Mental Health Business Week

Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Loss of IQ due to mercury poisoning is economic productivity loss to U.S.

National Public Health Institute, Kuopio - Dioxins affect bone development

National University of Singapore -  Herba leonuri may protect endogenous antioxidant system

National University of Singapore - Nogo gene associated with brain tumors

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology - Studies add new findings to prions body of knowledge

Oregon Health & Science University, Portland - Melanocortin-4 receptor antagonist attenuates cachexia/preserves lean body mass

Oregon Health and Science Univ. - Gene changes linked to deficient immune suppression in MS

Osaka University - ABCA5 is related to lysosomal disease and has a role in cardiomyocytes

Pfizer, Inc - U.S. FDA approves Lyrica as epilepsy add-on treatment for partial onset seizures

Polish Academy of Science - Guinea pig cerebral cortex analyzed, receptors identified

Pontifecia Universidade Catolica Rio Grande do Sul - Manganese superoxide dismutase polymorphism associated with aging process

Radiological Society of North America - Functional MRI enables noninvasive evaluation of epilepsy patients

Remuda Ranch - Over-the-counter substance abuse growing in eating disorder patients

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - New stent procedure for minimally invasive of brain aneurysms announced

Rockefeller University - MicroRNAs play an essential role in the development of the fruit fly

Royal Hallamshire Hospital - Integrated MR method shows hemodynamic compromise

San Martino Hospital, Genoa - Positive stress ECG is a valid method for testing high-risk patients for CAD

Schering AGYour - Phase 3 2-year study of interferon beta-1b in early multiple sclerosis completed

Shiga University of Medical Science - Presenilin-1 studied, mutants generating long amyloid beta-peptides identified

Shire Health International - Global survey reveals personal impact of bipolar disorder

Southern Methodist University, Dallas - Findings describe new data in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Fine tuning drug levels in neuroblastoma patients is effective, researchers show

Technion Israel Institute Technology - Antioxidant activity of plants used in traditional Arab medicine examined

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Study: psychiatric illnesses common in children with newly diagnosed diabetes

The Michael J. Fox Found. for Parkinson's Research - Poll finds physicians not referring Parkinson patients to clinical trials

Thomas Jefferson University - CXCR4 co-receptor down-modulation inhibits HIV entry into brain cells

Toronto Western Hospital - Ondansetron treatment doesn't significantly reduce fatigue

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Improved strategies to prevent childhood lead poisoning reported

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Perspectives on using scientific knowledge for public health presented

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Systems approach to water-borne disease outbreak study described

U.S. National Institutes of Health - No significant increase in glioma risk seen in women exposed to farm pesticides

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Study found profound morning elevations of plasma IL-6 in depressed patients

Univ. South Florida - Drugs used to treat blood pressure and seizures benefits essential tremor

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Study raises question of human ability to cope without sleep

Universidade Federal de Pelotas - Features of experimental herpesvirus infection in calves described

University Clinic, Navarra - Neuromuscular blockade regimens for orotracheal intubation compared

University College London - Standardized method devised for assessment of magnetization transfer ratio

University Hospitals of Cleveland - Single drug therapy may be effective in treating bipolar disorder

University Hospitals of Geneva - Chloramphenicol alters brain glucose use and sleep cycles in rats