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Government-backed Youth Programme Pilot Didn't Reduce Teenage Pregnancies
A government-backed youth development pilot programme in England, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, didn"t reduce teenage pregnancies and other outcomes and might have increased pregnancies, according to research published on bmj.com.

Journal For The Sociçİtçİ De Pathologie Exotique To Be Published And Distributed By Springer
As of January 2010, the Bulletin de la Sociçİtçİ de Pathologie Exotique will join Springer"s publishing program. Founded in 1908 by Nobel Laureate Louis-Alphonse Laveran, the society celebrated its centenary last year. It plays a major role in the promotion of health issues and information on tropical pathology.
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Clinical Data, Inc. Announces Approval Of Generic Name Vilazodone, First In A New Class Of Experimental Treatments For Depression
Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) announced today that the United States Adopted Name Council (USAN) has approved the generic name vilazodone hydrochloride. Vilazodone, if approved, would represent a first-in-class drug for the treatment of depression, due to its novel dual mechanism of action as both a potent and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and a partial agonist of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 1a (5-HT1A) receptor. Thus, vilazodone combines first-line therapy for depression with 5-HT1A partial agonism, an accepted adjunctive treatment for depression and a first-line therapy for anxiety disorders. Clinical Data has recently completed the second of two positive Phase III registration studies. Results of these studies will form the basis of a new drug application (NDA) that the Company intends to submit with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the end of 2009.
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Study Finds Conflict-Affected Countries Receive Less Money For Reproductive Health

A recent study found developing countries affected by war receive less money for reproductive health than other developing nations, despite having acute needs, Reuters reports. "In war-affected countries, 1,041 pregnant women die for every 100,000 live births due to complications such as bleeding, infections and obstructed labour" compared to 720 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in "underdeveloped countries that were unaffected by war," Reuters writes. Nine women die for every 100,000 live births "in advanced countries with modern healthcare facilities," according to Reuters. After sifting through "databases kept by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and United Nations" researchers from King"s College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine "found that a total of $20.8 billion was given each year between 2003 and 2006 to 18 countries that were affected by war. Out of this total, $509.3 million, or 2.4 percent, was allocated to reproductive health" - which "amounts to just $1.30 for each person per year" compared to "developing nations which were not at war - such as Bangladesh, Malawi and Cambodia" who received "an average of $2.50 a person a year," Reuters writes. The study - which did not elaborate on "why countries in conflict got less aid than those that were not at war" - was published in the medical journal PLoS Medicine. "If the world is to meet the [U.N.] Millennium Development Goals, especially those related to child mortality, maternal health, and HIV/AIDS, then reproductive health issues related to conflict and post-conflict settings must be better understood and addressed in a more equitable manner than is currently the case," Paul Speigel of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, who was not involved with the study, said (Lyn, Reuters, 6/9). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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