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Florida alternative medicine firm targeting Birmingham area (BizJournals)

A national alternative medicine firm is investing $700,000 to break into the Birmingham market.

Antidepressant as Good as Antipsychotics for Dementia (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

MONDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) may be as effective as often-prescribed antipsychotic drugs to control the agitation and psychotic symptoms associated with dementia, a new study suggests.

Gene Expression Changes Key To Revealing Mechanism That Leads To Addiction (Medical News Today)

Dr. Judith A. Potashkin, Ph.D. and her colleagues at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science recently completed a study investigating one of the changes in gene expression that occurs when individuals take addictive drugs. The findings of this study will be published in the September 5 issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE.Dr. [click link for full article]

2007 Quill Award Winners Announced (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

Just as Hollywood has the Oscars, TV the Emmys and Broadway the Tonys, the publishing world has The Quill Awards. Check out this year's winners, then vote for your favorites!

Investigational Agent Targeting Metabotropic Glutamate 2/3 Receptors Demonstrates Antipsychotic Activity in Humans, ... (The San Francisco Examiner)

INDIANAPOLIS ( Map ) - An investigational, phase II study published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine demonstrates that for the first time in humans a drug that acts on certain proteins in the brain called mGlu2/3 has antipsychotic activity.

Are there any health benefits from tai chi exercises? (Boston Globe)

Tai chi, the slow, graceful Chinese exercise program that is sometimes called a "moving meditation," was originally created centuries ago as a martial art. It does appear to have some health benefits, though rigorous studies are hard to come by.

Community Classes (Savannah Morning News)

Items for this calendar must be received at least two weeks before the event. Only classes or lectures that are free or have a nominal cost of $100 or less will be accepted for publication. Cost must be included. E-mail calendar@savannahnow.com or send announcements to Community Classes, P.O. Box 1088, Savannah, GA 31402, or fax Community Classes, 525-0796.

Lay of the Land (Sierra Club)

Alternative energy is all the rage these days. But buyers beware! In a brazen application of lipstick to a pig, coal companies are branding liquefied coal as an "alternative fuel."

New CPR procedure may be more effective (UPI)

A U.S. biomedical engineer has developed a new cardiopulmonary resuscitation method that might be more effective than standard CPR.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)

NASA commemorates its 50th anniversary â€¦ New CPR procedure may be more effective â€¦ Arctic ice to drop 40 percent before 2050 â€¦ Evolution-schizophrenia linkage found â€¦ Health/Science news from UPI.

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