M2 Communications March 24, 2008 New Haven, Conn. -- Cartoonist Garry Trudeau will receive the annual Mental Health Research Advocacy Award from Yale School of Medicine April 5 for his outstanding portrayal of the readjustment issues faced by soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: PsycPORT.com | 24 Mar 2008 | 2:08 pm
Summaries of recent news about state budgets in Alabama and Maine appear below.Alabama: Gov. Bob Riley's (R) proposed $1. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
FDA has granted priority review status to Merck's application to expand marketing of its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to women ages 27 to 45, the company said Wednesday, Reuters reports. The designation means that an FDA decision could come within six months, according to Reuters. currently is approved by the FDA for use by girls and women ages nine to 26 (Reuters, 3/19). Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The "national silence" on issues such as sexual behavior, race and poverty has contributed to the high rate of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among teenagers in the U.S. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The number of suspected salmonella cases linked to an outbreak in this southern Colorado town topped 200 Sunday. Of 216 reported cases so far, 68 have been confirmed by lab results, ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Medical device companies in 2007 spent more than $28 million on lobbying the federal government, compared with $26.5 million in 2006, according to a preliminary analysis of U.S. Senate records conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
The dramatic increase that has occurred in the cure rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) will be difficult to replicate in older patients without considerable additional research, according to an article by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital authors that appears in the March 22 issue of the Lancet. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Botswana officials speaking at a recent event in the capital of Gaborone encouraged young people to get tested for HIV and to abstain from high-risk behavior, Botswana's Mmegi reports. According to Mmegi, the event marked the commemoration of the Month of Youth Against AIDS in Gaborone. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
A research team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has identified chemical compounds that hold promise as potential therapies for schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that afflicts more than 200 million people worldwide. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The Kansas Senate on Wednesday voted 30-8 to approve legislation that would phase in a $14 million SCHIP expansion over two years, the AP/Wichita Eagle reports. The bill would increase the income eligibility threshold next year to 225% of the federal poverty level and to 250% of the poverty level in 2010. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
HCV is a significant human pathogen, infecting more than three percent of the world's population. The incidence of infection in the United States has been estimated to be as high as 4 million cases. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Thailand is recording a high number of new HIV/AIDS cases, primarily because of the prevalence of high-risk sexual activities in the country, according to a recent survey released by the Population and Community Development Association, the Bangkok Post reports. According to the survey, at least 40 people newly contract HIV in Thailand each day. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Hyperactive young girls are more likely to have serious problems during adulthood, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 24 Mar 2008 | 12:09 am
Therapeutic cloning has been successfully used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice, research shows. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 23 Mar 2008 | 7:03 pm
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel March 23, 2008 Mar. 23--BAGHDAD -- Counseling a suicidal person is a difficult task, but the intensity level increases significantly when weapons are added to the equation. Source: PsycPORT.com | 23 Mar 2008 | 2:08 pm
Associated Press March 23, 2008 LONDON - Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has told a student magazine she contemplated suicide before her rise to success, a British newspaper reported Sunday. Source: PsycPORT.com | 23 Mar 2008 | 2:08 pm
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) March 23, 2008 Hamburg, Germany (dpa) - Falling asleep on the job for a few minutes can improve your memory and mental performance, according to a team of German researchers. Source: PsycPORT.com | 23 Mar 2008 | 2:08 pm
