IMN || Mental Health

Treatment decisions complex for pregnant, postpartum women with bipolar disorder

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 15:10

The clinical features of perinatal women with bipolar disorder are much more severe than those of women seeking care for other psychiatric conditions, including greater history of suicidal behavior...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Mindfulness training shifts diabetic patients off autopilot

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 17:30

SAN FRANCISCO – Cultivating mindfulness in patients with diabetes is a useful self-help strategy to combat depression and foster healthy habits. "How can you effectively manage yourself if...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

An Institute of Medicine committee could not reach consensus on a single definition of Gulf War illness and recommended in a new report that clinicians and researchers at least narrow it down to two...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Two definitions of Gulf War illness recommended

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 15:30

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Physicians are major source for frequent opioid misusers

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 21:15

Most people who misuse opioid pain relievers cite friends and relatives as their sources for the drugs, but more of the people who misuse these agents most often – those who take them from 200 to 365...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s treatment requires ‘multiple shots on goal’ approach

Posted on: 25/02/2014 - 20:15

LAS VEGAS – With the exception of memantine, about 30 clinical trials of agents intended to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease have failed in the past decade. "We’ve attacked every...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Citalopram improves agitation in Alzheimer’s patients but has cardiac risks

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 21:00

Daily oral citalopram improved agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and reduced caregiver stress but was associated with a higher rate of cardiac adverse effects than was placebo at the...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 17:15

ATLANTA – It’s too soon to disrupt current obesity treatment by declaring food addiction to be a clinical condition, according to Dr. Paul Fletcher. "If we are to employ [the term] food...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly

Posted on: 27/12/2013 - 19:15

DALLAS – Elderly patients who started treatment with an antipsychotic drug had a substantially increased risk for a major adverse cardiovascular disease event, especially during the first month on...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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