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New Web Site Helps People Cope With Stress During Tough Times
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched March 31 a...
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Diabetes during Pregnancy Doubles the Risk for Postpartum Depression
Many studies have shown that some women are at increased risk of experiencing depression during...
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Hormonal Test May Predict The Likelihood Of Postpartum Depression
What is your chance of developing postpartum depression? This is a question most women are eager...
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Addictive Painkiller Finally Withdrawn by the FDA
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 12 to recommend the withdrawal of...
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Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder May Have Common Genetic Causes
A new study on the link between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has found evidence that the...
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FDA: No Evidence so Far to Support Link between Suicide and Asthma Drug Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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Specialists Say the FDA Is Wrong about Epilepsy Drugs
Epilepsy drugs bringing potentially suicidal patients closer to the brink – this was the main...
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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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Lack of Exercise in Depressed Cardiac Patients Worsens Outcomes
If you suffer from depression, you need to look for medical
help right away, as depression has...
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Harvard’s Renowned Psychiatrist under Investigation for Drug Earnings
A Congressional investigation led by Sen.
Charles Grassley revealed in June that a world-renowned...
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Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial On Obesity Drug Over US Rejection Fears
Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, on Wednesday
said it abandoned an obesity drug known...
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Sales of Sanofi’s Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Suspended In Europe
Warnings about Sanofi-Aventis’ anti-obesity
rimonabant (Acomplia) had always accompanied the drug,...
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Study Identifies New High-Risk Group for Suicide: Middle-Aged Whites
A new study shows that the worrying trend
of suicides among middle-aged white men and women really...
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Suicide Rates Go Up
A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has releases some disturbing facts, after...
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U.S. Suicide Rate Rise For White, Middle-Aged Men And Women
Though the suicide rate dropped between
1986 and 1999, the number of suicides for white women age...
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Merck’s Discontinuation On Taranabant Development
Merck & Co. has decided to bring to an end the development the experimental obesity drug...
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Farewell To Development Of Obesity Drug Taranabant
Merck halted the research of the experimental obesity drug taranabant because of the dangerous side...
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US Youths More Likely to Be Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
A study published online today in the
journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health...
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Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years
Though the youth suicide rate dropped in
2005 after a sharp rise in 2004, the number of suicides...
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Older fathers Are More Likely To Have Children With Bipolar Disorder
Older fathers are more likely to have
children with bipolar disorder, a mental illness also known...
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FDA Expert Panel Rejects Black Box Warning for Epilepsy Drugs
In a push for a black box warning on epilepsy drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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FDA Panel Says No To Black Box Warning On Epilepsy Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation to
add a “black box” warning to some 11...
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FDA Wants Black Box On Antibiotics, Epilepsy Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requested black box warnings on fluoroquinolone antibiotics,...
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VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects
Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention
but not in a good way, following the...
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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicidal Behavior Warnings Soon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced it is working on adding new labels to 11...
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FAA: Pilots, Air Controllers No Longer Allowed to Use Chantix
Pilots and air traffic controllers are no longer allowed to
use popular anti-smoking drug Chantix...
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Merck Asthma Drug Questioned for Suicide Risk
The Food and Drug Administration has said that Merck's Singulair, which is the brand name for the...
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CDC: ‘Choking Game’ Turned out to Be Fatal for 82 Youths
At least 82 youths have died playing “the choking game”
since 1995, the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Study: Epilepsy Drug Trileptal Fails to Prevent Migraine
The epilepsy drug oxcarbazepine (Trileptal) does not appear
to prevent migraine headaches as...
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FDA Seeks For Stronger Warning About Chantix
In a new advisory released yesterday, the US Food and Drug
Administration alerted health care...
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Hormone May Predict Postpartum Depression
New research in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that women with higher levels of...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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FDA: No Evidence So Far To Support Link Between Suicide And Singulair
Merck’s & Co.’s asthma drug Singulair and related treatments were not associated...
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Epilepsy Drugs Must Carry a Suicide Risk Warning
Epilepsy drugs must carry a new warning about the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions, U.S....
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Montana Judge Rules Assisted Suicide Is Legal
Friday in a
Montana court, Judge Dorothy
McCarter ruled that doctor-assisted suicide was...
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Mother Cleared Of Felony In MySpace Suicide Case
A Missouri woman who posed as a 16-year-old boy on MySpace, flirted and afterwards rejected a...
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Suicide Predominant in White, Middle-Aged Americans
While anti-suicide campaigns have focused on teens and young
adults because they are thought to be...
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AstraZeneca’s Seroquel XR Gets FDA Clearance for Bipolar Disorder
SEROQUEL XL, AstraZeneca Plc’s schizophrenia drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
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FDA Decides on Epilepsy Drug Situation
Although an advisory panel of the US Food and Drug
Administration said certain epilepsy drugs may...
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Report: Parents, Other Adults Supplying Alcohol to Teens
A nationwide survey, by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration carried out...
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CDC: Risky Health Behaviors Lowering among US Students
U.S.
teens appear to engage less in risky health behaviors, meaning they’re having
less sex,...
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Report Warns on Serious Mental Problems in Teens Using Pot
Marijuana is one of the world’s most commonly used illegal drugs. There are approximately 300...
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Dallas VA Hospital Shuts Psychiatric Wing after 4th Suicide
The Dallas VA Medical Center has decided to close its
psychiatric wing after a fourth mentally ill...
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