Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from December 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from December 2004

Frequent hospital admission for depression may increase risk of dementia.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More frequent admission to a hospital for severe clinical depression or bipolar disorder (manic depression) may increase the risk of developing dementia, suggests a study. The authors based their...

Common antidepressant may affect youths' bone development.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a study by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine. ...

Childhood trauma and dissociative experiences in OCD/TTM patients are linked.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by psychiatrists in South Africa has linked childhood trauma with dissociative experiences of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania (the compulsion to pull out one's...

Unexpectedly high levels of depression seen in young women after heart attacks.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is sometimes described as a feeling of "heart breaking" sadness. Emory scientists presented research at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions that suggests this may be...

Cognitive deficits are core symptoms in psychotic disorders in adolescents.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cognitive deficits are core symptoms in psychotic disorders in adolescents, according to psychiatrists with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. A.M. Brickman and colleagues investigated...

Prenatal alcohol exposure has effects far beyond fetal alcohol syndrome.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Numerous studies have documented intelligence quotient (IQ) deficits in children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Little research, however, has found IQ deficits in children with alcohol-related...

Minor behavioral deficits seen in rats exposed prenatally to synthetic estrogen.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rats exposed in utero to synthetic estrogen - specifically, 17alpha-ethinylestradiol - exhibit minor deficits in exploratory behavior. According to recent research published in the journal...

CE Mark issued for AlzheimAlert Test Kit making it available in European Union.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NYMX) announced the certification of its AlzheimAlert test kit with a CE Mark, making the device eligible for sale in the European Union. The company announced...

Melatonin inhibits amyloid beta-induced apoptosis.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melatonin inhibits amyloid beta protein (Abeta)-induced apoptosis. The finding that Abeta "has neurotoxic properties and that such effects are partly mediated by free radicals has provided insights...

Amount of violence in nursery rhymes 10 times greater than British TV.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The amount of violence depicted in children's nursery rhymes is 10 times greater than what is broadcast on British television before 9 p.m., suggests a new study. The researchers obtained data on...

Good intentions vs. bad habits: why the old ways win out.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Why are old habits so hard to break? A new study suggests that over time, our bad habits (such as smoking cigarettes or overeating) become automatic, learned behaviors. Even if we consciously try to put...

Immunization may have long-term effects on cognitive performance.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunization may have long-term effects on cognitive performance. According to recent research from Italy, "to investigate the possible influence of stimulation of the immune system on cognitive...

Brain's nicotine receptors also target for antidepressants.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The same receptors in the brain that are activated when a person smokes cigarettes also play a critical role in the effectiveness of antidepressants, according to a study by Yale researchers. What...

Electroconvulsive therapy feasible in patients with implanted cardiac devices.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is feasible in patients with implanted cardiac devices. ECT "is used to treat major depressive illness, especially in elderly and medically frail patients,"...

Survey finds global rise in antidepressants prescribed to children.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children throughout the world are increasingly being prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate the brain, finds new research. Prescription rates increased the most in the...

Triplets not as cognitively advanced at 1 year as singletons, twins.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although triplets are the fastest growing birth population in the Western world, and the number of triplet births has multiplied tenfold since 1980 in industrialized countries, no systematic research...

Neurotherapeutics company raises CDN$6 million in series A financing.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ellipsis Neurotherapeutics, Inc., (ENI), a Toronto (Ontario, Canada)-based privately held biotechnology company, announced that it had secured CDN$6 million for the preclinical and clinical development...

Men and women equally distressed by sexual infidelity within the context of AIDS.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men and women are equally distressed by sexual infidelity within the context of AIDS. "Context effects on men's and women's reactions to infidelity were studied in a laboratory experiment....

Family home AIDS care in rural sub-Saharan Africa is a minimal burden.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Family home AIDS care in rural sub-Saharan Africa is a minimal burden. According to recent research from the United States, "In rural sub-Saharan Africa, most care for patients with AIDS is provided...

Level of HIV/AIDS patient care better if health facility funded by CARE Act.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The level of HIV/AIDS patient care is better if the health facility is funded by the Ryan White CARE Act. "The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act 1990 (CARE Act) is one of the...

HAART adherence shifts during HIV infection course for women caring for children.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HAART adherence shifts during the course of HIV infection for women caring for children. "Few studies have directly focused on adherence to highly active antiretroviral medication (HAART) in HIV...

Expenditure more sensitive indicator of economic impact of HIV/AIDS than income.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Expenditure is a more sensitive indicator of economic impact of HIV/AIDS than income. According to a study from England, "We compared 202 households with an HIV-infected member, and 202 unaffected...

HIV/AIDS patients in Malawi seek hospital healthcare as a last resort.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV/AIDS patients in Malawi seek hospital healthcare as a last resort. According to a study from the United States, "Health-seeking practices in Malawi are not well understood and it is not clear...

Gay sex workers play important role as sex educators on the Internet.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gay sex workers play an important role as sex educators on the Internet. According to published research from the United States, "While prior studies have targeted street-based male sex workers as...

STD/HIV prevention website navigation tools not helpful enough for teenagers.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Little is known about the quality and usability of online health information. This analysis evaluated STD prevention websites' content quality and usability. "Thirty-six sites were analyzed to...

Internet is a viable recruitment tool for reaching HIV at-risk individuals.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to published research from the United States, "Although use of the Internet as a vehicle for HIV/STI research is increasing, its viability to recruit at-risk populations such as Hispanic men...

High-risk sexual behavior prevalent among drug users in Pakistan.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-risk sexual behavior is prevalent among drug users in Pakistan. According to recent research from the United States, "Our objective was to describe HIV/STD risk behaviors and awareness among a...

Online choice for sex-seeking among gay males varies with education level.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The online choice for sex-seeking among gay males varies with their level of education. According to investigators in the United States, "Research has shown that online sex-seeking among men who...

Risky sex behavior among men associated with alcohol/drug use and other factors.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Risky sex behavior among men is associated with alcohol and drug use, as well as other factors. "This paper describes drug and sexual risk behaviors during a six-month period in 2001 of 2,916 gay...

Synchronous online interviews inherently unsuitable for exploring HIV risk.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "This paper considers some of the strengths and weaknesses of conducting synchronous online interviews for qualitative research. It is based on a study among...

Antiretroviral use differs by sociodemographic differences.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of antiretroviral drugs vary by sociodemographic differences. According to published research from Canada, "The objective of this study was to examine the level of antiretroviral use and...

Discreet species of gp41 high-MW aggregates present in HIV-related dementia.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Discreet species of gp41 high-molecular weight aggregates are present in HIV-related dementia. According to investigators in the United States, "Accumulation of the HIV envelope protein gp41 is...

Agency finds 48% increase in involuntary commitments since law changed.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Valley Mental Health has experienced a 48% increase in involuntary commitments since the Utah Legislature made it easier for family members to force loved ones to get treatment. Since the Susan...

Long-term transdermal nicotine treatment can improve mood and sleep.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term transdermal nicotine treatment can improve mood and sleep in depressive patients. "Acute administration of nicotine has beneficial effects on a variety of neurological and psychiatric...

New Jersey Governor begins tenure with push for mental health protections.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Jersey's new governor started his first day on the job November 16, 2004, pushing for protections for the mentally ill, a cause he has championed through much of 31 years in public office. An...

U.S. VA officials say mental health of soldiers a top priority.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More must be done to address the mental strain placed on soldiers separated from their families for longer than expected and to help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, veterans and...

Results do not support the view that ApoE is a biochemical marker for dementia.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have investigated apolipoprotein E as a vascular risk factor in neurodegenerative dementia. Scientists writing in the International Journal of Molecular Medicine report, "Apolipoprotein...

Transient cerebral ischemia induces site-specific tau hyperphosphorylation.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transient cerebral ischemia induces site-specific tau hyperphosphorylation. "Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are a pathological hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease...

Improved serotonin transporter imaging agent developed.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An improved serotonin transporter (SERT) imaging agent has been developed and evaluated. SERT imaging "is an emerging research tool potentially useful to cast light on the mechanisms of drug action...

Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malnutrition in the first few years of life leads to antisocial and aggressive behavior throughout childhood and late adolescence, according to a new University of Southern California study. "These...

Stress at work contributes to musculoskeletal disorders.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. Jason Devereux, an expert in work system design at the University of Surrey, has published a pioneering new study into stress and musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) within the U.K. workforce. The...

Alabama mental health commissioner to retire February 1.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kathy Sawyer, who presided over a downsizing of Alabama's mental health agency during 6 years as commissioner, said November 15, 2004, she will retire on February 1. Appointed by then-Governor Don...

Recent immigration, lack of partner support, preeclampsia are risk factors.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent immigration, lack of partner support, and pregnancy-induced hypertension are significant factors in predicting whether women will experience depressive symptoms soon after giving birth, says a...

Study finds venlafaxine an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Venlafaxine (Effexor; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals) is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, report Harvard University psychiatrists, based on preliminary study...

New WHO study asks, "How happy are you with your lot in life?".
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers are asking people throughout Britain to describe how happy they are with their lot in life to help improve the effect of the healthcare they receive. The researchers have set up an...

WHOQOL-HIV field test instrument promising for HIV/AIDS QOL assessment.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The WHOQOL-HIV field test instrument is promising for the assessment of quality of life in HIV-infected persons. "Assessment of quality of life (QoL) in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is...

Influence of childhood sexual abuse factors on women's mental health studied.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "A history of childhood sexual abuse has been shown to be common among adult women: 15%-30% in prevalence studies. "The childhood sexual abuse variables taken into...

HHS launches new initiatives to help Americans quit smoking.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced a series of initiatives designed to help Americans quit smoking. The initiatives include the opening of a...

Rate of mental illness combined with drug abuse up by more than 60% in 5 years.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The rate of mental illness combined with drug abuse has climbed more than 60% in 5 years across England and Wales, finds new research from Keele University. And those affected are becoming younger:...

$6.6M grant made to support suicide prevention hotline.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles Curie announced a $6.6 million grant to the Mental Health Association of New York City to manage a toll-free...

VNS maker reports Q2 results, makes sales targets.
December 6, 2004... 2004 DEC 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyberonics, Inc., (CYBX) announced financial results for the second quarter ended October 29, 2004 of its fiscal year ending April 29, 2005. Net sales were $25.4 million, compared to net sales...

Study finds mental health needs of older adults substantially underserved.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals aged 65 and older are unlikely to receive needed mental health treatment in the United States, according to a recent national study by researchers at Texas A&M University. Drawing upon...

Improving primary care treatment for depression cuts disparities.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving care for depression in primary care medical practices may help narrow the gender gap that now leaves a greater proportion of depressed men untreated compared with women, according to a RAND...

The right diet could help thwart the blues.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new studies suggest that dietary B vitamin complex has an important role in vulnerability to depression. In the first study, a group of Finnish investigators of the University of Kuopio found that...

Lifetime depression history and sexual function studied in women at midlife.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Pittsburgh psychiatrists investigated in middle-aged women the relationship between lifetime depression history and sexual function. Said J.M. Cyranowski and colleagues,...

Admixture analysis of age at onset of schizophrenia identifies two subgroups.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatrists in France report that an admixture analysis of age at onset of schizophrenia shows there are two subgroups: early-onset age ( "In schizophrenia, clinical, familial, and biological...

Clozapine raises acetylcholine and dopamine levels in rat ventral hippocampus.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clozapine augments the release of both acetylcholine (ACh) and dopamine (DA) in the rat ventral hippocampus (vHIP). "Atypical antipsychotic drugs (APDs) such as clozapine, but not the typical APD...

Boys are more prone to violent behavior if subjected to harsh parenting.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents Forum, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based parents program translates new findings into two specific suggestions for parents: Be consistent and be loving, especially with your sons. An...

Neuroscience research on addictions reviewed.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review neuroscience research on addictions in a recent issue of Addictive Behaviors. "The increasing evidence that many addictive phenomena have a genetic and neurobiological basis...

Caron Foundation launches "Addiction in the Workplace" campaign.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As part of its ongoing mission, the Caron Foundation, an addiction treatment center, launched an awareness campaign focused on professionals who may have a substance abuse problem. "The Buzz At...

Beverly Hills Aesthetics injecting new cosmetic procedures.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The arsenal of non-surgical, cosmetic procedures available to the American public is growing, becoming more specialized and increasingly user-friendly. In an effort to meet growing patient demand,...

Apo and inhibitor complex structures of beta-secretase determined.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Apo and inhibitor complex structures of beta-secretase have been characterized. "Human BACE, also known as beta-secretase, shows promise as a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer disease,"...

Choline acetyltransferase supplementation may slow Alzheimer disease.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Supplementation with choline acetyltransferase may slow the onset of Alzheimer disease. "[M]emory and cognitive deficits of patients with Alzheimer's disease may be closely associated with...

Life science-high tech company introduces Alzheimer disease Pathways Poster.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sigma-RBI, a division of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL), has introduced the Alzheimer's Disease Pathways Poster, a comprehensive compilation of the most current information on Alzheimer disease. ...

Memantine improves spatial learning in an Alzheimer mouse model.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Use of a transgenic moue model of Alzheimer's disease by sicntists from Finland has demonstrated that memantine improves special learning in the mice. Memantine is a low- to moderate-affinity...

Molecular modeling of the core of beta amyloid fibrils reported.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have devised a molecular model for the core of the beat amyloid fibrils that form in Alzheimer disease. "Amyloid fibrils, a key pathological feature of...

Semaphorin 3A activity may contribute to hippocampal degeneration.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) signaling may augment hippocampal neurodegeneration in Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. "Among the earliest invariant neuropathological changes" in AD "is the degeneration...

Oxidative stress reported increased in autism.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have shown that oxidative stress is increased in autism. Autism is a neurological disorder of childhood with poorly understood etiology and pathology. Researchers...

Are HIV infection and personality linked?
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Currently, HIV is one of the most widely spread epidemics in the world. The specificity of the mode of transmission, the well-known severity of the prognosis, and the kind of therapies used are...

Capsules may be effective in treating bipolar disorder.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) researchers have announced study results finding that a formulation of three-beaded extended-release carbamazepine capsules (ERC-CBZ) was effective,...

Antidepressants may increase risk of abnormal bleeding.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New users of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs, a type of antidepressant) have an increased risk of being admitted to the hospital for abnormal bleeding, according to new research. ...

Depression treatment boosts employee productivity.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-quality care for depression can improve productivity at work and lower rates of workplace absenteeism, according to a new report. A 2-year program for depressed employees treated at 12 primary...

FDA approval granted for Citalopram Hydrobromide tablets.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., (CPD) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Citalopram Hydrobromide tablets, 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg, Jitendra N. Doshi,...

Pharmaceutical company receives FDA approval for citalopram hydrobromide tablets.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corporation (IVX) received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for citalopram hydrobromide tablets in 10-, 20-, and...

Pilot study seeks insights into how to reach clinically depressed students.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students and the third leading cause of death in people aged 15-24. According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, more than...

Avitar introduces the Oralscreen Drugometer.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avitar, Inc., (AVR), developer of an on-site, oral test for drugs-of-abuse, announced a new product, the Oralscreen Drugometer. The Drugometer is a one-step, oral fluid drug test and is based on...

Girls with anorexia have lower bone mass than healthy girls.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Spain, girls with anorexia have lower bone mass than girls who are healthy. The research by a multidisciplinary pediatrics research team was awarded the "Amagoia" prize...

Preliminary data suggest Food Phobia Survey is a useful tool.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The Food Phobia Survey (FPS) is a recently developed clinical instrument designed to identify foods that are avoided out of fear or guilt by eating...

Study investigated fear conditioning across the adult lifespan in humans.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Impact of healthy aging on awareness and fear conditioning "Fear conditioning has provided a useful model system for studying associative emotional learning, but the impact of healthy aging has...

Hospital company announces dividend and securities repurchase authorization.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) announced that its board of directors voted to pay a cash dividend of $0.08 per share on December 15, 2004 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2004. ...

Pathological substrate often predictable in FTD; has implication for therapy.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The pathological substrate can be predicted in many FTD (frontotemporal dementia) patients; this has therapeutic implications. "The term frontotemporal dementia encompasses a range of clinical...

Spokane County cuts low-income elderly program.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At least 600 elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer disease and depression will lose services from Spokane County's mental health system in Washington state. The county's Regional Support...

Several factors predict virologic success in antiretroviral adherence program.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several factors predict virologic success for patients completing an antiretroviral adherence program. According to recent research from the United States, "This study describes the effects of a...

Condom access reduces HIV transmission if preceded by educational workshops.
December 13, 2004... 2004 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Condom access reduces HIV transmission if preceded by educational workshops. According to a study from the United States, "This research project examined the individual and combined effectiveness...