Study sheds lights on schizophrenia causes Scientists have identified dozens of genes that work differently in the brains of people with schizophrenia, a finding that could narrow the
search for new drugs to treat the condition, researchers said on Tuesday. Many of these 49 genes found in brain samples donated by people with schizophrenia are involved in controlling the way cells “talk” [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comAlzheimer's Plaques Play Bigger Role Researchers in the US studying mice with and without amyloid-beta plaques in their brains (the plaques that are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease) found that contrary to current thinking, the plaques don't just damage the neurons they are close to but may well affect signalling in other parts of the brain through their influence on extensive networks of astrocyte brain cells.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCompliance For Life™ Medication Dosing Reminders Go Global Compliance for Life™ is going global. iReminder, LLC, announces that Compliance for Life now delivers dosing reminders anywhere in the world by phone and SMS text message, as well as email.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealthy Living Could Cut Cancer Across The Globe, Landmark Report A landmark report from cancer experts says that many cancers could be prevented throughout the globe if people adopted healthier diets, exercised more and controlled their weight.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comObama's Health Plan President Barack Obama's health budget outlines eight principles of reform to expand coverage and bring down costs, and comes with a price ticket of 76.8 billion dollars for fiscal year 2010.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUSA's Largest Ever Prostate Cancer Screening Programme Shows High Compliance And Consistent Results Just under five per cent of the men who took part in the prostate cancer element of the USA's largest ever cancer screening trial were diagnosed with the disease and the majority of those were picked up by screening programmes, according to research published in the December issue of the UK-based urology journal BJU International.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comZoloft, Lexapro Are Significantly Better Than Other Antidepressants New research published online Jan. 29 in the journal The Lancet concluded that Pfizer Inc’s sertraline (Zoloft) and Forest Laboratories Inc’s escitalopram (Lexapro) are the most effective and well-tolerated antidepressants among a group of 12 new drugs. The findings were based on a review of 17 studies consisting of almost 26,000 patients with depression between 1991 [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comStudy: Drug costs forcing patients to do without meds Prescription prices eating up more of a family’s budget, research shows More Americans are going without their medications because of the cost, and their numbers are likely to grow as the recession deepens, new research shows. Statistics from the Center for Studying Health System Change found that one in seven Americans 64 and younger, or 36.1 million [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comDrugs Facilitate More Than 20% Of Sexual Assaults A new research published in CMAJ (http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg513.pdf) establishes that of the 882 sexually assaulted sampled victims, more than 20% percent were drug-facilitated. The victims were most likely employed and living in big cities, and had consumed over-the-counter medicine, illegal drugs, or alcohol before the attack.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlcohol Consumption And Male Erectile Dysfunction: An Unfounded Reputation For Risk? UroToday.com - The report, one of four published articles from a population-based cross-sectional study principally on male erectile dysfunction (ED), is based on the responses of 1,580 participants to questions on their alcohol drinking behaviour. To assess the effects of alcohol on erectile function was not the primary objective of the study.
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