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Mental stress causes carotid artery dilation and increases brain blood flow. A series of ultrasound experiments, described in BioMed Centrals open access journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound, also found that this dilatory reflex was absent in people with high blood pressure.
Tasneem Naqvi and Hahn Hyuhn from the University of Southern California and CedarsSinai Medical Center evaluated carotid [...]

Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC BB PVCT), a developmentstage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, has completed patient accrual for its Phase 2 study of PH10 for atopic dermatitis. PH10 is the Companys topical drug for the treatment of dermatologic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, a chronic skin condition that includes some forms of eczema. The Phase 2 [...]

Aclasta® (zoledronic acid 5 mg)[1] has been approved in the European Union to treat men and postmenopausal women with osteoporosis caused by the longterm use of glucocorticoids, commonly known as steroids.1 The new indication for the treatment of glucocorticoidinduced osteoporosis (GIO) is important because glucocorticoids (often referred to as corticosteroids or steroids) are widely [...]

Even at very high doses, gadoliniumbased contrast agents alone are not sufficient to cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with kidney problems, according to a study performed at the Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL. NSF is a rare and serious syndrome that leads to fibrosis of the skin, joints and even internal organs. Some [...]

Potential new drugs 970 million and still counting
Like astronomers counting stars in the familiar universe of outer space, chemists in Switzerland are reporting the latest results of a survey of chemical space the socalled chemical universe where tomorrows miracle drugs may reside. The scientists conclude, based on this phase of the ongoing count, that [...]

Diabetes UK has just reached the 1,000 follower mark on Twitter, the social networking and microblogging site that allows its users to send and receive each others updates, or tweets.
The charity, present on Twitter since October 2008, is finding that the service is proving to be an invaluable way of communicating directly with people [...]

A multiinstitutional team of researchers, led by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, will begin a fiveyear, $2.9 million National Institutes of Healthfunded study. They will examine the lives of patients with both cataracts and Alzheimers disease (AD) to document how restored vision improves everyday life for people with [...]

Ohio students who participate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School Districts comprehensive sex education program show more knowledge and better attitudes toward safersex practices than students who do not participate, according to a study released Tuesday by Philliber Research Associates, the AP/Dayton Daily News reports. The school district uses a graduated sex education program for students [...]

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today announced that the 2009 NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference will provide a forum at which to provide further recognition to Leonard J. DeMino, RPh., a chain pharmacy icon whose resume already includes some of the industrys highest honors and achievements. This news comes as DeMino [...]

Collaboration in prostate cancer translational research in Europe is not only vital to sustain the progress achieved in recent years but also to streamline current efforts between researchers and clinicians and avoid duplication or overlaps. This was amongst the goals of the twoday Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe (PCTRE) Meeting which opened recently in [...]