Mental Health Business Week

Mental Health - Vermont mental health agency threatens cuts without more money

Mental Healthcare - Bill would require more insurers to cover care for mental illness

Mount Sinai Hospital - Scientists identify gene variant

Okayama University - Pael-R is accumulated in Lewy bodies of Parkinson disease

Pfizer Inc - Lyrica receives positive opinion from CPMP in Europe

Quality Assurance - Head of Pittsburgh nursing home held for trial in regards to patient's death

Rush University - Consider tumor embolization in differential diagnosis of stroke after lung cancer surgery

St. Jude Children's Hospital - White matter volume influences cognition in pediatric brain cancer survivors

Stroke - Philadelphia Stroke Council announces name change

Sunnybrook and Women's College - Erthropoietin improves learning and memory impairment after brain irradiation

TechEn Inc. - DARPA funding awarded for advancement of brain monitoring device

Tufts University - Mast cells produce corticotropin-releasing hormone and urocortin

Univ. Hospitals of Cleveland - Surgeons explore new treatment for movement disorder

Univ. of California, San Diego - Patients don't take antipsychotic medications regularly

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Three variants of primary progressive aphasia described

Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Endovascular treatment is feasible for some cerebrovascular diseases and tumors

University at Buffalo - Computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation improves drug treatment response

University of Bradford - Dementia's moral maze explored

University of Florida - Researchers explore why patients' pain recall may not reflect experience

University of Grenoble 1 - Imaging studies quantify the vasculature of brain tumors

University of Pennsylvania - Issues surrounding the MMR vaccine and autism discussed

University of Pittsburgh - Brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer disease with Pittsburgh Compound-B

University of Toronto - Hormonal regulation of atypical absence seizures investigated

University of Tubingen - SDHD is the first known tumor suppressor gene encoding a mitochondrial protein

University of Turin - Chemotherapy of anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors outlined

University of Ulsan - Peripheral neuropathy in Hodgkin lymphoma caused by paraneoplastic syndrome

University of Utah - Psychometric evaluation of PSQI supports its validity but questions usefulness

University of Vienna - High-field MRI provides a wealth of information when contrast is used

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Generic bupropion hydrochloride sustained-release 150 mg launched

Weill Cornell Medical Center - Combination of two common heart tests is strong predictor of death in patients