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Diagnosing ADHD: Teacher Input Overlooked?
Pediatricians are most often involved in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, though many do not get recommended input from teachers before rendering a diagnosis, Consumer Reports says in a parent survey about their children with ADHD.

Hand Washing Motivators Differ for Men, Women
If you want to get a man to wash his hands, try making your reminder disgusting, a British study suggests.

AFP examines recent HIV vaccine findings
Agence France-Presse examines how two recent studies have “boosted morale” among HIV vaccine researchers who have struggled for decades to develop a viable vaccine to protect people from the virus. “On September 3, researchers in the United States discovered two potent antibodies — the frontline troops in the immune system [...]

Affymax to make multiple presentations highlighting Hematide preclinical and clinical data
Affymax, Inc. today announced multiple presentations at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Renal Week 2009 taking place October 27 through November 1 in San Diego.

LIVALO statin effective than simvastatin in reducing lipid levels
New Phase III data published today in “Current Medical Research and Opinion” highlight that the recommended starting dose of 2 mg of LIVALO (pitavastatin), a novel synthetic statin, was statistically superior to simvastatin at a dose of 20 mg over 12 weeks in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

FDA grants Response Biomedical a Special 510(k) clearance for the RAMP Influenza A/B Assay
Response Biomedical Corporation announced that the Company has been granted a Special 510(k) U.S. FDA clearance for an update to the Company’s RAMP® Influenza A/B Assay Package Insert to include analytical reactivity information for a strain of the 2009 H1N1 virus cultured [...]

Antiviral prescriptions at retail pharmacies increase by 36% in one week
SDI’s Vector One®: National shows that for the week ending Oct. 16, the number of antiviral prescriptions dispensed at retail pharmacies was 36% higher than the prior week.

Report on Brigham updates in internal medicine and its specialties
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8197e2/the_brigham_update) has announced the addition of the “The Brigham Update in Medicine” training to their offering.

Amorfix Life Sciences signs sale and distribution agreement with Cedarlane Laboratories
Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for misfolded protein diseases, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Cedarlane Laboratories for the sale and distribution of Amorfix’s proprietary antibodies and reagents.

Current and future trends in the European HIV/AIDS therapeutic market
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a96b5e/european_hivaids) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “European HIV/AIDS Therapeutics Markets” to their offering.