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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
New Guide Safeguards Children Affected By Substance Misuse, UK A third of drug addicts or problem drinkers in treatment have childcare responsibilities and the lives of these children are much improved when providers and children's services get together early on to ensure the whole family gets the support it may need.	01 June 2011
Lack Of Drug Abuse Programs Lead To Higher Return To Women's Prisons Female prisoners who did not participate in a drug treatment program after their release were 10 times more likely to return to prison within one year than other prisoners, a new study has found.	01 June 2011
Association Discovered Between Childhood ADHD And Substance Abuse Risk Analysis of data from two long-term studies of the impact of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the development of psychiatric disorders in young adults confirms that ADHD alone significantly increases the risk of cigarette smoking and substance abuse in both boys and girls.	01 June 2011
Research Scientists Find Key Mechanism In Transition To Alcohol Dependence A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists has found a key biological mechanism underpinning the transition to alcohol dependence. This finding opens the door to the development of drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption.	01 June 2011
Animal Study Suggests Having A Lifelong Mate Leads To Greater Resistance To Amphetamines Long-term relationships make the commonly abused drug amphetamine less appealing, according to a new animal study in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that social bonds formed during adulthood lead to changes in the brain that may protect against drug abuse.	01 June 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Common, Inherited Dementia May Respond To Cancer Drug A drug already approved for people with cancer shows early potential as a therapy for a common form of dementia, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report."Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) holds promise as a first-generation drug for the prevention and treatment of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive, inherited neurodegenerative disease for which there is no treatment," said Dr.	01 June 2011
Alzheimer's Society Celebrities Run In Bupa London 10,000 And Raise Funds For People With Dementia And Their Carers, UK Alzheimer's Society celebrity runners have raised almost £2,500.Actors Shaun Dooley (Exile, Married Single Other) and Nigel Whitmey (Casualty, The Deep), TV presenter Jamie Darling (Animal Hospital) and garden designer and BBC presenter, Chris Beardshaw, (Gardener's World, The Flying Gardener) raised the money by taking part in the Bupa London 10,000 yesterday.	01 June 2011
Potential New Drug Candidate Found For Alzheimer's Disease Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, the Medical University of South Carolina and American Life Science Pharmaceuticals of San Diego have demonstrated that oral administration of a cysteine protease inhibitor, E64d, not only reduces the build-up of β-amyloid (Aβ) in the brains of animal models for Alzheimer's disease, but also results in a substantial improvement in memory deficit.	01 June 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Initiation Of Phase 1B Clinical Trial For Its Anti-inflammatory Drug Ampion™ Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMPE)("Ampio") announced that it received ethics board approval for a Phase 1B clinical trial in Australia of its biologic anti-inflammatory agent, Ampion™.	01 June 2011
CrystalGenomics Initiates CG100649 Phase 2b Study In Patients With Osteoarthritis CrystalGenomics, Inc. (Seoul, Korea) and CG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Emeryville, California), a biopharmaceutical company with 3 clinical stage candidates, has announced that the first patient has been enrolled for a Phase 2b clinical study of CG100649, CrystalGenomics' clinical stage novel NSAID candidate, in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA).	01 June 2011

Dentistry News
Government Intervention Required On Whitening Products, BDA Believes, UK The British Dental Association (BDA) is seeking an urgent meeting with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to resolve concerns about the position trading standards officers are adopting in relation to the supply of teeth whitening products.	01 June 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Sex Matters - More Men With Migraine Suffer From PTSD Than Women A recently published paper highlights that while the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more common in those with migraine than those without migraine irrespective of sex, the risk is greater in male migraineurs than female migraineurs.	01 June 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
Harder To Insure Patients Get Lower Premiums And Easier Enrollment Procedure Millions of hard-to-insure patients in the USA will now find it easier to get more affordable and prompt medical treatment after the PCIP (Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan) changes announced by the US Department of Health and Human Services.	01 June 2011
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown Applauds Changes To Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans Millions of heart disease and stroke patients may now have a greater opportunity to receive more affordable and timely medical care with changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP).	01 June 2011

Heart Disease News
University Health Network's Centre For Innovation In Complex Care Launches Innovate AFIB Project A White Paper released today by the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC), of the University Health Network (UHN), has identified significant care gaps of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in Ontario, which contribute to debilitating strokes that could be prevented.	01 June 2011
Cancer Drug Not Yet Proven On Heart Patients, Says Charity A new drug aimed at treating cancer could help prevent heart failure too, according to new research from America. However, the drug has only been tested on mice and the benefits have yet to be replicated in heart patients.	01 June 2011
Increased Risk Of Heart Attack In Adulthood Following Surgical Removal Of The Tonsils And Appendix During Childhood The surgical removal of the appendix and tonsils before the age of 20 was associated with an increased risk of premature heart attack in a large population study performed in Sweden.(1) Tonsillectomy increased the risk by 44% (hazard ratio 1.	01 June 2011
American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown Applauds Changes To Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans Millions of heart disease and stroke patients may now have a greater opportunity to receive more affordable and timely medical care with changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP).	01 June 2011
Patients With Mental Illness Have Higher Mortality After Heart Attacks But Receive Inferior Care New research from the University of Leicester raises concerns about higher than expected mortality following acute coronary events such as heart attack in those with significant mental ill health.	01 June 2011
Nighttime Surgery Not A Factor In Survival For Heart And Lung Transplants Despite concerns that surgeon fatigue is leading to dangerous complications for patients and data showing worse outcomes for many patients who undergo surgery at night, new Johns Hopkins research suggests that in the case of heart and lung transplants time of day has no affect on patient survival.	01 June 2011
Sexual Health Of Men With Chronic Heart Failure Significantly Improves With CRT A new study published in the journal Clinical Cardiology reveals that in men with chronic heart failure, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves patients' libido, erectile dysfunction, and sexual performance.	01 June 2011
Fear Of Dying During A Heart Attack Is Linked To Increased Inflammation Intense distress and fear of dying, which many people experience when suffering the symptoms of a heart attack, are not only fairly common emotional responses but are also linked to biological changes that occur during the event, according to new research published online today in the European Heart Journal [1].	01 June 2011
Mother's Body Size And Placental Size Predict Heart Disease In Men Researchers investigating the foetal origins of chronic disease have discovered that combinations of a mother's body size and the shape and size of her baby's placenta can predict heart disease in men in later life.	01 June 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
NIH Grant Ratchets Up ASU Research In Molecular Motors Empowered by a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Arizona State University scientist Wayne Frasch is deciphering how one of the world's smallest molecular motors works in living cells.	01 June 2011
Cells Do Talk To One Another, But The Question Remains How Inside the human body, an amazing amount of communication occurs constantly. But the dialogue is rather extraordinary. The orators are actually multiple cell types that make up the human tissues.	01 June 2011
Multiple Life-Science Databases Accessible Through RIKEN Scientists' Networking System A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan's flagship research institute.	01 June 2011
Breakthrough In Understanding Blood Clotting Blood clotting is a complicated business, particularly for those trying to understand how the body responds to injury. In a new study, researchers report that they are the first to describe in atomic detail a chemical interaction that is vital to blood clotting.	01 June 2011
American Red Cross App Puts Emergency Care Instruction In The Palm Of Your Hand Just in time for the busy summer season, a new smartphone app launched today by the American Red Cross, Dr. Mehmet Oz and the medical website Sharecare makes it even easier for the average person to help in an emergency.	01 June 2011

Mental Health News
Patients With Mental Illness Have Higher Mortality After Heart Attacks But Receive Inferior Care New research from the University of Leicester raises concerns about higher than expected mortality following acute coronary events such as heart attack in those with significant mental ill health.	01 June 2011
Knowledge About Mental Illness Increases Likelihood Of Seeking Help Increased knowledge about mental illness, attitudes of tolerance toward people with mental illness, and support for providing them with care in the community lead to an increased likelihood of individuals seeking help, according to research appearing in the June issue of the American Psychiatric Association's journal Psychiatric Services.	01 June 2011
Animal Study Suggests Having A Lifelong Mate Leads To Greater Resistance To Amphetamines Long-term relationships make the commonly abused drug amphetamine less appealing, according to a new animal study in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that social bonds formed during adulthood lead to changes in the brain that may protect against drug abuse.	01 June 2011
ER Visits Persist For Children With Mental Health Problems Despite Regular Outpatient Care Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists have found that having a regular outpatient mental health provider may not be enough to prevent children and teens with behavioral problems from repeatedly ending up in the emergency room.	01 June 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Enrolments Open For The PSA National Intern Training Program! Australia If you are a pharmacy intern looking to further your career and develop your practice knowledge the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's specialist National Intern Training Program (NITP) is what you are looking for.	01 June 2011

Seniors / Aging News
GSA, AGHE Support Passage Of Eldercare Workforce Legislation The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and its educational branch, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), applaud the recent reintroduction of a U.S. Senate bill to address the critical shortage of healthcare professionals able to meet the needs of the country's older adults.	01 June 2011
Tackling Malnutrition In The Elderly Could Reduce Neck Of Femur Fractures And The High Rate Of Related Deaths Neck of femur (NOF) fractures are a predominant cause of hospitalisation among people over the age of 65. They result in an end to independent living for 60% of those affected and death within six months from surgery for 30%.	01 June 2011
How Vitamins And Minerals May Prevent Age-Related Diseases Severe deficiency of the vitamins and minerals required for life is relatively uncommon in developed nations, but modest deficiency is very common and often not taken seriously. A new research published online in the FASEB Journal, however, may change this thinking as it examines moderate selenium and vitamin K deficiency to show how damage accumulates over time as a result of vitamin and mineral loss, leading to age-related diseases.	01 June 2011
What Can We Do About Death? Reinventing The American Medical System In a feature article in The New Republic, Daniel Callahan and Sherwin Nuland propose a radical reinvention of the American medical system requiring new ways of thinking about living, aging, and dying.	01 June 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Viewers Look To TV Characters To Advise How To Talk About Sexual Health "What would Samantha and Miranda do?"That's what viewers of the past HBO series Sex and the City may ask themselves when faced with the prospect of uncomfortable discussions about sexual health with partners, friends and doctors.	01 June 2011
Ontario Study Of HIV Infection Among Women Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a health study by researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and St.	01 June 2011
BioSante Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In LibiGel(R) Phase III Safety Study BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX), today announced completion of enrollment in its ongoing LibiGel (testosterone gel) Phase III cardiovascular and breast cancer safety study. LibiGel is in development for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction (FSD), specifically, hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in menopausal women, for which there is no FDA-approved product.	01 June 2011
Do Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone Raise Blood Clot Risk? FDA Orders Safety Review The FDA informs that new data regarding birth control pills containing drospirenone are being evaluated to determine what the risk of blood clots is. Drospirenone is a synthetic progestin - a female sex hormone.	01 June 2011

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