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Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
A trio of genome-wide studies - collectively the largest to date - has pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in part, to the same chromosomal neighborhoods.
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Human Genome Sciences Submits Biologics License Application To FDA For ABthrax(TM)
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) announced that it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its human monoclonal antibody drug ABthrax(TM) (raxibacumab) for the treatment of inhalation anthrax.
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President Calls For Medicare Payment Rate Revisions
President Obama reiterated his call to adjust Medicare reimbursement rates as a part of his broad push for health reform in a meeting with nine reporters, including writers from local newspapers, Wednesday. "While steering clear of details, Obama indicated that revised reimbursement rates helpful to areas [where reimbursement rates are low] should be part of a comprehensive healthcare reform package now in the works," McClatchy reports. "The reforms should also help steer more physicians to medically underserved regions, he said," achieve better quality, and lower government payments. The news service notes that the meeting was "part of [Obama"s] effort to rally political support for a healthcare rewrite. The package is still a work in progress, as key congressional committees already have missed their self-imposed legislative deadlines" (Doyle, 7/1).
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New Non Executive Joins Board Of Somerset Mental Health Trust

Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of a new Non Executive Director to its Board. Roger Powell, from Martock, served for many years in the Royal Navy achieving the rank of captain. He is currently the managing director of a consultancy specialising in the development of business partnerships. He joins the Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Non Executive Director of the Board and will serve for the next four years. As a Non Executive Director, he will be fully involved in the strategic planning and corporate decision-making of the Trust, holding professional managers to account for service quality and financial performance of this top performing NHS organisation. For the last three years Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has achieved the Healthcare Commission"s highest "excellent" performance rating. The Partnership Trust is responsible for providing specialist care for people in Somerset who experience mental ill health. It aims to provide the best possible service to individuals, and to encourage independence and recovery of those with mental health problems, including people with learning disabilities. Last year the Trust spent over ÷£53 million funding mental health services to over half a million people. Linda Nash, Chairman of Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, said: "I am delighted to welcome Roger to the Trust. His wide experience within the Royal Navy, in business and his involvement with a charitable organisation, make him ideally suited to the challenges of helping to deliver high quality, responsive mental health services to the people of Somerset, and we welcome him to the Trust Board. "We are also pleased that two standing non-executive members - Ian Vaughan and Colin Stevenson - were re-appointed." "Roger, along with all the members of the Board, will play an important part in the delivery of the ambitious plans the Partnership has for the future, share in the sense of pride that we have served the people of Somerset well and work to improve mental health services for all", said Ms Nash. Mr Powell is also a non-executive director of the Yarlington Housing Group, a charitable housing association, and has had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy from 1979-2005 as an aeronautical engineer officer. He has been chairperson of Martock Parish Council since 2001. Mr Powell"s four-year term of office will last from May 2009 until April 2013. As a Non Executive Director he will receive a remuneration of ÷£12,000 each year. Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust


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