Schizophrenia Population in U.S. Reached 1.5 Million in 2002 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOSTON----A new study published in the November issue of Psychological Medicine was the first of its kind to use administrative claims databases to track the annual prevalence of diagnosed schizophrenia in the United States.
Turei pushing medicinal use of cannabis Otago Daily Times
In the movies, the condemned man is never denied a final smoke. The health risks of that last gasp pale into insignificance when compared with the threat posed by the firing squad.
Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference 2006 Presenter Profiles Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NEW YORK----Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Conference 2006 takes place 6-8 November at the New York Palace Hotel in New York. For in-depth information about the conference, visit http://www.rodmanandrenshaw.com/us06conference .
Trying To Control Pain Can Be A Double-edged Sword, Say Scientists Science Daily
Scientists have shown for the first time why a feeling of control helps us reduce pain. The research, carried out at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, London, has implications for how patients with persistent pain can cope with what is often a debilitating condition.
The 2006 International Research Scholars from Canada and Latin America Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Luis G. Brieba de Castro, Ph.D. Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute Mexico City, Mexico
SCIENCE Washington Post
Modern-day lampreys, the eel-like creatures that survive by sucking the blood of other fishes, appear to be "living fossils" that have remained largely unaltered by evolution for millions of years, new fossil evidence indicates.
Remember This: Receptors Govern How Brain Cells Communicate Science Daily
An hour from now, will you remember reading this? It all depends on proteins in your brain called NMDA receptors, which allow your neurons to communicate with each other. University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered how different types of NMDA receptors perform varied functions. Their findings are published in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
How Blood Starts Clotting: Microfluidics Technique Could Find Medical-diagnostic Applications Science Daily
University of Chicago chemists have demonstrated for the first time how to use a simple laboratory model consisting of only a few chemical reactions to predict when and where blood clotting will occur. The scientists used microfluidics, a technique that allowed them to probe blood clotting on surfaces that mimic vascular damage on the micron scale, a unit of measurement much narrower than the
Studies Into Activity-dependent Neuronal Growth Shed Light On Rett Syndrome Science Daily
BDNF has been a subject of keen interest, turning up in studies of conditions ranging from central hypoventilation syndrome to obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia -- a range of disorders uncannily parallel to those produced by mutations in the "Rett gene," MeCP2. In 2003, two groups found that MeCP2 regulates BDNF transcription. New studies have begun to
European Stocks Decline, Led by Shell and Total on Lower Oil Bloomberg.com
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped, failing to sustain a four-week rally, as energy shares fell with the price of crude oil. Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA paced the declines.