Psychiatry
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<ѻý>Medtronic's Infuse Moves From Operating Room to Courtroomѻý>
An investigative series by ѻý/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been tracking the spinal fusion device called Infuse in a 4-year-long series and now reports how a flawed FDA system for device approval may have led to a long string of adverse events culminating in thousands of liability suits.
May 18, 2014
<ѻý>Murder: Another Ambien Side Effect?ѻý>
NEW YORK CITY -- Forensic psychiatrists are facing new challenges with murders committed by people under the influence of the sleep drug zolpidem (Ambien) -- not least to persuade the criminal justice system to take their conclusions seriously.
May 07, 2014
<ѻý>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biologyѻý>
NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.
May 01, 2014
<ѻý>Killing Pain: Benzo 'Boost' Can Be Deadlyѻý>
Adding a benzodiazepine to an opioid painkiller can increase the effect of the opioid, or in the language of addiction, benzos can boost the high -- but the combo can be deadly, according to this Killing Pain report from ѻý and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Feb 25, 2014
<ѻý>Pay and Practice: Are Neurologists Primary Care Docs?ѻý>
WASHINGTON -- Neurology isn't often mentioned in the same breath as primary care, but the American Academy of Neurology is again lobbying to gain that sobriquet -- this time to take advantage of a recent policy change that benefits primary care providers.
Jan 15, 2014
<ѻý>Killing Pain: Tramadol the 'Safe' Drug of Abuseѻý>
Almost 2 decades have passed since the FDA approved tramadol as a 'safe' opioid, but the intervening years provide evidence to question that 'safe' claim, as this latest investigation by John Fauber for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-ѻý revealed.
Dec 22, 2013
<ѻý>Antidepressant Dressed Up for Menopauseѻý>
One drug company can now brag about a nonhormonal option for menopausal hos flashes. But Brisdelle is just an old drug dressed up in a new feminine name and packaging -- it's the antidepressant paroxetine, better known by its brand name, Paxil.
Dec 18, 2013
<ѻý>Common Cause for Bruxism, Restless Legs, Migraine?ѻý>
NEW ORLEANS -- About half of patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) seen in a single neurology practice also qualified for diagnoses of bruxism and migraine, suggesting a possible common cause for these disorders, a researcher said here.
Oct 17, 2013