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(AP)—Swiss groups that aid people seeking to end their lives say they fear a national research program could lead to stricter rules for assisted suicide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-swiss-groups-undercuts-suicide.html Other Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:20:01 EST news286121362 A Swiss court on Friday sentenced a self-proclaimed healer to almost 13 years in prison for injecting 16 people with HIV-tainted blood and infecting them with the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-swiss-acupuncturist-convicted-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:50:06 EST news283167665 Italian health authorities on Friday lifted a ban on the sale of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, saying that tests had shown they were not a health risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-italy-novartis-flu-vaccines.html Medications Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:26:14 EST news271671963 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis insisted early Thursday that its flu vaccines were safe despite a sales ban by Italy, Switzerland and Austria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-novartis-insists-flu-vaccines-safe.html Medications Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:09:23 EST news270356943 Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) receiving combination therapy with intravenous (IV) PGI2 may suffer from greater disease burden compared with those receiving monotherapy or combination therapy, excluding IV PGI2. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pulmonary-hypertension-combination-therapy-greater.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:26:50 EST news270095200 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Sunday the expiry of a US patent for its leading hypertension drug Diovan caused a drop in turnover that could last into the first half of 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-novartis-chief-sales-dip-mid-.html Medications Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:58:03 EST news268808275 A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class not only has the potential to become part of a single-dose cure for all strains of malaria, but might also be able to block transmission of the parasite from person to person, according to a research collaboration involving the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), based in Switzerland, and the Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. On the basis of initial results it was selected by MMV for further development – making it the first compound researched on African soil to enter preclinical development in partnership with MMV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-african-strong-candidate-single-dose-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:27:11 EST news265371990 A Swiss hospital announced Friday that it has lifted a moratorium on religiously-motivated circumcisions imposed in July in the wake of a court ruling in neighbouring Germany. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zurich-children-hospital-circumcision.html Other Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:45:34 EST news263803528 Switzerland has given the green light for a new prenatal test for Down's syndrome amid controversy over whether this will lead to more abortions, a Swiss newspaper reported Sunday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-controversial-syndrome-swiss-go-ahead.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:25:19 EST news262779913 Black skin cancer, also known as melanoma, is particularly aggressive and becoming increasingly common in Switzerland. Despite intensive research, however, there is still no treatment. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now discovered a gene that plays a central role in black skin cancer. Suppressing this gene in mice inhibits the development of melanoma and its proliferation – a discovery that could pave the way for new forms of therapy.    http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-descover-melanoma-promoting-gene.html Cancer Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:44:28 EST news261128653 While some Olympic athletes excel in their transition into life beyond elite sport others are experiencing problems like disorientation, depression and self-doubt, a new study from The University of Queensland has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-olympic-effort-life-elite-sport.html Health Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:16:06 EST news261040559 Swiss drug giant Roche said on Monday it had been given European Union approval for its treatment to fight a highly aggressive form of skin cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-eu-skin-cancer-drug-roche.html Cancer Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:13:03 EST news248944365 Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced 2,000 job losses Tuesday, mostly in Switzerland and the United States, while reporting net profits of $3.53 billion (2.5 billion euros) for the third quarter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-novartis-job-losses-profits.html Other Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:47:01 EST news238736805 A major landmark study released today by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) sheds new light on the state of Europe's mental and neurological health. The study finds reveal that mental disorders have become Europe's largest health challenge in the 21st century. The study also highlights that the majority of mental disorders remain untreated. Taken together with the large and increasing number of 'disorders of the brain', the true size and burden is even significantly higher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-size-burden-mental-disorders-europe.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:35:49 EST news234430527 Memory is not a single process but is made up of several sub-processes relying on different areas of the brain. Episodic memory, the ability to remember specific events such as what you did yesterday, is known to be vulnerable to brain damage involving the hippocampus. The question is, what happens when damage to the hippocampus occurs very early in life? In a case study published in the September 2011 issue of Elsevier's Cortex, clinical neuropsychologists have reported that a child can develop normally despite severe damage to the hippocampus resulting from lack of oxygen in the first days of life. This supports the theory that the different aspects of memory rely on distinct areas of the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-recite-poem-days-earlier.html Neuroscience Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:14:43 EST news232276468