Psychiatry
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<ѻý>FDA Panel Split Over Inhaled Antipsychoticѻý>
WASHINGTON -- An FDA advisory panel punted on the question of approval for an inhaled version of the antipsychotic drug loxapine (Adasuve) to treat agitation in bipolar and schizophrenic patients, despite the risk for respiratory side effects.
Dec 12, 2011
<ѻý>Acetaminophen OD More Deadly if Taken in Stagesѻý>
Acetaminophen overdoses were more likely to be fatal if patients consumed a series of high doses spread over the course of a day rather than downing, say, a bottle of pills at one time, outcomes among patients admitted to a specialized liver center showed.
Nov 23, 2011
<ѻý>FDA Blocks Sale of Supplements for Parkinson's and Alzheimer'sѻý>
WASHINGTON -- The FDA filed a permanent injunction against two Minnesota companies that distributed amino acid products marketed as treatments for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and a number of other neurological disorders.
Sep 16, 2011
<ѻý>Lab Notes: Red Wine Before Radiation and Red Clover for Hair Lossѻý>
Red is the color of the day, as components of red wine and red clover lead this week's Lab Notes, but the blues get their turn in the spotlight, too, as depressed people outshine cheerier folks in some elements of decision making.
May 06, 2011
<ѻý>FDA Panel: Keep ECT Devices as High Riskѻý>
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- The FDA should continue to regulate electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machines as high-risk devices for treating depression and most other conditions for which ECT is typically used, members of the agency's Neurological Devices Advisory Committee agreed.
Jan 28, 2011
<ѻý>APA: Field Testing to Begin in July for DSM-5ѻý>
NEW ORLEANS -- More than 10 years after the American Psychiatric Association (APA) began developing its fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM), the process is now moving smartly toward its planned 2013 conclusion, leaders of the effort said here.
May 25, 2010
<ѻý>Recall of Three Little Words Helps Quick Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment
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ATLANTA -- Mild cognitive impairment can be determined in less than five minutes with a three-word memory test and a clock- drawing task, according to researchers here. The words are apple, penny, and table.
Nov 19, 2008