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Call to tackle therapist shortage (BBC News)

Mental health campaigners say too little is being done to tackle the shortage of talking therapies.

Help for low-income women with postpartum depression

KHOU - Next month Andrea Yates will go on trial again for the drowning death of her five children. Because of that horrific event there has been much discussion of postpartum depression. The Mental Health Association’s latest efforts hope to turn one ...

Unrelenting Arousal -- Rare Sexual Disorder Plagues Women

ABC News - John Stossel's Web Page WEBCAST: Low Oil Supply a Myth? A Special 2-Hour Show Starting at 9 p.m.: Medical Mysteries Behind 'Grey's Anatomy' at 9 p.m. and John Stossel's 'Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity' at 10 p.m. May 11, 2006 — In one of the ...

Call to tackle therapist shortage (BBC News)

Mental health campaigners say too little is being done to tackle the shortage of talking therapies.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals to Announce First Quarter 2006 Financial Results ...

Genetic Engineering News - ROCKVILLE, Md., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of clinical-stage product candidates for central nervous system disorders, today ...

Hollywood friends rally around Tom Cruise

Macon Daily - (Pic)- File photo of Tom Cruise smiling at the fan screening of "Mission: Impossible III" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood May 4, 2006. Days after the movie opened to lackluster ticket sales, a new opinion poll may explain why -- the ...

'Career burglar' pleads to five restaurant break-ins

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Career burglar William J. Steckbeck pleaded guilty in Allen Superior Court on Thursday to five counts each of burglary and theft, and admitted to being a habitual offender. Steckbeck, 39, pleaded without a plea agreement, and when he is sentenced he ...

Doctors, patients urged to report adverse drug reactions

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A least a quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year with a harmful reaction to a drug, at a cost of nearly half a billion pounds, according to a report on Thursday. An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is ...

Family University to feature Blumenthal

1960 Sun - Parents will adopt their children's role as students at the third annual Family University on Monday. This year's theme is "Keeping Yourself and Your Family in Balance." The event, sponsored by a number of civic and volunteer organizations including ...

Antidepressant Drug May Prevent Recurrence Of Depression In Patients With Diabetes (Medical News Today)

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that an antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the length of time between depressive episodes in patients with diabetes."That's important not only because people with diabetes will feel better if we can control their depression... click link for more info.

Team approach to Alzheimer's care could ease dementia, stress

Detroit Free Press - Alzheimer's patients who were treated with a so-called guided team approach, with an advanced practice nurse coordinating care, had fewer behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, a new study found. At the same time, their caregivers had ...

Antidepressant Drug May Prevent Recurrence Of Depression In Patients ...

Medical News Today - A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that an antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the length of time between depressive episodes in patients with diabetes ...

Neurologix Completes $12 Million Private Placement

Genetic Engineering News - Neurologix, Inc. (OTCBB: NRGX), a biotech company engaged in the research and development of innovative gene therapies for the brain and central nervous system, announced today that it completed a private placement of $12 million of its newly created ...

Human Genome's Hep C Drug Has 'Best-In-Class' Potential

Forbes - ThinkEquity Partners reiterated a "buy" rating on Human Genome Sciences after the biotech company reported results for the first quarter. Human Genome Sciences (nasdaq: HGSI - news - people ) posted a GAAP loss of 47 cents per share, compared with ...

Antidepressant Drug May Prevent Recurrence Of Depression In Patients With Diabetes (Medical News Today)

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that an antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the length of time between depressive episodes in patients with diabetes."That's important not only because people with diabetes will feel better if we can control their depression... click link for more info.

Lilly Submits Cymbalta(R) Supplemental New Drug Application For Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Medical News Today)

Eli Lilly and Company(NYSE: LLY) today announced the recent submission of a supplemental NewDrug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forCymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the treatment of generalized anxietydisorder. [click link for full article]

Lilly Submits Cymbalta(R) Supplemental New Drug Application For Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Medical News Today)

Eli Lilly and Company(NYSE: LLY) today announced the recent submission of a supplemental NewDrug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forCymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the treatment of generalized anxietydisorder. [click link for full article]

Antidepressant Drug May Prevent Recurrence Of Depression In Patients With Diabetes (Medical News Today)

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that an antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression and increase the length of time between depressive episodes in patients with diabetes."That's important not only because people with diabetes will feel better if we can control their depression... click link for more info.

Unexplainable pain

Tulsa World - When Glynda Hairston tries to remember the last great morning she had, she has to think far back. "I don't have any of those," she said by phone from her home in Owasso. Hairston, 57, has gotten up every morning for the last two decades with ...

Doctors, patients urged to report drug reactions (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A least a quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year with a harmful reaction to a drug, at a cost of nearly half a billion pounds, according to a report on Thursday.

Lilly seeks wider Cymbalta use (Pharmaceutical Business Review)

Eli Lilly has submitted a supplemental new drug application to the FDA seeking approval to market its antidepressant Cymbalta in an expanded indication of generalized anxiety disorder.

Doctors, patients urged to report adverse drug reactions

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A least a quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year with a harmful reaction to a drug, at a cost of nearly half a billion pounds, according to a report on Thursday. An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is ...

The trouble with Tom:

Daily Journal - Ex-wife Nicole Kidman still loves him, or so she told the Ladies Home Journal. But according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll over the weekend when "Mission: Impossible III"opened to $47.7 million, about $12 million less than expected, the public has lost ...

Shakespeare gets the Ramallah treatment (Independent)

Stephen Tiller has a knack for timing. He spent the latter part of 2002 researching a play about precision bombing during the 1999 Kosovan war. A few months later, America declared war on Iraq, and within weeks the newspapers were full of stories about cluster bombs killing civilians.

Doctors, patients urged to report drug reactions (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A least a quarter of a million people in Britain are admitted to hospital each year with a harmful reaction to a drug, at a cost of nearly half a billion pounds, according to a report on Thursday.

SAD 34 superintendent breaks his silence

Bar Harbor Times - BELFAST - SAD 34 Superintendent M. Robbins Young said this week he was scolded by the school board's attorney for visiting the central office April 13 and that the board has been preventing him from returning to work. Young granted The Republican ...

AlphaRx Enters a Collaboration to Develop Novel Compounds for Central ...

Genetic Engineering News - AlphaRx Inc. (OTC BB: ALRX), an emerging biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with PharmaSeed Ltd. of Israel, a bio-pharmaceutical company specializing in drug discovery and early development phases for ...

Health Happenings

Bradenton Herald - The Herald welcomes information on health-related events open to the public. The deadline for submitting information is noon Friday for the Thursday edition. Information - including time, date and place - can be dropped off, mailed to The Herald, P.O ...

Psychiatric hospital opens (The Comet)

A SECURE psychiatric hospital has opened to patients. Cygnet Hospital in Stevenage opened on Monday with a ceremony and open day. Yesterday (Wednesday) the first patients arrived at the secure building in Graveley Road.

Accepting menopause is part of the treatment

Lexington Herald-Leader - Barbara McCabe had never had to worry about her family or her health. She'd raised two successful sons with her high school sweetheart and husband, Patrick. She kept active by swimming and walking, or bicycling alongside him on his daily runs. And ...

Hollywood friends rally around Cruise (Reuters.co.uk)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a rare public show of support for a beleaguered star, some of Hollywood's top executives rallied to Tom Cruise's side on Wednesday as a new poll suggested his odd behaviour in recent months may have cost him millions of dollars at the box office.

Treat troop stress disorders

Nashville Tennessean - The nation has another test of how much it is committed to its troops as unexpected numbers of troops with post-traumatic stress disorder have emerged. The Veterans Administration is reportedly being flooded with many more cases of PTSD from soldiers ...

Mental health services in Jasper County

Des Moines Register - CIGNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, (888) 820-8198, hot line answered 24 hours a day. CAPSTONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC., (641) 792-4012, Newton. Phone is answered 24 hours a day. A full-time psychologist and psychiatrist, full-time licensed, independent ...

Lilly Submits Cymbalta(R) Supplemental New Drug Application For ...

Medical News Today - Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the recent submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder ...

Predux by Madpanda

Free Lance-Star - In publications like Newsweek and Vanity Fair, there are full-page ads almost indistinguishable from the rest of the magazines' articles that ask this. In slightly smaller print there's often a checklist of questions, starting with "Are you irritable ...

Woster: Radio host sours good mood

Rapid City Journal - Don't be surprised if you get cranky in a hurry. I did just that Saturday night, as I headed east out of Pierre from a deliriously successful fishing stop on the Missouri River. The insane acrobatics of the smallmouth bass and a lovely sunset over ...

By Käri Knutson, Winona Daily News

Winona Daily News - National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on May 8 is a day when mental health professionals are trying to spread the word about the mental health needs of children. “A lot of kids with mental illness symptoms are labeled as naughty or bad ...

Health fair booths offer screenings plus latest medical information

Rapid City Journal - RAPID CITY -- People attending the 24th annual Black Hills Area Health & Human Services Fair on Saturday, April 29, can expect to see the usual medical items that are used to test for high blood pressure, screen for diabetes and check cholesterol ...

Hollywood friends rally around Tom Cruise (Reuters.co.uk)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a rare public show of support for a beleaguered star, some of Hollywood's top executives rallied to Tom Cruise's side on Wednesday as a new poll suggested his odd behaviour in recent months may have cost him millions of dollars at the box office.

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