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Understanding Of Antidepressant Drugs Enhanced By New Mouse Model Of Depression/Anxiety
A recent study finds that the antidepressant effects of drugs like Prozac involve both neurogenesis-dependent and -independent mechanisms, a finding that may lead to development of better treatments for depression and anxiety. The research, published by Cell Press in the May 28th issue of the journal Neuron, utilizes a new experimental mouse model of depression/anxiety that is the first to permit simultaneous examination of multiple effects of antidepressant treatment in the same animal.
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Newborn ICUs Seeing More Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections
The rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in U.S. neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has more than tripled in recent years, reports a study in the July issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
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Former Ghanaian President Named World Food Programme Ambassador

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, a former president of Ghana, has been named a global ambassador against hunger for the U.N."s World Food Programme (WFP), Xinhua reports. According to the news service, Kufuor will "help to underline the importance of fighting hunger on several fronts - by investing in long-term agricultural development, but also by funding WFP"s work in tackling urgent hunger needs and helping the hungry poor to access affordable and nutritious food" (Ooko, 7/20). A WFP statement said that Kufuor - president of Ghana from 2001 to 2008 and president of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 - "will concentrate his efforts on raising awareness of the need to provide good nutrition for children in school," AFP/Google.com reports. "Ensuring that every child has proper nutrition has to be the goal of every world leader," Kufuor said, adding, "I hope to inspire them all to strive for this goal" (7/20). WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said with the number of hungry people in the world expected to top one billion this year, Kufuor is bringing "critical support" to the WFP, Xinhua writes. Sheeran said, "Ghana is a leader in nourishing its children and Ambassador Kufuor can be a leader in getting others to follow his good work" (7/20). The WFP release includes information about WFP school meal programs (7/20). 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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