More City High Flyers Seeking Help As Credit Crunch Bites, London, England The Priory Group has issued a list of top ten indicators for stressed City executives which should act as warning signs that professional help should be sought. As the global economy goes into meltdown, experts at the Priory Group are coping with escalating levels of depression and related conditions amongst staff in the financial sector, also leading to a rise in people seeking treatment for drink and drug abuse.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRunners Avoid Knee Pain With Complimentary Pamphlet From Chicago Hospital Forty-five thousand runners will be pounding the pavement during the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 12. Training for the 26.2-mile-run can put a tremendous amount of stress on the body, especially the knees. In fact, statistics show that about one-third of injured runners struggle with knee pain. But a new complimentary guide introduced by the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital (NOHC) of Chicago can help reduce the risk of knee injuries.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBiogen Idec Announces Top-Line Results From Phase II Clinical Trial Of Baminercept In Rheumatoid Arthritis Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that its Phase II trial of baminercept (BG9924, LTBR-Ig) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who have had an inadequate response to conventional therapy with a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) did not meet its primary endpoint. The primary endpoint was defined as the proportion of baminercept-treated patients who achieved an ACR50 response, a standard measure of disease improvement in RA, compared to placebo at 14 weeks.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSCOLR Pharma Announces Completion Of Patient Enrollment And Dosing For Pivotal Clinical Trial Evaluating Extended Release Ibuprofen SCOLR Pharma, Inc. (Amex: DDD) announced the completion of patient enrollment and dosing for the third of its three pivotal trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its formulation of 12-hour extended-release (ER) ibuprofen for the over-the-counter (OTC) market. The Company expects to report top-line results from this pivotal trial in November 2008.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIdentification Of Gene With Probable Role In Human Susceptibility To Pulmonary Tuberculosis A new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis has been identified by Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) researchers and their collaborators in The Netherlands, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWHO Report Shows Mental Health Services In England Leading The Way In Europe Health Secretary Alan Johnson today welcomed publication of a landmark international report, which highlights that mental
health services in England are leading the way in Europe. The report from the World
Health Organisation, published to mark World Mental
Health Day on 10 October, showed that: - England directs 13.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMillions With Mental Disorders In The Developing World Are Deprived Of Necessary Treatment And Care More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world receive no treatment or care. A new WHO programme launched today, on World Mental
Health Day 2008 highlights the huge treatment gap for a number of mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Across Africa for example, nine out of ten people suffering from epilepsy go untreated, unable to access simple and inexpensive anticonvulsant
drugs which cost less than US$5 a year per person.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAmerican Psychiatric Association Draws Attention To Mental Illness Awareness Week 2008 Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is Oct. 5-11, and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is raising awareness of mental
health issues and the importance of eliminating the stigma surrounding them. Now in its 25th year, Mental Illness Awareness Week provides communities across the country with an opportunity to acknowledge the human and economic toll taken by mental illnesses and to celebrate new treatment advances. Most Americans know someone with a mental illness.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOlympian Phillips Idowu, Joe McGann And Sophie Anderton Join Thousands To Get Moving On World Mental Health Day Phillips Idowu, Joe McGann and Sophie Anderton join the thousands who have 'walked a mile for mental
health' this week as part of 'Get Moving' (4-12 October) by leading walks at a World Mental
Health Day event in Battersea Park, London, at 10.30am today. The mass participation week has involved some 14,000 people across England in enjoying the benefits of physical activity on mental wellbeing combined with tackling mental
health stigma by taking part.
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