by Ket Patel | May 12, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis
Every patient should get an electrocardiogram prior to and 6 hours after the first dose of fingolimod, and hourly blood pressure and heart rate measurements in between, to assess for bradycardia, according to revised labeling released by the Food and Drug...
by Ket Patel | May 11, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Pain
Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation of the pain-modulating areas of the cerebral cortex markedly reduced postoperative pain and opioid use in a randomized trial involving total knee arthroplasty recipients. Transcranial direct current stimulation...
by Ket Patel | May 10, 2012 | All Videos For Psychiatry, Depression
Cancer patients deserve to receive aggressive treatment for comorbid depression. Dr. David Spiegel and his team of researchers at Stanford University found that patients with depression may exhibit faster rates of cancer progression. The team found that depression was...
by Ket Patel | May 10, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
Treatment with metformin led to striking resolution of amenorrhea in women with schizophrenia treated with an antipsychotic drug, in a randomized, controlled study with 84 patients. Six months of treatment with a standard metformin dosage of 500 mg b.i.d. also led to...
by Ket Patel | May 7, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Depression
Adults with major depression were significantly less likely to discontinue treatment when they received telephone-administered cognitive behavioral therapy, compared with patients who received face-to-face CBT. However, at 6-months, those who received in-person...
