HARROGATE, England, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest survey of its kind in the UK provides insight into just how teenagers and parents perceive teenagers with acne.  The results of the survey confirm that teenagers with acne are consistently perceived very differently as compared to teenagers without acne. Respondents generally felt that teenagers with acne would be less sociable and less successful. Teenagers with acne suggested that they would offer a lot in return for not having acne; one in two teenagers would stay off facebook for a year if they could get rid of their acne forever!

An Open Letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron has been signed by a host of politicians, scientists, academics, wildlife experts and celebrities. The letter calls on the UK Government to dissociate itself from purchasing offspring of wild-caught primates for research and was published today in the Times and Guardian newspapers. 

ABBOTT PARK, Illinois, March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott announced today it enrolled the first patient in the CALM Study, a clinical trial with HUMIRA(R) (adalimumab), to determine if tailoring therapy to more stringent measures of disease activity in patients with early moderate to severe Crohn's disease will improve mucosal healing. The study will assess patients monitored with those stringent criteria over 56 weeks compared to patients monitored with less stringent and more commonly used clinical disease management criteria.