CV safety studies needed for new diabetes drugs.(Across
Specialties)
SILVER SPRING, MD.--A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel
has agreed in a 14-2 vote that developers of new drugs or biologics for
type 2 diabetes should be required to conduct a long-term . . .
FDA considers changes to drug label pregnancy info.(Across
Specialties)
The system that uses letters of the alphabet to categorize
drugs' pregnancy and lactation risks will be eliminated and
replaced by a more consistent format designed to be more comprehensive
and . . .
Take practical approach to menopause management.(Across
Specialties)
CALGARY, ALTA. -- Reassurance, relief, and reassessment are
hallmark factors in the practical management of menopause.
"We need to remind women that menopausal symptoms are
normal," Dr. Cynthia . . .
Try Gabapentin, antidepressants for hot flashes.(Across
Specialties)
CHICAGO -- Gabapentin and four newer antidepressants significantly
reduce hot flash activity, according to a meta-analysis of 10
placebo-controlled studies that was presented as a poster at the . . .
Heart failure patients overestimate life expectancy.(Across
Specialties)
Ambulatory patients with heart failure tend to substantially
overestimate their life expectancy, especially those who are younger or
who have severe disease, investigators reported.
Their . . .
Education key to preventing female athlete triad.(Psychosmatic
Medicine)
SEATTLE--Education and the collaborative efforts of a team of
professionals are important for preventing the female athlete triad,
according to Sharon H. Thompson, Ed.D.
The definition of the . . .
Disordered breathing takes toll on nighttime BP.(Psychosmatic
Medicine)(Clinical report)
People who have sleep-disordered breathing are less likely to
experience a normal nighttime decrease in systolic blood pressure, and
they are at increased risk of adverse cardiac and other . . .
Emotion-focused therapy promising for eating
disorders.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
SEATTLE--Patients with eating disorders who receive emotion-focused
therapy experience a decrease in psychological morbidity and possible
reductions in bingeing and vomiting, preliminary results of . . .
Benefits sustained from eating disorder program.(Psychosomatic
Medicine)
SEATTLE--Initial improvements in anorexia nervosa and bulimia
nervosa achieved in an intensive residential treatment program are
largely sustained 4-5 years later, Dr. Timothy D. Brewerton . . .
Sodium oxybate may improve sleep in fibromyalgia
patients.(Psychosomatic Medicine)(Clinical report)
PHOENIX--Preliminary data on the off-label use of sodium oxybate
suggest that it improved sleep in a randomized, placebo-controlled study
of 151 patients with fibromyalgia who completed 8 weeks of . . .
Prolactin may be key link between stress,
psoriasis.(Psychosomatic Medicine)
KYOTO, JAPAN -- Prolactin may be a key mediator in the pathway by
which psychological stress triggers and exacerbates psoriasis, Dr. Ewan
A. Langan said at an international investigative . . .
Sleep apnea increased mortality in 14-year study.(Psychosomatic
Medicine)
BALTIMORE--Moderte to severe sleep apnea significantly increased
the risk of all-cause mortality, according to 14 years of follow-up data
from a large community sample.
"Sleep apnea is a disease . . .
Some see psychosocial barriers to weight loss.(Psychosomatic
Medicine)
SEATTLE--Money and time are the leading barriers to seeking
weight-loss treatment among overweight and obese adults, but stigma and
a belief that one is too heavy for treatment become more . . .
Rapid response may predict binge eating outcome.(Psychosomatic
Medicine)
SEATTLE--The predictive utility of a rapid response to treatment
for binge eating disorder and obesity depends on the type of treatment,
a randomized, controlled trial shows.
It also is important . . .
Parkinson's Tx may raise risk of impulse
control.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
CHICAGO -- Evidence continues to mount that dopaminergic therapy
increases the odds of impulse control disorders in patients who have
Parkinson's disease.
Dopamine agonist (DA)-treated patients . . .
Treating pediatric panic disorder.(PREVENTION IN ACTION)
Monsters in the closet. Bogeymen under the bed. Flying shadow
creatures cast by bedroom curtains blowing in the breeze. These are the
stuff of childhood fears--all of which are readily dismissed as . . .
Perspective.(Community Psychiatry)
Most adult patients with panic disorder spend years trying to
figure out what is wrong with them.
They undergo cardiac evaluations for their heart problems, gastro
evaluations for the butterflies . . .
Treating gambling difficult in military.(Addiction
Psychiatry)(Survey)
WASHINGTON -- Military personnel are at risk for problem gambling,
but it is often difficult for them to get adequate treatment, according
to the director of a Veterans Affairs program for problem . . .
Varenicline curbs alcohol cravings, increases abstinence in
smokers.(Addiction Psychiatry)
WASHINGTON -- The antismoking drug varenicline also appears to curb
alcohol cravings in smokers who are heavy drinkers, results of a small
pilot study show.
Nondependent heavy drinkers taking . . .
Simpler frailty assessment recommended for nursing
homes.(Geriatric Psychiatry)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Diagnosing frailty in a nursing home resident can
be a time-consuming undertaking.
According to Dr. John E. Morley, a generally accepted definition of
frailty is useful but not . . .
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