by Ket Patel | Aug 11, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, OCD, Schizophrenia
Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder preceded symptoms of schizophrenia in 48% of 133 patients hospitalized over an 11-year period who had both disorders. The obsessive-compulsive symptoms and psychotic symptoms occurred simultaneously in 24% of patients, and the...
by Ket Patel | Aug 9, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
The first evidence of emerging Alzheimer’s disease surfaces at least 1 decade before the onset of the disorder, based on new neuropsychological data reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2012. So far, though, there is no single test or...
by Ket Patel | Aug 8, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
Nonpharmacologic interventions bestow clinically meaningful benefits on patients with dementia, a literature review has concluded. But these aren’t one-size-fits-all activities, Dr. Clive Ballard said at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. Different...
by Ket Patel | Aug 7, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
When Alzheimer’s disease patients who took risperidone for psychoses discontinued the drug, they were more than four times more likely to relapse than were those who continued treatment in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The ADAD (Antipsychotic Discontinuation...
by Ket Patel | Aug 7, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Depression
Depression does more than strike at the heart; it can compromise survival for patients with metastatic kidney cancer. Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston found that patients with higher levels of cortisol – a stress hormone...
