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Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease observed in some athletes with a history of multiple... »
Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory Predicts Adolescent Depression
Overgeneral autobiographical memory the tendency to categorize memories rather than to remember specific events in response to a cue which has long been pegged as a risk factor for depression in adults, also is a risk factor of depression in adolescents, a study of 277 adolescents has... »
Depression, Obesity Linked in Older Women but Not Older Men
The odds of depression are significantly elevated for older, obese women and significantly decreased for older overweight men, a study of almost 8,000 adults found. The results of the study also held in a longitudinal analysis of the same cohort 5 years later. The findings suggest that more... »
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Pediatric Irritation, Bipolar Disorder Differ in Imaging
PARIS Longitudinal data, family studies, and recent imaging findings show distinct differences and some similarities between severely irritable children and children with bipolar disorder. The notion that bipolar... »
Depression, Cognitive Impairment Often Complicate Multiple Sclerosis
PARIS Patients with multiple sclerosis often also manifest major depression or cognitive impairments, but these associated conditions frequently go undiagnosed or untreated, experts said at the annual congress of the... »
Short Course of Escitalopram Reduces Fear in Depression
PARIS A 7-day treatment of escitalopram significantly decreased the response of the amygdala to fearful stimuli in adults with major depression, Dr. Beata Godlewska reported at the Annual Congress of the European College... »
PARIS Longitudinal data, family studies, and recent imaging findings show distinct differences and some similarities between severely irritable children and children with bipolar disorder. The notion that bipolar... »
Depression, Cognitive Impairment Often Complicate Multiple Sclerosis
PARIS Patients with multiple sclerosis often also manifest major depression or cognitive impairments, but these associated conditions frequently go undiagnosed or untreated, experts said at the annual congress of the... »
Short Course of Escitalopram Reduces Fear in Depression
PARIS A 7-day treatment of escitalopram significantly decreased the response of the amygdala to fearful stimuli in adults with major depression, Dr. Beata Godlewska reported at the Annual Congress of the European College... »
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Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory Predicts Adolescent Depression
Overgeneral autobiographical memory the tendency to categorize memories rather than to remember specific events in response to a cue which has long been pegged as a risk factor for depression in adults, also is a risk... »
Depression, Obesity Linked in Older Women but Not Older Men
The odds of depression are significantly elevated for older, obese women and significantly decreased for older overweight men, a study of almost 8,000 adults found. The results of the study also held in a longitudinal... »
Onset Periods of Depression Linked to Different Dementias
Recurrent depression from midlife through late life increases the risk of vascular dementia, suggesting a progressive etiologic association with vascular disease, a large, long-term retrospective cohort study has... »
Overgeneral autobiographical memory the tendency to categorize memories rather than to remember specific events in response to a cue which has long been pegged as a risk factor for depression in adults, also is a risk... »
Depression, Obesity Linked in Older Women but Not Older Men
The odds of depression are significantly elevated for older, obese women and significantly decreased for older overweight men, a study of almost 8,000 adults found. The results of the study also held in a longitudinal... »
Onset Periods of Depression Linked to Different Dementias
Recurrent depression from midlife through late life increases the risk of vascular dementia, suggesting a progressive etiologic association with vascular disease, a large, long-term retrospective cohort study has... »
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Scan That Predicts Alzheimer's Creates Moral Dilemma
LAS VEGAS The development of the positron emission tomography radiotracer known as AV-45, or florbetapir F18, for the diagnosis of Alzheimers disease carries within a certain "curse," said Dr. Jeffrey L.... »
Rise in Use of Bath Salts, Synthetic Marijuana Concerns Officials
WASHINGTON The nation is at the front-end of a potential epidemic, as synthetic marijuana and synthetic hallucinogens known as "bath salts" gain popularity, especially among youth, officials warned Feb.... »
Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
Dr. Daniel P. Alford stumbled into addiction medicine after he finished his residency in internal medicine more than a decade ago. He hesitantly took a part-time position as the medical director for a city-run methadone... »
LAS VEGAS The development of the positron emission tomography radiotracer known as AV-45, or florbetapir F18, for the diagnosis of Alzheimers disease carries within a certain "curse," said Dr. Jeffrey L.... »
Rise in Use of Bath Salts, Synthetic Marijuana Concerns Officials
WASHINGTON The nation is at the front-end of a potential epidemic, as synthetic marijuana and synthetic hallucinogens known as "bath salts" gain popularity, especially among youth, officials warned Feb.... »
Addiction Medicine on the Road to Subspecialty Status
Dr. Daniel P. Alford stumbled into addiction medicine after he finished his residency in internal medicine more than a decade ago. He hesitantly took a part-time position as the medical director for a city-run methadone... »
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Study Extends Traumatic Brain Pathology to Blast-Exposed Veterans
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the... »
Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When I was doing my pediatrics research in medical school at Meharry Medical College in 1969, I was struck by the finding that many poor African Americans were being diagnosed with mild mental retardation that was... »
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been found in autopsies of four blast-exposed veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, signaling a potential overlap of the clinical signs and symptoms of the... »
Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When I was doing my pediatrics research in medical school at Meharry Medical College in 1969, I was struck by the finding that many poor African Americans were being diagnosed with mild mental retardation that was... »
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| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
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| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |