therapy
| 3:56PM 7/30/2010
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way on Friday for California biotech firm Geron to begin human clinical trials of its experimental embryonic stem cell-based therapy to heal spinal cord injuries in paraplegic patients. Geron claims this is the first such trial in humans.
| 8:00AM 7/10/2009
Pharmaceutical drugmaker Genzyme (GENZ), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in creating drugs for rare diseases. It's a small market, but it's highly lucrative: the Orphan Drug Act gives the company tax credits and enhanced patent protection, virtually guaranteeing that its drugs become...
| 11:00AM 9/29/2008
Who knew that you could go to therapy to break bad money habits? Psychologists call the problem a "money disorder," and say it afflicts large numbers of consumers. And why should a money addiction be treated (or not treated) any differently than any other widely-accepted addiction? They say it...
| 6:00PM 9/18/2008
The ideal argument probably goes something like this: one person reveals a controversial act, feeling, or belief to the other. They discuss the issue at hand, get all their feelings out, reach some sort of compromise, and move forward together. The disagreement ultimately strengthens the...
| 4:30PM 8/28/2008
There are more people these days going into therapy to discuss their financial stress and how it's wreaking havoc on their lives, according to a recent article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. But the sick irony, of course, is that as people seek out help to talk about dealing with their financial...