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Changes in body weight and body mass index among psychiatric patients ...

Changes in body weight and body mass index among psychiatric patients receiving lithium, valproate, or topiramate: an open-label, nonrandomized chart review.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

About.com

Zeitgebers! I Need a Good Night's Sleep

Not just a clever expletive, a Zeitgeber is an environmental cue that resets a person's circadian rhythm, the internal clock of all living things.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Bipolar Disorder, Health

Mon Jul 06, 2009

ScienceBlogs

Lithium, Circadian Clocks and Bipolar Disorder [A Blog Around The Clock]

Profile Archives Blogroll Category: Clock Tutorials Posted on: July 6, 2009 9:07 PM, by Coturnix You probably realize by now that my expertise is in clocks and calendars of birds, but blogging audience forces me to occasionally look into human clocks from a medical perspective.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Medication, Blog News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The American Journal of Managed Care

A Multiattribute Decision Model for Bipolar Disorder: Identification...

Published Online: July 1, 2009 - 12:00:36 AM PDF Objective: To develop a multiattribute decision model to aid in the selection of preferred medications for the treatment of bipolar disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Depression

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Study: Bipolar meds work best combined

A long-running study in the United Kingdom has shown for the first time that combined therapy with two of the main drugs for bipolar disorder is better than using either drug alone.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Medication, Depakote, Valproic Acid (generic), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Metro, Psychiatry

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Drkoop.com

Expert: New psychiatric drugs have no 'track record'

Exclusive savings on ADHD products and much, much more! Start saving today! Expert: New psychiatric drugs have no 'track record' UPDATED 2009-05-18 Dr.

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Related Topix: Bipolar Disorder, Medicine, Health, Medication

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Professor knows bipolar disorder firsthand

Kay Redfield Jamison has devoted her career to studying bipolar disorder, the mental illness that boomerangs its sufferers between crippling depression and hyperactive mania.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University, UC Los Angeles, Medicine, Medication

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Am J Psychiatry current issue

[Editorials] New Hope for Pharmacogenetic Testing

John I. Nurnberger Jr., M.D., Ph.D. In this issue, readers will find an article by Perlis et al.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Am J Psychiatry current issue

[Articles] A Genomewide Association Study of Response to Lithium for...

Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.Sc., Jordan W. Smoller, M.D., Sc.D., Manuel A.R. Ferreira, Ph.D., Andrew McQuillin, Ph.D., Nick Bass, M.B., B.Chir., M.D., Jacob Lawrence, M.B.B.S., M.R.C.Psych., Gary S. Sachs, M.D., Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, Ph.D., Edward M. Scolnick, Ph.D., Hugh Gurling, M.Phil., M.D., Pamela Sklar, M.D., Ph.D., and Shaun Purcell, Ph.D.

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Thu May 21, 2009

The Independent

Lithium withdrawal: The alternatives and effects

I'm 49. For the past 23 years, I have been taking lithium carbonate , which has helped me greatly in managing my mood swings.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Depression

Tue May 19, 2009

Drugs.com

Risperdal Consta Approved for Bipolar Disorder

The Janssen Pharmaceuticals drug Risperdal Consta has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for people with Bipolar 1 disorder, the drug maker said Monday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Risperdal, Risperidone (generic), Food and Drug Administration, Family, Elderly

Health

"My Life As a Bipolar Mom"

Cristina Fender, 34, of Austin, Texas, is an aspiring writer and mother of two who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2006.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Bipolar Disorder, Health, Austin, TX, Austin Metro, Medication, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Depression

Mon May 18, 2009

Med Ad News

FDA Grants Approval for Use of Risperdal Consta as Both a Monotherapy ...

May 18, 2009 - Alkermes, Inc. today announced that Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of RISPERDAL CONSTA Long-Acting Injection as both a monotherapy and adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate in the maintenance treatment of bipolar I ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Risperdal, Risperidone (generic), Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Alkermes, Bipolar Disorder, Health

Tue May 05, 2009

MediLexicon

Lithium In Drinking Water 'May Reduce Suicide'

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Article Date: 05 May 2009 Very low levels of lithium in drinking water may help prevent suicide in the general population, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Medication, Agriculture, Science, Suicide, Bipolar Disorder, Health

Sat May 02, 2009

UK Against Fluoridation

Natural levels of lithium in drinking water help reduce suicides

Natural levels of lithium in drinking water help reduce suicides By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Last Updated: 10:01AM BST 01 May 2009 Very low levels of lithium in drinking water may help prevent suicide in the general population, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Suicide, Bipolar Disorder, Health

Fri May 01, 2009

Drugs.com

Health Highlights: May 1, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: The third U.S. recall of Jardine cribs in a year involves about 96,000 cribs with slats that can break, leaving a gap that poses an entrapment or strangulation hazard, the Associated Press reports.

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BBC

Lithium in water 'curbs suicide'

Drinking water which contains the element lithium may reduce the risk of suicide, a Japanese study suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Suicide

Tue Apr 28, 2009

HealthCentral

New light on how Lithium treats BPD

Scientists at Cardiff University say they may have discovered how Lithium works to treat bipolar disorder .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Bipolar Disorder, Health

Mon Apr 27, 2009

Science Daily

Lithium And The Brain: New Light On Bipolar Treatment Drugs

However, scientists have never been entirely sure exactly how it operates in the human brain.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009

Wren's Nest

Tons Of Released Drugs Taint US Water

Title: TONS OF RELEASED DRUGS TAINT US WATER U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water - contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Bipolar Disorder, Health

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