Fort Worth Surgeon Chosen as Investigator in Clinical Trial for Weight-Loss Device

... inserted into the stomach, in conjunction with a behavior modification program compared to behavior modification alone for weight loss. ... to make compliance with a supervised diet and behavior modification program easier, Fort Worth ...

Schering-Plough Provides Update on Boceprevir Clinical Development and Introduces Potent Next-Generation Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor for Treating Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28- and 48-Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Top-Line Results of Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response (SVR) in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Long-Term Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Therapy in Stage III Melanoma Demonstrated Significant and Sustained Impact on Relapse-Free Survival

... Depression was most common. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... Additional Safety Information Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

HealthMedia and Aetna to Study Online Insomnia and Depression Interventions

... HealthMedia, Inc., the global leader in scalable behavior change interventions with outcomes, announced ... program to see if a Web-based based, cognitive behavior change program can decrease member reliance on ... Inc. is the global leader in scalable behavior change interventions with outcomes. HealthMedia's ...

Discovering How Video Games Can Motivate Healthy Behaviors: More than $2 Million Awarded to 12 Research Teams Across U.S.

... of interactive media for learning and health behavior change. Health Games Research is funded by an ... Adolescent Physical Activity will identify health behavior change principles used in a variety of ... take place during game play may influence health behavior change. University of Central Florida, College ...

Schering-Plough To Initiate Phase III Studies With HCV Protease Inhibitor Boceprevir in Previously Untreated Hepatitis C Patients and Those Who Failed Prior Treatment

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Schering-Plough Highlights PEGINTRON(TM) and Boceprevir Hepatitis C Data Presentations at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Annual Meeting

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Interim Results from Boceprevir Phase II Study in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients Presented At EASL

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Final Results of Ideal Study Presented at Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Schering-Plough Highlights PEGINTRON(TM) and Boceprevir Data Presentations at European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Annual Meeting

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Schering-Plough Announces Imperfect Contraceptive Use Impacts Women's Emotional Well-Being

... assess the self-described impact of noncompliant behavior among 26,250 current users, aged 18 to 49, of ... 21.6 percent of ring users reported noncompliant behavior ( p<0.0001 for all comparisons). Between 10 and 20 percent of women reported that noncompliant behavior with their current method negatively ...

Pegintron(TM) Plus Weight-Based Rebetol(R) Resulted in Higher SVR Than Flat Dosing; Low Relapse Rates in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Schering-Plough Reports Top-Line Results of the IDEAL Study

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Fals-Stewart Earns Hazelden's 2007 Dan Anderson Research Award

... outcomes (along different dimensions of drinking behavior and relationships adjustment) than were two other ... violence among alcoholic women who received behavior couples therapy compared with other treatments. ... Palo Alto, Calif.; Reid K. Hester, Ph.D., of behavior Therapy Associates in Albuquerque; Stephanie ...

HealthMedia's Strongest Single Quarter Results: Growth Driven by Product Enhancements, New Partnerships

... -- HealthMedia, the global leader in scalable behavior change interventions with outcomes, ... and determine the results and value of the behavior change interventions. This comprehensive ... customers to realize the significant impact the behavior change interventions have on their health care ...

Study Finds Fever may Lead to Improved Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

... first time, parent and clinician reports that the behavior of children with ASD improves with fever. ... defined and diagnosed, studying changes in behavior resulting from a wide range of physiological ... their child's actions and complete a standardized behavior questionnaire at three different points: during ...

Schering-Plough Highlights PEGINTRON(TM) Clinical Data Presentations at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2007 Annual Meeting

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Initial Results of Phase II Study with HCV Protease Inhibitor Boceprevir in Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients Show a High Rate of Early Virologic Response

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

454 Sequencing(TM) in Science Today: Researchers Uncover a Genetic Basis for Different Social Behaviors in Wasps

... have uncovered genetic underpinnings to social behavior in wasps. Using the company's ... supports an evolutionary link between maternal behavior and eusociality," appears online (ahead of print) ... theory. It has been proposed that worker behavior evolved from maternal care behavior. The ...

European Union's CHMP Issues Positive Opinion on PEGINTRON(TM) Combination Therapy for Retreating Hepatitis C Patients Who Failed Previous Therapy

... Depression was most common at 29%. Suicidal behavior including ideation, suicidal attempts, and ... in patients on PEGINTRON therapy. Aggressive behavior sometimes directed towards others has occurred in ... or worsen, or suicidal ideation or aggressive behavior towards others is identified, it is recommended ...

Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating

... a new and relevant dimension for measuring the effectiveness of dietary behavior interventions. It also encourages nutrition and medical practitioners to consider the broad scope of behavior involved in healthy eating," she said. Other authors on the paper ...

New Study Confirms That the Supports Intensity Scale Assessment is Effective in Measuring the Support Needs of People With Intellectual Disability and Making Funding Decisions

... needs, and it is truly a needs-based assessment tool, unlike adaptive behavior instruments or other measures of personal competence commonly used to ... further, "Measures of personal competence such as IQ tests and adaptive behavior assessments, while serving an important role in the diagnosis and ...

CVS Caremark Study Finds Non-Adherent Heart Failure Patients Almost Twice as Likely to be Re-Hospitalized Within a Year

... approach is focused on achieving best-in-class results by changing patient behavior to encourage medication adherence and involves clinical interventions ... solution is a mail and retail based program designed to impact patient behavior through timely interventions that include face-to-face first fill ...

Recent Study Demonstrated VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Provided Improvements in Behavior, Inattention, and Math Test Scores from 1.5 Hours up to 13 Hours following Administration in Children with ADHD

... is the first published data demonstrating improvements in attention and behavior with an oral ADHD stimulant treatment for up to 13 hours post-dose," said ... measured. VYVANSE treatment was associated with significant improvement in behavior and attention as measured by both subjective (SKAMP-D) and objective ...

Medivation Announces Publication in The Lancet of Dimebon Pivotal Trial Results in Alzheimer's Disease

... Improvements in Memory and Thinking, Activities of Daily Living, behavior and Overall Function - SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ... aspects of the disease: memory and thinking, activities of daily living, behavior and overall function. After both six months and a full year of ...

Head-to-Head Study Demonstrates Focalin(R) XR Offers Faster and Better Symptom Control than Concerta(R)1 in Early Part of ADHD Patients' Day

... of treatment-emergent psychotic or manic symptoms. While aggressive behavior is often observed in children or adolescents with ADHD, patients beginning ... should be monitored for the appearance of or worsening of aggressive behavior or hostility. Suppression of growth has been reported with long-term use ...

Favrille Announces Data Cutoff for Phase 3 Registration Trial of Specifid; Data Analysis and Unblinding Expected in June

... on the status of patients at data cutoff and our assumptions about the behavior of the control arm in this trial, we are very encouraged that the upcoming ... of this analysis, conducted in agreement with the FDA, was to assess the behavior of disease progression in the control arm in order to help determine the ...

AstraZeneca Submits sNDAs for SEROQUEL XR(TM) for the Treatment of Bipolar Mania and Bipolar Depression

... Warning.) Antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies of ... 10. Oquendo MA, Chaudhury SR, Mann JJ. Pharmacotherapy of Suicidal behavior in Bipolar Disorder. Arch Suicide Res. 2005; 9(3):237-250. ...

Favrille Provides Update on Timing of Analysis from Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial; Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results

... the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), indicated that the control group behavior is consistent with data reported in the published literature. Based in ... size calculations are appropriate; the most significant of which is the behavior of the control group. The guidance from the independent DMB combined with ...

Versatility of 454 Sequencing(TM) Demonstrated in Three Publications in Science Last Week

... "Wasp Brain Gene Expression Supports an Evolutionary Link between Maternal behavior and Eusociality", and "Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of Mitochondria ... "Wasp Brain Gene Expression Supports an Evolutionary Link between Maternal behavior and Eusociality," researchers used 454 Sequencing to examine messenger RNA ...

Study Suggests High-Dose Fish Oil May Significantly Improve Behavior in Children with ADHD

... fatty acids found in fish oil) showed significant improvements in their behavior rated by both their parents and the psychiatrist working with them. The ... improvement in inattention, hyperactivity, oppositional/defiant behavior and conduct disorders as the AA/EPA ratio in the blood was lowered. The ...

SUNY Youth Sports Institute Convenes Top Experts in NYC Next Week to Present Research & Analysis on Energy Drink Health Impacts

... of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. O'Brien's recent work explores the consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks, and the association of this behavior with serious alcohol-related consequences, including injury, sexual assault, and riding with a drunken driver. "Drinking energy drinks mixed ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Lorcaserin Data Demonstrating Highly Significant Categorical and Absolute Weight Loss and Improvements in Secondary Endpoints Associated with Cardiovascular Risk

... brain involved in the control of appetite and metabolism, such as the hypothalamus. Stimulation of this receptor is strongly associated with feeding behavior and satiety. Lorcaserin is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 program expected to enroll approximately 7,800 patients and potentially represents ...

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces the Presentation of Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Data at the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions

... brain involved in the control of appetite and metabolism, such as the hypothalamus. Stimulation of this receptor is strongly associated with feeding behavior and satiety. Lorcaserin is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 program expected to enroll approximately 7,800 patients and potentially represents ...

New Study Evaluating the ADHD Medication VYVANSE(R) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) CII Demonstrated No Change in the Pharmacokinetic Profile of VYVANSE When Coadministered with Prilosec OTC(R) 40 mg (20 mg X 2), a Commonly Used Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)

... abnormal sounds, or has been diagnosed with psychosis; has had seizures or abnormal EEGs; has or has had high blood pressure; exhibits aggressive behavior or hostility. Tell the doctor immediately if you or your child develops any of these conditions or symptoms while taking Vyvanse or Adderall ...

Autism Studies Presented at Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium Meeting

... said Blue, shared similarities with some behaviors seen in children with ASDs, and greater knowledge of the relationship between brain chemicals and behavior might suggest future treatments for children. Melissa Parisi, M.D., Ph.D., of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and ...

Results From Phase 3 EQUATE Trial of VIVUS' Qnexa Highlighted at European Congress on Obesity

... formulation of phentermine and topiramate that simultaneously addresses both appetite and satiety - the two main mechanisms that impact eating behavior - in one daily capsule. Qnexa, an investigational drug, is an obesity therapy being developed to address type 2 diabetes as well as weight loss. In ...

FDA Approves Vanda Pharmaceuticals' Fanapt(TM) for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

... with schizophrenia. It is an effective antipsychotic with excellent tolerability," added Dr. Steven G. Potkin Professor of Psychiatry and Human behavior at the University of California at Irvine . "We also look forward to Vanda's continuing development of long-acting formulations of Fanapt(TM), to ...