New Insights Into The Mechanism Of Action Of
Antipsychotic Drugs

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA) reports the publication in Schizophrenia Research, the official journal of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, of a manuscript entitled “Common effect of antipsychotics on the biosynthesis[...]

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Oh Baby, Interventional Radiology Makes
Childbirth Safer

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:44:51 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Innovative, interventional radiology treatments are making childbirth safer for women who have C-sections that are complicated by massive bleeding and for those who suffer from the pregnancy condition of “invasive” placenta. The results of[...]

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Expert Available To Discuss Status Of
Tuberculosis In America

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:43:19 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

For many Americans, tuberculosis may seem as remote as their childhood memories of lining up in high school gymnasiums with arms extended for a “TB test.” In fact, TB is a worldwide health problem and Americans are not immune. Tuberculosis[...]

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Maintenance Rituximab Is Useful For Advanced
Indolent Lymphoma

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:42:07 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

A new study has found for the first time that maintenance therapy with the novel antibody, rituximab (MR) following cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone (CVP) therapy improves progression-free survival in patients with stage III-IV indolent[...]

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Diagnostic Errors: The New Focus Of Patient
Safety Experts

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:40:23 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it’s high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing errors, wrong-site surgeries and hospital-acquired infections. Diagnostic[...]

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Folic Acid Supplements Linked To Higher Risk Of
Prostate Cancer

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:31:41 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared with men who took a placebo.The finding came from a[...]

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Study Shows Best Methods For Assessing Womens
Breast Cancer Risk

post from ZAMP Bionews on 11 March 2009 09:30:38 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Using a combination of risk factors, including breast density, provides the most accurate method to date for postmenopausal women to determine if they are at risk for developing breast cancer. That’s the finding of a new meta-analyses and[...]

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New York State Health IT Strategy May Be Model
For The Nation

Health information technology programs implemented in New York state are active and functioning a full two years after being established, and could serve as models for new federal initiatives, according to a study by investigators at Weill Cornell[...]

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Researchers Identify New Way The Malaria Parasite
And Red Blood Cells Interact

Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences researchers have discovered a new mechanism the malaria parasite uses to enter human red blood cells, which could lead to the development of a vaccine cocktail to fight the mosquito-borne disease.Malaria is[...]

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Study Suggests Salt Might Be Natures
Antidepressant

UI psychologist Kim Johnson and colleagues found in their research that when rats are deficient in sodium chloride, common table salt, they shy away from activities they normally enjoy, like drinking a sugary substance or pressing a bar that stimulates a[...]

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