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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
New DrugScope Book Will Help Professionals Support Women During Pregnancy, UK The latest in DrugScope's series of resource books for professionals, The Essential Guide to Problem Substance Use During Pregnancy, is now on sale.This unique text is the go-to reference guide for all practitioners who provide care to women who use drugs or alcohol before, during and after their pregnancy.	25 May 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
New Protein Linked To Alzheimer's Disease After decades of studying the pathological process that wipes out large volumes of memory, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered a molecule called c-Abl that has a known role in leukemia also has a hand in Alzheimer's disease.	25 May 2011
Researchers Show Reduced Ability Of The Aging Brain To Respond To Experience Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have published new data on why the aging brain is less resilient and less capable of learning from life experiences. The findings provide further insight into the cognitive decline associated with aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.	25 May 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Interleukin-6 Inhibitor Sirukumab (CNTO 136) Phase 2 Data Show Promise In The Treatment Of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Results from a Phase 2 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, proof-of-concept and dose-finding study showed that treatment with sirukumab (CNTO 136) improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with active disease despite treatment with methotrexate (MTX).	25 May 2011
Data Presented At Two Global Medical Congresses Reinforce Significant Benefit Of Enbrel(R) For Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Conditions Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) today announced new results from multiple studies of ENBREL (etanercept), further expanding the body of evidence supporting the efficacy and safety profile of ENBREL, the most prescribed biologic by rheumatologists worldwide.	25 May 2011
Biologic Treatment Could Change Current Standard Of Care For 160,000 People Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis New data presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism congress demonstrated that RoActemra (tocilizumab) alone had comparable clinical efficacy to RoActemra plus methotrexate (MTX) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).	25 May 2011
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Studies Show Vectra(TM) DA Can Track Early Response To Therapy Crescendo Bioscience™ has announced data indicating that Vectra™ DA, a first-in-class multi-biomarker blood test used to assess rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, provides physicians with an objective measure which may help determine whether patients are responding to therapy.	25 May 2011
Waking Up To The Morning Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) European-wide research published today in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases1,2,3 reveals the real impact of the morning symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on a patient's working ability and quality of life, with 83% of those with severe morning stiffness (n=170), agreeing that the difficulties caused by morning stiffness and pain control their lives.	25 May 2011
UCB To Conduct First Anti-TNF Head-to-head Study Between Cimzia(R) (certolizumab Pegol) And Humira(R)* (adalimumab) UCB today announced its plan to launch the first industry sponsored anti-TNF head-to-head study that will assess the effectiveness of Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol) and Humira® (adalimumab) in the treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA).	25 May 2011
NRAS Launches Care Plan To Help Enhance Patient Self-Management Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, UK Today the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) has launched the NRAS Care Plan, a patient-held record designed to improve a patient's ability to self-manage their Rheumatoid Arthritis.	25 May 2011

Autism News
Autism Changes Molecular Structure Of The Brain For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain. Now a UCLA study is the first to reveal how the disorder makes its mark at the molecular level, resulting in an autistic brain that differs dramatically in structure from a healthy one.	25 May 2011
Women Who Start Prenatal Vitamins Early Are Less Likely To Have Children With Autism Women who reported not taking a daily prenatal vitamin immediately before and during the first month of pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder as women who did take the supplements - and the associated risk rose to seven times as great when combined with a high-risk genetic make-up, a study by researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute has found.	25 May 2011
New Research Study On Most Effective Seizure Treatments For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Roughly 25-35% of individuals with autism eventually develop seizures and many of the remainder have subclinical seizure-like brain activity. However, little is known about which traditional epilepsy treatments and commonly used non-traditional alternative treatments are effective for treating seizures or epilepsy in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder.	25 May 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Strengthening Our Defences Against Flu First seasonal flu plan and consultation on future procurement options for flu vaccine published Improving vaccine uptake rates for at-risk groups and keeping a reserve of flu vaccine to ensure a reliable and safe supply are among measures set out in the first seasonal flu plan published by the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today.	25 May 2011
Mexican Flu Pandemic Study Supports Social Distancing Eighteen-day periods of mandatory school closures and other social distancing measures were associated with a 29 to 37 percent reduction in influenza transmission rates in Mexico during the 2009 pandemic.	25 May 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Tinted lenses relieve migraine symptoms, neurological proof Migraine sufferers really do experience relief when they use tinted specs or lenses, and for the first time functional magnetic resonance imaging appears to provide neurological proof, researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Michigan reported in the journal Cephalalgia.	25 May 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
Do Not Tinker With Medicaid! Most Americans Say The majority of Americans do not want to see any reductions in Medicaid spending and are against the proposed plan to convert the health program to block grant financing in an attempt to reduce the federal deficit, according to a May Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, involving a nationally representative random sample of 1,203 adults.	25 May 2011

Heart Disease News
Broiled Or Baked Fish Lowers Heart Failure Risk - Fried Fish Raises Risk Postmenopausal women who regularly eat broiled or baked fish have a 30% lower risk of heart failure compared to women who very rarely or never consume broiled/baked fish, while regular eaters of fried fish have a higher risk, researchers revealed in the journal Circulation - Heart Failure.	25 May 2011
Early Treatment Of Depression May Reduce Heart Disease Risk Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and an Indiana University Center for Aging Research affiliated scientist, has received a $110,000 grant from the American Heart Association to explore whether treatment of depression before one experiences a heart attack can reduce the likelihood of future heart disease.	25 May 2011
Juventas Therapeutics Demonstrates JVS-100 Delivery To Patients With Heart Failure Is Safe And Provides Clinical Benefit Juventas Therapeutics is a privately-held, clinical-stage company developing novel regenerative therapies for treatment of cardiovascular disease. The Company's lead product, JVS-100, encodes Stromal cell-Derived Factor 1 (SDF-1) which has been shown to repair damaged tissue through recruitment of circulating stem cells to the site of injury, prevention of ongoing cell death and restoration of blood flow.	25 May 2011
Heart Failure Risk Lower In Women Who Often Eat Baked/Broiled Fish The risk of developing heart failure was lower for postmenopausal women who frequently ate baked or broiled fish, but higher for those who ate more fried fish, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.	25 May 2011
Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval For XIENCE Nano™ To Treat Coronary Artery Disease In Small Vessels Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the XIENCE nano™ Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease in small vessels.	25 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Keeping Dairy Cows Outside Is Good For The Outdoors Computer simulation studies by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suggests that a dairy cow living year-round in the great outdoors may leave a markedly smaller ecological hoofprint than its more sheltered sisters.	25 May 2011
FDA Clears Siemens IMMULITE 2000 XPi Immunoassay System For Sale In The U.S. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announces today that it has received FDA clearance to market its IMMULITE® 2000 XPi Immunoassay System in the United States. The IMMULITE 2000 XPi system, the newest member of the Siemens IMMULITE product family, offers the largest automated immunoassay test menus available today and features several innovative hardware and software solutions to enhance productivity and efficiency for medium- to high- volume clinical laboratories.	25 May 2011
EMRs, Lifestyle Counseling And Glycemic Control In Patients With Diabetes Electronic medical records (EMRs) have been in use for more than 30 years, but have only increased in utilization in recent years, due in part to research supporting the benefits of EMRs and federal legislation.	25 May 2011

Mental Health News
GP Groups Call For Reinvestment Into Successful Mental Health Program, Australia United General Practice Australia - the coalition of the peak groups representing Australia 's general practitioners - has issued a strong united statement calling on the government to expand the Better Access program to meet the demand for mental healthcare in the community rather than reducing Medicare patient rebates for vital mental health services.	25 May 2011
New NICE Guidance To Help Millions With Common Mental Health Disorders A new NICE guideline aims to help GPs provide quick, cost-effective treatment to improve the lives of millions of people experiencing common mental health disorders.Common mental health disorders can affect up to 15% of the population at any one time.	25 May 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Statement Of HDMA President And CEO John M. Gray On The Introduction Of Senate Legislation To Increase Penalties For Pharmaceutical Cargo Thefts John M. Gray, President and CEO of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), issued the following statement on the introduction of legislation - the Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organization Stealing and Enhance Safety Act of 2011 or the SAFE DOSES Act (S.	25 May 2011
APhA Announces 2011 Postgraduate Best Paper Awards The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) today announced the recipients of the 2011 APhA Postgraduate Best Paper Awards. The recipients were chosen during the recent 2011 APhA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Wash.	25 May 2011

Seniors / Aging News
You're Never Too Old For An Angioplasty Loyola University Health System interventional cardiologist Dr. Ferdinand Leya says there's no upper age limit for performing balloon angioplasties.Agnes Komperda, for example, underwent an angioplasty when she was 96, and just celebrated her 100th birthday.	25 May 2011
MetLife Foundation's Grant Bolsters Media Coverage For Aging Issues The MetLife Foundation has awarded The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) $100,000 in new grant funding for a fellowship program that will bring aging-focused reporters to GSA's Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston this November.	25 May 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Sex And Religion, New Study Heats Up Controversy Uh oh. Sex. As America's "war on sex" once again heats up as the country slides toward another presidential election, a new Sex and Secularism study conducted by Kansas University undergraduate Amanda Brown and Dr.	25 May 2011
Adolescent Sex And Laws, A Crime Victims' Institute Study While statutory rape laws have been enacted to protect minors from sexual abuse by adults or peers, more teenagers are engaging in sexual activity before the legal age of consent and are facing sexual assault charges.	25 May 2011
Terrence Higgins Trust Awarded Grant From The Department For Education To Improve Sex And Relationships Education In England HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has been granted £203,528 of funding from the Department for Education to deliver vital new sex and relationships education (SRE) within schools and youth organisations in England.	25 May 2011

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