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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Adults With Mental Illness Are Four Times More Likely To Develop Alcohol Dependency Than Adults Without Mental Illness A new report shows that alcohol dependence is four times more likely to occur among adults with mental illness than among adults with no mental illness (9.6-percent versus 2.2-percent). Based on a nationwide survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the report also shows that the rate of alcohol dependency increases as the severity of the mental illness increases.	02 June 2011
Positive Anti-Binge Drinking Messages Most Effective Binge drinking among college students has long been viewed as dangerous and destructive. Government and non-profit health organizations spend millions of dollars annually on public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at dissuading college students from hazardous drinking habits.	02 June 2011
New Approach Needed To Address National 'Epidemic Of Mass Incarceration' With 2.3 million people behind bars and an estimated 10 million Americans cycling in and out of correctional facilities each year, the United States is in the midst of an "epidemic of mass incarceration," say researchers from the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, a collaboration of The Miriam Hospital and Brown University.	02 June 2011
Early Cannabis Use Associated With Poor Brain Function, UK Regular cannabis users who start using the drug before the age of 15 perform worse on brain tests than those who start later, according to new research published in the June issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.	02 June 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Teva Announces Launch Of Generic Aricept(R) Tablets In The United States Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market a generic version of Eisai's Alzheimer's treatment Aricept® (Donepezil Hydrochloride) Tablets, 5 mg and 10 mg.	02 June 2011
Southern Cross Healthcare - Alzheimer's Society Comment, UK Southern Cross Heathcare has announced it will withhold a third of its rental payments over the next 4 months while it comes to a permanent solution to its financial situation, according to reportsThe company, which has 750 care homes and 30,000 residents, recently reported half-year losses of £311m.	02 June 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News

Expansion Of High Value Healthcare Collaborative In December, Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) announced the formation of the High Value Healthcare Collaborative (HVHC) to improve health care, lower costs, and move best practices out to the national provider community.

02 June 2011

Autism News
The Brain's Neural Connections Now Mapped, Measured By Researchers Computer scientists at Brown University have created software to examine neural circuitry in the human brain. The 2-D neural maps combine visual clarity with a Web-based digital map interface, and users can view 2-D maps together with 3-D images.	02 June 2011

Dentistry News

Report Finds Americans More Concerned About Germs On Their Hands, Their Shopping Carts Than Germs In Their Mouths You might think that in an increasingly germ-o-phobic nation, people would take extra care to eliminate oral disease-causing germs from their mouths, but you'd be wrong. While nearly 80 percent of Americans feel concerned about germs on their hands, only 66 percent worry about germs in their mouths, according to the new "Healthy Mouths" report from the makers of LISTERINE® Antiseptic and REACH® brand.

02 June 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Thalamus May Play A Key Role In Regulating Migraine Pain The anatomy of migraine - a close look at the neurobiology of the disease- focuses on the thalamus, the area of the brain that is involved in sensory perception and regulation of motor functions, in one a major session of the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society meeting here this week.	02 June 2011
Migraine And Childhood Abuse A notable prevalence of childhood abuse - physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional - in migraine patients has been observed and documented over the last few years. In fact, it has emerged as a significant enough issue for the American Headache Society to devote an entire plenary session to it at its annual scientific conference in Washington this week.	02 June 2011
Potential To Prevent Migraine With A Pill The discovery of a gene for migraine holds great promise in the quest for new approaches -- possibly even a pill -- for preventing the disease, says a panel of experts presenting data at the annual scientific meeting of the American Headache Society.	02 June 2011
New Treatment Possibilities May Arise If Migraine Sufferers Can Predict An Attack As many as one-third of sufferers of migraine experience aura forewarning symptoms even the day before an attack that might create an opportunity for intervention and prevention. Later during the actual migraine episode a significant number of migraine sufferers experience aura prior to an attack, which is characterized by visual disturbances, illusions, zigzag lines, blind spots, speech disturbances, and tingling or numbness on one side of the body.	02 June 2011

Heart Disease News
No Cancer Risk With Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) do not increase cancer risk, the FDA reported, after investigating the blood pressure medications following a study last year suggesting there might be a small risk.	02 June 2011
Ontario Cardiac Team Celebrates North American First Newmarket, Ontario-based Southlake Regional Health Centre is the first centre inNorth America to use a revolutionary technology that makes it easier to connect with human tissue when guiding catheters into the heart to treat problem areas, reducing patient risk while improving outcomes.	02 June 2011
New Sound Synchronisation Technology Holds The Key To Earlier Diagnosis Of Heart Disease, UK Innovative UK technology is contributing to the development of a revolutionary digital stethoscope that could make it easier for GPs to spot the first signs of heart disease.With Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funding, a Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) team has developed a computer-based technology that synchronises the various sounds collected by the new stethoscope and which make up a human heartbeat.	02 June 2011
Heart Attack Inflammation Worsens If Patient Fears Death Anybody would be distressed and frightened during a heart attack, but that fear, usually fear of death, is associated with biological changes, including worsening inflammation, which in itself raises the risk of death, London researchers reported in the European Heart Journal.	02 June 2011
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: June 1, 2011 ONCOLOGY: Subdivisions reveal effective therapies in triple-negative breast cancer Breast cancers can be divided into different types based on several criteria, including the marker proteins they express.	02 June 2011
Palliative Care Discussions Before LVAD Surgery Helps Patients And Families For patients with severe heart failure, an implanted mechanical pump known as a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) can be a life-sustaining treatment. Even though the technology involves risks, few patients and their families tend to talk explicitly about the "what ifs" before surgery takes place.	02 June 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Over 400 Articles On The e. Coli Bacteria Available Online Free Of Charge On SpringerLink Springer Science+Business Media is offering all journal articles and book chapters which deal with the E. coli bacteria free of charge on its online information platform http://www.springerlink.	02 June 2011
Launch Of New Version Of WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) Free online calculator now available as version 3.3 in 40 models for 34 countries and in 16 languagesThe WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) is an important new calculation tool, available free online here.	02 June 2011
The Brain's Neural Connections Now Mapped, Measured By Researchers Computer scientists at Brown University have created software to examine neural circuitry in the human brain. The 2-D neural maps combine visual clarity with a Web-based digital map interface, and users can view 2-D maps together with 3-D images.	02 June 2011
The Internet Reveals Disconnect Between Medical And Lay Expertise The Internet is empowering its users more than ever, but the same technology that allows people access to limitless information has also enabled some to combat scientific or medical authority with their personal experiences.	02 June 2011

Mental Health News
Minister Lynch Welcomes The Publication Of The Mental Health Commission's Annual Report For 2010, Ireland Ms Kathleen Lynch T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for mental health today (Thursday 2nd June 2011) welcomed the publication of the Mental Health Commission Annual Report for 2010 which includes the Report of the Inspector of Mental Health Services.	02 June 2011
Adults With Mental Illness Are Four Times More Likely To Develop Alcohol Dependency Than Adults Without Mental Illness A new report shows that alcohol dependence is four times more likely to occur among adults with mental illness than among adults with no mental illness (9.6-percent versus 2.2-percent). Based on a nationwide survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) the report also shows that the rate of alcohol dependency increases as the severity of the mental illness increases.	02 June 2011
Tylenol Eases Emotional Pain...And May Pave The Way To Treat Post-Partum Depression As Well A local researcher is testing whether an injection designed for physical pain can heal the emotional pain of post-partum depression (PPD). The study comes after the treatment of 37-year-old Nicole Hooper.	02 June 2011
New Approach Needed To Address National 'Epidemic Of Mass Incarceration' With 2.3 million people behind bars and an estimated 10 million Americans cycling in and out of correctional facilities each year, the United States is in the midst of an "epidemic of mass incarceration," say researchers from the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, a collaboration of The Miriam Hospital and Brown University.	02 June 2011
Psychiatrists Document Adverse Effects Of Mephedrone, UK Psychiatrists in Scotland have published the first known case series documenting the adverse psychological effects of mephedrone - also known by the street names meph, 4-MMC, MCAT, drone, miaow, and bubbles.	02 June 2011
Rates Of Common Mental Illness Not Rising, Says New Study, UK Rates of common mental disorder, including depression and anxiety, have not increased in recent years, according to new research published in the June issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.	02 June 2011
APA Gives Back Program Benefits Mental Health Kokua APA Annual Meeting participants contributed $7,158 to Mental Health Kokua as part of the annual APA Gives Back program, which makes a charitable contribution to a selected organization in the city hosting the Annual Meeting.	02 June 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Key Outputs From The Pharmacy Profession To The Future Forum, UK As part of the Government listening exercise on NHS modernisation, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society hosted a listening event for the Future Forum on 16th May 2011. The event was chaired by Ash Soni, the NHS Future Forum member.	02 June 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Existing Programs Reviewed To Reduce Hospital Re-Admissions Currently, one in five elderly patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within a month. Seeking to address the human and substantial financial burden of revolving door hospital readmissions, the Affordable Care Act proposes a number of initiatives to improve care and health outcomes and reduce costs for the growing population of chronically ill people in the U.	02 June 2011
Study: Life-Long Aerobic Training Preserves White Matter Integrity Motor control and memory are better in older adults who exercise, according to research being presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine and 2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine®.	02 June 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Gay Men In Serious Relationships More Likely To Have Unprotected Sex Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.The findings provide a new direction for prevention efforts in this population who account for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in adolescents and young adults in the United States and who also have the highest increase in new infections.	02 June 2011
'Controlling' Partners Suffer More Conflict With Sexual Desire People who feel secure in in their relationship with their partner have a more satisfactory sex life and are more able to be sensitive in the affection they give. However, people who are insecure, who tend towards anxiety or avoidance and are compulsive or controlling in their affection experience more conflict in their sexual desire and are less happy in their relationships, according to a study by the University of the Basque Country.	02 June 2011

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