Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from March 2004

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from March 2004

Pediatric bipolar disorder has unique symptoms.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For too many years, symptoms of severe moodiness in children were dismissed as being due to attention deficit disorder or poor parenting. A dramatic shift has led to greater recognition of bipolar...

New data suggest seroquel improves quality of life in first-episode psychosis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data presented at the sixth scientific meeting of the European First Episode Schizophrenia Network show that patients suffering their first episode of psychosis benefit from significant symptom...

CXCR4 mediates gp120 neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cells.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CXCR4 mediates HIV gp120-induced neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cells. "The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) glycoprotein gp120 causes neuronal cell death; however, the molecular...

Hepatitis C virus-infected patients with depression tolerate citalopram.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis C virus-infected patients with depression tolerate citalopram. "Hepatitis C affects an estimated 4 million Americans and 100 million people worldwide. Rates of depression are higher than...

APOE genotypes may influence a person's response to interferon-alpha.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- APOE genotypes may influence a person's response to interferon-alpha. According to recent research published in the journal Psychosomatics, "neuropsychiatric complications are common in patients...

Quick fixes for dangerous youth drinking can work.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brief interventions that encourage college students to cut back on bingeing and other dangerous drinking habits may work better in women than men, a new study suggests. After the students provided...

Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with HIV infection and a history of alcohol abuse may be at higher risk for cognitive problems than HIV-positive patients with no alcohol abuse history, an Ohio State University (OSU) Medical...

Labopharm to develop once-daily formulation of trazodone.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Labopharm, Inc., (DDS) has signed an agreement with Gruppo Angelini under which Labopharm will formulate a once-daily version of the antidepressant trazodone hydrochloride (trazodone) for global...

Researchers - again - pinpoint why stress kills.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One prevailing argument for marriage may well be that studies show married people are less depressed than their single counterparts. Behind this string of scientific reasoning for matrimony is a...

Scientists look into brains of children with dyslexia.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nine-year-old Patrick Price bounced up to the huge MRI machine, a powerful brain scanner disguised by drapes to resemble a kid-friendly castle. Inside, he lay nearly motionless as words and symbols...

Fetal sex hormone exposure may predispose humans to schizophrenia.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fetal sex hormone exposure may predispose humans to schizophrenia. "The differentiation of the human brain is triggered by sexual steroid hormones in the fetus. The development of both the...

Botulinum toxin type A highly effective treatment for excessive sweating.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a phase III clinical study using botulinum toxin type A to treat primary axillary hyperhidrosis, or excessive underarm sweating, show that botulinum toxin type A is safe and effective for...

Study shows how stress may affect sleep patterns.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although the link between a stressful day and a restless night is well known, scientists are still researching the exact ways that stress affects sleep. A new study suggests that stress may disrupt the...

Depression may be a risk factor for heart disease, death in older women.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women with symptoms of depression may be at an increased risk of heart disease and death, researchers suggest. Previous studies report that depressive symptoms, including sub-threshold...

Group touts Nebraska governor's plan for system reform.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Nebraska chapter of the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI) came out in support of Gov. Mike Johanns' proposed reform of the state's mental health system. Johanns' plan to close two of...

Hiring freeze amended to help Mississippi mental health department.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Mississippi House on February 9, 2004, passed a new version of a bill that orders a temporary hiring freeze for state agencies. Supporters say the change will allow the Mississippi Department of...

New Mexico leaders reject state-run fund to treat compulsive gamblers.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The New Mexico state Senate on February 11, 2004, rejected a bill that would have created a compulsive gambler treatment fund managed by the state Health Department. Racetrack casinos and tribal...

Study uncovers barriers to diagnosis, treatment of postpartum depression.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent survey administered by Magellan Behavioral Health's Texas service center, in collaboration with Pfizer Inc., found that almost half of all new mothers were never screened for depression by...

Iowa woman pushes for help in care for mental disabilities.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A woman whose husband was killed in a car crash that also damaged her 10-year-old daughter's brain is pushing lawmakers to take better care of poor people with mental disabilities. Kellie Nelson,...

Economic debate drives discussion of mental illness bill in Ohio.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Debates on a bill before Ohio lawmakers recently to cover mental health treatment included a strong focus on the proposal's economic impact. Enough Republican lawmakers were swayed by the bottomline...

Cigarettes getting more screen time in blockbuster films.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cigarettes are back in vogue among movie characters, according to a random sample of major motion pictures. While smoking in movies declined from 10.7 incidents per hour in 1950 to 4.9 incidents per...

Many Manhattan residents increased smoking and drinking after September 11 attacks.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The September 11 terrorist attacks caused many Manhattan residents to smoke and drink more, a trend that could have long-term psychological and physical health consequences. David Vlahov, PhD,...

Behavioral treatment of obesity reviewed.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review behavioral therapy for the treatment of obesity in a recent issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. According to investigators in the United States,...

Geomagnetic disturbances at birth may be linked to a risk for schizophrenia.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Geomagnetic disturbances at birth may be linked to a risk for schizophrenia. "An excess pattern of winter and spring birth, of those later diagnosed as schizophrenic, has been clearly identified in...

Fotiades named president, chief operating officer at patient care products firm.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardinal Health, Inc., (CAH) announced organizational changes to accelerate the company's strategy of delivering unmatched value to customers along the chain of care. Effective immediately, all...

Survey shows impact of psoriasis is more than skin deep.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with psoriasis experience a crisis in self-confidence so severe it can darken almost every aspect of life, from the quality of their love life to performance on the job and day-to-day social...

It all adds up: Mathematical model shows which couples will divorce.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There are no general laws of human relationships as there are for physics, but a leading marital researcher and group of applied mathematicians have teamed up to create a mathematical model that...

New study demonstrates key benefits of Risperdal Consta in young adults.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young adults, aged between 18 and 30, diagnosed with schizophrenia and considered symptomatically stable on their antipsychotic treatment, experience significant improvements in symptom control as well...

A little stress may go a long way toward boosting skin's immunity.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of studies in rats and mice suggests that short bouts of stress increase the skin's ability to fight infections and heal minor wounds. The immune response of animals exposed to acute stress...

New study guides parents in helping teens avoid marijuana use.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Since 35% of U.S. high school seniors used marijuana in 2003, teens don't always avoid offers to get high. Family influence on preventing teen drug use is widely acknowledged as an important factor, but...

Better methods needed to treat people with both mental health, alcohol-use problems.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individuals who have co-existing alcohol use and psychiatric disorders must overcome a number of significant hurdles on their way to recovery: multiple health and social problems, double the stigma, a...

Ziprasidone improves cognitive function in schizophrenic patients.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Switching patients with schizophrenia to ziprasidone either from conventional antipsychotics or from olanzapine or risperidone, significantly improved cognitive function, according to a study published...

Many Americans still upset, fearful after 9-11 attacks.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of Americans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms increased after the September 11 terror attacks and a year later remained higher than previous rates of the condition,...

Can drugs prevent recurrence of depression? The news is depressing.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prolonging antidepressant drug treatment to prevent recurrence of depression does not appear to be an optimal solution for many patients, concludes a review of Giovanni A Fava, Chiara Ruini (University...

In utero exposure to alcohol appears to boost risk of psychiatric disorders.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several studies reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in February 2004 suggest that exposure to alcohol, anesthetic drugs, and lead in utero...

Publication addresses compulsive gambling.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Though for some people gambling at a casino or racetrack may be a fun way to pass an afternoon, more and more people are finding they can't control their habit. Out-of-control gambling is on the...

Five million parents have alcohol problems, federal report says.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that almost 5 million alcohol-dependent or alcohol-abusing parents have at least one child living at home...

Genetics may determine response to alcohol, subsequent behavior.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Individual differences in alcohol response - ranging from sleepy to social, sad to happy - have a tremendous influence on a person's risk for developing alcohol dependence. Researchers already know...

In-silico anxiety drug to undergo phase I clinical trials.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Predix Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the initiation of phase I clinical trials of PRX-00023, the first drug candidate discovered based on computer-generated GPCR models and optimized with integrated...

Working party reports on feasibility of facial transplantation.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first facial transplantation surgery should not be attempted, at least until further research has been performed to define the risks, concludes a special report. Transplant groups in several...

Can early experiences predispose to hormonal disorders later in life?
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Professor Luis Sobrinho has found that endocrine disorders, particularly pituitary disease (Cushing disease, hyperprolactinemia, acromegaly), may have psychological correlates. Disturbances of...

Female apolipoprotein E-knockout mice experience early cognitive decline.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Female apolipoprotein E-knockout mice experience early cognitive decline. "In the present study, the interaction of age and apolipoprotein E (apoE)-genetic background on cognitive abilities was...

Super Bowl ends many gym-goers' drive.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It must be one of the shortest sports seasons going. People who know they ought to start exercising begin a gym membership at the new year. But after the Super Bowl, their willpower has waned and...

Celiac disease may predict schizophrenia.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A history of celiac disease (gluten intolerance) is a risk factor for developing schizophrenia, finds a new study. Previous studies have suggested an association between these two disorders. ...

Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of Zoloft lawsuit.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer, Inc., reported that a federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit involving the company's SSRI antidepressant medicine Zoloft (sertraline HCl). The lawsuit was originally...

Amnesia blamed on nightmare, though skeptics remain.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A man developed temporary amnesia from the shock of dreaming that his son was killed in combat in Iraq, even though the young man was fine and not even in the military, according to a report in a...

Depression and anxiety relate to alexithymia in women with eating disorders.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression and anxiety relate to alexithymia in women with eating disorders. "The objective was to study alexithymia and its relationship with anxiety and depression in eating disorders (ED) in a...

Hundreds of coins found in patient's belly.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- French doctors were taken aback when they discovered the reason for a patient's sore, swollen belly: He had swallowed around 350 coins, $650 worth, along with assorted necklaces and needles. The...

Late-night mental health niche filled in Maryland.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kathy Miller considered opening a mental health facility in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, when every nonprofit mental health facility in the county had closed or was in danger of closing, including...

Law to force treatment for mentally ill upheld by New York high court.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New York State's highest court on February 17, 2004, upheld Kendra's Law, which allows caseworkers, family members or roommates to seek a court order to force a mentally ill patient to comply with...

Mental health reform plan nothing new.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nebraska Governor Charles Thone tried it in 1980 but was rebuffed. A task force in 1998 came close to recommending it, but backed off. Now Governor Mike Johanns is giving it a go. The...

Mother's exposure to lead linked to schizophrenia in children.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Columbia University psychiatrist Ezra Susser and his research team have found evidence suggesting a link between a pregnant woman's exposure to lead and the development years later of schizophrenia in...

Gender should be noted when emotions are mapped on functional brain images.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gender should be noted when emotions are mapped on functional brain images. According to a study from Germany, "emotional neuroscience maps neurocircuits associated with the processing of affective...

Tests suggest some predisposed to smoke.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you're easy to anger, you might have a brain especially susceptible to nicotine. Scientists using powerful scanners have documented nicotine triggering dramatic bursts of activity in certain brain...

Infants of women who used SSRIs while pregnant show variety of neurobehaviors.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depressed women who use during pregnancy a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are more likely to have infants who show differences in a wide range of...

Virtual play boosts disabled children's self-image.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virtual reality games that enable children with physical challenges to see themselves playing sports can also enhance their self-esteem, says a University of Toronto study. At the department of...

Judge orders patients names to be turned over by agency.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A federal judge ordered Virginia mental health officials on February 18, 2004, to give a watchdog group the names of patients ready for release from state-run psychiatric hospitals. The Virginia...

Dental and minor physical anomalies reveal youth with developmental disorders.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dental and minor physical anomalies reveal youth with developmental disorders. "A discriminant analysis was performed in a sample of 303 children with developmental disorders (DD) and 303 healthy...

Hythiam names David Smith, MD, as senior vice president of medical affairs.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hythiam, Inc., (HTM), a healthcare services management company that focuses on alcohol and drug addiction detoxification and central nervous system stabilization to prevent craving and relapse,...

Magellan identifies barriers to diagnosis, treatment of postpartum depression.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women start to experience postpartum depression symptoms within the first 6 months after delivery, providing ob-gyns with the best opportunity for diagnosis and treatment. However, a recent survey...

The coping and defense styles of women with postnatal depression diverge.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The coping and defense styles of women with postnatal depression diverge. "This study investigated cognitive and defense styles of women experiencing postnatal depression. Women diagnosed with...

The gravity of one's pregnancy is reflected by certain temperamental traits.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The gravity of one's pregnancy is reflected by certain temperamental traits. According to recent research from Russia, "there were studied family-genetic, temperamental, and cognitive peculiarities...

Risperdal Consta significantly reduces need for institutional psychiatric care.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with schizophrenia treated with Risperdal Consta (risperidone long-acting injection) are significantly less likely to be admitted to hospital than before they were treated with this new therapy,...

More women are using atypical antipsychotics during pregnancy.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More women are using atypical antipsychotics during pregnancy. "Atypical antipsychotics are less likely to cause hyperprolactinemia-related side effects, such as infertility; hence it is predicted...

Type 2 diabetes puts older women at high risk of mental decline.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women with diabetes have worse mental function and suffer greater cognitive decline than women without diabetes, warn researchers. Cognitive decline is an intermediate stage between normal...

Young malnourished rats model the neurodevelopmental changes of schizophrenia.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Young malnourished rats model the neurodevelopmental changes of schizophrenia. "Epidemiological studies suggest that prenatal malnutrition increases the risk of developing schizophrenia. Animal...

MRI study sheds new light on attention.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have determined how circuits in the frontal lobe of the brain work together to keep attention on track and minimize errors, a finding that could hold keys to a better understanding of...

Adolescent brains show reduced reward anticipation.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescents show less activity than adults in brain regions that motivate behavior to obtain rewards, according to results from the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study to examine real-time...

Depression and burnout are just two factors linked to musculoskeletal pain.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression and burnout are just two factors linked to musculoskeletal pain. "We examined differences in demographic/financial characteristics, burnout, job demands/control/strain and symptoms of...

Women who were sexually abused as children more likely to smoke.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who were sexually abused as children are much more likely to be current smokers than women who weren't abused as children. That's a key finding of a preliminary study on possible connections...

Australian government supports PBT-2 with AU$1.35M grant.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug development company, Prana Biotechnology, Ltd., (PRAN) has been awarded a second R&D Start grant of AU$1.35m to take its second generation drug candidate for Alzheimer disease, PBT-2, through...

Common epilepsy treatment to be used for eating disorder.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Minnesota's Neuroscience Research Group received nearly $300,000 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to study the effectiveness of a common epilepsy therapy in treating...

Link between sleep, cancer progression explored by Stanford researcher.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A good night's sleep may be one weapon in the fight against cancer, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. Their work is among the first of its kind to piece together...

Infancy and early childhood are critical periods for cognitive development.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infancy and early childhood are critical periods for cognitive development. According to published research from England, "there is evidence that IQ tends to be higher in those who were heavier at...

Food fats fight the blues.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disease. The number of new cases rises and the disease manifests itself at an earlier age. Depression is lower in populations with higher fish...

Age ranges, gender, ethnicity for those who suffer eating disorders broadens.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overeating are affecting people of all ages, gender, and ethnic backgrounds. Eating disorders are the most deadly of all mental illnesses. According to research...

Choice-in-dying organization launches web site.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- End-of-Life Choices, a choice-in-dying organization in North America, has launched a comprehensive new web site at www.endoflifechoices.org. The redesigned site is more user-friendly, with...

Elderly women and men with Alzheimer disease have low androgenization indices.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elderly women and men with Alzheimer disease have low androgenization indices. "The authors investigated whether testosterone levels and testosterone availability differ between older lean subjects...

HIV Tat induces XCL1 expression by lymphocytes.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV Tat induces XCL1 expression by lymphocytes, and these XCL1-expressing cells appear to play a key role in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated dementia. According to recent research from the...

Study shows women's medication use higher than expected.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women's use of all medications, including herbal supplements, is higher than anticipated, and they're unlikely to tell their healthcare providers about the medications they take, according to a...

Insurer launches new website to support healthy work, home lifestyles.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anthem Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Anthem, Inc.'s program designed to help companies maintain an emotionally healthy workforce, has made available a new website, www.anthemeap.com, that provides...

Effective treatments available for excessive sweating.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a society that demands that you "never let them see you sweat," the excessive sweating condition known as hyperhidrosis can be a debilitating and life-inhibiting disorder if left untreated. ...

Laser-assisted microdissection finding use in psychiatric research.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laser-assisted microdissection is finding use in psychiatric research. "Gene expression arrays and proteomics together provide a great opportunity to reveal the molecular pathophysiology of...

Missouri legislature passes mental health bill for children.
March 15, 2004... 2004 MAR 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Legislation allowing parents to retain custody of children who receive mental health care from the state cleared the Missouri House on February 24, 2004, and went to Governor Bob Holden. The bill,...