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Himatanthus articulatus (Apocynaceae) is a plant native to the Amazon, popularly used to treat external ulcers, tumors, inflammations, cancer, syphilis and malaria.
No advantage for routine drainage after pancreatic resection.
Stress incontinence in elderly women.
Stress incontinence is one of the major challenges in geriatric medicine. This is becoming more apparent in routine urology practice with the demographic changes in the population. A thorough diagnosi...
The association of unwanted drug effects and increased psychovegetative lability.
OBJECTIVE: Based on a history of unwanted drug effects, patients had to undergo a series of exposure tests to identify alternative non-invasive drugs. In our study we examined if psychosomatic factors...
Bats are a reservoir for rabies viruses and have been identified as the most common source of human rabies infections acquired in the United States. The last human rabies fatality from a bat exposure...
The proliferation marker Ki-67 is one of the most controversially discussed parameters for treatment decisions in breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the routine use and...
We report a case of retroesophageal right subclavian artery identified in a 59-year-old Japanese female during routine dissection in Nagasaki University School of Medicine. This kind of variation is r...
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial stress is a risk factor for hypertension and has been shown to affect response to treatment for psychiatric illnesses. PURPOSE: We investigate the relationship between a histo...
The impact that psychiatric symptoms have on the lives of young people is central to clinical practice and classification. However, there is relatively little research on impact and its association wi...
Little is known about genetic service utilization and ovarian cancer. We identified the frequency and outcome of genetic counseling referral, predictors of referral, and referral uptake for ovarian ca...
News Articles
No silence about RNA silencing
FSANZ: Response to Heinemann et al on the regulation of GM crops and foods developed using gene silencing(May 2013)Key pointsA recent scientific article (Heinemann et al, 2013) claims that small doubl...
LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting in San Francisco, James McGough, M.D., M.S., principal investigator and Professor of Clinical Psy...
Ketamine Works in OCD, Stubborn Depression (CME/CE)
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The anesthetic agent ketamine continues to show tantalizing promise in psychiatric disorders, with results from new studies in intractable depression and obsessive-com...
New Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual Released
Long-awaited update of "the psychiatrist's bible" has stirred controversy. Marketplace: How Much Is The DSM-5 Worth? Controversy has dogged the new DSM-5, what people like to call "the psychiatrist's...
Psychiatrist Goes MAD at Annual Shrink Convention
Promotes New Diagnostic Term Honoring Keynote Speaker, President Clinton Psychiatrist, speaker-author and comic arts writer-producer, Paul “Dr. J” Jacobson, M.D. takes a p...
Food laboratory accuracy remains a concern
Food microbiology laboratories continue to submit false negative results and false positive results on a routine basis. A retrospective study of nearly 40,000 proficiency test results over the past 14...
Lundbeck and Takeda's Brintellix shows positive results in Ph III major depression study
Danish CNS specialist Lundbeck (LUND: DC) and partner Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4502), Japan's largest drugmaker, are presenting new data on four pivotal studies on Brintellix (vortioxetine), a nove...
AB SCIEX Announces In Vitro Diagnostic Devices CE Marked for Europe
Company to meet European regulatory requirements for use in clinical laboratories and hospitals AB SCIEX, a global leader in analytical technologies, today announced th...
Pfizer partnering activity 2005-2013
Pfizer announced over 410 partnering / licensing deals since 2005, with 59 deals in 2012 alone. Analysis of the partnering deals shows a strong emphasis on partnerships in oncology, infectives, centra...
DSM-5: Caught between Mental Illness Stigma and Anti-Psychiatry Prejudice
Like many psychiatrists, I have been amazed by the debates surrounding the DSM-5 , the first major revision of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disor...
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The Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition
The Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition is an interdisciplinary partnership dedicated to raising awareness about malnutrition and championing for early nutrition screening, asse...
SullivanCotter is the leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of tailored total compensation and reward programs for the health care industry. For mo...
Seattle Genetics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of monoclonal antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer and...
National Health Investors, Inc.
National Health Investors, Inc. is a healthcare real estate investment trust that specializes in the financing of healthcare real estate by purchase and leaseback transactions and...
New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine is published weekly, and the term of a regular subscription is for one year (52 weeks). Subscribers can elect to receive either a Print and Online Subscription or a...
University Behavioral Health provides a supportive, compassionate, and innovative private healing environment of patient-centered care for patients and their families. It i...
Bruker Daltonics is a leading manufacturer of mass spectrometry (MS) instruments and accessories for life science, pharmaceutical, biochemical and chemical research as well as for...
HemoShear LLC is a biotechnology research company that combines its scientific expertise with its unique technology in partnership with pharmaceutical companies to accelerate drug...
TÃV Rheinlandis the worldwide leader in market access, helping businesses gain international approvals in more than 200 countries. The company delivers premier independent cert...
Founded in 1994, CaseCentral is the leader in secure, cloud-based eDiscovery software for corporations and law firms to simplify and take control of electronic discovery (eDiscove...
Clinical Trials
Screening Evaluation for Women With Postpartum Depression
This study evaluates the relationship between mood changes and hormones in women with postpartum depression (PPD). This is an observational study; volunteers who participate will not rece...
This Post Marketing Surveillance study will be performed as an open-label, prospective, non-interventional, uncontrolled study in Human immunodeficit Virus-1 (HIV-1) infected patients. Dat...
This prospective, multi-center, non-interventional study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Herceptin (trastuzumab) in routine clinical practice in Chinese patients with gastric or g...
1/2-MC4R Genotype and Pediatric Antipsychotic Drug- Induced Weight Gain
We will conduct a 12-week, randomized open label study, comparing usual care (UC) antipsychotic treatment (aripiprazole, quetiapine, risperidone) with ziprasidone (ZIP) in children and ado...
cSBI-M for Young Military Personnel
The goal of this project is to test the efficacy of a computer-facilitated Screening and Brief Intervention system adapted for Military use (cSBI-M) in reducing substance use among 18- to...
Evaluation of Myocardial Viability by Means of Low-Dose Dobutamine Gated SPECT (the DOGS Study)
Viability assessment remains a clinical challenge in patient with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Several imaging modalities are available for evaluating myocardi...
Using Sugar Water to Relieve Pain in Infants
This study will examine the safety and effectiveness of sugar water to relieve pain in newborn infants during painful blood tests and injections. Infants of diabetic mothers who receive re...
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Restore Orthobiologic Implant in Rotator Cuff Tear Repair
Primary Endpoints: Comparative evaluation of any differences between the two groups in change from baseline to the 3-month time point in terms of: - Functional recovery (patient...
Anti-Estrogens - A Potential Treatment for Bipolar Affective Disorder in Women?
OBJECTIVE: To test the use of two adjunctive hormonal agents in a 28 day three-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in the treatment of acute mania/hypomania. HYPOTHESIS:...
Janssen - Glucose Regulation/Risp/Olanz
Abnormalities in peripheral glucose regulation and type 2 diabetes can occur more commonly in individuals with schizophrenia than in healthy subjects or in other psychiatric conditions. A...
Videos
Psychological Testing
Psychologist from Plantation, Florida, Lisa Saponaro describes different types and uses of psychological testing. The state of Florida limits most types of p...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A diagnostic technique that incorporates the measurement of molecular diffusion (such as water or metabolites) for tissue assessment by MRI. The degree of molecular movement can be measured by changes of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) with time, as reflected by tissue microstructure. Diffusion MRI has been used to study BRAIN ISCHEMIA and tumor response to treatment.
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
Categorical classification of MENTAL DISORDERS based on criteria sets with defining features. It is produced by the American Psychiatric Association. (DSM-IV, page xxii)
Illness Behavior
Coordinate set of non-specific behavioral responses to non-psychiatric illness. These may include loss of APPETITE or LIBIDO; disinterest in ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; or withdrawal from social interaction.
Wilderness Medicine
Skills and knowledge required for assessment and treatment of traumatic, environmental, and medical emergencies in remote geographic or wilderness environments.
Stroop Test
Timed test in which the subject must read a list of words or identify colors presented with varying instructions and different degrees of distraction. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary. 8th ed.)
