Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from December 2003

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from December 2003

Bullied children at risk of depression, antisocial behavior.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young children who are bullied at school show signs of antisocial and depressive behavior as a result, according to a new study. Many kindergarten students find themselves verbally and physically...

Caregivers of family members with dementia have more health problems than noncaregivers.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although more than 5 million Americans take care of people with dementia in the United States, no quantitative review has been conducted on the physical health correlates of caring for a family member...

Depressive symptoms - not disease severity - determine quality of life for CHD patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depressive symptoms - not disease severity - determine the quality of life for CHD patients. Researchers in Finland conducted a study "to investigate factors associated with life dissatisfaction in...

Researchers study physical and mental impacts of exercise on the brain.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercise appears to allow for better blood vessel development in the brain and allow a person to be more mentally engaged. Those are the conclusions of a study partially conducted by Oregon Health &...

Enzyme may turn fleeting experience into lasting memory.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The enzyme that can help turn a one-time experience into a long-term memory has been identified in mice, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center reported at the annual meeting of...

Alzhemed open-label phase II extension study demonstrates cognitive benefits.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurochem, Inc., (NRM) announced positive results on cognitive function as measured by ADAS-cog of patients suffering from mild-to-moderate Alzheimer Disease (AD) in an open-label phase II extension...

Methanol extract of Bacopa monniera is antioxidant, protects from DNA damage.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methanol extract of Bacopa monniera is antioxidant, protects from DNA damage. According to a study from Italy, "Bacopa monniera L. (family Scrophulariaceae) (BM) is an Ayurvedic medicine, clinically...

Factors underlying social status-induced heart disease identified.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some of the factors underlying social status-induced heart disease have been identified. According to published research from England, "Social position and psychosocial factors are associated with...

Ginkgo biloba may help improve memory.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Neuropsychiatric Institute found significant improvement in verbal recall among a group of people with age-associated memory impairment who...

New technique helps shed light on influence of ministrokes.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Ohio State University have found a mechanism that may be important in contributing to the deterioration of mental ability in many elderly people. The study, done in rats, found that...

Among elderly, depression is more prevalent in Hispanics and blacks.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly Hispanics and African Americans have higher rates of depression than their white counterparts, due largely to greater health burdens and lack of health insurance, a Northwestern University study...

Study links depression with sleep apnea.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with depression are five times more likely to have a breathing-related sleep disorder than non-depressed people, according to a study at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study...

Drug use climbed in the U.S. workforce in the first half of 2003.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug use in the general U.S. workforce climbed in the first half of 2003, driven by continued growth in the use of amphetamines, according to the semi-annual Drug Testing Index released by Quest...

Family dysfunction foreshadows bulimia nervosa and other psychoses.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family dysfunction foreshadows bulimia nervosa and other psychoses. According to recent research from Germany, "the influence of the family on the development and the maintenance of bulimia nervosa...

Skin aging is an area of concern in developed countries; therapy is available.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Skin aging is an area of concern in developed countries; therapy is available. "In developed countries, interest in cutaneous aging is in large part the result of a progressive, dramatic rise over...

Pale retina inclusions in dementia with Lewy bodies may cause hallucinations.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pale retina inclusions in dementia with Lewy bodies may cause hallucinations. According to recent research from France, "visual hallucinations are a core feature of dementia with Lewy bodies. Their...

UF researchers say speeding associated with gambling, drug use in teens.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Teenagers who break the speed limit are more likely than nonspeeding teens to gamble, use drugs, or drink alcohol, University of Florida (UF) scientists reported at the Society for Neuroscience's 33rd...

Nicotine, or a similar substance, may improve memory.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists continue to explore the remarkable protective effect of nicotine - the addictive chemical in tobacco - on the brain. One recent study has found that one of nicotine's metabolites, cotinine,...

RNA structure of trinucleotide repeats linked to human neurological diseases.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The RNA structure of trinucleotide repeats is associated with human neurological diseases. According to recent research published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, "The tandem repeats of...

Study finds new mothers are resistant to stress.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New mothers are calmer under pressure and deal with adversity better, suggests a new study at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The study, conducted by Professor Tracey Shors from the...

System is one of most overburdened of community resources.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One-third of community leaders across the U.S. identified mental health treatment system and services as one of the most overburdened community resources, according to a Peter D. Hart Research survey...

Clinical mass spectrometry in neuroscience proteomics reviewed.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have reviewed the application of clinical mass spectrometry to the areas of proteomics and peptidomics in neuroscience. According to a study from Sweden, "In this review we discuss the...

Drug may help people unlearn fears.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists say a pill may help people overcome their worst phobias. In a small study, a drug already on the market for tuberculosis helped people who were terrified of heights get over that fear...

Influenza A virus can cause encephalopathy after respiratory improvement.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Influenza A virus can cause encephalopathy after patient improvement, may be due to secondary vasculitis. "We report 3 cases of influenza A virus-related encephalopathy developing after the...

Light-treatment increases biopterin level in seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Light-treatment increases biopterin level in seasonal affective disorder (SAD). "The serotonergic system is believed to play a key role in the pathophysiology of seasonal affective disorder (SAD)....

"Type A" parents may be creating hostility in children.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Not all "Type A" families are alike, but unhappy ones with Type A children are more likely to produce kids who grow up to be hostile, said a long-term study of 1004 children in Finland. ...

Cognitive function declines during interracial interaction.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you've ever left a difficult test with the feeling that you're too tired to think anymore, then you already know that "executive control" - the brain's ability to monitor and control its information...

Financial problems linked to depression symptoms in patients.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with breast cancer are most likely to suffer from symptoms of depression if they also have other sources of stress in their lives, particularly financial difficulties, according to a new study....

Experimentally induced panic attacks reviewed.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A scientist has reviewed experimentally induced panic attacks in a recent issue of the journal Nervenarzt. According to recent research published in the journal Nervenarzt, "Diagnostic symptom...

Very low cholesterol levels linked to impulsivity in young men.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Very low cholesterol levels appears to be linked to heightened impulsivity in young men. According to published research from Italy, "Studies that have investigated the association between...

Optimism appears to affect cellular immunity; toll points to persistence model.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Optimism appears to affect cellular immunity; skin hypersensitivity may indicate that persistence, not affective, is the true behavioral model. "Two models can explain effects of optimism on the...

Interferon therapy for HCV-infected patients warrants psychological assessments.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon therapy for HCV-infected patients warrants psychological assessments. "This article presents a prospective study of 71 patients infected with chronic viral hepatitis C and treated with...

No association found between DUSP8 or CALCA and alcohol dependence.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Evidence for genetic linkage to alcohol dependence was found on chromosome 11p.15.5 from an autosome-wide scan in a Southwestern Native American population," researchers in the United States report....

Synthetic marijuana reduces agitation in demented patients.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a phase II multicenter study found dronabinol, a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana, reduces agitation in patients with Alzheimer disease. In addition, the...

Girls lack of hyperactivity may lead to under-diagnosis.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (SHPGY) announced results from the largest clinical trial demonstrating that girls with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experienced significant quality of...

Mental object rotation differs in men and women with Parkinson disease.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mental object rotation differs in men and women with Parkinson disease. According to a study from the United States, "deficits in visual-spatial ability can be associated with Parkinson's disease...

Partnership set to begin clinical trials of novel antianxiety compound.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Predix Pharmaceuticals Inc., a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and ion channel (IC) focused discovery and early development company, has announced a partnership with RRD International, LLC, to bring...

Brain damage found in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found significant damage in the brains of HIV-positive patients whose viral load is effectively suppressed by antiretroviral therapy. In one of the first studies of its kind,...

Major depression biobank collection completed.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PrecisionMed Inc. announced, at the Neuroscience Society 2003 meeting in New Orleans, the completion of a collection of DNA, RNA, and serum from 630 people with major depression (DMS-IV Criteria) as...

Merck discontinues development of antidepressant.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has discontinued the development of a drug that would have been its first entrant in the huge market for depression treatments. The Whitehouse Station, New...

Female beauticians at high risk for developing eating disorders.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female beauticians appear to be a high-risk group for developing eating disorders. According to published research from Taiwan, "Work environment, pressure to be fashionable, and the unattainable...

Serotonin status correlates with trait variations in bulimic women.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serotonin status correlates with trait variations in bulimic women. According to published research from Canada, "studies of bulimia nervosa (BN) often report decreased brain serotonin...

Gardens have the potential to improve health, research shows.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adding greenery in the form of a garden to the often sterile, cold environment of hospitals and other healthcare facilities can reduce stress in patients, visitors, and staff and even lessen a patient's...

Alaska awarded $3.5M grant to treat substance abuse, mental disorders.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced that the Alaska governor's office will receive almost $3.5 million over 5 years to increase the capacity of state treatment...

Religion, parental input protect from effects of violence.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Personal religious practice and parental involvement can sometimes - but not always - protect urban youth from the effects of witnessing or experiencing violence, said a study by Yale University...

FDA extends PDUFA action date for Estorra NDA.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sepracor, Inc., (SEPR) announced that it has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency now anticipates completing its review of the Estorra brand eszopiclone...

Neonatal withdrawal syndrome is treatable, according to results of hair analysis.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neonatal withdrawal syndrome can be diagnosed and treated, according to results of infant hair analysis. According to published research from France, "recently, interest in hair analysis in such...

The developmental trajectory of drug-exposed children changes with time.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The developmental trajectory of drug-exposed children changes with time. "Few data are available concerning the trajectories of mental and motor development across time for cocaine-exposed children...

Earlier methods for detecting newborn brain injury are desperately needed.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Earlier methods for detecting newborn brain injury are desperately needed. According to a study from Canada, "survival of very premature infants has improved dramatically in recent decades; more...

Gene manipulation generates agitation-like behaviors in study models.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene manipulation generates agitation-like behaviors in study models. According to recent research published in the journal Brain Research, "the syndrome of behavioral, physiological, and...

Physical therapists play a role in rectifying the female athlete triad.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physical therapists play a role in rectifying the female athlete triad. "Over the last thirty years, participation by girls and women in organized athletics has increased dramatically. This presents...

GTF2I deletions likely underlie mental retardation in Williams syndrome.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deletions in GTF2I appear to underlie cognitive defects associated with Williams syndrome (WS). Most WS patients "have a 1.6 Mb deletion in chromosome 7q11.23 that encompasses the elastin (ELN)...

Coping behaviors linked to female chromosome.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coping behaviors appear to be linked to at least three genes on the X, or female, chromosome. Therefore, males, who are XY, inherit coping behaviors from their mothers, while females, who are XX, can...

Vitamins help treat depression.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin B supplements may help people to fight depression. Research published in BMC Psychiatry shows that people suffering from depression respond better to treatment if they have high levels of...

Lowered n-polyunsaturated fatty acids may be linked to major depression.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lowered n-polyunsaturated fatty acids may be linked to major depression. "Several studies have shown that major depression is accompanied by alterations in serum fatty acid composition, e.g....

Men's social isolation linked to higher heart disease risk.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older men who have few personal relationships may have increased risk of heart disease, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003. In a study...

Heart attacks rose at Brooklyn hospital after terrorist attack.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of heart attack cases surged at a Brooklyn, New York, hospital in the 2 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, suggesting that psychological stress...

Amyloid plaque-forming beta-secretase BACE1 is controlled by heparan sulfate.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Alzheimer amyloid plaque-forming beta-secretase BACE1 is naturally controlled by heparan sulfate. "Cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the Alzheimer beta-secretase (BACE1) is a key...

Patients learn how to stave off debilitating disease.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Harold Moss plays tennis at dawn several days a week, runs a miniature train in his back yard and dances the two-step. June McAmis prefers long walks in the desert and reading weekly newsmagazines...

ANDA filed for generic version of Adderall.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (SHPGY; SHQ; SHP) announced that it has received a Paragraph IV Notice letter from Impax Laboratories, Inc., advising of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug...

Nursing infants show little effect when moms take antidepressant.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Most breastfed infants nurse without showing meaningful effects from their mothers taking 20-40 mg of the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) daily, according to a study from Yale University. ...

Harlequin ichthyosis may be associated with hypothyroidism, arthritis, alopecia.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Harlequin ichthyosis could be associated with hypothyroidism, arthritis, alopecia; some symptoms appear to be improved by retinoid therapy. "Harlequin ichthyosis is a rare and severe congenital...

After bypass procedure, women have worse quality of life than men.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by Duke University Medical Center researchers has found that women do not derive the same long-term quality-of-life benefits as men following coronary artery bypass surgery. This...

Protein deposition may lead to synaptic dysfunction, thus progressive dementias.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In both Alzheimer disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), protein deposition may be the pathology, but its impairment of synaptic function may be the reason for dementia. According to a...

Suicidal minority teens lack adult support.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-income black and Latino teens who report suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts also say they have few adults in their lives with whom they can discuss personal problems, according to a new study....

Antipsychotic drugs are a risk factor for diabetes.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antipsychotic drugs are a risk factor for diabetes. "After 50 years use of antipsychotics, it is pertinent to draw-up a circumspect review of the side effects of these psychotropic agents....

A short form of the PISQ-12 distinguishes women with poor sexual function.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A short form of the PISQ-12 distinguishes women with poor sexual function. According to recent research published in the International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, "the aim...

Stress-related hormone alterations may affect ear function, cause disease.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stress may alter ear functions due to chronic hormone alterations; some problems may form in utero. According to recent research published in the journal Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,...

Fire fatalities with cerebral heat coagulation will have tau-reactive neurons.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tau protein normally found in Alzheimer disease also occurs naturally as diffuse staining neurons in fire fatalities in victims who underwent cerebral heat coagulation. "Tau protein is the main...

Losartan treatment can improve cognitive function in geriatric hypertensives.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Losartan therapy can improve cognitive function in geriatric patients with high blood pressure. Researchers in Italy conducted a study "to compare the effect of the beta-adrenergic blocker...

New payment system proposed for inpatient psychiatric facilities.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a new Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient psychiatric facilities to replace the existing cost-based payment...

Female Parkinson disease patients are more susceptible to depression.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female Parkinson disease patients are more susceptible to depression. "Depression has been shown to be more common in Parkinson's disease (PD) than in other chronic and disabling disorders....

High-cost Medicaid enrollees have more serious mental health disorders.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-cost Medicaid enrollees tend to have more serious mental health disorders compared to the general Medicaid population. According to a study from the United States, "Users of mental health and...

Prescription drug availability problematic for mentally ill, legislators say.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arkansas legislators say that a group of poor mentally ill residents of the state, between the ages of 18 and 55, is left behind by a system that doesn't provide them affordable prescription drugs...

Doctors look at "chronic daily headaches".
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- They are excruciating headaches that last for days and return at a moment's notice. Often, they surface in the teenage years and last through much of adulthood. It's a condition that has existed...

The GABA(B) receptor agonist baclofen inhibits opiate-induced reward effect.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GABA(B) receptor agonist baclofen may block the effect of morphine-induced motivation, conditioned reward system. "In C57BL/6 mice, pretreatment with GABA(B) receptor agonist baclofen blocked the...

CD8+ T cells in MS types are correlated to adverse MRI lesion load features.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CD8+ T cell cytokine profiles in several multiple sclerosis (MS) types are found to correlate with adverse MRI lesion load features. According to recent research from Netherlands, "specific T cell...

Genetics of adult-onset neuropsychiatric disease discussed.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The genetics of adult-onset neuropsychiatric disease are discussed. "Genetic factors play a major role in the etiology of adult-onset neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Several...

Neurological disease gives elevated neurofilament-L levels, normally very low.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurological disease gives disease variable, elevated neurofilament-L levels; normally levels are very low. "Neurofilaments, a major cytoskeletal constituent of neuronal cells, can be released...

Neuropsychiatric disorders are best studied using new knowledge of brain anatomy.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuropsychiatric disorders are best studied using new knowledge of brain anatomy based on functionally related regions. "Histotechnological breakthroughs in the late 1960s paved the way for...

Intracerebral gene transfer protects against neurodegeneration.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intracerebral gene transfer protects against neurodegeneration. According to published research from the Peoples Republic of China, "this study focuses on the potential protective effects of...

U.S. company to guide European addiction treatment through FDA approval.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Britannia Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with U.S. WorldMeds, LLC, to further develop and launch Britannia's non-addictive drug addiction treatment Lofexidine...

Gardens have the potential to improve health, research shows.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adding greenery in the form of a garden to the often sterile, cold environment of hospitals and other health care facilities can reduce stress in patients, visitors and staff and even lessen a...

Exercise increases plasma IL-10, adrenocorticotropin, endogenous morphine in PD.
December 15, 2003... 2003 DEC 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyclic exercise increases plasma IL-10, adrenocorticotropin, endogenous morphine in Parkinson disease (PD); helps alleviate symptoms. "It has been known for many years that immune system...