Christian Science Monitor Examines Efforts To End Genital Cutting In Kenya The Christian Science Monitor on Thursday examined challenges faced by advocates attempting to curb female genital cutting, also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision, as well as adolescents attempting to avoid the practice in places where it is common.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClinical Data, Inc. Initiates Second Pivotal Phase III Study Of Vilazodone Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDA), a leader in the development of targeted therapeutics and predictive tests from its growing portfolio of proprietary genetic biomarkers, announced that it has initiated the second of its two pivotal trials of Vilazodone, the Company's novel drug candidate for the treatment of depression. This double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of Vilazodone.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comProEthic Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch Of Ibudone For Acute Pain ProEthic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the launch of Ibudone? (hydrocodone bitartrate and ibuprofen tablets), a new
prescription fixed combination of hydrocodone and ibuprofen for the short-term (generally less than 10 days) management of acute pain. Ibudone provides the highest hydrocodone/ibuprofen dosage available - 10 mg of hydrocodone/ 200 mg of ibuprofen - in each tablet. Peak plasma levels are achieved in less than two hours.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOlder Women With Urinary Dysfunction Tend To Prefer To Live With The Problem Than Undergo Treatment Pelvic floor dysfunctions (PFD) are common among elderly women, but little is known about how this group views quality of life and PFD care. In the February 2008 issue of Urologic Nursing, Katharine K. O'Dell, Cynthia Jacelon and Abraham N. Morse discuss how frail, elderly women living in residential facilities feel PFD affects their quality of life and outline their preferences for care.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncreased Risk For Eating Disorders Found In Adolescent Girls With ADHD Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stand a substantially greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence than girls without ADHD, a new study has found."Adolescent girls with ADHD frequently develop body-image dissatisfaction and may go through repeating cycles of binge eating and purging behaviors that are common in bulimia nervosa," said University of Virginia psychologist Amori Yee Mikami, who led the study.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKeele Researcher Investigates A Treatment For Tennis Elbow Professor Elaine Hay, Research Institute for Primary Care and
Health Sciences at Keele University in Staffordshire, has been awarded £235,000 by the National Institute for
Health Research under the Research for Patient Benefit Programme for a three year project aimed finding an effective treatment for tennis elbow.
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