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
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 27 – Botulinum toxin A (Botox) offers safe and long-lasting treatment of hemifacial spasm, based on a retrospective 10-year review from
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters Health) Mar 22 – Offspring conceived by assisted reproduction exhibit good parental relationships in early adolescence, based on data presented here at
LONDON (Reuters Health) Mar 25 – Boys who were victims of sexual abuse at a school in the UK did not seem to experience an
DALLAS, TX — March 26, 2002 — Mental stress can trigger a lack of blood flow to the heart and increase the risk of death
Physicians should look out for patients with partial epilepsy whose impaired cognition and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are unrelated to their disease history or
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 22 – A single dose of oral eletriptan (Relpax, Pfizer) provides prompt relief of moderate-to-severe acute migraine attacks, based on
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 21 – The muscle-relaxing drug baclofen can rapidly cut severe withdrawal symptoms in alcoholics trying to achieve abstinence, according to
NEW YORK, NY — March 22, 2002 — Forest Laboratories, Inc. announced that clinical study results were presented March 20th at the annual meeting of
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry (JNNP Online) 03/25/2002 By Harvey McConnell Headaches and hypertension appear to be linked – but the opposite to popular
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 19 Citalopram was more effective than perphenazine in treating psychosis and behavioral disturbances of hospitalized demented patients, according to findings
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Mar 19 Major depression refractory to treatment with conventional antidepressants may improve with the omega-3 fatty acid ethyl ester of eicosapentaenoic
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — March 15, 2002 — Higher cholesterol levels are not only bad for the heart and blood vessels, they increase the risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 15 – Physicians need to weigh the risk of stroke and gastrointestinal bleeding before starting elderly patients with atrial fibrillation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 15 – Although previous studies have found that prayer, meditation and other religious activities provide health benefits, two American researchers
BALTIMORE, MD — March 18, 2002 — Nearly two-thirds of patients obtain at least a 50 percent reduction in symptoms of refractory myofascial pain syndrome