Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 13th, 2004
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Avanir Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceutical company reports loss of $0.09 per share
Avigen, Inc. - Hemophilia treatment developer reports yearly loss of $1.28 per share
Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Neuroscience company reports net loss of $0.02 per share
Kadmus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Private pharmaceutical company receives $15.3 million in series A financing round
Merz Pharmaceuticals, GmbH - Neurobiological Technologies receives $2.25M related to Memantine
Addiction Medicine - Publication addresses compulsive gambling
Akdeniz University - Accidental dural puncture during epidural anesthesia causes subdural hematoma
Allos Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase III study of RSR13 initiated in women with brain metastases
Boehringer Ingelheim, GmbH - Study: More than one out of three women with urinary incontinence have SUI
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - New form of mad cow disease is discovered
Ceregene, Inc. - Broad patent granted for neurologic gene therapy
Children's Hospital Boston - Key advance reported in regenerating nerve fibers
Chonbuk National University - Cases of diabetic cervical radiculopathy with capsulitis of shoulder reported
Deakin University - Hypothalamic genes implicated in Psammomys obesus obesity identified
Drug Guidelines - Investigation focuses on payments to state agency, officials
Environmental Health - Environmentalists say President Bush, Florida governor are harming water quality
Erasmus Medical Center - Link found between parkinsonism and dementia
Florida State University - Protein synthesis necessary for dendritic spine proliferation in adult brain
Gluten Intolerance - Celiac disease may predict schizophrenia
Harvard University - Higher spatial resolution of fMRI is needed for neurosurgical planning
Kinjo Gakuin University - Black and green tea polyphenols lower blood pressure in rats
Legal Decisions - Florida legislature still unclear on end-of-life laws
McGill University - MTHFR mutation raises pediatric hyperhomocysteinemia risk
Mental Health - Amnesia blamed on nightmare, though skeptics remain
Mental Health - Hundreds of coins found in patient's belly
Mental Health - Late-night mental health niche filled in Maryland
Mental Health - Mental health reform plan nothing new
Methadone - Nebraska aims to protect children from methadone laboratories
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Ziprasidone improves cognitive function in schizophrenic patients
Neurochem Inc. - FDA grants fast track approval for Fibrillex
Oregon Health & Science University - Anorexigenic fatty acid synthase inhibitor is nonspecific neuronal activator
Oxford University - Genetic abnormalities are related to neuroendocrine tumor progression
Pfizer, Inc. - Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of Zoloft lawsuit
Postpartum Depression - Magellan identifies barriers to diagnosis, treatment of postpartum depression
Predix Pharmaceuticals Inc. - In-silico anxiety drug to undergo phase I clinical trials
Roche Diagnostics - Rights acquired to a key cardiac marker, NT-proBNP
Royal Free Hospital, London - Specialty nurses benefit patients with neuroendocrine tumors
Russian Academy of Sciences - The gravity of one's pregnancy is reflected by certain temperamental traits
SRI International - Quinolizidine template for opioid receptor ligands synthesized
Socratech Laboratories - Sepsis drug also protects brain cells
Stanford University - Having an outlet for stress may lower patients' mortality risk
State Medicaid - Massachusetts governor to propose new way to care for elderly
U.S. National Institute on Aging - New study may explain how fats damage neurons
Univ. of California, Irvine - Tests suggest some predisposed to smoke
Univ. of North Carolina - Fetal mouse brain cells self-destruct when maternal folate levels are deficient
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Practice-based education for doctors improves delivery of preventive childcare
Univ. of Roma La Sapienza - Orofacial pain syndromes can be evaluated by laser stimuli
Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Rate of LV hypertrophy progression to heart failure evaluated
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison - DHEA boosts growth rate of human neural stem cells
Univ. of the Basque Country - Depression and anxiety relate to alexithymia in women with eating disorders
University of Aquila - Surgery leads to biochemical remission of acromegaly in 55% of patients
University of Bologna - Can drugs prevent recurrence of depression? The news is depressing
University of Essex - Glycation end products accumulate in kidney, retina, and peripheral nerve
University of Massachusetts - Chronic cough significantly impacts life quality in women
University of Padova - Treatment for endocrine disease: Is something missing?
University of Pennsylvania - Effect of APOE gene variants on European life expectancy clarified
University of Rochester - Neurologists create a font of human nerve cells
University of Toronto - More women are using atypical antipsychotics during pregnancy
University of Toronto - Mouse brain cancer is monitored longitudinally with MRI
University of Toronto - Women at high risk of breast cancer pleased with preventive mastectomy decision
University of Vienna - Progestins can be a hindrance or a help to women with certain disorders
University of Washington - Stem cells found in adults may repair nerves
University of the Mediterranean - Platelets reorient endothelial adhesion of infected RBC
Washington State University - Maternal selenium deficiency increases oxidative stress in fetuses
Washington University - Small amounts of alcohol or anesthetics may damage the developing brain
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