Scientists identify new approaches to treating PTSD (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) — Drugs known as HDAC inhibitors may prove useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study conducted by faculty at The University of Texas at Austin’s Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research.

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New tool to predict early death or hospital readmission (PhysOrg)

A new tool can help physicians predict the likelihood of death or readmission to hospital for patients within 30 days of discharge from hospital, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

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A primer on aspirating breast lumps (PhysOrg)

A patient with a breast lump that has no features suggesting cancer should still be immediately evaluated, according to a primer for physicians in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

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Darkness increases dishonest behavior (PhysOrg)

Darkness can conceal identity and encourage moral transgressions; thus Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in “Worship” in The Conduct of Life (1860), “as gaslight is the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.”

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Adamas Pharmaceuticals Announces In Vitro Data Demonstrating TCAD Therapy Is More Potent Than Double Combinations Or … (Medical News Today)

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, reported on the publication of results from a preclinical study that demonstrated the synergistic effects of triple combination antiviral drug (TCAD) therapy against multiple strains of seasonal, pandemic, and avian influenza A (H1N1, H3N2 and H5N1) virus, including three strains of amantadine resistant pandemic H1N1 and two strains of …

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TCAD therapy active and synergistic against drug resistant influenza virus strains (News-Medical-Net)

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, reported today on the publication of results from a preclinical study that demonstrated the synergistic effects of triple combination antiviral drug (TCAD) therapy against multiple strains of seasonal, pandemic, and avian influenza A (H1N1, H3N2 and H5N1) virus, including three strains of amantadine resistant pandemic H1N1 and two strains …

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Husbands’ hostile, anti-social behaviors increase wives’ symptoms of depression, researchers find (PhysOrg)

Thousands of men, women and children experience family violence each year, according to the U.S.

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Synthetic lethality: A new way to kill cancer cells (PhysOrg)

Ovarian and breast cancer treatments being developed that mix a protein inhibitor and traditional anticancer drugs are showing signs of success, according to a new review for Faculty of 1000 Biology Reports.

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Adamas Pharmaceuticals Announces In Vitro Data Demonstrating TCAD Therapy is More Potent Than Double Combinations or … (PR Newswire via Yahoo!…

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, reported today on the publication of results from a preclinical study that demonstrated the synergistic effects of triple combination antiviral drug therapy against multiple strains of seasonal, pandemic, and avian influenza A virus, including three strains of amantadine resistant pandemic H1N1 and two strains of oseltamivir resistant …

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CDC flu barometers show level activity (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

Feb 19, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Pandemic flu activity in the United States stayed level for the fourth week in a row, though the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported slight increases in the number of outpatient visits for flu-like illnesses and deaths from pneumonia and influenza.

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