by Ket Patel | Nov 14, 2012 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Depression
Men with rheumatoid arthritis who have depression or depressive symptoms were significantly more likely to die compared with RA patients who were not depressed, according to data from a longitudinal cohort study of 530 patients. The findings were presented at the...
by Ket Patel | Nov 13, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
Many older adults with a history of chronic schizophrenia can have a sustained remission if they receive appropriate psychosocial stimulation and support, according to Dr. Dilip V. Jeste. Schizophrenia is a less important barrier to successful aging than are societal...
by Ket Patel | Nov 12, 2012 | Addiction, All Articles For Psychiatry
First-episode psychosis patients who continue to use marijuana after beginning treatment are more likely to adhere to their medication regimen than are cannabis users who quit. But continued users also are more likely to have increased levels of symptoms after...
by Ket Patel | Nov 11, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease, Latest Articles
Young adult carriers of the presenilin gene mutation that invariably induces Alzheimer’s disease around the age of 45 years already show distinctive changes on functional and structural brain MRI and in amyloid-beta biomarkers when they are in their 20s and are still...
by Ket Patel | Nov 11, 2012 | Slider Content
More than two-thirds of patients with medically refractory chronic cluster headache responded to on-demand, self-administered sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation with acute pain relief, less frequent attacks, or both. The prophylactic effect – a reduction in cluster...
