Major depressive disorder is a common and complex condition that impacts about 15% of the population of the United States, yet very little is known about the mechanisms behind the psychiatric disorder. What is known is that there are clinical parallels between (more…)
Perrigo Company
(Nasdaq: PRGO; TASE) announced that it has received final approval
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market
over-the-counter (OTC) Children’s Cetirizine Hydrochloride Oral Solution
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(Hives-Relief), 1mg/mL.
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St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced it has been awarded a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for treating depression using neurostimulation therapy in an area of the brain known as Brodmann Area 25.
Brodmann Area 25 is a structure within the subcollosal gyrus region of the brain. It is the focus of the St. Jude Medical BROADEN(TM) (BROdmann Area 25 DEep brain Neuromodulation) study, which is evaluating whether deep (more…)
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Pregnancy rates decrease and miscarriages increase when a father is over 35 years of age, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Monday 7 July). Buy ultram pills Dr. Stephanie Belloc, of (more…)
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of the new powerful strength of their fixed dose combination antihypertensive drug MicardisPlus® 80/25 in all 27 EU member states. It will be launched in Germany and Denmark in the coming weeks, followed soon by Ireland, the United Kingdom and the rest (more…)
Auriga Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: ARGA), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today the launch of Extendryl® PEM and Extendryl® GCP. The two new products will be marketed under the Extendryl brand name which consists of prescription products to treat various cough, cold, and allergy symptoms.
The prescription respiratory market is valued at more than 8 billion dollars in sales and more than 68 million prescriptions (more…)
High blood pressure in childhood is associated with higher blood pressure or hypertension in adulthood, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their analyses of previously published blood pressure tracking studies over the last four decades show a consistent relationship between children’s blood (more…)
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A new study published in the
current Journal of the American Society of Hypertension demonstrates that
the hypertension treatment olmesartan medoxomil was effective in reversing
the narrowing of the arteries that occurs in patients with hypertension.
The study, titled VIOS (Vascular Improvement with Olmesartan (more…)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes limitation of
airflow in the lungs that cannot be fully reversed, leading to
symptoms of breathlessness, cough, wheeze and sputum production.
The disease, although chronic, is interspersed with periods of acute
symptomatic and functional deterioration known as exacerbations.
Exacerbations have important consequences (more…)
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Normal developmental changes during the teenage years leave young adult men at higher risk of heart disease than their female counterparts, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
"Women’s protective advantage against heart disease starts young," said Antoinette Moran, M.D., lead author of the study (more…)
Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a
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anti-inflammatory drugs, announced that it has obtained regulatory
approval from the South African Medicines Control Council (MCC) to initiate
a Phase II study of MRX-4 in 105 patients suffering from allergic rhinitis
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Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs whose serum sodium levels are low (called hyponatremia, or HN) have a very poor chance of survival and a high rate of right-heart failure (RHF), according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.
Low blood sodium is already (more…)
For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment.
The guidelines are published online in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. This is the first consensus statement to define resistant hypertension and (more…)
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Images of sexy women tend to whet men’s sexual appetite. But stimulating new research in the Journal of Consumer Research says there’s more than meets the eye.
A recent study shows that men who watched sexy videos or handled lingerie sought immediate gratification-even when they were making decisions about money, soda, and candy.
Authors Bram Van den Bergh, Siegfried DeWitte, and Luk Warlop (KULeuven, Belgium) found (more…)
People with hypertension should routinely monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, according to a new joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses’ Association.
The statement is published online in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association, the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (more…)
The results of new research on blood pressure
announced today reveal that despite Irish people getting their blood
pressure checked, the majority of them do not know what their reading is
(1). The research was commissioned by Boehringer Ingelheim in advance of
World Hypertension Day 2008 this Saturday, 17th May. High blood pressure,
or ‘hypertension’, is a very common disorder in Ireland and is associated
with (more…)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested that SEI Pharmaceuticals, of Miami, Fla., recall all Xiadafil VIP Tabs sold in 8 tablet bottles (Lot # 6K029) or blister cards of 2 tablets (Lot # 6K029-SEI) because these products contain a potentially harmful, undeclared ingredient that may dangerously affect a person’s blood pressure and can cause other life-threatening (more…)
In a study appearing in the new issue of ‘Brain Stimulation’, scientists report that a new form of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is just as effective as older forms in treating depression but without any of the cognitive side effects found in the older forms. In the NIMH-sponsored study, Dr. generic lexapro online buy Harold Sackeim (more…)
Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE: LLY) and Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion supporting the approval of Cymbalta® (duloxetine hydrochloride) for the treatment of Generalised Anxiety (more…)
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But for the 12 million Americans with food allergies, awareness of ingredients is a must for safely eating their way through summer events, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI).
"People with food allergies must be extra vigilant when eating at summer (more…)
Circassia Ltd, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on allergy and critical care, announced that following successful clinical results achieved in 2008 with its ToleroMune(R) anti-allergy technology, the company has now completed patient recruitment for a further phase II clinical trial in cat allergy. The study, which is underway in Canada, has recruited 120 patients with confirmed cat allergies, (more…)
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Personal stigma associated with depression is higher among men and the less well educated, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. The findings by the Australian team highlight the importance of developing programs to tackle the stigma associated with depression.
Researchers from the Australian National University examined both personal stigma, which is the (more…)