Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from January 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from January 2004

Pentapeptide antidepressant shows some promise in clinical trials.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nemifitide, a novel pentapeptide antidepressant, has show some efficacy in depressed outpatients. According to recent research from the United States, "Data from two Phase 2 clinical studies with...

Infertility and involuntary childlessness heighten psychological distress.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infertility and involuntary childlessness heighten psychological distress. "Using a random sample of 580 Midwestern women, we test the hypothesis that women who have experienced infertility report...

Alcoholics with antisocial personality have blunted emotional reactivity.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emotional reactivity refers to how people respond to both pleasant and unpleasant events, including ones that cause physical and mental stress. A study has found abnormally low emotional responsiveness...

Survey reveals stress, anxiety prevent many women from enjoying the holidays.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a small online survey released December 18, 2003, by the National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) indicate that nearly two-thirds of the 400 survey respondents have suffered from...

Calcium signaling dysfunction central to schizophrenia pathogenesis.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Calcium signaling dysfunction is central to schizophrenia pathogenesis. "The present paper demonstrates a remarkable pervasiveness of underlying Ca[superscript]2+ signaling motifs among the...

Stress management important in treating obesity.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity has often been related to mental illness. For a majority of obese patients, mental illness seems to be a consequence of, rather than a cause of, weight problems. This is shown in a new study...

Ethanol lowers serotonin synthesis; may cause some related psychiatric disorders.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethanol lowers enzyme function, serotonin synthesis; may be reason for related psychiatric disorders. "Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of many...

Significant reduction in heavy drinking seen in phase III trial Of Vivitrex.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alkermes, Inc., (ALKS) announced preliminary results from its phase III study of Vivitrex (naltrexone for injectable suspension) in a total of 624 male and female patients with alcohol dependence. ...

Stress, amphetamines make neurons with glucocorticoid receptors express Fos.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stress, amphetamines make prefrontal cortex neurons with glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) express Fos. According to a study from the United States, "exposure to stress or amphetamine potently...

Acetaldehyde activates NF-kappa B and upregulates GM-CSF in human bronchi.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acetaldehyde present in alcohol-induced asthma and from cigarette smoke may affect bronchi by upregulating GM-CSF. According to recent research published in the journal Allergy and Asthma...

MrgX2 is the dorsal root ganglion receptor for cortistatin.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MrgX2 is the dorsal root ganglion receptor for cortistatin and other cyclic peptide agonists. According to recent research from England, "MrgX2 is a recently identified orphan G-protein-coupled...

Treatment of fibromyalgia-related pain is distinct from treatment of mood.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cypress Bioscience, Inc., (CYPB) announced data from its phase II fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) study demonstrating that treatment with milnacipran was equally effective in reducing pain for both...

Biotech company announces $8M financing.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Life Sciences, Inc., (BLSI) announced the private placement of $8 million in convertible preferred stock and warrants with a small group of institutional and private investors. The company's...

Low HDMT scores may not indicate HIV neurodegeneration.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low HDMT scores do not necessarily indicate HIV neurodegeneration. According to a study from the United States, "There is an emergent need for base rate data on symptom validity tests (SVTs) in...

Costs for kids with behavioral disorders similar to those with physical ones.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with behavioral disorders incur similar overall healthcare costs to children with physical disorders, according to a recent study. Among behavioral disorders, costs were not uniform;...

Thiazide diuretics may help prevent stroke.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thiazide diuretics appear to lower the risk of stroke in hypertensive patients. According to scientists in New Orleans, "Several large studies have suggested that therapy with thiazide diuretics...

Regional centers in Nebraska could stay open under new plan.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A need for acute-care beds could keep the regional mental health centers in Hastings and Norfolk, Nebraska, open. Under a plan supported by Gov. Mike Johanns, the regional center in the capital...

Anti-IFNbeta, neutralizing antibodies don't affect response to IFNbeta in MS.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anti-IFN-beta and neutralizing antibodies do not affect responsiveness to IFN-beta therapy in multiple sclerosis patients. "We devised a sensitive, radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) for...

Researchers warn pregnant women to be wary of flu outbreak.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women in the U.S. should be particularly wary of the current flu outbreak, researchers caution. Women who experience fever during their second trimester of pregnancy have been found to be...

Broad use patent issued for Ampakine for enhancement of memory, cognition.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (COR) has received a notice that the European Patent Office granted the patent entitled, "Drugs that Enhance Synaptic Responses Mediated by AMPA Receptors," Patent No....

Refractory Rasmussen syndrome may be treatable by thalidomide.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Refractory Rasmussen syndrome may be treatable by thalidomide. According to recent research published in the journal Pediatric Neurology, "we report a 13-year-old female who experienced symptoms...

Phase II clinical trial initiated for Secretin in refractory schizophrenia.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repligen Corporation (RGEN) has initiated a phase II, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate RG1068, synthetic human secretin, in patients with refractory schizophrenia. This...

In India children's genders have a strong influence on parents' divorce risk.
January 5, 2004... 2004 JAN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In India children's genders have a strong influence on parents' divorce risk. "Although it has been suggested that parents of sons are less likely than parents of daughters to divorce, few studies...

Ginkgo biloba prevents memory deficits in Alzheimer disease animal models.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ginkgo biloba prevents memory deficits in Alzheimer disease animal models. "Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by cognitive decline and deposition of beta-amyloid (Abeta) plaques in cortex and...

VEGF is a prerequisite for exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VEGF is a prerequisite for exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis. According to recent research from the United States, "declining learning and memory function is associated with the...

Down syndrome study reveals possible method for detecting initial stages of AD.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California (UC) Irvine College of Medicine researchers conducting the first longitudinal brain-imaging study of adults with Down syndrome may have found a way to detect Alzheimer disease...

Early hormone replacement is fundamental to limiting cognitive decline.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early hormone replacement is fundamental to limiting cognitive decline. "The effects of hormone replacement therapy on brain aging and cognition are an important public health issue, which, despite...

Individuals have consistent physiological responses to stressors; immune changes.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals have consistent physiological responses to stressors and immune changes. According to recent research published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity, "stress reactivity refers to...

Alzheimer disease treatment slows progression of cognitive decline in study.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prana Biotechnology Limited (PRAN) released the results of a pilot phase II clinical trial showing that treatment with its drug PBT-1 (clioquinol) for Alzheimer Disease slowed progression of cognitive...

Scope of Phenserine trial; sub-study to include brain scans.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Axonyx, Inc., (AXYX) announced that as a result of the high-level scientific input during the symposium "Alzheimer's Disease: Modification and Measurement," as well as the guidance received from the...

Lexapro receives FDA approval for generalized anxiety disorder.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forest Laboratories, Inc., (FRX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, for the treatment of...

Gender and familial associations are linked to ADHD and major depression.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gender and familial associations are linked to ADHD and major depression. "This study estimated the impact of gender on the familial associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder...

NHGRI launches social and behavioral research branch.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has formed a new branch - the Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) - within its Division of Intramural Research (DIR). The new branch...

Brain area that regulates emotions is smaller in manic-depressive people.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A brain-scanning study of adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder shows significant decrease in size in the amygdala, a brain structure that governs emotions, a Yale School of Medicine researcher...

Stressful life events rarely associated with breast cancer risk.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A meta-analysis finds no overall association between stressful life events and breast cancer risk. "Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in Western societies. Studies examining the...

Lexicon enters neuroscience alliance for drug development.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lexicon Genetics, Inc., (LEXG) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) announced the formation of a broad alliance for drug discovery, development, and commercialization in the neuroscience field. The...

Study shows controlled-release paroxetine decreases risk of discontinuation.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients prescribed controlled-release paroxetine were less likely to discontinue therapy than patients receiving immediate-release selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), according to a study...

Study: Patients treated with Paxil CR are less likely to discontinue therapy.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma, PLC, (SKYE) said it "welcomes" the publication of a new study showing that patients with depression who were prescribed controlled-release paroxetine (GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil CR) were less...

Changes in the noradrenergic system underlie anorexia nervosa risk.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Changes in the noradrenergic system underlie anorexia nervosa risk. "We earlier found an association between anorexia nervosa (AN) restrictive subtype (AN-R) and an inserted sequence within the...

FDA plans to prohibit sales of diet supplements containing ephedra.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mounting concerns regarding the risks presented by ephedra prompted the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to propose a ban on dietary supplements containing the drug; consumers are...

Pharmaceutical firm reports lower revenues, provides clinical update.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVN) reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003 of $7.0 million, or $0.11 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.4 million, or $0.08 per share for the same...

Fluoxetine treats acute intermittent porphyria safely and effectively.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fluoxetine treats acute intermittent porphyria safely and effectively. According to a study from Turkey, "acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a metabolic disease characterized by recurrent...

Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy can be treated by anti-inflammatories, surgery.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) can be treated by anti-inflammatories, surgery. "TAO is an inflammatory orbital disease, which is associated with Graves hyperthyroidism. The course of TAO...

Cocaine-binding scFv antibody can be made in E. coli, purified, freeze-dried.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A cocaine-binding scFv antibody can be made in Escherichia coli, purified, and freeze-dried. According to a study from the United States, "immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) has...

Shyness can be deadly.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How you react to stress influences how easily you resist or succumb to disease, including viruses like HIV, discovered University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute scientists. ...

Control measures of Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. in Venezuela outlined.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists outline measures to control Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. in Venezuela in a recent issue of the journal Tropical Medicine and International Health. "The incidence of the American visceral...

Study: Cohabiting better for men's mental health; marriage better for women's.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serial relationships are good for men's mental health, but bad for women's, suggest the results of national British survey. And cohabiting is better for men's mental health, but marriage is better for...

Exercise during pregnancy improves spatial learning in newborn animals.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exercise during pregnancy improves spatial learning in newborn animals. According to a study from Thailand, "physical activities for a few days can increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)...

Ten percent of employees experience work-family conflict.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dutch researcher Nicole Jansen has established that more than 10% of employees experience a conflict between their work and their home situation. This means that employees have too little time or...

West Virginia has shortage of child psychiatrists.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- West Virginia children suffering from mental health disorders must sometimes wait weeks or months to see specialists. Others see general psychiatrists or are sent out of state. The lack of a state...

CNS-focused biopharmaceutical company announces new vice president.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Saegis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that Annette Madrid, MD, has joined the company as vice president, clinical. "Annette Madrid will tap her considerable experience in directing CNS clinical...

Husband's drinking behavior influences social life of newlyweds.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women tend to adapt to their husband's drinking behavior during the first year of marriage, with his drinking behavior influencing who they choose as friends and the role of drinking in their social...

Strong families enjoy most support from those who find it difficult.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The most positive attitudes about the value of marriage and the importance of families are found among groups that experience the greatest difficulty forming and maintaining healthy family...

MeCP2, the mutated transcription factor in Rett syndrome, alters nerve synapses.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MeCP2, the mutated transcription factor in Rett syndrome, delays nerve synapse refinement. According to recent research from the United States, "girls with Rett syndrome display signs of neuronal...

New treatment for schizophrenia may further relieve symptoms of stable patients.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from a 1-year, open-label study published recently showed that Risperdal Consta (risperidone) long-acting injection, the new long-acting formulation of the most widely prescribed antipsychotic...

Pediatric renal graft loss linked to non-adherence, teenage, mental illness.
January 18, 2004... 2004 JAN 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pediatric renal graft loss is linked to non-adherence to drug regimen, which is linked with teenage, mental illness, or both. "We reviewed 112 pediatric renal transplant recipients to document the...

Depression, other psychiatric illnesses common following brain injury.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many patients who experience a traumatic injury to the brain have major depression or other psychiatric illnesses within a year after their head injuries, according to two new studies. Mood and...

Yeast two-hybrid screens implicate DISC1 in brain development and function.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Yeast two-hybrid screens have implicated DISC1 in brain development and function. "DISC1 is a candidate gene for involvement in the etiology of major psychiatric illnesses including schizophrenia....

Effexor XR provides long-term treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, 2% to 4% of Americans experience the debilitating emotional and physical symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Given the chronic nature of this condition, it is critical that...

Kids exposed to violence have more behavioral problems.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children who observe violence or are victims of it show more behavior problems than other children, according to a study of 175 children aged 9-12. "There is a relationship between the physical...

Cultural training increases competence of nonminority psychologists.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Traditional thinking holds that psychologists with ethnic or racial backgrounds like those of their minority patients may be better suited to counsel them. University of Florida (UF) researchers...

Amphetamines and cocaine regulate dopamine transporter function.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dopamine, amphetamine, and cocaine play roles in the regulation of dopamine transporter function and plasma membrane expression. According to a study from the United States, "Pharmacological...

TWEAK identifies where intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy is needed.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TWEAK identifies where intervention for alcohol use during pregnancy is needed. "Alcohol exposure during pregnancy is a well-recognized public health problem. Accurate assessment of prenatal...

Cerebrospinal fluid markers function as predictors of Alzheimer disease.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three cerebrospinal fluid markers can function as predictors of Alzheimer disease. "A major diagnostic challenge when people seek advice for cognitive dysfunction is to differentiate between mild...

HSPG2 A, APOE epsilon 4 alleles combined increase risk for Alzheimer disease.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The combination of HSPG2 A allele and APOE epsilon 4 allele creates high risk for Alzheimer disease. "A genetic association of an intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) site of heparan...

Imaging study pinpoints brain's myelin insulation as a key to AD.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel model of human brain aging developed by a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) neuroscientist identifies midlife breakdown of myelin, a fatty insulation coating the brain's internal...

In vivo reduction of amyloid-beta promoted by mutant copper transporter.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The in vivo reduction of amyloid-beta is promoted by a mutant copper transporter. According to recent research from Canada and the United States, "Copper ions have been suggested to enhance the...

Mayo Clinic receives $10 million gift to accelerate research.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two generous families have donated a total of $10 million to Mayo Clinic to advance the progress of medical research in Alzheimer disease. One family includes Edward and Leslye Phillips of...

No link found between TrkA polymorphisms and Alzheimer disease in Japanese.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- No association was found between TrkA single nucleotide polymorphisms and sporadic Alzheimer disease in a Japanese population. According to a study from Japan, "Nerve growth factor and its...

Depression may be linked to proinflammatory cytokine-serotonin interaction.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression may be linked to proinflammatory cytokine-serotonin interaction; this is a neurodegenerative hypothesis. According to recent research published in the journal Medical Hypotheses, "there...

Psychiatrist awarded grant to study effects of parental suicide.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has awarded a 2-year grant to Weill Cornell Medical College psychiatrist and noted childhood bereavement expert Dr. Cynthia Pfeffer. The grant will fund a...

Research reveals social isolation boosts teen girls' suicide thoughts.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parents probably can get no more devastating news than that one of their children has committed suicide. Why such tragedies occur has been much studied and strongly debated, but what's clear is...

Study: Depression doesn't affect Chicanos.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Memo Uribe gives face to a recent study that found older Mexican Americans are less likely to show symptoms of depression if they live in neighborhoods with a large proportion of other Mexican...

Study examines issues related to research involving prisoners.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Over the years, valid concerns have been raised whether research should be allowed in prison settings, based on ethical problems in the past and the fact that prisoners inherently have less free will...

Physical activity reduces depression in former elite athletes.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physical activity reduces depression in former elite athletes. According to a study from Finland, "The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of physical activity and other factors...

Public-private collaboration to target new treatments for depression, nicotine addiction.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A group of researchers from the Scripps Research Institute and Novartis Pharma AG have been awarded a $3.45 million grant to collaborate on the design of new ways to treat depression and nicotine...

Mutations in polyglutamine binding protein 1 gene cause mental retardation.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in the polyglutamine binding protein 1 gene cause X-linked mental retardation. "We found mutations in the gene PQBP1 in 5 of 29 families with nonsyndromic (MRX) and syndromic (MRXS) forms...

Having a stable partner delays AIDS in HIV patients.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For people with HIV, having a stable partner is associated with slower rate of progression to AIDS or death, finds a new study. Researchers in Switzerland followed 3736 adults with HIV who had...

Men and women in infertile unions benefit from psychosocial intervention.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men and women in infertile unions benefit from psychosocial intervention. According to recent research published in the journal Social Science & Medicine, "counseling has been strongly recommended...

FDA approves medication for bipolar depression.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Symbyax (olanzapine and fluoxetine HCl) for the treatment of depressive...

Milestone payment resulting from depression and anxiety drug collaboration.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurogen Corporation (NASDAQ:NRGN), a drug discovery and development company, announced that progress in its research and development collaboration with Aventis (NYSE:AVE) has resulted in the...

The GHQ-12 assessment tool can't score pregnant and postpartum women adequately.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The GHQ-12 assessment tool can't score pregnant and postpartum women adequately. "The GHQ-12 has been recommended as a reliable screening instrument for psychological distress in all clinical...

CRC Health Group acquires National Specialty Clinics.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CRC Health Group, Inc., announced the acquisition of National Specialty Clinics, Inc., (NSC) a provider of methadone-based treatment for opiate addiction. NSC owns and operates 17 methadone-based...

Hypocretin receptor 2 may be attacked in high-axon regions in human narcolepsy.
January 19, 2004... 2004 JAN 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hypocretin receptor 2 or an associated molecule may be attacked in high-axon regions, in human narcolepsy. According to recent research from the United States, "human narcolepsy is correlated with...