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Stimulation therapy and behavioral management training for parents reduce kids’ violent behaviors

Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious behavioral problems in children, according to a study conducted by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.

4 Sep 2014

Research to identify cancer-busting 'genetic partners' can personalize cancer treatment

Despite the revolutionary biotechnological advancements of the last few decades, an ideal anti-cancer treatment - one that's immediately lethal to cancer cells, harmless to healthy cells, and resistant to cancer's relapse - is still a dream.

4 Sep 2014

Two week stay in specialized hospital may help manage insomnia

Insomnia is a disturbance that afflicts many people. Some new findings published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicate that a two week stay in a specialized hospital may help.

4 Sep 2014

Treating wet AMD with gold nanoparticles: an interview with Jim Taylor, CEO, Oraya Therapeutics

Wet AMD is characterized by abnormal growth of blood vessels in the macula (the area of the eye containing vision-enabling photoreceptors), and is responsible for the vast majority of severe vision loss in the industrialized world.

4 Sep 2014

Football players are found to be carriers of sickle cell trait later in life

From 2000 to 2014, nine collegiate football players unexpectedly collapsed and died during training. The cause? Muscle breakdown leading to organ failure.

4 Sep 2014

Current issue provides critical review of data concerned with antidepressant drugs

A paper in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Giovanni Fava, MD (University of Bologna) provides a critical review of the data concerned with antidepressant drugs.

4 Sep 2014

Investigators report on potential effects of hormone in borderline personality disorder

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a group of German investigators is reporting on the potential effects of a hormone in borderline personality disorder.

4 Sep 2014

On campaign trail, Ky. GOP candidates promise Medicaid expansion repeal

In the meantime, Illinois bets on birth control as a way to drive down Medicaid costs, and Florida Health News looks at the top Medicaid managed care companies in Florida.

4 Sep 2014

Researchers examine impact of continuous increases in health care costs

If continuing increases in health care costs are inevitable, as some economists predict, is it possible for health care delivery reform to succeed in reducing the overall burden of health care expenditures on the U.S. economy? According to the results of a new study, the focus should shift from cost control to improving utilization rates and quality outcomes, as described in detail in an article in Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

4 Sep 2014

3 billion people worldwide at risk of early death due to household air pollution

Household air pollution, caused by the use of plant-based or coal fuel for cooking, heating, and lighting, is putting nearly three billion people worldwide at risk of ill health and early death, according to a new Commission, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal.

4 Sep 2014

NIH awards $8.2 million to SUNY Research Foundation in support of DEARC

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year grant in the amount of $8.2 million to the SUNY Research Foundation in support of the Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center (DEARC), an alcohol research center led by Binghamton University.

4 Sep 2014

Nosopharm reports findings on Odilorhabdins that has potential to combat antibiotic resistance

Nosopharm, a specialist in the research and development of new anti-infective drugs, announces today its in vitro and in vivo findings for a novel antibacterial class, Odilorhabdins, which has the potential to combat antibiotic resistance.

4 Sep 2014

Researchers work on system that detects arthrosis based on changed motion patterns

Arthrosis is excessive wear of joints beyond the usual age-related degeneration. For this reason, about 150,000 Germans are provided with an artificial knee joint every year.

4 Sep 2014

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Daklinza in the UK for treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced the launch of Daklinza▼ (daclatasvir) in the UK, a new medicine for the treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis C. Daclatasvir, a treatment that works across multiple hepatitis C genotypes, will allow up to 90% of UK patients the option of a potentially curative oral treatment regimen that does not include interferon, a standard of care commonly associated with sustained flu-like side effects.

4 Sep 2014

Project aims at establishing central biobank for development of new drugs

Human stem cells allow scientists to assess how patients are likely to respond to new drugs and to examine how illnesses come about.

4 Sep 2014

Study shows 1 in 10 patients may not need surgery following heart attack

Researchers from the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and the University of Glasgow have reported a study that shows one in ten patients may not need cardiac intervention following a heart attack and in those that do need stents, the procedure can be targeted more effectively.

4 Sep 2014

F2G begins F901318 Phase I clinical study for treatment of aspergillus infections

F2G Limited, the antifungal research and development company today announced a major milestone in the development of its novel IV/ oral systemic antifungal (F901318) with the commencement of a Phase I clinical study.

4 Sep 2014

Professor receives grant from NIH to test effects of high-intensity functional training

Katie Heinrich, assistant professor of kinesiology at Kansas State University, has been awarded an investigator-initiated grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for more than $2.52 million.

4 Sep 2014

Virginia Mason introduces surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements

Virginia Mason, a national leader in improving quality and safety and controlling health care costs, today introduced a surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements.

4 Sep 2014

Radioactive tracer with PET MRI imaging helps prostate cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are pioneering the use of a radioactive tracer in combination with PET MRI imaging to help some prostate cancer patients avoid lengthy and unnecessary surgery.

4 Sep 2014

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Stimulation therapy and behavioral management training for parents reduce kids’ violent behaviors

Research to identify cancer-busting 'genetic partners' can personalize cancer treatment

Two week stay in specialized hospital may help manage insomnia

Treating wet AMD with gold nanoparticles: an interview with Jim Taylor, CEO, Oraya Therapeutics

Football players are found to be carriers of sickle cell trait later in life

Current issue provides critical review of data concerned with antidepressant drugs

Investigators report on potential effects of hormone in borderline personality disorder

On campaign trail, Ky. GOP candidates promise Medicaid expansion repeal

Researchers examine impact of continuous increases in health care costs

3 billion people worldwide at risk of early death due to household air pollution

NIH awards $8.2 million to SUNY Research Foundation in support of DEARC

Nosopharm reports findings on Odilorhabdins that has potential to combat antibiotic resistance

Researchers work on system that detects arthrosis based on changed motion patterns

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Daklinza in the UK for treatment of chronic hepatitis C

Project aims at establishing central biobank for development of new drugs

Study shows 1 in 10 patients may not need surgery following heart attack

F2G begins F901318 Phase I clinical study for treatment of aspergillus infections

Professor receives grant from NIH to test effects of high-intensity functional training

Virginia Mason introduces surgical warranty for hip and knee replacements

Radioactive tracer with PET MRI imaging helps prostate cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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