Mental Health Law Weekly

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health - Unpublished studies suggest most SSRIs unsuitable for children

National Utano Hospital - Pergolide ameliorates nocturia in female Parkinson disease patients

Neurochem, Inc. - Positive results announced in on-going phase II extension study for Alzhemed

Nymox Pharmaceutical Corp. - Study: Statins boost cognition in the elderly

Oregon Research Institute - The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale is both valid and reliable

Pharmanex, Inc. - Chinese mushroom derivatives can improve aerobic exercise

Polisher Research Institute - Older patients often suffer pain and fatigue after cancer surgery

Prescription Drugs - Louisiana bill would let some psychologists write prescriptions

Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick - Researchers study the psychosocial needs of breast cancer survivors

Rinat Neuroscience Corporation - Neuroscience company announces appointments of two senior executives

Rochester Center Improve Communicable Health Care - Focus-group intervention for breast cancer survivors and spouses decrease stress

Taichung Veterans General Hospital - Ethanol protects against ischemic brain injury

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences - Seafood AsBe is not significantly immunotoxic to humans

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Survivors had health problems 1 year after exposure to deadly bacterium

Univ. of California, San Diego - Delay in diagnosing spinal epidural abscess can result in residual deficits

Univ. of Science & Technology of China - Diurnal hormone rhythms are amplified in women with major depression

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Effect of environment on breast cancer risk reviewed

Univ. of Texas School of Nursing - Marriage helps men to accept multiple sclerosis-related impairment

University of British Columbia - Reason for dieting affects dieting behavior

University of Leeds - Genetic studies may reveal the cause of primary and secondary microcephaly

University of Lund - Human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells kills glioblastomas

University of Massachusetts - Prohormone convertases I and II implicated in obesity development

University of Michigan - Vagal efferent signaling to pancreas evoked by hypoglycemia

University of N Dakota - Gender influences teacher ratings of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

University of Rochester - Brain tumors may depend on multiple variables for growth that are not understood

University of S California - Psychosis syndromes prevail in some patients with Alzheimer disease

University of Toronto - Images of thin models boost dieters' self-image

University of Washington - Model for study of multiple wounds in the diabetic mouse validated

Urinary Incontinence - 57% of surveyed women report symptoms of urinary incontinence

Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Transcriptional changes during severe malaria identified

Washington University - Alcohol and other drugs stem brain development by causing neuronal suicide