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March 14, 2007

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-	Schizophrenia Treatment Trial Demonstrates the Benefits of Antipsychotics Clinical Antipsychotic Trials for Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) provide more data regarding the extent antipsychotic medications help people with schizophrenia.
-	Parents Who Live Long Pass On Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease People whose parents live longer are more likely to avoid developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in middle age than their peers whose parents died younger.
-	NIDA Launches First Large-Scale National Study to Treat Addiction to Prescription Pain Medications The study is a response to the growing national problem of prescription drug abuse in the United States.
-	More Data Opioid Receptor’s Role in Alcohol Pleasure and Problems Researchers explored the link between genetic variants of mu-opioid receptors and alcohol-related behaviors in a group of 82 rhesus monkeys.