Researchers from the University of Glasgow revealed that the screening and treating middle-aged adults with a family history of coronary heart disease could prevent more than 4 in 10 premature heart attacks.
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, is disappointed that the overall NICE Guidance excludes newly diagnosed patients with mild AD, despite the revisions published which allow some discretion for clinicians in their reliance on the MMSE when dealing with exceptional patients.
Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences reported this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Screening and treating middle-aged adults with a family history of coronary heart disease could prevent more than 4 in 10 premature heart attacks, according to an article in this week?s BMJ.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the final selection of the Board of Directors for the newly created Mental Health Commission of Canada. Speaking at a gathering of international leaders in the mental health field, the Prime Minister said the selection of the new board members, as well as the chairs of the cross-country network of advisory committees, means the Commission is now formally set to launch its activities.
Australian parents need to be educated about managing fever in young children because many give medication incorrectly and often unnecessarily, according to a Queensland University of Technology nursing researcher.
A University of Iowa professor is making a case for a new eating disorder she calls purging disorder. The disorder is similar to bulimia nervosa in that both syndromes involve eating, then trying to compensate for the calories.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the final selection of the Board of Directors for the newly created Mental Health Commission of Canada.
The estimated number of youth with office visits with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder substantially increased between 1994 and 2003, while adult visits with a bipolar disorder diagnoses appeared to almost double, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario welcomes the launch of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) by Prime Minister Steven Harper in Ottawa, Ontario.