NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vilazodone, the first of a new class of antidepressants known as indolalkylamines, has been shown in a phase III trial to be effective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) results in “excellent 3-year local control and survival rates,” researchers report based…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease treated with second-generation antipsychotics should be monitored closely for weight gain and dyslipidemia, according to an analysis of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three milligrams of melatonin at bedtime can effectively treat sleep problems in children with autistic spectrum disorder or fragile X syndrome or both,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Certain women may be at risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) when they start taking combined oral contraceptives, according to investigators at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although folate fortification of foods may reduce the rate of neural tube defects in target populations, new research from Chile suggests that it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a postmortem study indicate that elderly people who commit suicide usually do not have antidepressant medications in their systems at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of valproate during pregnancy compared with other antiepileptic drugs is associated with reduced cognitive function in offspring at 3 years of age,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of nearly 7000 men, large body size at age 20 years and subsequent weight gain were both identified as independent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – From 1985 to 2007, the initial CD4+ cell counts seen at diagnosis in HIV-infected patients in the US have fallen, suggesting that the…
