04/10/2002 By David Loshak Self-reporting by psychiatric patients about their social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders is recommended as the alternative to interviews in clinical and
Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 12 Several studies summarized at the 223rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society on April 8
Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 12 St. John's wort (SJW) reduces blood levels of irinotecan (CPT-11) used in advanced colorectal cancer, according
04/09/2002 By David Ball Depressed patients who are also hypercortisolemic appear to have resistance to insulin and increased visceral fat, possibly accounting for a link
ATLANTA (Reuters) Apr 04 – The parents of a group of children with autism on Wednesday sued several drug companies and dental associations in the
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Apr 04 – Pfizer Inc. has revised the label of its atypical schizophrenia drug Geodon (ziprasidone) to clarify the warning against its
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 04 – Even during their pain-free periods, migraine and cluster headache patients exhibit higher plasma nitrite levels than do healthy
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 04 Breast-feeding virtually eliminated crying and grimacing in infants who were breast-fed while undergoing a painful procedure, according to a
FORT WASHINGTON, PA — April 2, 2002 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Concerta® (methylphenidate HCl) 27 mg Extended-release Tablets, offering
TOURS, France (Reuters Health) Apr 04 – Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease could trigger obesity in some patients, the results of a French study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 01 – Several different mental disorders are commonly found among older people who kill themselves, Swedish investigators report in the
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 01 – Adding to the growing evidence that cutting one's alcohol intake can have health benefits, a team of Japanese
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry (JNNP Online) 04/03/2002 By Anne MacLennan Habitual non-epileptic seizures can be reliably recorded during short outpatient video electroencephalograph (EEG)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 01 – Diabetics are at increased risk of carpal tunnel syndrome, but the nerve conduction studies, which are normally used
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 29 – An enriched, structured home environment is even more important to the cognitive development of children with fragile X
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 29 – Older men with dysthymic disorder have lower levels of testosterone compared with men with major depressive disorder and
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 28 – Cognitive, behavioral, and functional status is likely to be poor in older subjects with low endogenous estradiol (E2)
Movement Disorders 03/29/2002 By Robert Short There is a positive association between smoking and dementia, when seen in the context of Parkinson's Disease. The surprising
PHILADELPHIA, PA — March 27, 2002 — GlaxoSmithKline announced that Paxil CR, a new, controlled-release formulation of a leading anxiolytic-antidepressant, Paxil® (paroxetine hydrochloride), will be
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry (JNNP Online) 03/28/2002 By Anne MacLennan Acute small fibre sensory neuropathy should possibly be included in the heterogeneous range