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| At-Home Bipolar Test Worries Some Medical Experts
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| Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the disease, also known as manic depression.
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March 24, 2008 |
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| Bipolar Disorder in Children: Over or Under Diagnosed?
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| The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and teenagers has more than tripled, but the two extreme characteristics of the mental condition has left doctors wondering where to draw the line in deciding whether children are bipolar or just being kids.
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October 7, 2007 |
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| Bipolar Disorder: In the Genes?
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| Bipolar disorder runs in the family. However, scientists still cannot pinpoint it to one specific gene since there are many other factors that may lead to the manic-depressive illness.
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October 10, 2007 |
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| Bipolar Disorder: Manic Mouse Made With One Gene Missing
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| Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| Bright light therapy helps some with bipolar depression
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| Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic studied nine women with bipolar disorder to examine the effects of light therapy in the morning or at midday on mood symptoms.
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January 6, 2008 |
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| Drug Used To Treat Bipolar Disorder Has Potential For Treating Alcohol Dependence
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| Aripiprazole is currently approved to treat bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia. A new study has found that it significantly and dose-dependently increases the sedative effects of alcohol and, to a lesser degree, decreases the euphoric effects of alcohol.
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April 7, 2008 |
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| FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids
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| The powerful anti-psychotic drug Risperdal was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday for use in children and adolescents who have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
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August 22, 2007 |
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| FDA Approves Generic Version of Bipolar Drug
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| Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster anti-psychotic drug Risperdal will face generic competition, as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on Monday became the first company to receive approval for a generic version.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| FDA approves generic Risperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic versions of Risperdal (risperidone) tablets. Risperdal is an antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric conditions.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Home Bi-Polar Test Kits Cause Mixed Emotions
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| All too often we come across some new diagnostic methodology that researchers claim could be commercialized in just a few years. Typically these claims are the reason researchers stick to research and leave the commercialization to others (it's never as simple as they claim).
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March 25, 2008 |
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| Is Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed?
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| A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University researchers reports that fewer than half the patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder based on a comprehensive, psychiatric diagnostic interview--the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID).
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May 6, 2008 |
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| New Database to Help Speed Search for Bipolar Disorder Genes
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| A free public online database launched recently may help speed efforts to identify genes associated with an increased risk of bipolar disorder, a mood disorder commonly marked by alternating bouts of depression and manic behavior.
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August 24, 2007 |
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| New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu Identified
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| Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus.
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July 2, 2008 |
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| Scientists discover epigenetic changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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| Scientists have discovered epigenetic changes (i.e. chemical changes to a gene that do not alter the DNA sequence) in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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March 12, 2008 |
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