Mental Health Business Week

Konan Hospital, Shiga - Cytokines/GSTO genetic polymorphisms do not play major role in Alzheimer disease

Kuopio University Hospital - NPY signal gene polymorphism may benefit postmenopausal femoral neck BMD

MIGENIX, Inc. - Company present efficacy data on retinitis pigmentosa treatment

Mayo Clinic - Electroconvulsive therapy feasible in patients with implanted cardiac devices

Mental Health - Agency finds 48% increase in involuntary commitments since law changed

Merck & Co., Inc. - Pharmaceutical company receives license for new stroke treatment

Michigan State University - Leptin inhibits norepinephrine efflux from the hypothalamus in vitro

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Cognitive deficits are core symptoms in psychotic disorders in adolescents

Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. - Research agreement forged to study nasal delivery for diabetes and Alzheimer

Neurocrine Biosciences - Biosciences company enters license agreement with Almirall for Parkinson

Neurology - Beckley doctor believes brain can control robots

Nihon University - Oxidative stress may play key role in arsenic carcinogenesis

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. - CE Mark issued for AlzheimAlert Test Kit making it available in European Union

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation - Taking statin slowed progression of Alzheimer disease, new study shows

Obesity - Low-fat beats low-carb for keeping pounds off, study suggests

Oregon Health & Science University - Effort examines androgen's role in bone loss

Ottawa Hlth Research Institute - p107 regulates neural precursor cells in the brain

PAION - Companies announce agreement for technology used in clinical trials of stroke treatment

Personnel - Alabama mental health commissioner to retire February 1

Research Funding - Wisconsin Governor unveils $750 million plan to support scientific research

Santa Marie Angeli Hospital - Action of cisatracurium in morbidly obese women investigated

Sookmyung Women's University - Tissue expression of IL-18 may be associated with the pathogenesis of GVHD

St. Pauls Hospital, Vancouver - Antiretroviral use differs by sociodemographic differences

Suicide - $6.6M grant made to support suicide prevention hotline

Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel - Household costs attributable to AIDS in Chad are devastating

U.S. Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine - Branched-chain amino acid supplementation does not alter performance in the heat

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Internal controls enhance the detection of waterborne enteric viruses

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Upswing in metoclopramide use linked with neurologic symptoms

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Government group to develop new RNAi library to help fight disease

Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Changes in cannabinoid brain receptor play role in alcoholism relapse

University Hospital Geneva - Selective targeting of VR1 by AEA: A promising area for research

University Hospital of Copenhagen - Frequent hospital admission for depression may increase risk of dementia

University of Bielefeld - Men and women equally distressed by sexual infidelity within the context of AIDS

University of California, San Diego - Study yields effective treatment for fever syndrome caused by cold exposure

University of East Anglia, Norwich - Expenditure more sensitive indicator of economic impact of HIV/AIDS than income

University of Florida - ICD therapy poses unique issues for women

University of Freiburg - Size of seizure-inducing epileptic foci elucidated

University of Heidelberg - TWEAK induces neuronal cell death and is involved in neurodegeneration

University of Illinois - Discreet species of gp41 high-MW aggregates present in HIV-related dementia