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...happens, drugs that block the mGluR5 receptor already exist. Hagerman's group and a team at Rush University in Chicago are about to test one such drug, fenobam, as a treatment for Fragile X. Bear, meanwhile, has founded a company called Seaside Therapeutics that hopes to begin human safety tests of another drug as early as next year. Both researchers believe that a safe and effective mGluR5 inhibitor would help both children and adults with Fragile X Syndrome, though drug treatment early in childhood would seem to offer the most promise...
...Arbor Healthcare System and one of the study's co-authors, says that when asked a day after surgery, some patients reported that massage delivered about as much pain relief as a dose from a morphine drip. Hinshaw suggests that massage functions by creating a competing sensation to block pain or by generating endorphin-like chemicals in the body, which reduce pain and promote a sense of well-being. He also notes the crucial - and often forgotten - role of touch in medicine: Human touch can help alleviate anxiety and ease pain. "Patients crave contact," says Hinshaw. "They want some kind...
People who aren’t from Chicago are usually surprised by the weather. Once they’ve walked down their first block without being blown over—or, worse, away—they’re left wondering: What’s so Windy about this City...
...Personality matching assessments are only one part of a broader effort shelters nationwide are making to try to ensure more, and more successful, pet adoptions. In line with a trend toward making animal shelters look less like industrial death camps, Boulder's red cinder-block multi-level complex with estate-quality wrought-iron fencing is located in a neighborhood of office parks, and resembles, inside, an upscale daycare center. The gift shop sells hemp dog collars, Outward Hound folding travel bowls, chews that act as doggy dental floss, and Santa-themed holiday pet bandanas. There's a vet clinic...
...George W. Bush's "naive support for democracy in countries that aren't ready for it." Wrong! The Iraqi people are more than ready, as shown by their participation in the elections held there. It is the terrorists who aren't ready and have done all they can to block the path to democracy. Jim Robinson, SHANGHAI...