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...cles) that decompose organic pollutants and remove salts and heavy metals from liquids, enabling the use of heavily contaminated and salt water for irrigation and drinking. Several of the contaminating substances retrieved could then be easily recycled. Disease diagnosis and screening was ranked fourth. He...Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
...en carry more water with smaller concentrations of salts than are normally found in the human body; therefore, they do not replace salts adequately, said Dr. Levine, medical director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medici...FDA expands indication for ADDERALL XR (CII) confirming safety and efficacy in adolescents
...ministration (FDA) has approved ADDERALL XR (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product) as a once-daily treatment for adolescents aged 13 to 17 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Since October 2001, ADDERALL XR has been approved in the U.S. for treatment in children aged 6 to 1...News briefs from the journal CHEST, November 2005
... FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE Exposure to persulphate salts in hair bleaching agents may lead to occupational ...verage overall duration of exposure to persulphate salts was seven years. Results showed that 51.1 percent of patients were diagnosed with occupational asthm...ADDERALL XR significantly improves driving performance, attention in young adults with ADHD
...as Vegas, NV November 8, 2005 ADDERALL XR (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product) significantly improved driving performance, cognitive function and attention in young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a controlled driving simulator study conducted by the Washing...Shire announces positive two-year study of ADDERALL XR in the treatment of adult ADHD
...ol when treated with once-daily ADDERALL XR (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product). The results of a two-year, open-label trial led by Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital were presented today at the U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress in Las Vegas, NV...Enzyme inhibitor may help lower cholesterol and unclog arteries
...vers it to the liver, where it is excreted as bile salts and cholesterol. In a study appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Fumihiko Matsuura and colleagues from Columbia University, New York, reveal new features of this pathway that suggest an enzyme inhibitor currently in ph...JCI table of contents: May 1, 2006
...orts it to the liver, where it is excreted as bile salts and cholesterol. In a study appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Fumihiko Matsuura and colleagues from Columbia University, New York, reveal new features of this pathway that suggest an enzyme inhibitor currently in ph...Mixed amphetamine salts extended release improves information processing in adults with ADHD
Toronto, Canada Mixed amphetamine salts extended release (MAS XR) substantially improved t... "Our analyses demonstrate that mixed amphetamine salts help people with ADHD to respond to a number of demanding cognitive tasks with more speed and accura...Mixed amphetamine salts most effective in the treatment of ADHD in youths
... Stimulant medications, such as mixed amphetamine salts (MAS) and methylphenidates are significantly more ...medications classes, long-acting mixed amphetamine salts (MAS XR) and immediate-release mixed amphetamine salts showed a similar level of efficacy to short- ...NRP104 significantly reduced symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children
...n in ADHD symptoms comparable to mixed amphetamine salts extended-release (MAS XR). Both products were studied versus placebo in children aged 6 to 12 years with ADHD. These studies showed that NRP104 significantly reduced ADHD symptoms and was well-tolerated, said Joseph Biederman, M.D., professor of psy...UCI scientists find chlorine may contribute to ozone formation
...nt issue of Geophysical Research Letters. Chlorine salts are naturally present in coastal air in sea salt aerosols, which are swept from the ocean into the air by the wind. Chlorine gas also is used to treat water in swimming pools, cooling towers and municipal water supplies. Chlorine atoms react rapidly ...PhD researcher develops inexpensive, sustainable production method in just 2 years
...dissolved in ionic liquid. Ionic liquids are fluid salts that serve as clean solvents. Carbon dioxide is added to this liquid under high pressure. The high pressure propels the CO2 gas to the so-called supercritical phase, during which it assumes the properties of both a gas and a liquid. This causes every...Long-term treatment with VYVANSE, first prodrug stimulant, demonstrates significant efficacy in ADHD
...ficacy and safety of VYVANSE and mixed amphetamine salts extended release (MAS XR) in comparison to placebo. Patients taking VYVANSE achieved maximum d-amphetamine concentration within a narrow time window of 4.5 to 6 hours. Patients taking MAS XR achieved maximum d-amphetamine concentration between 3...