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  • Embezzler at airport sentenced Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 11:28AMPreston Morrison, who in September pleaded guilty to embezzling $68,847 from the Wood County Regional Airport, was sentenced by Wood...
  • Shrink rap Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 9:57AMBy Jen Christensen Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:44 a.m. Children’s Mental Health According to SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center, one in five American children has some type of mental health disorder. One in ten is believed to have serious emotional disturbance.
  • MattsonJack Study Reveals Cachexia Emerging as a Lucrative Opportunity for Pharma Companies Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 9:06AM Cachexia has emerged as a high-profile, high-potential-value supportive care indication in the oncology market and is potentially the most competitive and lucrative indication for the first novel agent approved, according to a physician study conducted by The Mattson Jack Group, Inc. (MattsonJack), a recognized leader in business analytics for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
  • Organization plans fundraising gala to offset state budget cuts Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 10:42PMRebecca Davis hopes a certain puppy will bring in some much needed funding and attention for abused children at the Hope & Healing Harvest Fest Saturday.
  • Calendar for Nov. 20 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:52PMCal Skate Of Milpitas is hosting its 31st annual Holiday Drive starting Nov. 28 and running through Jan. 1. It is accepting on behalf of the Milpitas Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, and Milpitas Fire Department the donation of non-perishable canned or boxed food; new socks; new warm gloves or mittens; new toothbrushes; and new unwrapped toys for boys or girls.
  • New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:31PMStructural abnormalities start early, researchers report.
  • West Roxbury and Roslindale community notes Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 2:11PM Here are the latest West Roxbury and Roslindale community notes:
  • New Scan Spots Beginning of Bone Problems in Anorexics Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 1:02PM WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new scanning technology has detected previously unnoticed bone abnormalities in adolescent girls afflicted with the eating disorder anorexia.
  • New CT Technology Shows Anorexia Impairs Adolescent Bone Development Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 8:28AMChildren and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study.
  • Are you mad? Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:27AMWhere does the line between sanity and madness lie?
  • Left the gas on? Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:18AMWe all worry, but when does it become an illness?
  • Headline was cruel, insensitive Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:10AMTuesday, November 18 I was extremely saddened last Wednesday morning, as soon as I unfolded The Berkshire Eagle.
  • Long-Term TITAN Study Evaluates PREZISTA(R)/ritonavir vs. lopinavir/ritonavir as Part of HIV Combination Therapy in ... Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:00AM Tibotec recently announced long-term study results from a phase 3 clinical trial, which compared PREZISTA® /ritonavir to lopinavir/ritonavir, as part of HIV combination therapy, in lopinavir/r-naive, treatment-experienced HIV-1 infected adults.
  • Equal treatment Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:18AM With the passing of House Bill 1432 by the Illinois House and Senate, many of those who silently suffer from eating disorders now have a fighting chance of recovery from the disease as health care benefits are now available to them.
  • Computed tomography technology shows anorexia impairs adolescent bone development Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:02AMChildren and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study appearing in the December issue of Radiology and presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
  • New CT technology shows anorexia impairs adolescent bone development Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 11:25PM( Radiological Society of North America ) Children and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study.
  • Support groups Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:22AMListing of local support groups in the area.
  • Support Groups Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 11:07PM- Bereavement support group meetings are held from 3 to 5 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at Community Nursing Services Office, 7 park St., North East. The topic this Thursday will be grief and the holidays. Call 725-4300.
  • Eating disorder workshop is food for thought Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 6:45PMIT IS fortunate Mim Weber likes complex work. The co-ordinator of the Northern Rivers Eating Disorders Service believes her job is rewarding but tricky, and that is one of the reasons it is hard to attract more professionals into the field.
  • Support Groups Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 6:12AMNarcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. daily in 525 W. Grand Ave., Rainbow City (call 800-467-7314); at 6:30 p.m. Sundays and at 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in a building at the corner of Second and Bay; and at noon and 7 p.m. daily in 1109 Baltimore Ave., Albertville.
  • Hospital programs focus on healthy living Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 6:02AMGarden City Hospital, 6245 Inkster Road, offers a weekly schedule of health and wellness programs for residents. The lineup this week includes: Monday, Nov. 17
  • Bites that kill Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 2:38AMTHIS year, at least three people from Davao del Sur have died as a result of being bitten by a rabid dog: one in Hagonoy, another in Magsaysay, and still another in Bansalan. The incident in the latter town alarmed Mayor Edwin Reyes that he directed his men to impound wandering dogs.
  • Art Galleries Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 2:05AM"California: The Golden Land" The Portola Art Gallery presents new watercolors and acrylics by Gladys Robinson.The exhibition explores the wildlife and domestic climate of the golden hills of California.
  • New Rexburg Eating Disorder Facility Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 11:04PMThe New Year will bring a new eating disorder recovery facility to Rexburg.  This is a dream eight years in the making for Rexburg woman Cynthia McCurdy.  Once the center opens it will be the only one of its kind in the entire state of Idaho. 
  • Club gives community garden a helping hand Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 3:40AMOther than a cold breeze, the weather was perfect when the Indigo Lake Estates Garden Club volunteered at Helping Hands Community Garden on Oct. 27.
  • Olivia Newton John: My secret to looking young at 60? I’m in love again Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 6:30PMIt’s been 30 years since she hit our screens in Grease wearing those impossibly tiny black trousers but Olivia Newton-John seems to have barely changed.
  • Eye of the tiger Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 5:09PMBrimming with new energy and enthusiasm, the Manic Street Preachers are in the mood for an awesome show in Singapore on Nov 24.
  • Senator Conroy expands reach of net filters to "unwanted content" Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 10:12PMSenator Conroy has continued to expand the reach of his proposed mandatory net filters, saying that he will block up to 10,000 new sites that contain “unwanted material”.
  • DTH Archives Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 12:22PMWith the rising price of junk food, more people are coming to a UNC program to solve their eating disorders.
  • Twenty-fourth death Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 10:39AMA young woman has been found hanged in Bridgend, Wales, taking the toll of suicides by young people in the area to 24 since the start of last year. Lisa Dalton, a 25-year-old mother of one, had been battling anorexia since she was a teenager.
  • Manage Eating Disorders Over the Holidays Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 7:38AMThe holidays are traditionally associated with food and big meals. Americans especially attach a lot of social and personal value to what, and how, we eat, often through family rituals or attitudes. For many, family gatherings are positive events, but for the 9 million men, women or young people who have an eating [...]
  • Eating disorder addiction rates Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:46PMThe new John Key government needs to address the serious concerns relating to bright young women with eating disorders, a leading new private health addiction treatment clinic said today.
  • Bridgend mum found hanged is named Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 11:45AMA YOUNG mum found hanged in Bridgend was named locally as 25-year-old Lisa Dalton today.
  • Inpatient eating disorder program launches in O.C. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 9:38AMSouth Coast Medical Center in Laguna Beach first in county.
  • Let’s extend the logic of Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 12:14AM Let’s extend the logic of banning "pro-ana" blogs to other activities that are harmful to people’s health…and you’ve no doubt already thought of a dozen mainstream activities that would be banned. And I’m afraid the logic that anorexics are "unable to make a sensible judgement" begs the question: who is? The significant number of people who eat too much of the wrong food; smoke; drink too ...
  • BC True Life: I know anorexia Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 9:08AMUrgh! I had run 7.5 miles every other day for the past three months, and four miles every other day for three months before that. Besides running, I also lifted weights and cut calories … a lot of calories. None of it made any difference. As I stared in the mirror, only one thought came to mind: I am fat.
  • At your service Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 1:43AMSUPPORT GROUPS
  • By Sheena Williams Killeen Daily Herald Monday, November 10, 2008 @ 1:18AMGoing under the knife can be an intimidating prospect for any procedure but an increasing number of people are electing to be put under the haze of anesthesia for physically altering treatments.
  • Film about anorexia created in Kitimat Sunday, November 9, 2008 @ 1:20PMA group of pre-adolescent girls in Kitimat have been given the opportunity to bring light to an issue which affects them and their age group, while learning about film production. With a little help, ...
  • Local center fights eating disorders Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 9:49PM The CDC recently published research about a national effort to screen high school students for eating disorders. The results from the 2000 study found that about 15 percent of girls scored high enough to indicate a possible eating disorder. Our Giselle Phelps takes you inside a unique program in Onondaga County working to treat eating disorders and to create awareness.
  • The other side of Angelina Jolie Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 3:00PMWe know that she’s Brad’s other half, a devoted mother of six, with a dark and driven side. But Angelina Jolie is also willing to put her life on the line, as our exclusive photographs of her in Afghanistan show.
  • Intimacy and Solitude Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 5:37AMFrom a childhood reading Keats to a career of triumphs (and failures), Donald Hall recounts cultivating the poet?s life.
  • Phase III Study (SATURN) Showed Tarceva Improved Progression-Free Survival As A First-Line Maintenance Therapy For ... Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 5:17AMGenentech, Inc., (NYSE: DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Fundraiser aims to help mentally ill Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 2:56AMJonathan Foxman could have been reading about his own daughter. Foxman is president and chief executive officer of Cellular One and was captivated last year by articles in The Billings Gazette and U.S. News & World Report magazine about Meghann Eckerd ...
  • Fundraiser aims to help mentally ill Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 2:36AMJonathan Foxman could have been reading about his own daughter.
  • Study Showed Tarceva Improved Progression-Free Survival As A First-Line Maintenance Therapy For Advanced Non-Small ... Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 10:17AMGenentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Stirling Products (ASX:STI) Gets First Approval For Obesity Patent Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 7:16AMStirling Products (ASX:STI) advises shareholders that it has received notice that its patent application for "Methods of decreasing fat deposits and body weight in mammals and birds" has been granted in New Zealand. Patent applications have been filed in a number of different countries; this represents the first successful approval.
  • My Pharmiweb.com Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 4:48AMSanthera Pharmaceuticals (SIX: SANN), a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focused on neuromuscular diseases, today announced preclinical data on a novel generation of melanocortin-4 (MC4) receptor antagonists for potential treatment of cancer cachexia (severe muscle wasting).
  • Phase III Study (SATURN) Showed Tarceva Improved Progression-Free Survival as a First-Line Maintenance Therapy for ... Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 12:52AMGenentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIP) today announced that a global Phase III study (SATURN) met its primary endpoint and showed Tarceva(R) (erlotinib) significantly extended the time patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lived without their cancer getting worse when given immediately following initial treatment with platinum-based ...
  • Phase III Study (SATURN) Showed Tarceva Improved Progression-Free Survival as a First-Line Maintenance Therapy for ... Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 12:33AM Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSIP) today announced that a global Phase III study (SATURN) met its primary ...