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Bringing you the latest news and announcements about depression therapy and counselling. Including research and clinical trial details for medications, self-help, support groups and everything relevant to depression for mental health professionals. News is updated at least twice daily.

IPO Watch: Drugs, Blank Checks

Red Herring - Three biopharmaceutical IPOs and three “blank check” IPOs are scheduled to be priced in the coming week. Each group has had its problems getting out the door. Let’s take a look at the biopharmaceuticals, a troubled IPO industrial sector for the ...

New Tysabri® Data Demonstrate Significant Effects On Health-Related ...

Medical News Today - Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced today that in Phase III multiple sclerosis (MS) studies TYSABRI® (natalizumab) showed significant effects on pre-specified health-related quality of life (QoL) measures, in ...

Early Use Of Avonex® Delays Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis For Up To 5 ...

Medical News Today - Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced today that data published in the March 14, 2006 issue of Neurology demonstrated that AVONEX delayed the risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) for up to five years in patients who began ...

New Tysabri® Data Demonstrate Significant Effects On Health-Related Quality Of Life Measures In Multiple Sclerosis (Medical

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) announced today that in Phase III multiple sclerosis (MS) studies TYSABRI® (natalizumab) showed significant effects on pre-specified health-related quality of life (QoL) measures, in addition to those previously reported on disability progression, relapse rate and MRI... click link for more info.

Study Finds Lesser Conditions A Stepping Stone To Major Depression (Medical News Today)

Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression, a group many times larger than those with major depression, are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study's authors believe that perhaps millions of elderly patients who do not meet the criteria for a

16-Year Follow-up Study Reinforces Betaseron Long-term Efficacy, Safety And Tolerability In Multiple Sclerosis (Medical News Tod

Berlex has announced that Betaseron® (interferon beta 1b) remained consistently safe, effective and well tolerated over the long term, according to results of the Betaseron 16-Year Long-Term Follow-up (16-Year LTF) Study presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.

Study Finds Lesser Conditions A Stepping Stone To Major Depression

Medical News Today - Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression , a group many times larger than those with major depression , are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published ...

Study Finds Lesser Conditions A Stepping Stone To Major Depression (Medical News Today)

Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression, a group many times larger than those with major depression, are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study's authors believe that perhaps millions of elderly patients who do not meet the criteria for a

16-Year Follow-up Study Reinforces Betaseron Long-term Efficacy, Safety And Tolerability In Multiple Sclerosis (Medical News Tod

Berlex has announced that Betaseron® (interferon beta 1b) remained consistently safe, effective and well tolerated over the long term, according to results of the Betaseron 16-Year Long-Term Follow-up (16-Year LTF) Study presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology... click link for more info.

Chicago-area VA hospital helps Iraq, Afghanistan vets cope with trauma

KWQC - HINES, Ill. A hospital in suburban Chicago is trying to find and treat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. At Hines V-A hospital just outside Chicago, veterans who come in for treatment for ...

Camping out in the Merry Widow Mine

High County News - BOULDER, Mont. - Most people hear the word radon and think of an odorless, colorless gas that seeps into homes and can cause cancer. But some, like Denise Palmer, think of radon as a miracle drug. Crippled with psoriatic arthritis, her hands had ...

Study Finds Lesser Conditions A Stepping Stone To Major Depression (Medical News Today)

Elderly patients with lesser versions of depression, a group many times larger than those with major depression, are more than five times as likely as healthy patients to descend into major depression within one year, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study's authors believe that perhaps millions of elderly patients who do not meet the criteria for a

Can Mass. health plan go national?

Boston Globe - NOW THAT the Massachusetts Legislature has passed a law requiring health insurance, is this possible for the United States? It is worth asking, because innovative state action was the harbinger for America's most successful social reform -- Social ...

Buchwald's Goodbye: Writing, Reminiscing

WINK TV - WASHINGTON Columnist Art Buchwald is dying and enjoying every minute of it. Death was expected within weeks of his decision to reject blood-cleansing treatments that could prolong his life, yet he lives on. Neither Buchwald nor his doctors know why ...

Can Mass. health plan go national?

Boston Globe - NOW THAT the Massachusetts Legislature has passed a law requiring health insurance, is this possible for the United States? It is worth asking, because innovative state action was the harbinger for America's most successful social reform -- Social ...

Stimulant drug affects men more than women (Belfast Telegraph)

Amphetamines can have up to three times the effect on men as women, according to research out today. A US study found that men's brains showed far more dopamine than women's when they took the drug.

TOOTH AND NAIL /TEETH: Specialists on canine dentistry and grooming ...

San Francisco Gate - Eight-year-old Celine seemed nervous but sat still as Dr. Steven Holmstrom looked into her mouth. His verdict: The Yorkshire terrier has Stage 4 periodontal disease. "This is the worst," Holmstrom, a veterinarian who specializes in animal dentistry ...

Medical Report

Houston Voice Online - BEIJING — Former President Bill Clinton said March 25 that countries with high HIV infection rates should implement mandatory HIV/AIDS testing according to a report in China View. Clinton said this year the southern African country of Lesotho would ...

BAY AREA

San Francisco Gate - Seattle may be used to the kind of unrelenting rain that's been pelting Northern California in recent weeks, but the Bay Area most definitely is not, and mental health experts say the prolonged wet weather is leaving folks feeling just as gray and ...

'Drug firms disease-mongering' says medic (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

'Drug firms disease-mongering' says medic (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

Meth center to be ‘cutting edge’

Independent Record - BOULDER — The new, 40-bed women’s meth prison to be built in Boulder this coming year will offer cutting-edge treatment for chemical dependency in a corrections environment, said Michael Ruppert of Boyd Andrew Community Services, which is ...

The War Comes Home: More than limbs lost Day 2: Soldiers miss Army ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - TACOMA -- Inside the second-floor ballroom of the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, a banner stretched above the dance floor: "Welcome Home 1-5 Bobcats -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- We Are So Proud of Our Heroes!" Balloons floated above linen ...

Go outside anyway, some say, or think up a positive spin

San Francisco Gate - Seattle may be used to the kind of unrelenting rain that's been pelting Northern California in recent weeks, but the Bay Area most definitely is not, and mental health experts say the prolonged wet weather is leaving folks feeling just as gray and ...

Solving the mystery of fibromyalgia

Southern Illinoisan - You go to the doctor complaining of throbbing, burning muscle pain throughout your body, overwhelming fatigue, and anxiety that makes it extremely difficult to do even the everyday things like housecleaning, playing with the kids and exercising ...

'Drug firms disease-mongering' says medic (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

Amphetamine 'greater affect on men' (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Amphetamines can have up to three times the effect on men as women, according to new research.

Amphetamine 'greater affect on men' (Evening Standard)

Amphetamines can have up to three times the effect on men as women, according to new research. A US study found that men's brains showed far more dopamine than women's when they took the drug.

Why this child could become a victim of modern disease-mongers (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

Why this child could become a victim of modern disease-mongers (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

Banking and the Business Cycle

Safe Haven - Stocks were mixed. For the week, the Dow and S&P500 were slightly positive. The Transports jumped 2.7%, increasing y-t-d gains to 11.8%. The Utilities declined 0.9%. The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index gained 1.6%, while the Morgan Stanley Consumer ...

Why this child could become a victim of modern disease-mongers (icWales)

A WELSH psychologist has warned that drugs companies are "disease-mongering" to try to sell more of their products.

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