Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from August 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from August 2004

Serotonin transporter gene variation correlates with social phobia severity.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serotonin transporter gene variation correlates with social phobia severity. "A functional polymorphism in the promoter region of the human serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene has been related to...

Antisense knockdown of drebrin A produces cognitive function deficits.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisense knockdown of drebrin A produces cognitive function deficits. According to recent research published in the journal Neuroscience Research, "drebrin located in dendritic spines regulates...

ACE polymorphism affects therapeutic outcome in depressed women.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme gene affects the outcome of antidepressant therapy in women, but not men, researchers report. "Angiotensin converting enzyme...

Relation between schizophrenia and diabetes described.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers describe the relation between schizophrenia and diabetes in a recent issue of Diabetic Medicine. According to recent research from England, "The prevalence of diabetes is increased in...

Neuregulin gene mutations increase one's risk for schizophrenia.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuregulin gene mutations increase one's risk for schizophrenia. "Schizophrenia is a devastating psychiatric disease that affects 0.5-1% of the world's adult population. The hypothesis that this...

Access to substance abuse, mental health services key to welfare reform.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving access by low-income women to substance abuse and mental health services is key to successful welfare reform in the United States, argue social workers at the University of Pittsburgh. D....

Researchers report link between overeating, obesity and addiction.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Junk Food Junkie," that novelty song from the 1970s, may contain more medical truth than anyone imagined. University of Florida (UF) addiction researchers say mounting evidence suggests chronic...

Effect of citalopram on lymphocyte gene expression characterized.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effects of citalopram on lymphocyte gene expression have been characterized in cells from Alzheimer disease patients. "Antidepressants are widely used in the treatment of mood disorders...

Enoxaparin shows promise as therapy.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enoxaparin shows promise as a treatment for Alzheimer disease. In a recent study, neurologists in Italy "investigated the effect of long-term, peripheral treatment with enoxaparin, a low molecular...

Antipsychotics upregulate bcl-2 mRNA/protein in frontal cortex and hippocampus.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antipsychotics upregulate bcl-2 mRNA and protein in the frontal cortex and hippocampus. "To investigate whether atypical antipsychotic drugs exert an effect on the neuroprotective protein Bcl-2,...

Aetna launches employee assistance program.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aetna (AET) announced that it has introduced a new and expanded Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Aetna Behavioral Health (ABH) to help boost productivity in the workplace. It has sold the...

Other brain disorders often mistaken for Alzheimer disease.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ask anyone to name a brain disease that causes dementia and eventually death, and the most likely answer you'll get is Alzheimer disease. Though that's one correct answer, it's not the only one....

Zinc stimulates cortical brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene expression.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zinc stimulates cortical brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene expression. According to a study from Poland, "most antidepressants induce expression of the gene coding for brain-derived...

Dystonia may be part of the syndrome associated with ABGA.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dystonia may be part of the clinical spectrum of the postinfectious syndrome associated with antibasal ganglia antibodies (ABGA). "Antibasal ganglia antibodies (ABGA) have been associated with...

Computer program measures body size distortion and body dissatisfaction.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed a computer program for measuring body size distortion and body dissatisfaction. According to recent research published in the journal Behavior Research Methods...

Gene transfection can alter social behavior in mammals.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene transfection can alter social behavior in mammals. "The molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of complex behaviour are poorly understood. The mammalian genus Microtus provides an...

Large study confirms U.K. Gulf War servicemen report more ill health.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest study of U.K. Gulf war servicemen confirms that forces deployed to the first Gulf War report more ill health than veterans who did not serve there. Rebecca Simmons, Noreen Maconochie and...

History of intravenous drug use strongest predictor for HIV/HCV coinfection.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A history of intravenous drug use is the strongest predictor for HIV/HCV coinfection. "The declining incidence of AIDS-related opportunistic diseases among people with HIV infection has shifted the...

Former dentist found competent to stand trial.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former St. Louis, Missouri, dentist who was the subject of a Supreme Court ruling about the involuntary medication of mentally ill defendants has been found competent to stand trial. U.S....

Polymorphisms in GABA[subscript]A receptor genes correlate with schizophrenia.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polymorphisms in GABA[subscript]A receptor genes correlate with schizophrenia. According to recent research from the Peoples Republic of China, "disturbances in GABAergic system have been observed...

Utah mental health service says it will have to turn away patients.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bear River Mental Health Services (BRMHS) in Logan, Utah, will have to turn away 300 to 400 patients a year because of new Medicaid rules, said Mick Pattinson, MD, president and CEO of the nonprofit...

Alpha syrtuclein linked to Parkinson, Alzheimer disease.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alpha syrtuclein is linked to Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease. According to a study from South Korea, "Alpha synuclein (alpha-SN) is an ubiquitous protein that is especially abundant in the...

Mother's anxiety during pregnancy affects child's behavior.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, have determined that high levels of anxiety in a pregnant woman affect her child's behavior. The idea that a woman's emotional state during...

Editorial criticizes U.K., U.S. on children's rights.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly published report focuses on the rights of children and is critical of the U.K. House of Lords amendment for failing to recommend the outlawing of the smacking of children, and of the U.S. for...

DUP25 expression doesn't associate with panic disorder.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DUP25 expression doesn't associate with panic disorder. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, "investigation of the co-occurrence of panic and phobic...

Newer antipsychotics associated with lower mortality than haloperidol in elderly.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly patients whose psychosis is treated with conventional drugs may be much more likely to die than those who receive a relatively new generation of treatments, according to a new study. ...

Migrating birds offer insight into sleep.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly published study by a University of Wisconsin (UW) research team points the way to solving two of life's seemingly eternal but unrelated mysteries: how birds that migrate thousands of miles every...

Study links drug-abusing fathers to serious psychopathology in their children.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) and Old Dominion University has found that being raised by a father who abuses drugs is even more harmful to the mental health of school-aged...

AIDS-related episodes on TV program increase calls to CDC AIDS hotline.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS-related episodes in a soap opera resulted in an increase in the number of calls to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National STD and AIDS hotline. According to published...

Fatigue may be due more to depression than chemotherapy side effects.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fatigue - a common problem in patients who are recovering from leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other hematological cancers - is associated with depression and reduced physical performance and not, as...

Patients' emotional state affects their cardiovascular health.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians should regularly evaluate the emotional state of their patients with cardiovascular disease. According to published research from England, "Psychological factors play a major part in the...

Physical symptoms of depression may be misdiagnosed.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reveals that physicians sometimes misattribute ill-defined physical symptoms to causes other than what may actually be depression. Patients complaining of physical ailments related to...

Stress found to be associated with endocrine disorder.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of Italian investigators headed by Nicoletta Sonino (University of Padova) has performed the first controlled investigation on the relationship between stressful life events and an endocrine...

Residential treatment for smokeless tobacco use feasible.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Residential treatment may be feasible for smokeless tobacco users. Researchers in Minnesota "developed and implemented a novel 8-day residential treatment program" for ST users. "A...

Biomarker may be useful in diagnosing mildly cognitively impaired patients.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a presentation at the 9th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Harald Hampel reported that a biological marker referred to as p-tau231 (phosphorylation of the tau...

Youth treatment program at Hastings will expand.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Juvenile Chemical Dependency Program at the Hastings Regional Center will be expanded as part of the redesign of the center, Governor Mike Johanns says. "Sadly, the need is increasing for youth...

Coronary artery bypass surgery not a risk factor for dementia.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study conducted by the Mayo Clinic found that fears surrounding a connection between coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and dementia are unwarranted. The link between CABG surgery and...

Dietary niacin may protect against cognitive decline.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dietary niacin (vitamin B3) may protect against the development of Alzheimer disease and the cognitive decline associated with aging in older people, suggests research. Rich sources of niacin...

How safe are antidepressants?
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- All parents worry when their children become ill. When that illness is depression, it is hard for parents to know what to do for the best. Anxiety has only been increased by recent recommendations...

Risk of suicidal behavior similar among users of different antidepressant drugs.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of suicidal behavior is increased in the first month after starting antidepressants, and is similar among users of four antidepressant drugs, according to a new study. Considerable public...

Dexmedetomidine facilitates opioid and benzodiazepine detoxification.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dexmedetomidine facilitates opioid and benzodiazepine detoxification. "Prolonged use of opioids and benzodiazepines for the care of critically ill infants and children can generate physical...

Genetic analysis detects Crouzon syndrome in a patient with atypical symptoms.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic analysis detects Crouzon syndrome in a patient with atypical symptoms. According to a study from Japan, "a 53-year-old Japanese woman presented with mild mental retardation, short stature,...

Novel agent shows promise as tacrine prodrug.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel agent shows promise as a potential tacrine prodrug. In a recent study from China, "9-[P-(N,N-dipropylsulfamide)]benzoylamino-1,2,3,4-4H-acridine (PTHA) was synthesized as a prodrug to...

Altered 5-HT2A neuro-activity may contribute to bulimia-type AN pathogenesis.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent study findings further support the hypothesis that altered brain serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor plays a pathogenic role in bulimia-type anorexia nervosa. "Several lines of evidence suggest...

Study suggests pathologic role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor may play a role in the pathophysiology of eating disorders, suggests a study from Spain. "Several genes with an essential role in the regulation of eating behavior...

Government-funded berryfruit cognitive study needs over-65 volunteers.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HortResearch and its co-researchers have begun a 4-year $6.4 million government-funded program, Healthful Berries, to identify the health enhancing attributes of berryfruit. Approval for the first study...

Increased cancers among HIV-infected prisoners linked to high-risk behavior.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the U.S., "HIV-associated immunosuppression has been linked to an increased risk of a number of cancers, including Kaposi sarcoma (KS), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), and invasive...

Lay health advisor-based AIDS programs successfully employ safe sex practices.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lay health advisor-based AIDS programs successfully employ safe sex practices. According to recent research from the Netherlands, "Two studies describe the effectiveness of acquired immunodeficiency...

Abused, neglected youth do not receive needed mental health services.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, more than 600,000 children seen in the U.S. child welfare system for alleged maltreatment do not receive mental health care for significant emotional and behavioral problems, reports a new...

Follow-up shows blood lead levels decreased in children in Jamaica.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood lead levels decreased in children in Jamaican basic schools. According to a study from Jamaica, "Blood lead levels (BLL) for 285 children, 3 to 6 years old, from seven basic schools located in...

Family of boy who committed suicide sues drug companies.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The family of a University of Florida student who hanged himself has filed a $20 million lawsuit against seven companies that produced or distributed Prozac, claiming the anti-depressant drug worsened...

Woman files whistleblower suit against mental health clinic.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former employee has filed suit against a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, mental health clinic, alleging that she was fired when she reported maltreatment of patients to her supervisors. Karen Ann...

Alcohol and drug use account for most of Oklahoma's criminal justice system.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oklahoma's criminal justice system is consumed by expenses tied to mental health, alcohol and drug use and domestic violence, a report showed. Two-thirds of the $1.6 billion spent on criminal...

Blue Cross spins off behavioral health affiliate.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota completed a sale of its affiliate, Behavioral Health Services, Inc., (BHSI) to an experienced group of clinicians and employees currently running the operations....

SuperCool St. John launched for emotional well-being.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aphios Corporation announced its launch of SuperCool St. John for mild to moderate mood swings and feelings of well-being. SuperCool St. John is an advanced formulation of an enhanced hyperforin...

Utility of diffusion tensor MR brain imaging reviewed.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The utility of diffusion tensor MR brain imaging has been reviewed. "Diffusion tensor MR imaging is a technique that provides details on tissue microstructure and organization well beyond the usual...

Abuse history increases risk of obesity among women.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A history of abuse increases the risk of obesity among women gastrointestinal patients. According to a study from the United States, "Little is know about the relationship of abuse history and other...

Oklahoma Health Department appoints temporary manager for care centers.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Oklahoma Department of Health has appointed a temporary manager for a care center for mentally disabled adults because the operator allegedly coerced residents into having sex with him. Junior...

Creativity appears to be a compensatory advantage that subjugates psychosis.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Creativity appears to be a compensatory advantage that subjugates psychosis. "Both scientific evidence and folklore have suggested that madness is associated with creativity, especially in the arts....

Study suggests link between obstetrical complications and psychiatric disease.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obstetricians in France suggest there's a link between complications arising during birth and subsequent development of schizophrenia. The psychiatric disease affects about 1% of the French...

TP53 polymorphisms do not contribute to schizophrenia.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TP53 polymorphisms do not contribute to schizophrenia and associated neurocognitive defecicits. According to published research from Spain, "Owing to the role of the nuclear phosphoprotein p53 in...

Japan suicides hit record high in 2003.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suicides in Japan surged to an all-time high last year, topping 34,000 deaths in a trend fueled by health and financial troubles, the government reported. Suicides rose 7.1% to 34,427 in 2003, the...

Gap between research and treatment in substance abuse programs bridged.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists describe methods of bridging the gap between psychosocial research and treatment in community substance abuse programs in a recent issue of Addiction Research and Theory. "Bridging the...

Scientists build on case connecting inflammatory disease and depression.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Feeling sick can be "all in the head" for people with inflammatory disorders or for those receiving immunotherapy, say Robert Dantzer and Keith Kelley, professors in the department of animal sciences...

Psychologists: Disordered eating attitudes may be way of avoiding childbearing.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Western Ontario psychologists have put out the hypothesis that disordered eating attitudes in women "may reflect an ancestral reproductive suppression mechanism." M.N. Juda and...

Study identifies factors associated with coping and treatment outcomes.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have identified eight factors associated with coping mechanisms of fibromyalgia patients and their treatment outcomes. University of Western Ontario rheumatologists gathered data from a...

Single-nucleotide polymorphism may be associated with panic disorder in women.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatrists in Germany have identified a single-nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP, that may be associated with the development of panic disorder in women. "Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder...

Reminiscence therapy provides intellectual and social stimulation.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reminiscing about the past with friends, family and those with similar memories has always been an enjoyable way of whiling away the hours, but now there's evidence to suggest that it also does you...

Folding of Alzheimer core PHF subunit characterized.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The folding of Alzheimer disease (AD)-associated core paired helical filaments (PHF) has been characterized. "At present, the conformation-dependent monoclonal antibodies (mAb) provide the only...

Poorer Scottish women in dark over breast cancer.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More affluent women in Scotland are better informed and less likely to suffer from anxiety after treatment for breast cancer than less privileged women, according to a study published in the British...

Integrated approach necessary for CFS treatment.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an article reviewing what is known about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), University of Bern, Switzerland, researchers conclude that an integrated approach to treatment is best in this patient...

Income influences mothers' depressive symptoms.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research findings verify that income changes directly affect depressive symptoms in women during the first 3 years after childbirth, according to an article. The article, co-written by Eric...

Diabetic foot ulcers lower quality of life.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) experience a high level of depression and a lower quality of life according to a study presented at the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society's annual...

First order of new oral fluid point of collection device shipped.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Bio Medica Corporation (ABMC) announced that they have begun manufacturing of their own oral-fluid based point of collection device that will be sold under the trade name of OralStat. The...

Genomic effects of JP-8 jet fuel determined.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The genomic effects of jet propulsion fuel-8 (JP-8) have been characterized in rats. JP-8 is "the predominant fuel for military land vehicles and aircraft used in the US and NATO," scientists in...

Magellan Health Services reports increase in second quarter net revenues.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magellan Health Services, Inc., (MGLN) reported operating results for the second quarter and 6 months ended June 30, 2004. The company also raised its financial guidance for 2004. For the...

Agitation in elderly patients with dementia addressed at Alzheimer conference.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AstraZeneca (AZN) presented data at the 9th International Conference on Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders that examined the effectiveness of SEROQUEL (quetiapine fumarate) in the treatment of...

Knowledge gap increases HIV contagion fear in nurses in Uganda.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A knowledge gap increases HIV contagion fear in nurses in Uganda. "Nurses working in a regional hospital represent the largest group of health care workers in Uganda. Four hundred seventy-seven...

Social anxiety linked to risky sex in HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of 138 HIV-positive men at an Atlanta AIDS clinic found that men who have sex with men (MSM) are significantly more likely than heterosexual men to have social anxiety that can lead to risk...

Stigmatization thwarts HIV prevention efforts in Honduras north coast.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stigmatization thwarts HIV prevention efforts in the north coast of Honduras. According to a study from the United States, "The HIV/AIDS epidemic along Honduras' north coast has intensified in...

Acceptance of HAART intervention independent of maternal immune status.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The acceptance of antiretroviral therapy intervention is independent of maternal immune status. "The aim of this study performed in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, was to describe the distribution of CD4+...

Intravenous drug abuse associated with high risk of HIV/HCV coinfection.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intravenous drug abuse is associated with a high risk of HIV/HCV coinfection. "The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection...

Government wants mental health experts to keep distance from accused terrorists.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, who was arrested at a flight training school in Minnesota, should not be examined by defense mental health experts while his trial is on hold, prosecutors told a...

New Hampshire state prisoners sue for better mental health care.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Six New Hampshire State Prison inmates are suing the state for not providing adequate mental health care. They accuse the state of leaving suicidal maximum-security prisoners in empty rooms for...