First, of course, what are the clinical signs and symptoms of these diseases because few of us have ever seen cases?

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Eli Meltzer , an allergist at the University of California at San Diego, led the clinical trials that tested Singulair against allergy symptoms.

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The drug has previously been shown to improve jet lag symptoms in a clinical trial, according to results published last year in the Lancet.

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The team is now conducting clinical trials to see if giving the sunshine vitamin to patients could ease their symptoms.

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Another new drug, tolvaptan, from Japanese drug firm Otsuka, improved the symptoms of heart failure patients in a clinical trial presented at ACC.

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The most common adverse reactions in the clinical trial included injection site reactions, flu-like symptoms, nausea, headache and elevations in liver enzymes (serum transaminases).

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Earlier this month, the FDA rejected Wyeth's Pristiq, an antidepressant that was being tested for menopausal symptoms, saying it wants additional clinical trials on the drug's heart and liver side effects.

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Some of the ASAM symptoms of behavioral addiction can potentially be defined as an RRBI in clinical practice.

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After the shootings at Virginia Tech that left 32 students dead in April 2007, Jones, a clinical psychologist, was one of the counselors who went into classes to discuss the symptoms of depression, acute stress disorder and PTSD.

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The researchers defined minor depression as milder than clinical depression but lasting at least two weeks and including symptoms such as feeling down, losing interest in activities, sleeping problems and poor concentration.

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