Women on certain low-dose birth control pills report reduced sexual enjoyment.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women on certain low-dose birth control pills report reduced sexual enjoyment. According to recent research published in the journal Contraception, "the objective of this prospective study was to...

Employees with depression view illness as roadblock to career success.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although corporate America believes it is effectively addressing depression in the workplace, only 41% of employees feel they can acknowledge their illness and still get ahead in their careers. ...

FDA issues public health advisory on cautions for use of antidepressants.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Public Health Advisory that provides further cautions to physicians, their patients, and families and caregivers of patients about the need to...

Pexeva launched for depression, OCD, panic disorder.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., has launched Pexeva (paroxetine as mesylate) 10-mg, 20-mg, 30-mg, and 40-mg tablets for the treatment of depression, obsessive/compulsive disorder, and/or panic disorder....

Women's exposures to sports media have little effect on their eating habits.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women's exposures to sports media have little effect on their eating habits. According to recent research from the United States, "many studies offer clear evidence that exposure to TDP (thinness...

Coaching program enhances EAP, behavioral offerings.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cigna Behavioral Health (CBH) announced the launch of a new interactive, web-based service for employee assistance program (EAP) and behavioral management plan participants who are suffering from...

New York City launches program to improve residents' health.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer, HIV, flu and depression are among the 10 health problems targeted for improvement under a plan... by New York City's Health Department. The initiative, called "Take Care New York," will...

Lexapro found to be as effective as Paxil.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forest Laboratories, Inc., (FRX) announced the results of a 6-month study, which found that Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) is as effective as Paxil (paroxetine hydrochloride) in patients with...

Effects of HAART on CNS disorders elucidated.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of antiretroviral therapy on CNS disease has been elucidated. According to neurologists in Italy, a "drastic decrease in incidence has been observed for most human immunodeficiency virus...

Murine spatial learning and long-term potentiation disrupted by HIV Tat.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The HIV Tat protein disrupts neurological activity related to spatial learning in mice. "Although memory deficits have been clearly documented in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type-1...

In Europe, polymorphisms at COMT Val158Met are not linked to anorexia nervosa.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In Europe, polymorphisms at COMT Val158Met are not linked to anorexia nervosa. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B - Neuropsychiatric Genetics,...

Transcendental meditation lowers blood pressure in at-risk teens.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Teenagers at risk to become hypertensive adults can lower their blood pressure through daily transcendental meditation, according to research from the Medical College of Georgia. A study of 156...

Cognitive behavior therapy effective.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with a persistent fear or belief that they have a serious, undiagnosed illness significantly reduced their symptoms and anxieties by participating in therapy sessions that examined possible...

Single spot of blood can pinpoint high stress levels.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of the hangovers of the primeval "fight or flight" reaction, an automatic response to a potential threat or danger, is stress. Over a short period of time the body is able to cope with it quite...

St. John's wort may compromise cancer drug's ability to prevent relapse.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. John's wort, an herb thought to be a safe, natural remedy for mild depression, may interfere with a powerful cancer-fighting drug's ability to prevent relapse in leukemia patients, a University of...

Stress reducers help women hospitalized for prolonged antepartum care.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stress reducers help women hospitalized for prolonged antepartum care. "Our objective was to identify stressors in women requiring prolonged hospitalization following maternal-fetal transfer to a...

Spokespeople sought to endorse marijuana in variety of medical applications.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amigula, Inc., (AMJL) said several Hollywood agents and management groups have been working with their clients at the bequest of Amigula, Inc., negotiating contracts with "Super Stars" willing to...

Community mental health clinic opens in New York, New York.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Faculty and graduates of Columbia University School of Nursing have opened St. Paul's Center of New York, Inc., Manhattan's first non-profit, independent community mental health clinic, managed and...

Health conference speaker says jails warehousing the mentally ill.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jails in this country are by far the largest warehouses of the mentally ill and that's wrong, a Florida judge told a mental health conference in Montana. "We've wasted critical tax dollars, and...

Indiana police academy teaching others how to recognize mental illness.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield is revamping its curriculum to teach recruits how to recognize the symptoms of mental illnesses and how to best respond. Academy and state mental...

Mental health reform agreement reached in Nebraska.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After adoption of a mental health reform compromise, leaders in Hastings and Norfolk [Nebraska] said they will back the plan that could lead to regional centers being closed in their communities. ...

Response to nightclub fire earns mental health workers honors.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mental health professionals were honored in March for their response to last year's nightclub fire [in Providence, Rhode Island,] that killed 100 people and left scores of others injured. The...

The Eating Disorder Inventory-2 scale is less reliable for men than for women.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The eating disorder inventory-2 scale is less reliable for men than for women. "Researchers studying eating disorders in men often use eating-disorder risk and symptom measures that have been...

U.N. says entire nations are losing mental capacity because of nutrient shortage.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The brainpower of entire nations has diminished because of a shortage of the right vitamins, and slipping nutrients into people's food seems to be the only solution, a new U.N. survey says. To...

U.S. soldier suicide rate in Iraq jumped sharply last year.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The suicide rate among American soldiers in Iraq is much higher than for the Army as a whole, but officials said March 24, 2004, that mental health experts have concluded there is no crisis. A...

Women who are sexually abused as children respond to specialized group therapy.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who are sexually abused as children respond to specialized group therapy. According to recent research from Sweden, "childhood sexual abuse has been shown to be common among adult women,...

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor associates with personality traits in females.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor associates with personality traits in females. According to published research from Japan, "several lines of evidence suggest that a certain type of personality or...

Gray matter volume declines faster in aging men than in women.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gray matter volume declines faster in aging men than in women. "Volumes of thalamus, pons, cortical gray matter, and white matter were derived from MR brain images of healthy men and women...

Rimonabant helps smokers quit while limiting post-cessation weight gain.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine presented results of one of the largest smoking cessation trials ever conducted in the United States, STRATUS-U.S. (STudies with...

No link between CYP2D6 genotype and pregnancy-related depression is found.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- No link between CYP2D6 genotype and pregnancy-related depression is found. "The aim of this exploratory was to investigate the theory of a relation between cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotype and...

Prenatal alcohol and stress exposures alter the way offspring adapt to stress.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal alcohol and stress exposures alter the way offspring adapt to stress. According to new research from the United States, "this study examined the relationship between moderate-level...

Gender and social risk factors correlate with deviant behavior in preschoolers.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gender and social risk factors correlate with deviant behavior in preschoolers. According to new research from Denmark, "the objective of this study was to examine whether social risk factors...

Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms do not guide personality traits.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms do not guide personality traits. "Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is the major brain apolipoprotein, and is related to the functional integrity of the central nervous...

Personality traits linked to eating disorders are gender-oriented.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Personality traits linked to eating disorders are gender-oriented. "The purpose of this study was to examine gender differences in eating behaviors and attitudes and the related constructs of...

Young sufferers of eating disorders often have adversity in their backgrounds.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young sufferers of eating disorders often have adversity in their backgrounds. "Depending on definition and sample, a minority of varying size of women with eating disorders report to be victims of...

Behavioral health program earns URAC accreditation.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cigna Behavioral Health (CBH) received accreditation for Health Utilization Management from URAC, a Washington, DC-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the...

Insight into alcohol-nicotine interaction might lead to new quitting method.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In tests on human volunteers, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that even small amounts of alcohol boost the pleasurable effects of nicotine, inducing people to smoke more when...

New York City drinking and smoking rates remain high after 9/11.
April 12, 2004... 2004 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Manhattan residents drank more alcohol and smoked more cigarettes and marijuana six months after than they did a month before the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, a new study reveals. One...

Dementia's moral maze explored.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A University of Bradford doctor has completed 3 years of research in a bid to help the carers of dementia sufferers with the moral questions thrown up by the condition. Dr. Clive Baldwin, senior...

Patients don't take antipsychotic medications regularly.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite improved drugs for schizophrenia - a devastating mental illness that affects more than 2 million Americans and 1% of the world's population - a new study shows that only 41% of patients take...

Cognitive dysfunction and subjective complaints of cancer patients studied.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the results of a study on the cognitive dysfunction and subjective complaints of cancer patients in a recent issue of the European Journal of Cancer. "Although the neurotoxicity...

Home-based program effective in treating minor depression in older adults.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A home-based program that includes social and physical activity significantly reduces symptoms of depression in older adults who are chronically ill and have minor depression, according to a new study....

Substance-exposed newborns follow most but not all behavioral norms.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Substance-exposed newborns follow most but not all behavioral norms. "This study assessed the behavior of infants whose mothers had a drug history by using the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale....

Middle-aged women just as likely to suffer abuse as younger women.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of more than 90,000 U.S. women age 50-79 found that abuse is a widespread problem in that age group. Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,...

Adolescents at risk for drug abuse need to acquire self-control competencies.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescents at risk for drug abuse need to acquire self-control competencies. "Children and adolescents in Germany show a high rate of substance use, especially concerning tobacco and alcohol....

DARPA funding awarded for advancement of brain monitoring device.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TechEn Inc. has received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the development of Continuous Brain Monitoring. TechEn, an electronic design center, received the...

ANDA filings pending for Concerta; Wellbutrin marketing rights relinquished.
April 19, 2004... 2004 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Andrx Corporation (ADRX) announced that it has pending abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for generic versions of Concerta (methylphenidate...