Acupuncture Therapy Helps Reduce Hot Flashes and Mood Swings in Menopausal...
The common symptoms of menopause can be relieved by acupuncture, claim a Turkish study. This study was carried out at the Ankara Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The severity of hot...
View ArticleBipolar Disorder Cases Rising in US
More than four percent of the population in the United States suffers from bi-polar disorder, almost twice the global average, according to a recent survey conducted by National Institute of Mental...
View ArticleHalf of All Bipolar Disorder Patients Grapple With Work, Social or Family...
A study conducted at the University of Granada has found that 50 pc of patients with bipolar disorder suffer some type of work, social and family disability, and approximately 20 pc present some...
View ArticleWebsite To Help Caregivers Of Bipolar Patients
A new information website for the caregivers of people with bipolar disorder has been launched by researchers at Orygen Youth Health and the University of Melbourne. They gathered all the...
View ArticleBipolar Disorder Bogs Catherine Zeta-Jones
The famous and enviable Oscar-winning 41 year old Hollywood icon, Catherine Zeta Jones is going through an eventful phase in her life. Undoubtedly, she has been on a roller coaster ride, ever since...
View ArticleCharlie Sheen Walks for Bipolar Disorder Awareness
Charlie sheen has urged his fans to support for bipolar disorder awareness walk. As the former 'Two and a Half Men' actor prepared for another show on his 'Violent Torpedo of Truth' tour in Toronto,...
View ArticleMood Swings of Bipolar Patients Can be Predicted
Bipolar-disorder related mood swings can be predicted by thoughts and behavior, reveals study. People with bipolar are prone to extreme mood swings that take them from great emotional highs to the...
View ArticleBipolar Drug Lacks Evidence
The long-term use of aripiprazole in maintenance of bipolar disorder is being questioned and is limited to a single trial. The authors describe the key limitations of the trial, which were not...
View ArticleChildren of Bipolar Parents Must be Trained During Childhood to Cope With...
Children born to parents who are victims of bipolar disorder are abnormally sensitive to stress hormone cortisol, reveals a Concordia study. The stress hormone cortisol has an important role to play...
View ArticleStudy Says Postural Problems may be a Sign of Bipolar Disorder
Postural control problems may be an important feature of bipolar disorder. This feature can provide insight into regions of the brain affected by the disorder and may pave for potential targets for...
View ArticleToo Much Of Optimism Could Be Bad In Bipolar Disorder
Joy and compassion could be good for one's mental health, perhaps physical too. But in the case of those suffering from bipolar disorder, even elevated moods could boomerang on them. For in such...
View ArticlePositive Emotions Like Happiness May Backfire in Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Positive emotions like joy and compassion are good for your mental and physical health, unless you are a bipolar disorder patient, according to a psychologist. Psychologist June Gruber of Yale...
View ArticleSevere Depression Goes Untreated in US
In a recent study it was found that as many as two-thirds of Americans with severe depression are not on medication. Eleven percent of Americans age 12 and older are taking antidepressant medication,...
View ArticleGenetic Causes of Bipolar Disorder Uncovered
Uncovering the genetic causes of bipolar disorder could pave way to new and effective treatments, say researchers. Bipolar disorder is characterised by mood swings between mania and depression. Like...
View ArticleTargeted Deep Brain Stimulation To Counter Severe Depression
Deep brain stimulation is known to help in treating depression. New study shows that the therapy targeted to an area of the brain known as Brodmann Area 25 provides noticeable improvement in among...
View ArticleDeep Brain Stimulation can Treat Severe Depression
A Canadian study has found that severe depression can be successfully treated by deep brain stimulation in patients who have shown extreme resistance to other treatments. The study was carried out in...
View ArticlePost-Partum Psychiatric Episodes Tied to Worsened Threat of Developing...
A psychiatric episode experienced within the first 30 days post-partum seems to be related to an increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder, states a according to the Online First by...
View ArticleManagement Options in Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is often characterized by a state of depression with few patients experiencing suicidal tendencies.b Patients with Bipolar disorder often suffer from depression, periods of elevated...
View ArticleScientists Identify Rare Genetic Mutations Linked To Bipolar Disorder
Abnormal sequences of DNA known as rare copy number variants, or CNVs, seem to play a significant role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder, an international team of scientists, led by...
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