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Monday 18 August 2008
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Experts Say Single Abortion Not A Risk To Women's Mental Health
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
A task force of the American Psychological Association has concluded there is no significant evidence that a single elective abortion increases the risk of mental health problems for adult women...
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FDA Approves New Huntington's Drug
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Friday that it has approved Prestwick Pharmaceuticals Inc's new drug Xenazine (generic name tetrabenazine) for the treatment of chorea in people with Huntington's...
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Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
Scientists in the US recovered antibodies to the 1918 flu virus from elderly survivors of the pandemic, used them to create cell lines of monoclonal antibodies and then showed they were still potent by injecting them into...
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