Psychiatry

Dr. Nina Silverberg of the National Institute on Aging, discusses Alzheimer's Disease.

The terms Alzheimer's and Dementia are often used interchangeably, are they in fact the same condition?

The results of a new clinical trial of the schizophrenia drug Saphris (asenapine) has shown that the drug is effective at significantly extending both the time to relapse or impending relapse and the time to treatment discontinuation.

Patients who suffer from depression in the first several weeks after being hospitalized for a coronary event and those patients whose depression does not improve over six months are at an increased risk of death compared to coronary patients who are not depressed.

Doubts surrounding women's world 800-meter champion Caster Semenya's gender have opened up a very public debate over endocrine disorders and what makes a "real" man or woman.

Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed medications, and there are a number of misconceptions among laypeople about their proper use, so they deserve a thorough discussion.

According to an article in the online news organization Huffington Post, physicians are increasingly bringing their views on healthcare reform into the examination room.

Researchers from Yale University have discovered a way to repair damage to the brain caused by stress and how to prevent further damage from occurring.

Psychosocial work stress has been previously associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. New research now reveals that high work stress may actually decrease an individual's chance of developing inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis.

At the Military Health Research Forum, held August 31 to September 3 in Kansas City, MO, several exciting developments in post-traumatic stress disorder research were presented.

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The American Psychiatric Association, in conjunction with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, has released a set of guidelines for managing depression during pregnancy.

An Ameritox study found that of 938,586 urine toxicology tests administered to chronic pain patients over a three-year period, 11% detected major illicit drugs and 29% had a medication in their system that the patient's doctor was likely unaware of.

Researchers from the Jefferson Headache Center have completed a multi-center, phase 3 clinical trial demonstrating that Levadex, an orally-inhaled migraine therapy, provides “significant relief” from migraine symptoms.

British researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford have demonstrated an association between schizophrenia and violence, and more importantly, that the association is greatly increased with drug and alcohol abuse.

New research has found that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are likely to suffer from depression, which can, in turn, increase levels of pain associated with the disease.

Patients who are depressed are less likely to adhere to a physician’s orders about physical activity and less likely to be physically active on a regular basis, the results of a new study show.

Health officials overseeing the move for health care information technology (HIT) under government incentives are concerned that breaches of EHR systems are a serious possibility and that preventative measures need to be put in place.

If existing case law and legislation is clear and well-developed, then an asset protection plan that falls within the pre-set boundaries should have favorable and predictable results.

We have been publishing MDNG for a decade now, and healthcare technology has changed in so many ways in those years.

Sermo.com CEO Daniel Palestrant recently proclaimed that the AMA no longer speaks for US physicians, and that now is the time to “turn to entities like Sermo where physicians are establishing a new voice to collectively discuss the future of our profession.”

You may have seen advertisements, or may already have been contacted by people who’ve promised to help you figure it all out so you can get your share of the stimulus money. Be wary.

Unexpected technology applications are transforming daily practice—everything from how you search for clinical information to how you share and store your data.

What do physicians really think about the HITECH act, health IT stimulus incentives, and the government’s new role in their lives? Using the power of social media, we did a little research and asked MDNG readers to share their opinions, concerns, and advice.

The FDA yesterday approved Invega Sustenna, an extended-release injectable suspension, for the acute and maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in adults.

Researcher John Csernansky, MD, is working to produce a "map of the unique dips, swells and crevasses of the brains of individuals that he hopes will provide the first scientific tool for early and more definite diagnosis of mental disorders such as schizophrenia."

Many states are seeing the HITECH money as an opportunity to aggressively promote health IT to improve healthcare through adoption of EHRs and health information exchanges.

The story of how journal editors, the clinical research community, and Big Pharma managed to work together to protect the public health, ensure the continued advance of medical science, and safeguard vital intellectual property.

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