by Ket Patel | May 25, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
A reformulated version of the previously withdrawn Neupro rotigotine patch had favorable results in separate studies of patients with advanced idiopathic Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome, according to reports given prior to the planned return of the...
by Ket Patel | May 24, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
Long-acting, injectable formulations of antipsychotic drugs significantly boosted treatment compliance in patients with schizophrenia in a review of reimbursement records for more than 3,600 patients. The increased compliance achieved with depot administration of...
by Ket Patel | May 23, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Obesity
The odds of depression are significantly elevated for older, obese women and significantly decreased for older overweight men, a study of almost 8,000 adults found. The results of the study also held in a longitudinal analysis of the same cohort 5 years later. The...
by Ket Patel | May 20, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
Recurrent depression from midlife through late life increases the risk of vascular dementia, suggesting a progressive etiologic association with vascular disease, a large, long-term retrospective cohort study has shown. When depression begins only in late life, it...
by Ket Patel | May 19, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Depression
Recurrent depression from midlife through late life increases the risk of vascular dementia, suggesting a progressive etiologic association with vascular disease, a large, long-term retrospective cohort study has shown. When depression begins only in late life, it...