Science Education & Policy

Paliperidone Extended-Release Shown Effective For Schizophrenia In Trial

Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating of the major psychiatric disorders, and is also one of the most difficult to treat. Although numerous antipsychotic treatments are available, they can cause significant side effects and many patients experience ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 13 2007 - 8:44pm

Silent Revolution Of African Education Markets Finds Expression In The New APSI Index

WASHINGTON, December 14 /PRNewswire/--- New education index sheds light on opportunities for investment in Africa This month School Ventures launched the African Private Schools Investment Index ("APSI"), developed in cooperation with the Econom ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 14 2007 - 12:30pm

BYuT Deputies Meet With Naftohaz Ukraine Foreign Creditors To Address Concerns Over Management

KYIV, Ukraine, December 14 /PRNewswire/-- Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) Deputies Viktor Pynzennyk, Yuriy Prodan, and Hryhoriy Nemyria met today in Kyiv with four of the largest foreign creditors of Naftohaz Ukraine, Ukraine's state-owned oil and ga ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 14 2007 - 3:30pm

Highly Promising Dutch Research Into Alzheimer's Disease And Parkinson's Disease

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, December 17 /PRNewswire/--- Researchers Expect Groundbreaking Results Today Top Institute Pharma presents a new and highly promising research project. The TI Pharma project is a large-scale study into the brain material of Alzheim ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 2:30am

Vasogen And Grupo Ferrer Announce Initial Roll-out Of Celacade- New Therapy For Chronic Heart Failure

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Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 10:30am

Prospective Students Want To Hear From Colleges And Universities On SkoolPool(TM)

TORONTO, December 17 /PRNewswire/--- Free add-your-profile opportunity for colleges and universities on Facebook(R) Platform Recent national surveys have found that 75% of college and university applicants are active Facebook users, and many discuss their ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 17 2007 - 11:30am

Motion Network TV SA Has Finalised A Reverse Takeover Of Hollywood Entertainment Exchange Plc

ZUG, Switzerland, December 18 /PRNewswire/-- Swiss Hawk AG is pleased to announce that its portfolio company Hollywood Entertainment Exchange Plc ("HEE") has been the subject of a reverse takeover transaction whereby HEE has acquired 99.5% of th ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 18 2007 - 5:30am

More Open Collaboration For Drug Design

Rajarshi Guha has yet again made a key contribution to our UsefulChem project by connecting us with Gus Rosania at the University of Michigan. Gus is interested in a fully open collaboration to help us further prioritize our drug targets based on predicte ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Dec 18 2007 - 7:04am

'Dolphin-Assisted Therapy' Doesn't Work For Mental Problems- And It's Dangerous, Say Psychologists

People suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities should not resort to a dolphin "healing" experience, warn two researchers from Emory University. Lori Marino, senior lecturer in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program, has te ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2007 - 12:53pm

Controversial New Report Details Successes And Challenges As The Microcredit Movement Escalates Its Battle With Poverty

WASHINGTON, December 18 /PRNewswire/-- Microloans to the poor around the world soared to 133 million last year, up from 13 million just nine years ago, according to a report released today by the Microcredit Summit Campaign, an initiative of RESULTS Educa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Dec 18 2007 - 2:30pm