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Alzheimer's / Dementia News
American Geriatrics Society Guide To Managing Psychosis And Behavioral Aspects Of Dementia Now Available The American Geriatrics Society's newest clinical tool, the AGS Guide to the Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults, is now available on the AGS website.	27 June 2011

Headache / Migraine News

Autonomic Technologies Announces Positive Preliminary Findings For A Novel Device For The Treatment Of Severe Headache Autonomic Technologies, Inc. (ATI), the developer of a novel miniaturized implantable system for severe headaches, today announced positive preliminary findings from a study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company's investigational neurostimulation system for the treatment of cluster headache.

27 June 2011

Heart Disease News
Diastolic Dysfunction Of The Heart Associated With Increased Mortality Risk A new report published in the June 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, suggests that diastolic dysfunction maybe an independent risk factor for increased risk of death.	27 June 2011
Gene That Keeps You Thin May Raise Risk Of Heart Disease And Diabetes The gene IRS1, which is linked to having less body fat, also appears to be associated with having higher blood glucose and cholesterol levels, both key factors in heart disease and diabetes type 2 risk, researchers from the Medical Research Council, UK, reported in the journal Nature Genetics.	27 June 2011
New Guide Indicates When And How Genetic Testing Is Useful While genetic inheritance is known to play a role in the multifactorial development of most diseases of the heart, there are also a number of clearly diagnosed cardiac conditions which owe their development to quite specific genetic abnormalities.	27 June 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
National Coordinator For Health IT Hails Graduates As New Leaders To Deploy Health IT Speaking to the graduates of Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City today, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology saluted them for being a part of an innovative program aimed at using modern data technology to dramatically improve the U.	27 June 2011

Mental Health News
Premature Babies Risk Mental Health Problems, Say Experts Premature or low birthweight babies are more than three times more likely to suffer from anxiety and mood disorders in adolescence than full-term infants, according to psychologists at the University of Birmingham.	27 June 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Reception In The Scottish Parliament Addressed By Chief Pharmaceutical Officer The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland hosted a successful reception in the Scottish Parliament yesterday evening. Over 100 pharmacists from all sectors of the profession and every part of Scotland met with MSPs from every political party.	27 June 2011

Seniors / Aging News
American Geriatrics Society Guide To Managing Psychosis And Behavioral Aspects Of Dementia Now Available The American Geriatrics Society's newest clinical tool, the AGS Guide to the Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults, is now available on the AGS website.	27 June 2011
Asthma UK Comment On: Drug Side Effect Linked With Increased Health Risks For Over 65s You may have seen some stories in the media today about a study into the risks of elderly people taking combinations of common medicines, some of which are used to treat asthma and allergies.	27 June 2011
Some HIV Drugs Cause Premature Aging A class of anti-retroviral drugs commonly used to treat HIV, particularly in Africa and low income countries, can cause premature ageing, according to research published in the journal Nature Genetics.	27 June 2011
Multidisciplinary Integrated Care For Seniors Gives Better Quality Care Multidisciplinary integrated care of seniors in residential care facilities resulted in better quality of care, found a Dutch study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).In the Netherlands, people living in residential care facilities - about 10% of seniors aged 75 or older - have increasingly complex health needs.	27 June 2011

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