Mental Health Weekly Digest articles from May 2003

Mental Health Weekly Digest archives from May 2003

Social support at work protects the heart.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social support at work is associated with lower blood pressure during the workday and smaller blood pressure increases during work-related stressful moments, according to a study of New York City...

UNC expands historic study to incorporate newest antipsychotic drug.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine are expanding nationwide clinical trials of antipsychotic medications to include the latest schizophrenia drug to...

Ziprasidone demonstrates fast onset of action in significantly reducing symptoms.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bipolar patients who received Pfizer, Inc.'s atypical antipsychotic ziprasidone showed significant improvement in symptoms of acute mania compared with those who received placebo, according to new data....

Unmedicated psychotics and medicated schizophrenics have lower levels.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychotics and schizophrenics have lowered production of nerve growth factor, and antipsychotic drugs may increase its production. According to published research from the United States, "Nerve...

Elevated blood superoxide dismutase correlates with degree of disease.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Levels of superoxide dismutase in blood correlate to degree of schizophrenia. According to published research from the United States, "Blood levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), measured by...

Subjects have decreased expression of CD95 on CD4+ T-lymphocytes.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Autism may have an immune dysfunction component, and Fas (CD95) was found to be lower on CD4+ helper T cells and higher as a soluble form in blood. According to recent research published in the...

HLA-B phenotypes B*51 and B*15 have more predictable disease outcome.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Certain HLA-B phenotypes are predictive for different outcomes in Behcet disease. According to recent research from France, "In Moroccan patients, predisposition to Behcet disease is associated with...

Company begins dosing patients in brain protection indication for dexanabinol.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmos Corp. (PHRM) has begun dosing patients in a phase IIa feasibility and safety study to determine the effectiveness of dexanabinol in reducing postsurgical cognitive impairment (CI). No...

Approval granted to market generic equivalent to Paxil in Spain.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BNT), a technology-based specialty pharmaceutical and drug delivery company with a growing branded and generic product line in Europe, announced that the Spanish Ministry...

Primary care providers not well versed with binge eating disorder.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a survey revealed that many primary care providers are not well versed with the symptoms and treatment of binge eating disorder. "Current guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of...

Histone H3 is phosphorylated in Huntington disease.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It appears that histone H3 is phosphorylated in neuronal nuclei in Huntington Disease, and may also be misphosphorylated in other glutamine repeat diseases. According to recent research published in...

There may be more critical periods of life in psychoneuroimmunology.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There may be periods of life in which psychological factors play a stronger role in host immunity. According to a study from the United States, "Although it is possible to demonstrate an influence...

Psychological factors could indicate reasons for unemployment.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychological factors could indicate reasons for unemployment after lower limb amputation. "This study investigated the proportion of patients who returned to work following amputation and the...

Melatonin counteracts PGE2 inhibition of IL-2 production in lymphocytes.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melatonin acts via its mt1 membrane receptor on human lymphocytes to counteract PGE2's inhibition of IL-2 production. "It is well known that melatonin plays a fundamental role in human...

Study says societal factors key to untreated MDD in U.S. southern women.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Despite the widespread notion of the bucolic life in the country, major depressive disorder (MDD) is common among impoverished women in the rural South," report specialists from the University of...

Psychiatric Solutions to acquire Ramsay Youth Services.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., (PSYS) and Ramsay Youth Services, Inc., (Ramsay) (RYOU) announced the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., (PSI) will acquire Ramsay in a...

Behavioral impairment measures are improved in a new MPTP mouse model.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Behavioral impairment measures are improved in a new 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated-mouse model of parkinsonism. According to recent research published in the Journal...

Findings say toxins may be linked to depression.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depression is a growing problem across America. Some reports state that 17.5 million Americans suffer from depression. According to one Surgeon General's Report, up to 1 in 10 children may suffer...

Displaced, overworked employees find support.
May 5, 2003... 2003 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To help employees cope with job-related stress and job loss, and to help employers better handle the personnel implications of job transition situations, LifeCare, Inc., a privately owned employee...

Gene variation raises risk.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A research team based at the University of Chicago has traced increased susceptibility to bipolar disorder to two overlapping genes found on the long arm of chromosome 13. The study, published in...

White women three times more likely to commit suicide than black women.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- White women in North Carolina commit suicide at nearly three times the rate of minority women across the state, a new University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill study shows. No one knows...

Antidepressants increase risk of fractures for older women.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women who take narcotics or antidepressants have a higher risk of experiencing a nonspinal bone fracture, according to a new study. Use of medications that are active in the brain and spinal...

Lamotrigine found effective for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New study results found lamotrigine was effective in delaying the relapse/recurrence of any mood episode in bipolar I patients who had recently experienced and been treated for an acute manic or...

Study highlights potential impact of bipolar disorder.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to the first prevalence and impact survey among people with symptoms of bipolar disorder in the U.S., patients find the illness significantly disrupts virtually all aspects of their daily...

Females more sensitive to ACA-induced cardiac contractile depression than males.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Females are more sensitive to ACA-induced cardiac contractile depression than males; gender-related difference of alcoholic cardiomyopathy. "Acute ethanol exposure depresses ventricular...

African Americans and whites perceive disease differently.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alzheimer disease is perceived differently by African Americans and whites, presumably due to factual informational differences. "To design optimal health services and education programs for...

Neuron tau phosphorylation is induced by IL-1 from activated microglia.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Beta amyloid precursor or LPS activates microglia to produce cytokines that alter neurons by phosphorylating tau and lowering synaptophysin. "The presence of tangles of abnormally phosphorylated...

Very close neuroendocrine-immune interactions are constant and normal.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The interdependence of the immune and nervous systems is becoming increasingly obvious as research progresses. "Over the past 15 years, the mechanisms by which the brain communicates with the...

Georgians want open access to mental health medications.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new public opinion poll, more than 90% of Georgia residents believe people with serious mental illnesses should have access to the medications they need; however, only one in four knows...

Effectiveness of investigational drug to be evaluated for pediatric depression.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical Research Associates is screening children ages 6 to 17 in the U.S. to participate in a medically supervised research study. An investigational medication is being studied for pediatric...

Cytokines play a role in sleep and change with infection and cancer.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytokines and other chemicals play a role in sleep and change with infection and cancer, altering ability to sleep. According to recent research published in the journal Brain Behavior and...

$1.5 million awarded to psychiatrist to find best treatment.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychotic depression is a major mental illness characterized by delusional thoughts and behaviors accompanying severe depression. Neither depression nor psychosis alone, psychotic depression (PD) is...

Coping with terror: Israeli student shares stress-busting techniques.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Only 28 years old, Erez Ingber has seen more than his share of bloodshed. As an Israeli army commander in a brigade unit, he has seen first-hand the pain that terrorism can inflict upon everyone...

Monoamine oxidase genes play different roles in addiction in the sexes.
May 12, 2003... 2003 MAY 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smoker monoamine oxidase genes play different roles in tobacco addiction in the sexes. According to a study from Japan, "Although nicotine dependence is one of the primary reasons why smokers...

Mood disorders, financial problems, relationships boost suicide risk.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research findings linking alcoholism as an established risk factor for suicide demonstrate the need for suicide risk recognition and prevention efforts targeted to middle-age and older adults with...

Independent orbitofrontal cortex function confirmed in OCD.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a study of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia "indicate independent orbitofrontal cortex function in OCD, irrespective of comorbidity," researchers report....

No link seen between breast cancer risk and antidepressants.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Based on analysis of clinical studies conducted to the present, there appears to be no link between breast cancer risk and antidepressants. "Biologic studies have suggested that antidepressant use...

Flexible dose may be better than fixed dose antidepressant clinical trials.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An analysis of the Food and Drug Administration summary basis of approval reports indicates that the dosing schedule (flexible or fixed dosing) affects antidepressant clinical trial outcomes. ...

Depression may worsen high blood pressure.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depressed people with high blood pressure are less likely to have their blood pressure under control than those who are not depressed, researchers reported at the XVth Scientific Meeting of the...

Searching for meaning in life may boost immune system.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pursuing goals related to living a meaningful life may boost the activity of certain cells in the immune system, according to a small study of women who lost a relative to breast cancer. Women who...

Antiapoptotic proteins can be oxidized by A beta(25-35) in fibroblasts.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiapoptotic proteins HSP 60 and vimentin are also the oxidation sensitive proteins in Alzheimer fibroblasts when exposed to beta amyloid. According to a study from the United States, "We have...

Risk of alcoholism leaps 7-fold among bipolar women.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) study identifies a substantially higher risk of alcoholism among bipolar women than previously considered, suggesting a need to closely monitor...

Attachment experiences may play a role in cancer.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Attachment experiences may play a role in cancer. According to a study from the United States, "Research into relational experiences of cancer patients suggests possible links between attachment...

Researchers identify new variety.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Florida (UF) believe they have identified a new form of dementia, a disease that develops mostly in elderly people and is characterized by a progressive, generally...

Three single nucleotide polymorphisms within the NOTCH4 gene were found.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The NOTCH4 gene was found to have 3 single nucleotide polymorphisms. "Mapping of disease susceptibility loci within the MHC has been partly hampered by the high degree of polymorphism of the HLA...

Unique treatment provided for learning disabilities.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dore Achievement Centers, an organization devoted to treating people with learning difficulties, is launching its customized testing and exercise-based treatment in the United States. Dore...

Chlamydophila pneumoniae may play a role in HADC pathogenesis or progression.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infection with Chlamydophila pneumoniae may play a role in HIV associated dementia complex pathogenesis or progression, suggests a study from Italy. C. Contini and colleagues, University of...

Stress keeping more Americans up at night.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to the second annual Better Sleep Council Stress Survey, 66% of Americans are losing sleep due to stress, up from 51% last year. The top stressor that keeps Americans awake? Family...

Factors influencing African American views of contraception explored.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oregon State University public health researchers conducted a small survey of African Americans "to explore the relationship of birth control conspiracy beliefs and perceived discrimination to...

Memory profiles in HIV-1 infected people are heterogeneous.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neurobehaviorists in Canada conducted a study "to delineate empirically derived memory subtypes using the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT; Delis et al., 1987) in [154] adults with HIV-1...

Lentiviral vectors transduce major macroglial cell types in normal white matter.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lentiviral vectors can transduce the major macroglial cell types in normal white matter, scientists report. "Lentiviral vectors are increasingly used for gene delivery to neurons and in...

alpha-Synuclein pathology can affect Bergmann glia of the cerebellum.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In alpha-synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease and diffuse Lewy body disease, alpha-synuclein pathology sometimes affects Bergmann glia of the cerebellum, according to a study from Japan. ...

MNI initiates radiopharmaceutical discovery unit.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC, (MNI) announced that it has initiated a radiopharmaceutical development unit at its expanded New Haven, Connecticut, facility. The focus of this expansion is to...

Deep brain stimulation is a promising new treatment.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects people of all ethnic groups, and both males and females are equally affected. A new study, "Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Obsessive...

Mental health clinical trials company expands services.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- California Clinical Trials (CCT) announced that it is expanding its capabilities in phase I and phase II-IV psychiatric acute in-patient studies. CCT is well known for its innovative Bridging...

PSI hires Ron Fincher as executive VP, Ruth Jenkins as divisional CFO.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., (PSYS) announced that it has hired two healthcare professionals to manage a new division it has started as a result of its recent acquisition of six behavioral healthcare...

Materials offered to ease homecoming for returning military.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Psychological Association (APA) announced that it is offering online materials to help those returning from military service as well as their families. "Homecoming often is idealized...

Information and support are needed for women offered prophylactic mastectomy.
May 19, 2003... 2003 MAY 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Information and support are needed for women offered prophylactic mastectomy. "The study objective was to explore the attitudes and beliefs of women at high risk of developing breast cancer who...

Child health costs similar for behavioral compared with physical disorders.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with behavioral disorders incur similar overall health care costs to children with physical disorders. Among behavioral disorders, costs were not uniform; anxiety and depression cost twice as...

Study suggests risk of progressive brain damage.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center indicates that people with bipolar disorder may suffer progressive brain damage. "For the first time, our study supports the idea that...

Clinical interventions are needed to reduce presurgery distress.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical interventions are needed to reduce presurgery distress. "Surgical consultation concerning the possibility of breast cancer is a distressing experience, and having to take the next step of...

Downregulated calsenilin may be responsible for seizure in human patients.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Calsenilin, a neuronal calcium binding protein, is downregulated in epilepsy patients and is linked to experimentally induced seizure in mice. According to recent research from South Korea,...

Older cancer patients have improved life and outcome when supported.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Empowerment of the elderly with cancer by means of allowing and supporting their decisions is an important health provider action that appears to be crucial in the handling of cancer and its outcome....

The hippocampus has more dentate granule cells with basal dendrites.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schizophrenics have more dentate granule cells with basal dendrites in the hippocampus. According to a study from Germany, "In the hippocampal formation of schizophrenics, the detailed morphology...

Possible therapeutic agents, disulfonic stilbenes, prevent beta amyloid toxicity.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Possible therapeutic agents, disulfonic stilbenes, prevent beta amyloid toxicity and staurosporine apoptosis in culture, and show that anion exchange proteins are the most likely candidates involved in...

Cognitive decline occurs weeks before measurable MRI progression.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cognitive decline occurs weeks before MRI progression of brain tumor, but daily living function is unaffected for much longer. "Current treatments for brain cancer have, for the most part,...

Women with more worry, distress were less likely to have a mammogram.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with more worry and/or distress were less likely to have a mammogram. According to recent research published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, "In this study we sought to evaluate the...

The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory now has a valid French adaptation.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A French Canadian version of a fatigue related questionnaire shows good correlation to other psychological tests. According to published research from Canada, "Cancer related fatigue is the most...

Poorly controlled diabetes could lead to dementia in the elderly.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Poorly controlled diabetes seems to cause cognitive problems in the elderly, a new study reports. The researchers determined that the main reason diabetic people age 60 and older scored low on a...

Increased antidepressant prescribing linked with fewer suicides.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In Australia, suicide rates have fallen most in those groups of people most exposed to antidepressant drugs, especially older people. This link suggests that the increase in prescribing of...

Mothers' ability to care for children hampered.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study indicates that depression may play a significant role in hindering the ability of mothers to care for their children. The study shows that...

Study finds recurrent concussion raises risk.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Retired football players who suffered three or four concussions have twice the risk of later developing clinical depression - a risk that rises with even more injuries, new research said. It's the...

When antidepressant drugs stop working: A novel approach.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tolerance to antidepressant drug treatment is an important clinical problem (one-third of cases). It may manifest as loss of clinical effect (an antidepressant drug that was working stops doing so) or...

Thyrotoxic autoimmune encephalopathy can occur in Graves disease.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Graves disease patients who develop encephalopathy may be suffering from thyrotoxic autoimmunity, and can be treated. According to a study from South Korea, "Thyroid related autoantibodies have...

Transition to mental health carveouts disrupts care for most fragile.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study describes the disruptive effects that a transition to a mental health "carveout" system in Tennessee had on antipsychotic therapy for people with schizophrenia, and how lessons about the...

A questionnaire regarding beliefs of Chinese-American women has been validated.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mammography screening beliefs questionnaire for Sinoamerican women was found to be satisfactory. According to recent research from the United States, "Cancer is the leading cause of death for...

Personality profile done in United Kingdom shows good and bad characteristics.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A personality profile describes the general characteristics of cancer and palliative care nurses. According to a study from England, "Occupational psychology has long been concerned with the...

Application to market Lexapro submitted.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Forest Laboratories, Inc., (FRX) announced that it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the labeling of Lexapro (escitalopram...

Diagnostic advances presented at ASNR 41st annual meeting.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators at two children's hospitals presented new findings in pediatric brain disorders, including traumatic brain injury, bipolar disorder, and speech delay, at the American Society of...

Antipsychotic drugs may reduce diabetes risk in mentally ill.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two related University at Buffalo (UB) studies examining the incidence of diabetes and related conditions among patients suffering from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder indicate that it is the illness...

New-generation antipsychotics neurological side effects similar to conventional drugs.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a systematic review of antipsychotic drugs highlight how the better side effect profile of new-generation drugs may not be as substantial as previously thought when compared with...

Gene enhances prefrontal function at a price.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Studies of a gene that affects how efficiently the brain's frontal lobes process information are revealing some untidy consequences of a tiny variation in its molecular structure and how it may...

Patients who miss a few days of medication at increased risk for hospitalization.
May 26, 2003... 2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Failure to take medication consistently - a common problem among people with schizophrenia - can have serious consequences, including a significantly increased risk of hospitalization, according to new...