July 8, 2008 – 4:24 pm | One Comment

In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Is Financial Fraud Behind Dramatic Spike in Pediatric Antipsychotics?
November 29, 2008 – 7:23 am | One Comment

The families of many children injured or sickened by the antipsychotic drugs they’d been prescribed are calling for the testimony of a prominent child psychiatrist whose endorsement of such drugs led to a 40-fold (4,000%) …

The Virginia Tech Massacre Revisited
May 8, 2008 – 3:19 pm | No Comment

On April 16, 2007 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho, a student at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, shot to death 32 students and faculty members, wounded many more, and then committed suicide. From an early …

Researchers Remain Undecided About Omega-3s Effects On Bipolar Disorder
April 29, 2008 – 7:25 am | One Comment

Although there is significant clinical evidence to support using omega-3 fatty acid supplements for the treatment of depression symptoms, the supplement’s role in treating bipolar disorder is still undecided. Researchers do believe, however, that further …

Could Schizophrenia Be Entirely Genetic?
March 29, 2008 – 9:11 am | 59 Comments

The latest gene-scanning technology may have shed some much-desired light on a potential cause for schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by delusions and scrambled thought processes. The disease is believed to affect 1% of the …

Common Schizophrenia Drug on Trial
March 8, 2008 – 4:31 pm | 9 Comments

The pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly, is being sued by the state of Alaska over allegedly covering up the potential risks of Zyprexa (olanzapine). Attorneys for the state argue that the company knew that the drug, …

ABILIFY Now Available for Younger Patients with Bipolar Disorder
March 3, 2008 – 9:35 pm | One Comment

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company have announced that a new drug for treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is now available. ABILIFY (aripiprazole) has been approved by the FDA for …