The role of the man of Decision reads well in a novel, and it looks attractive on the screen, but, as any executive knows, decision making as a fulltime occupation can be extremely painful. It is dynamic activity, involving a choice between alternatives that are directed toward the selected goal....
The corpus callosum, the largest white matter tract in the brain, is a midline structure associated with the formation of the hippocampus, septum pellucidum, and cingulate cortex, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Corpus callosum shape deformation, therefore, may reflect a midline neuro developmental abnormality. Corpus callosum...
This paper shows contrasts between verbal and nonverbal measures of attention and memory in patients with DSM-IV-defined schizotypal personality disorder in order to expand on their previous findings of verbal learning deficits in these patients and to understand better the neuropsychological profile of schizotypal personality disorder. The results are consistent...
Patients affected by schizophrenia show deficits in both visual perception and working memory. The authors tested early-stage vision and working memory in subjects with schizotypal personality disorder, which has been biologically associated with schizophrenia. These data suggest that subjects with schizotypal personality disorder, unlike patients affected by schizophrenia, have relatively...
CNS Response, Inc. (OTCBB: CNSO) announcesthat its Chairman and CEO, Leonard J. Brandt, and its President, George C.Carpenter, will present at the upcoming BMO Capital Markets 8th AnnualFocus on Healthcare Conference. Mr. Brandt will briefly discuss theresults of an independent study showing the successful use ofReferenced-EEG to facilitate medication...
Depression can be a serious and life-threatening illness. When doctors are faced with serious illness, the decision about how to treat it is usually simple. Everyone agrees that the best way to treat bacterial meningitis, for example, is with powerful antibiotics. There may...
Gov. Brad Henry appointed R. Murali Krishna MD to the Oklahoma State Board of Health. The board's mission is to protect and promote health of the citizens of Oklahoma. Krishna is president and chief operating officer of Integris Mental Health and is president of The James L....
Phase I Data Presented at the 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society Demonstrate That NP101 Delivers Sumatriptan in a Rapid, Predictable, and Consistent Manner CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- NuPathe Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative products for the treatment of...
STANFORD, Calif. -- This is your brain on Facebook. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used concepts borrowed from the popular social networking site to analyze the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. They found that patients' brains were less well-connected than the brains of...
A 7-day subscription by carrier in Shawnee County is $14.84 + tax per month, a 6-day (Monday- Saturday) subscription by carrier is $10.38 + tax per month, a 5-day (Monday- Friday) subscription by carrier is $9.91 + tax per month, a 3-day (Friday-Sunday) subscription by carrier...
A 7-day subscription by carrier in Shawnee County is $14.84 + tax per month, a 6-day (Monday- Saturday) subscription by carrier is $10.38 + tax per month, a 5-day (Monday- Friday) subscription by carrier is $9.91 + tax per month, a 3-day (Friday-Sunday) subscription by carrier...
Public comments for new accreditation programs due Aug. 7 WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- URAC has convened an expert advisory group for creation of accreditation standards and measures for wellness programs in response to employers' requests for quality standards and measures for both comprehensive...
LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) today announced the appointment of Mark H.N. Corrigan, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Corrigan is Executive Vice President, Research & Development at Sepracor, Inc. He also serves on the board of NeuroMed Technologies, Inc. Dr....
Most women don't need a survey to tell them a basic fact of female life: They're often sleep-deprived and feel too sluggish to make it through the day with vigor. if not most -- women acknowledge that they just don't get enough shut-eye. or less. And 43 percent said...
WASHINGTON -- States may require a mentally ill defendant who wants to conduct his own defense to accept the assistance of a lawyer, the Supreme Court ruled by a 7-2 vote Thursday. The decision reverses an Indiana Supreme Court ruling that said a defendant who is...
EL CAJON, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently four Charleston, WV-area veterans -- Derek Johnson, 22, Andrew White, 23, Eric Layne, 29, and Nicholas Endicott, with "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" PTSD, treated with the Paxil, Klonopin, and Seroquel -- died in their sleep. All were...
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Patient Safety Foundation NPSF today announced the appointment of three officers to the Foundation's Board of Directors, including new chair Pamela Thompson, MS, RN, FAAN, vice chair Gary Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, FACPE, and secretary Charles Benda,...
OREM -- There's a garden growing behind the red brick house at 872 N. Main that neighbor Pamela Robbins wonders if she should water. She watched Christopher Kirsch plant it with the help of his son, Michael. "He was always...
NEWTON, Mass. -- Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDA), a leader in the development of predictive tests and targeted therapeutics from its growing portfolio of proprietary genetic biomarkers, today announced strong revenue growth and continued achievement of its corporate objectives for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March...
Inadequate dose and duration of drug treatment predominate MOSS BEACH, Calif. -- The majority of newly diagnosed patients who are prescribed medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD receive inadequate dose and/or duration of drug treatment, according to a study conducted by BioMedEcon, a leading provider of...
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