Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds
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The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less so.
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...
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A leading drug used by millions of  people to lower blood pressure does not prevent deaths from  heart attacks or other cardiovascular problems as well as other  treatments, researchers said on Friday.
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NEW YORK - The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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NEW YORK -- The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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Scientists have discovered a genetic variation that may help explain why some people who develop the condition get no relief from drug treatments.
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Early results from the largest study ever of aggressive measures to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics has found no sign that intensive treatment increases the risk of death, an international team of researchers said on Wednesday.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- There was little or no effect on the mood of healthy young men when medication was used to lower their testosterone levels for short periods, says a study in the October issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
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Drug firm Merck &amp; Co. will present data this week showing that an experimental arthritis drug, Arcoxia, a treatment in the same class as its recently withdrawn Vioxx, showed no significant
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NEW YORK  - Antidepressant medication may help depressed men cut down on their drinking, but the same may not be true of women, a new study suggests.
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There are fewer children taking antidepressants in the US today compared to a year ago, according to a new study. The study, conducted by pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions indicates the number
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Schools' drugs education programmes have hardly any effect on reducing drug use, government advisors say.
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The furor over the safety of arthritis painkilling medications shows no sign of abating. Vioxx is gone from the market, following data linking it to increased cardiovascular risk.
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D-cycloserine, a drug that has shown to reduce symptoms in schizophrenics, appears to significantly improve social and communication skills in children with autism, according to the results of a small pilot study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins do not protect against Alzheimer's disease as some previous research has suggested, a study published on Wednesday said.
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Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine are trying to determine whether violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto can make players more prone to violent behavior.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - U.S. experts said on Wednesday  that companies developing fat-fighting drugs should include  severely obese children in their studies but were less  supportive of targeting moderately overweight adults without  health problems.