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Sanofi-aventis
announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
Nasacort AQ Nasal Spray (triamcinolone acetonide) for children aged 2 - 5
years old for the treatment of nasal symptoms associated with seasonal and
perennial allergic rhinitis.
The FDA based its approval on the results of a multicenter, randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled study demonstrating that Nasacort AQ can
be used safely and effectively Read the rest of this entry »

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released the responses of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to a detailed questionnaire about mental health care–along with highlights of the Democratic and Republican platforms.
"Mental health is part of the national dialogue on healthcare," said NAMI executive director Michael Read the rest of this entry »

To harness endothelin-1’s power to constrict blood vessels and help patients manage high blood pressure or heart failure, scientists must learn more about how endothelin functions naturally and in disease states, says a Medical College of Georgia researcher.
Despite strong laboratory evidence that blocking endothelin-1 receptors would be an effective, targeted Read the rest of this entry »

AstraZeneca announced new SEROQUEL XR™ (extended release quetiapine fumarate) clinical study data in patients with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), presented at the 21st European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress in Barcelona. In this study, extended Read the rest of this entry »

As uncertainty swirls around Hurricane Gustav and where its path will lead, the American Red Cross encourages those in the potentially affected areas to make preparations now instead of waiting to see where the storm will hit.
Even if a hurricane doesn’t make landfall where you live, it is normal for approaching storms to stir up difficult feelings and thoughts, especially for residents in the Gulf Coast Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered in mice that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior.
In addition, the researchers found that antidepressants Read the rest of this entry »

The American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses presented its Plastic Surgical Nurses (PSN) Editor’s Award to Marlene Rankin, a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, and her two co-authors, during its annual convention in Chicago Nov. 1.
Rankin, clinical associate professor at The College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and her co-authors, Carrie Read the rest of this entry »

The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) is delighted to announce the publication of a comprehensive toolkit "Understanding generalised anxiety disorder" which represents a major advance in helping people understand this debilitating condition. Buy generic lasix The toolkit provides essential, up-to date information Read the rest of this entry »

CNSystems Medizintechnik AG, a medical device company marketing CNAP™, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the 510(k) notification for CNSystem’s CNAP™ Monitor 500, permitting the sale of this product in the United States.
The CNAP™ Monitor Read the rest of this entry »

Rasilez HCT® (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide), a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez®[1] (aliskiren) and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) - has been approved by Swissmedic as a new treatment for high blood pressure.
High blood pressure is estimated to affect nearly Read the rest of this entry »

This study explores the burden levels experienced by families of patients diagnosed with early psychotic illness. Participating family members were assessed using a ‘Family Experiences Interview Schedule’ which covered both objective and subjective burdens.
generic diflucan online buy Examples of objective burdens included increased financial burden Read the rest of this entry »

So advise researchers from several European countries following a huge international study. A major international study shows that the frequency of non-infectious rhinitis in children varies considerably
among regions of the world. The project, which monitored some 54,000 children from 22 countries, also shows that only a small proportion of such rhinitis cases are caused by allergy.
According to the Read the rest of this entry »

Circassia Ltd, a
specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on controlling immune system
responses, announced positive results from a phase II clinical study
of its anti-allergy technology, ToleroMune(R), in the field of cat allergy.
The trial showed that ToleroMune treatment can substantially reduce
allergic reactions to the allergen that causes most cat allergies, and
importantly was well tolerated by all patients.
Circassia conducted the Read the rest of this entry »

Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according
to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy
medicine issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Researchers from the College of Nursing at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan,
randomly assigned 116 pregnant women to a music group and 120 to Read the rest of this entry »

A study that could improve our health and well-being at work is about to start at The University of Nottingham.
In 2006 and 2007 more than half a million individuals in Britain reported experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them ill.
Dr Maria Karanika-Murray, a Research Fellow in Occupational Health Psychology, has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Read the rest of this entry »

By mopping up excess neurotrophic factor from neuronal synapses, astrocytes may finely tune synaptic transmission to affect processes such as learning and memory, say Bergami et al.
The major cellular events of learning and memory are long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), both of which affect neurons’ ability to communicate with one another. Neurons that have undergone LTP display Read the rest of this entry »

The level of knowledge and understanding of children with food allergies varies significantly across three key groups: pediatricians and family physicians, the general public and families who have a child with food allergies. The article describing the new findings was published in the September issue of BioMed Central Pediatrics.
The research group, led by Ruchi Gupta, MD MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern Read the rest of this entry »

Bouts of sadness in childhood are normal, but up to a quarter of children will experience depression before they finish high school, and clinical depression in children seems to be on the rise.
Frequent Read the rest of this entry »

Obesity is a public health crisis within the general population; however, overweight and obesity issues are even more prevalent in persons with serious mental illness, according to a new report, scheduled to be released on October 3, 2008 by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).
Findings and recommendations from the report appear in the September 22 issue Read the rest of this entry »

A pilot program called the College Screening Project, a suicide prevention outreach program, was successful in identifying and treating college students with severe depression and feelings of desperation that may have led to suicide. The study, supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), was conducted with Emory University students over six college semesters from 2002-2005.
Depression Read the rest of this entry »

China’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 15 per cent of people living in China, that is about 200 million of the population, have high blood
pressure or hypertension.
According to figures on a Chinese government website, only 1 in 3 of Chinese affected by high blood pressure is aware of it, and of these only 25
per cent sought treatment and a meagre 6 per cent got it under Read the rest of this entry »

Rasilez HCT® (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending marketing authorization as a new treatment for high blood pressure. Rasilez HCT is a single-pill combination of two high blood pressure medicines - first-in-class direct renin inhibitor Rasilez®[1] (aliskiren) Read the rest of this entry »

AtCor Medical (ASX: ACG),
the developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor(R) system, which
measures central blood pressures and arterial stiffness
noninvasively, today announced that a new study* funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that when patients’ central
pulse pressures exceeded 50 mm of mercury, there was a significant
increase Read the rest of this entry »

The British Lung Foundation is calling for everyone over 35 with Asthma or the progressive illness Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to be retested following evidence of confusion over diagnosis and treatment of the two respiratory diseases.
A survey of 776 GPs from all over the UK carried out for the charity by Doctors.net.uk shows that most have difficulty differentiating between Asthma or COPD, causing misdiagnosis and Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a therapy programme to treat depression in women in developing countries.
Although depression is a major health problem world-wide, experts say its impact is greatest in developing countries where Read the rest of this entry »