Massage therapy school awarded certificate (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

HUNTINGTON -- The I-N Touch School of Massage Therapy in Huntington has been awarded a Certificate of Good Standing by the State Medical Board of Ohio and the Board of Licensure for Massage Therapy from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Pfizer and Medivation to collaborate on Alzheimer's drug (The Star-Ledger)

Pfizer and Medivation said they have entered a partnership to develop and promote the San Francisco biotech's Dimebon, a drug candidate designed to treat Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease.

Children's New Health Care Program Growing (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)

Our region has more children who are constantly sick than anywhere else in the country. Kentucky ranks first and West Virginia second for the number of children with special needs or chronic illnesses. But in Cabell County, W.Va., doctors are taking a different approach to child health care that's making a big difference with parents.

Pfizer Bets On Alzheimer's Drug (Forbes)

A new drug, Dimebon, could help delay the onset of Alzheimer's.

Pfizer and Medivation Enter into Global Agreement to Co-Develop and Market Dimebon for the Treatment of Alzheimer's ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO----Pfizer Inc and Medivation, Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement to develop and commercialize Dimebon, Medivation's investigational drug for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease.

Pfizer gains rights to Medivation Alzheimer's drug (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Pfizer Inc is acquiring rights to a promising experimental drug for Alzheimer's disease from Medivation Inc for as much as $725 million, sending Medivation shares up nearly 31 percent.

Pfizer staking millions on Alzheimer's hunch (New London Day)

Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday it will pay at least $225 million for a Russian cold medication that it hopes will be the next big thing

News Tips From The Journal Of Neuroscience (Medical News Today)

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Pfizer makes Alzheimer's drug deal (The Star-Ledger)

Pfizer announced a deal yesterday valued at as much as $725 million to develop and market an experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease.

Health and fitness (Daily Herald)

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Accused White Supremacist Attacker Enters Plea

A 20-year-old Anaheim resident pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate crime charges stemming from the beating of a man who revealed his ethnicity to two men who allegedly identified themselves as white ...

Metal fabrication plant to be enlarged in Huntington

HUNTINGTON Midwest Industrial Metal Fabrication, a maker of specialty sheet and component metal stampings, says it will invest more than $2 million in its operations in Huntington and add 33 jobs by 2011.

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If the game against Akron was any indication, junior running back P.J. Hill will be an important part of the Badger attack against Marshall.

For local oil companies, a big chill

Last winter, after 32 years delivering fuel oil, Peter Vitale was ready to enter another profession.

Shell game

A plan to turn 110,000 underwater acres in Peconic and Gardiner bays into thousands of private shellfish farms is facing opposition from some baymen as well as a leading environmental group that is worried the ...

SSAC unveils basketball realignment

As it turns out, South Charleston, George Washington and Logan won't have to battle each other in a sectional.

Couple accused of running underage sex ring in W.Va.

Federal authorities arrested a man and woman from Ohio Wednesday and charged them with transporting seven women to West Virginia to peddle them as underage prostitutes.

C-USA notebook

In knocking off then-15th ranked Virginia Tech last weekend, East Carolina spread a little inspiration all around Conference USA - literally, all the way from Greenville to El Paso.

Breakers looking for three-peat

It might be just the start to the 2008 girls' volleyball season for the Laguna Beach Breakers, but Coach Lance Stewart can see the end result.

Victoria Levin succumbs to breast cancer

Victoria S. Levin, wife of U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak -- a loving mother and grandmother, accomplished career woman, and tireless children's mental health advocate -- died of breast cancer on Thursday, ...