NBI-98854 Drug Receives Breakthrough Designation for Tardive Dyskinesia

Neurocrine Biosciences has announced that FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation for NBI-98854 (Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 inhibitor) drug in tardive dyskinesia. A breakthrough therapy designation is granted for a drug that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement on clinically significant endpoints over available therapies. ...

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Medical News Today: Teen binge drinking linked to long-term brain changes

A new study finds that rats that consumed alcohol during adolescence had memory problems in adulthood and reduced myelin levels in a brain region linked to decision making. via Featured Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

Medical News Today: Ever wondered why scratching makes itching worse?

The itch-scratch cycle has puzzled scientists - why does scratching both relieve and exacerbate itching? Now, a new mouse study has identified how serotonin influences the cycle. via Featured Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

Nurse Not Infected By Ebola can Leave Home Ruled US Judge

A nurse quarantined by her home state was ruled as not infectious by US judge after treating Ebola patients. She could leave home and frequent public places. The decision from a district judge in the northeastern state of Maine is the latest twist in a bitter row over enforced quarantine of American medics returning from relief work in West Africa. It reversed a temporary order that prevented her from visiting cinemas and shopping centers, and demanded ...

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Quiz on Vaccination / Immunization

Vaccines are given to protect us from several infections that often cause disability and even death. Do you know enough about the vaccines that you are taking? Test your knowledge by taking this quiz.

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Marijuana Vote in US Capital Embraced By Campaigners

The initiative to legalize the personal possession and home cultivation of marijuana will be embraced by campaigners as residents of the US capital is all set to vote next week. If adopted on Tuesday, Initiative 71 would mark another milestone on the road towards wider acceptance of pot in the United States, where under federal law it is still considered as potent as heroin or LSD. "I'm very confident it's going to pass," said Adam Eidinger, chairman ...

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Ex-Union Carbide chief Anderson dead at 92

MIAMI (AP) — Warren M. Anderson, who headed Union Carbide Corp. when a chemical leak killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India, in 1984, has died in Florida at 92.

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Herbalife to pay $15 million to settle class action lawsuit

By Devika Krishna Kumar (Reuters) - Herbalife Ltd would pay $15 million to settle an 18-month battle over a class action lawsuit brought by a former distributor claiming that the nutrition and supplements company is running an alleged pyramid scheme, according to a U.S. court filing. The company would pay $15 million in cash, plus up to $2.5 million for product returns, according to the court filing that granted preliminary approval for the settlement on Friday. ...

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Judge rejects strict limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients

FORT KENT Maine (Reuters) - Declaring Ebola fears in the United States "not entirely rational," a judge rejected Maine's bid for a quarantine on a nurse who treated victims of the disease in West Africa but tested negative for it, and instead imposed limited restrictions.

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5 Nutritional Deficiencies You Might Not Even Know You Have

SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.comAs we age, proper nutrition is essential for maintaining a healthy body and mind. And while we need to eat fewer calories the older we get, our bodies actually require more of certain vitamins and minerals.A number of factors may contribute to nutritional deficiencies: Some people have limited access to food due to...

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Judge rejects strict limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients

By Joel Page FORT KENT Maine (Reuters) - Declaring Ebola fears in the United States "not entirely rational," a judge rejected Maine's bid for a quarantine on a nurse who treated victims of the disease in West Africa but tested negative for it, and instead imposed limited restrictions. Nurse Kaci Hickox's challenge of Maine's 21-day quarantine became a key battleground for the dispute between officials in some U.S. states who have imposed strict quarantines on health workers returning from three Ebola-ravaged West African countries and the federal government, which opposes such measures. ...

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Unknown election outcome is stocks' big fear

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - A handful of toss-up U.S. Senate races next week could hold the key to whether the stock market glides through the year-end in a typical post-midterm election rally or gets hit with a fresh bout of volatility. U.S. investors appear less concerned with whether Republicans take control of the Senate, as expected, or Democrats hang on to their majority by a slim margin. They just want to know - come Wednesday morning - the actual outcome. ...

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