Say a deadly campus shooting occurs. It might seem sensible to offer everyone on campus psychological support to prevent psychological repercussions, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
However, a new review from Wales and Australia suggests the opposite Researchers found no evidence to support offering interventions to everyone involved in a traumatic event. In fact, they found [...]

This country is at war with obesity and now men join their women in the fight, says Exante Diet.
As the nations struggle with obesity continues, there is a battle being won in homes around the UK.
Motivated by recent findings that sons with overweight fathers are six times more likely to be obese, more [...]

AACP presents
What 2009 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting and Seminars
When July 18 22, 2009
Where Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, Mass.
Who Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds Learning to be Creative and The Element How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Cost Free to [...]

A research team led by the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology has identified the specific gene which triggers the body to produce diseasefighting antibodies a seminal finding that clarifies the exact molecular steps taken by the body to mount an antibody defense against viruses and other pathogens. The finding, published online today [...]

Concerns raised by the Pharmacists Division of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia over employees being left out of negotiations for the Fifth Community Pharmacy Agreement were unfounded, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia said today.
President of the PSA, Warwick Plunkett, said the concerns were raised to stimulate a response from employee [...]

Based on the data presented, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) recommended that the combination of trabectedin when administered with DOXIL(R) (doxorubicin HCI liposome injection) did not provide a sufficient benefitrisk profile for the treatment of relapsed ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer is difficult to treat and the disease often recurs [...]

A reminder program aimed at screening for breast cancer when it is most treatable boosted mammography rates by more than 17 percentage points, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanentes Center for Health Research in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The program used electronic health records to identify women [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that it will require manufacturers of some immunosuppressant drugs used in kidney (renal) transplantation to update their labeling to reflect an increased risk of infections.
The required label changes affect the following immunosuppressant drugs used to help prevent rejection of transplanted organs
Rapamune (sirolimus) Sandimmune (cyclosporine) and cyclosporine [...]

According to research reported at the Alzheimers Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimers Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna, the number of people with Alzheimers disease and dementia in Europe may be higher than previously reported since both the number of new cases and the total number of people affected continue to rise among the very [...]

FDA has given final approval to Hologics Adiana permanent contraception system, the Boston Herald reports. The company hopes to market the procedure as an alternative to tubal ligation surgery for the roughly 700,000 U.S. women who undergo the procedure each year. Adiana is similar to Conceptus Essure, which has been on the market since 2002.Adiana [...]