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Objective To explore the factors that influence help seeking for mental distress by offenders.Design Qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with prisoners before and after release.Setting One category B local prison in southern England.Participants 35 male offenders aged 18-52, a quarter of ... read more »
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Objective To characterise current safety practices for the use of oral chemotherapy.Design Written questionnaire survey of pharmacy directors of cancer centres.Setting Comprehensive cancer centres in the United States.Results Respondents from 42 (78%) of 54 eligible centres completed the survey, aft... read more »
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Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women's overall risk of infection with the AIDS virus, report the authors of a large study commissioned by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.The study, published on the Web site o... read more »
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Researchers at MIT are developing a device that could detect and prevent epileptic seizures before they become debilitating.Epilepsy affects about 50 million people worldwide, and while anticonvulsant medications can reduce the frequency of seizures, the drugs are ineffective for as many as one in t... read more »
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About 2.5 million Americans of all ages have epilepsy. Think of it as a tiny electrical storm in the brain. Many people suffer from seizures affecting their quality of life or have side effects from epilepsy medications. However, patients with some types of the disease don't respond to surgery or ma... read more »
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An inexpensive tracing agent used in combination with ultrasound can pinpoint how effectively drugs targeting pancreatic cancer work, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have demonstrated for the first time.The study, involving human pancreatic tumor cells implanted in mice, opens a new av... read more »
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The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased strikingly in adults and children in a new population study, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.Severe CHD has risen in adults by 85 percent and 22 percent in children during the 15-year study ... read more »
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AstraZeneca today announced RECENTIN? as the global trademark for AZD2171, its oral, highly potent and selective vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signalling inhibitor. AZD2171 is currently in Phase II/III development for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and advanced colorectal ca... read more »
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Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) has announced the results of a recent placebo controlled, double-blind, randomized, single center study that demonstrated that DiachromeŽ, a patented combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, safely improves blood glucose levels and cholesterol metabolism in pe... read more »
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