Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds
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Drugs widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebo, researchers are reporting.
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Music, pets and aromatherapy should be used to calm agitated or delusional patients before turning to drugs that often prove ineffective or have unhealthy side effects, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for anti-depressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children were told on Tuesday that a new warning added in March appeared to have little impact on children's use of the drugs.    Children aged 1 to 17 still account for 7 percent of anti-depressants prescribed, said Michael Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety...
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to two studies published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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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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Schools' drugs education programmes have hardly any effect on reducing drug use, government advisors say.
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Combining drugs with talk therapy works best in treating depressed adolescents, the first large study of its kind has found. But questions remain about suicidal behavior in children.
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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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Cholesterol-regulating statin drugs slightly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with no history of cardiovascular disease but may do little to reduce their risk of death, a new analysis concluded on Monday.
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A huge study found that patients on antidepressants rarely get the psychiatric therapy needed right after they start the drugs, a time when risk of suicidal behavior can rise temporarily.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Cognitive behavior therapy appears to cancel the risk of suicidal thinking associated with taking antidepressant medication, says one study.
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LONDON: Anti-inflammatory drugs that have been used for 30 years to treat serious head injuries are harming rather than helping patients, researchers said.
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A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study.
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Anti-inflammatory drugs that have been used for 30 years to treat serious head injuries are harming rather than helping patients, researchers said on Friday.
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Results of a landmark government study are helping answer questions that have long fueled the debate over the use of antidepressants in teenagers. The research finds a popular antidepressant works better than counseling in treating depression in young ...