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What Is Abilify (Aripiprazole)

Date: Jul-27-2012
Abilify (aripiprazole), a partial dopamine agonist, is an antipsychotic drug with additional antidepressant qualities. It has been approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression as an add-on treatment when the main antidepressant is not effective enough. Aripiprazole is also used to treat symptoms of mood swings, aggression, irritability, and irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients aged six years or more. Abilify uses a different mechanism from other drugs that have been approved for the same symptoms...

Adolescent Girls More Likely To Be Depressed Than Boys

Date: Jul-27-2012
In the past year, the percentage of girls aged 12 and 15 years who experienced a major depressive episode has tripled from 5.1% to 15.2%, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The report, which is based on combined data from the 2008 to 2010 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), also revealed that each year, an average of 1.4 million adolescent girls aged between 12 to 17 years suffers from a major depressive episode, which is three times higher, i.e. 12% than the risk of their male counterparts (4.%)...

Severe Flu Increases Risk Of Parkinson's

Date: Jul-27-2012
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait and later on, often by cognitive and behavioral problems. British Columbia University researchers have discovered that the odds of developing Parkinson's disease later in life doubles with severe influenza, although the discovered that those who contracted a typical case of red measles as children have a 35% lower risk...

Sexual Dissatisfaction Is Common Among Female Diabetes Patients

Date: Jul-27-2012
A study by UCSF researchers and published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology reveals that the level of sexual desire and sexual activity is similar in diabetic women and non-diabetic women, even though women suffering from diabetes are more likely to report low overall sexual satisfying action. In the U.S., diabetes is a common, chronic condition that affects 12.6 million people - 10.8% are women aged 20 years or older, according to estimates by the American Diabetes Association...

85 Children In UK Die Every Year From Maltreatment

Date: Jul-27-2012
For the first time, an East Anglia University (UEA) study has come closer in establishing the number of children that die each year in the UK from maltreatment. The UEA team and researchers from Warwick University were asked by the Government to analyze serious case reviews (SCR) between 2009 and 2011. The Department for Education has just released the shocking findings, revealing that each year, around 85 children are killed by neglect or abuse...

Alzheimer's BACE Inhibitor E2609 Receives Positive Clinical Results

Date: Jul-27-2012
New investigational molecule discovered and developed collaboratively in the UK and Japan by Eisai Eisai in Europe today releases the first clinical data for E2609, a BACE (beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme) inhibitor, presented during oral sessions at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2012 in Vancouver, Canada. This novel compound was discovered through a collaborative partnership between the company's European Knowledge Centre in Hatfield, UK and laboratories in Japan, and is being developed as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease...

Rheumatoid Arthritis New Major Clinical Target After Mesoblast Obtains Positive Results In Inflammatory Arthritis

Date: Jul-27-2012
Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB) have announced positive results in a large animal model of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) following a single intravenous injection of its proprietary allogeneic, or "off-the-shelf", immunomodulatory adult Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs)...

Why Do Anti-Hunger And Anti-Obesity Initiatives Always Fall Short?

Date: Jul-27-2012
New research shows how we can innovate our way out of a double crisis With widespread hunger continuing to haunt developing nations, and obesity fast becoming a global epidemic, any number of efforts on the parts of governments, scientists, non-profit organizations and the business world have taken aim at these twin nutrition-related crises. But all of these efforts have failed to make a large dent in the problems, and now an unusual international collaboration of researchers is explaining why...

Antibiotic That Works In Low-Oxygen Setting Prevents Reactivation Of TB Infection, Says Pitt Team

Date: Jul-27-2012
Reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection could be better prevented if a drug that is effective against bacteria in low-oxygen environments is added to the treatment regimen, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in this week's online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pulmonary TB is spread through infected air droplets, said senior author JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D., professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Pitt School of Medicine...

Shift Work Tied To Higher Risk For Heart Attack, Stroke

Date: Jul-27-2012
An analysis that reviews studies covering over two million people finds shift work is associated with a higher risk for vascular events, such as heart attack and ischaemic stroke. The study is the largest examination of shift work and vascular risk to date. The researchers, from Canada and Norway, write about their findings in a paper published online in the BMJ on Thursday. They report that compared to regular daytime workers, shift workers had a 24% higher risk for coronary events, a 23% higher risk for heart attack, and a 5% higher risk for stroke...