Topic: Mood Disorders
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc chief Howard Solomon will likely have to cede some control over the drugmaker he has stewarded for over three decades to resolve a showdown with billionaire Carl Icahn.As Forest solicits shareholder input ahead of its ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc chief Howard Solomon will likely have to cede some control over the drugmaker he has stewarded for over three decades to resolve a showdown with billionaire Carl Icahn.As Forest solicits shareholder input ahead of its ...
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 ...
US apologizes to Peru for cables that relayed rumors about president, linked general to drugsA 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 ...
WikiLeaks: US diplomatic cable from 2006 said Peru's president reputed to have 'colossal ego'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 ...
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 ...
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