FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Lexapro (escitalopram), which is used to treat depression and anxiety, appears to improve a stress-related heart condition in persons with stable coronary… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that finasteride appears to reduce alcohol consumption in some men. The results were published online on June 13, 2013 by Alcoholism:… read more.
More than 80 per cent of youth who die by suicide had some form of contact with the health care system in the year before their death, according… read more.
Positive findings differ from previous studies on hysterectomy, heart disease risk. Having a hysterectomy with or without ovary removal in mid-life does not increase a woman’s risk of… read more.
Abuse of common anesthetic has ‘rapid downhill course’, reports Journal of Addiction Medicine. Abuse of the anaesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that… read more.
Advocates and pain management groups aired concerns recently over a citizen petition to change opioid labeling during the first of a 2-day FDA hearing.
Study says early intervention is key to successful treatment of gambling. To successfully treat pathological gambling, you need to intervene at an early stage, according to Susana Jiménez-Murcia… read more.
The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn’t “go away,” and that children with ADHD are… read more.
A study by Queen’s University Belfast has found that the dispensing of psychotropic drugs to older people in Northern Ireland increases on entry to care homes. According to… read more.
A new study shows that children who are exposed to bullying during childhood are at increased risk of psychiatric disorders in adulthood, regardless of whether they are victims… read more.
Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK have increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Does this reflect over medicalisation or appropriate treatment? Glasgow GP, Dr Des Spence,… read more.
A study a appearing in the December, 2012 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that more nightly sleep in mildly sleepy, healthy adults can increase daytime alertness and,… read more.
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