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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - According to a new look at past antidepressant trials, up to a fifth of patients on Cymbalta and similar medications may actually do worse than those given drug-free placebo pills.
Researchers found that patients' symptoms over the first couple months of antidepressant use separated them into "responders," who got progressively better, and "non-responders," who didn't ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The antidepressant mirtazapine may help some methamphetamine addicts curb their use of the drug -- at least in the short term, a small trial suggests.
Right now, no medication is approved for treating dependence on methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that can be snorted, smoked, injected or swallowed.
That's in contrast to other abused substances, like ...
Clinical trials in all areas of medicine turn up some degree of "placebo effect" -- the phenomenon of people who are given a sham treatment, instead of the real thing, getting better anyway. Placebo responses are particularly common in certain disorders, depression being one.
In the new study, researchers re-analyzed findings from a 2002 clinical trial that compared the antidepressant sertraline ...
LONDON (Reuters) - The annual cost of brain disorders in Europe has soared to 798 billion euros ($1 trillion) and the region is facing a political, social and financial "ticking bomb" as more people fall prey to mental illnesses, researchers said on Tuesday.
A study by the European Brain Council (EBC) said the bill for disorders such as depression, anxiety, insomnia ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc
As Forest solicits shareholder input ahead of its annual meeting on August 15, 83-year-old Solomon should hear enough support to keep his job, investors and analysts ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc
As Forest solicits shareholder input ahead of its annual meeting on August 15, 83-year-old Solomon should hear enough support to keep his job, investors and analysts ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Light therapy may improve symptoms in pregnant women with depression, suggests a new study of 27 women in Switzerland.
While the study was small, the findings are promising for doctors who have been hesitant to treat with antidepressants out of fear that the drugs might harm the fetus.
On the other hand, some worry that untreated ...
A top diplomat says Washington has apologized to Peru for leaked diplomatic cables about the country.
Arturo Valenzuela is assistant U.S. secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs. He tells RPP radio that he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke with Peruvian ...
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable written in 2006 said that it was generally agreed that Peruvian President Alan Garcia had "a colossal ego" and cited rumors he could be afflicted by manic depression or bipolar disorder.
The cable, posted Thursday on the website of ...
According to the Mayo Clinic, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a condition that attacks its sufferers at the same time every year, usually during late autumn and early winter. According to Columbia University, more than 15 research centers have found positive treatment of winter-induced SAD with the use of light therapy.. According to Columbia University experts, some seasonal affective disorder ...
