An article in this week’s Global Mental Health special edition of The Lancet reports that Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be efficient when delivered online in real time by a therapist. The benefits are maintained over eight months. This technique of delivery could expand access to CBT in primary care. The article is the […]

The study looked at data on 100 middle-aged men and women from low-income immigrant communities in Los Angeles who had their blood pressure checked at a health fair. Some were assigned to a community nurse who held office hours at a church, provided patients with in-person counseling on

Quest PharmaTech Inc. (TSX-V: QPT) ("Quest" or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer, today announced the dosing of the first patient under the Company’s recently initiated Phase I clinical trial with SL052 Photodynamic

Major depression is a common and disabling brain condition marked not only by the presence of depressed mood but also by its effects on sleep, energy, decision-making, memory and thoughts of death or of suicide.
Major depression affects 15 million adults in the U.S., and the World Health Organization projects that by 2020, it will be […]

New report in the FASEB Journal suggests that disrupting a particular cellular signaling pathway could stop or slow the initiation, promotion, and progression of prostate cancer
In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This […]