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SEATTLE — In a study of more than 100,000 patients treated for depression, suicide attempts declined during the first month of treatment—whether that treatment consisted of medication, psychotherapy, or both. The findings, published by Group Health researchers in the July American Journal of Psychiatry, show a similar pattern for populations of adolescents and young adults (up to age 24) as for older adults.

The study sheds new light on the “black box” advisory that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed in 2004 and has revised since then, said Greg Simon, MD, MPH, the Group Health psychiatrist who led the study. The advisory—which has concerned many patients, families, and care providers—warns that suicidal behavior may emerge soon after people younger than 25 start treatment with newer antidepressant medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It was spurred by randomized placebo-controlled trials showing that starting to take an SSRI can make thoughts of suicide more common among some teens and young adults.

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Cephalon has reported an increase of revenue for 2005 of 19 per cent to $1.2 billion. The firm’s total sales hit $1.16 billion, a rise of 18 per cent on 2004 levels, with the biggest seller being the narcolepsy drug Provigil (modafinil) with sales of $512.8 million. However, despite these figures the company made a loss for the year of $175 million, compared with a loss of $74 million in 2004.

Cephalon chairman and chief executive Frank Baldino said: “Cephalon delivered strong top- and bottom-line growth in 2005. “We also completed a series of acquisitions and collaborations that created a fully integrated oncology business and expanded our business geographically.” He added: “We continued to make progress in our plan to launch five new drugs. Finally, we eliminated uncertainty and added significant upside for our business by settling our litigation over Provigil. As a result, we enter 2006 in a position of strength, poised to deliver our best performance ever.”

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Statement by Mike Russo, Health Care Advocate and Staff Attorney for CALPIRG:

“CALPIRG applauds the Assembly’s passage today of the comprehensive health care reform bill, ABX1-1. The reform will greatly expand coverage, contain the surging costs of health care, and give consumers a fair shake when buying insurance.The bill:

Creates a large purchasing pool to let many Californians who currently lack access to group coverage gain access to the risk-sharing and bargaining power a pool provides.
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Washington — With congressional debate on an upcoming 10.1% Medicare cut to physicians stretching into the final weeks of the year, physicians’ decisions on whether to participate in the program in 2008 took on added degrees of importance and complexity.

The year-end deadline for physicians to change their participation status is important because it likely will determine how doctors will be able to bill the program and receive payment for all of 2008. If physicians do not inform their Medicare carriers in writing of their intent to change their status before Jan. 1, they will be locked into their current choices for the next 12 months — possibly under a newly reduced fee schedule.

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Of the nine dogs in the study, four had peanut allergies and five had both milk and wheat allergies. Ten weeks after the dogs were vaccinated for the relevant allergenic foods

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