The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally.
"These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer," said Fran Visco, president of NBCCF. "The public policy work we do is intense, complex, and vital. These organizations Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for February, 2009
Britain’s Control Orders And Detention Regime Cause Devastating Impact On Families, Report Reveals
17 Feb 2009
The Institute of Race Relations has published a new report on the devastating impact on family life of Britain’s anti-terrorist control order and detention policy. The report, entitled ‘Besieged in Britain’, has been written by journalist and author Victoria Brittain, co-author with Moazzam Begg of Enemy Combatant: a British Muslim’s journey to Guant??namo and back. Based on her meeting Read the rest of this entry »
UT Southwestern Performs First Local Implant In Deep Brain Stimulation Study For Depression
16 Feb 2009
UT Southwestern Medical Center neurological surgeons have begun implanting patients as part of a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy may help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression.
The BROADEN™ (BROdmann Area 25 DEep brain Neuromodulation) study is a controlled, multi-site, blinded, clinical study that is evaluating the safety Read the rest of this entry »
New Geisinger research shows that men with a combination of low total cholesterol and depression were seven times more likely to die prematurely from unnatural causes, such as suicide and accidents.
The study, which was published recently in Journal of Psychiatric Research, found that men with low total cholesterol (165 milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter or less) and depression were at very high risk for premature death from "external Read the rest of this entry »
At last a male contraceptive jab!
11 Feb 2009
At last a male contraceptive jab has been developed and is all set to be trialled - and Sydney men will be the first guinea pigs!
The new male contraceptive which has been developed by researchers at Concord Hospital’s Anzac Research Institute is a world first and will offer men control over their own fertility.
Sydney men will be among the first in the world to try a new two-monthly male Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology () provides an important part of the answer. In the report, scientists from Queen’s University of Belfast, University of Oxford and Trinity College Dublin show for the first time that eotaxin, a chemical that helps immune cells locate the Read the rest of this entry »
"Factors Associated With Self-Reported Depression in Arab-, Chaldean-, and African-Americans" (.pdf), Ethnicity & Disease: Researchers led by Hikmet Jamil of Wayne State University and colleagues surveyed 3,543 adults of Arab, Chaldean and African backgrounds living in Detroit, seeking to determine ethnicity-specific prevalence of self-reported depression. Read the rest of this entry »
Study Examines Smoking, Anxiety Among Black Men
05 Feb 2009
"Association Between Anxiety and Smoking in a Sample of Urban Black Men," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: Bradley Collins and Stephen Lepore Read the rest of this entry »
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: RNN), a leader in development of innovative therapeutics for life-threatening and life-debilitating diseases, announced today that it has initiated a Phase IIa clinical trial for SerdaxinTM, for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The Serdaxin Phase IIa study calls for the recruitment of up to 100 patients to evaluate Read the rest of this entry »
A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP was the first to use twin data to examine the longitudinal link between sleep problems and depression. Generic viagra pills no prescription Results of this study demonstrate that sleep problems predict later depression; the converse association was not found. These findings are consistent with the theory that early treatment of Read the rest of this entry »
Men with facial scars more attractive to women
01 Feb 2009
Men’s Health News
Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found.
It was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was an unattractive facial feature and in non-Western cultures they were perceived as a sign of maturity and strength. Buy Read the rest of this entry »
Omega-3s ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women, according to researchers at Universit?© Laval’s Faculty of Medicine. Their study, published in the February issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, presents the first evidence that omega-3 supplements are effective for treating common menopause-related mental health problems.
Dr. Michel Lucas and colleagues Read the rest of this entry »