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US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

... said. Also on Thursday, a Senate panel voted to expand brain screenings and counseling for wounded veterans of the Iraq war and to reduce red tape for service members moving from Pentagon to Veterans Affairs (VA) care. The bill, approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee, also would boost disabili...

More Than a Toothache

...side $2 million a year for the next three years to expand public clinics where dental care remains a rarity for the poor. Providing such access, Tinanoff and others say, eventually pays for itself, sparing children the pain and expense of a medical crisis. ANN/...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...nesday the FDA asked makers of anti-depressants to expand the warning labels to include adults age 18-24. Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request. "We believe this step will help ensure tha...

Mailing Pamphlets can Reduce Alcohol Consumption

...s in the general public can be an effective way to expand the reach and impact of brief alcohol interventions.” The study, which was jointly conducted with the University of Toronto, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Public Health Agency of Canada, provided self-help materials to 877 male...

Researchers Discovers DNA Repair as Key to Huntington's Disease

... represents middle age for a mouse -- the segments expand and continue to do so as the animals age. Researchers also showed that the expansion of the tracts -- an inherited characteristic -- also caused toxicity in cells that cannot expand, such as nerve cells. The result is that cell death acceleration is ...

Surge in Senior HIV Survivors Prompts New Treatment Studies

...ehavioral Medicine last year. Now Heckman plans to expand the geographical scope of the study and increase the number of participants. “A separate study we conducted of older adults found that support groups which are designed to teach them skills to handle stress, obtain social support and cope more ad...

To Understand the Big Picture, Give It Time -- and Sleep

...memories," notes Ellenbogen. "Knowledge appears to expand both over time and with sleep." Concludes Walker, "These findings point to an important benefit [of sleep] that we had not previously considered. Sleep not only strengthens a person's individual memories, it appears to actually knit them together ...

Better Drug Delivery Method to Fight Cancer Developed

...Feng said that the technology's applications could expand to other anti-cancer drugs. Source-IANS/B...

Biocon Net Profit Up by 15 Percent for Fiscal Year

... like oncology and nephrology whilst continuing to expand our cardio-diabetes reach globally," said Biocon's chief operating officer Arun Chandavarkar. Source-IANS/L...

New Invention to Detect Blood Clots

...time. Early detection is important as the clot can expand compressing the brain ultimately leading to death. The infrascanner is an excellent device for those patients who need specialist and rapid treatment. According to Dr. Alok “It is awesome, especially since it's so easy to use. It is inexpensive com...

New Chemistry Approach Promises Less Expensive Drugs

... up. "This is a new type of chemistry that could expand the way people think about making biologically active molecules," said MacMillan, who holds Princeton's A. Barton Hepburn Chair of Chemistry and directs the chemistry department's Merck Center for Catalysis. "We've found more than a new chemical reac...

GSK, TCS to Jointly Set Up Drug Development Center

...tients. GSK, under this alliance, also plans to expand capacity in response to increased efficiency demands, leverage the high-quality talent pool in India, and benefit from cost and process improvements. Source-IANS...

Ranbaxy Gets FDA Approval for Insomnia Drug

... would give yet another opportunity for Ranbaxy to expand its product portfolio by offering an affordable generic alternative, he added. The Jacksonville, Florida-based Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. RPI is engaged in the sale and distribution of generic and bran...

UK to Pull Pseudoephedrine

...red the growth of a market that was anticipated to expand rapidly in the US in the face of the new legislati...nufacturers will need to consider reformulation to expand their product offering in the face of the proposed regulations, but claims that "planned changes ove...

More US Children to Be Covered by Health Insurance

...cheaper rates. In this context, the state plans to expand its subsidized health insurance program for low-income working adults. In addition, under the plan, health insurance would be transferable, nonemergency care would be diverted to local clinics and more focus would be placed on technology. Acc...

Circumcision May Lift HIV Risk for Women

... with thought and care in developing strategies to expand male circumcision in Africa," said Dr. Kevin De Cock, director of WHO's AIDS department. "Circumcision is an additional prevention strategy rather than a replacement for anything else." Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Heart Disease, Stroke Prevention Efforts Among Women

...Beat, 2/23). In addition, the legislation would expand nationwide a CDC program called WISEWOMAN, which currently provides no-cost heart disease and stroke tests to low-income, uninsured women in 14 states. The measure also would authorize grants to be made to educate physicians about preventing, diagnos...

More Americans Suffer from Vertebral Compression Fractures

...visualized using image guidance x-rays) until they expand to the desired height and removed. The spaces created by the balloons are then filled with the cement. Kyphoplasty has the added benefit of restoring height to the spine. Patients with the following criteria may be considered candidates for vertebr...

US Government Pushes Ahead With New Meat Inspection System

...soon. Under Secretary Raymond said the plan will expand to 150 locations by the end of 2007. The idea of RBI is to spot problems before they develop, to anticipate and prevent outbreaks rather than just react to them after the event. Meat inspectors already conduct inspections on a daily basis. Under ...

Drug Companies Hit Out at Thai Generic Drug Scheme

...hailand's Ministry of Public Health is expected to expand the list of medicines covered by compulsory licence, using the public health rules of the World Trade Organisation. Thailand encourages firms to lower prices Last week Merck lowered the price of its HIV treatment, known as Efavirenz, by 14 per ...

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