When people stop taking antidepressants, they can feel terrible—their mood can plummet and anxiety can spike. But are these symptoms caused by withdrawal, or are they signs of a relapse?
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The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first drug to treat Alexander disease, a rare, progressive and often fatal neurological disorder that can affect motor, cognitive and autonomic functions like heart rate ...
Sep 21, 2026
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Cardiovascular diseases are common among people living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Understanding drug utilization patterns in these populations is important for ensuring safe and effective ...
Sep 21, 2026
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The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it's less effective for older patients than previously thought, or that its risks outweigh its benefits in older ...
Sep 21, 2026
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Adults 65 and older with cognitive disorders such as dementia are more likely to suffer negative effects from drugs that treat central nervous system conditions, including anxiety, sleep problems and psychosis. This means ...
Sep 20, 2026
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Every time a person sees a doctor, the visit produces two kinds of records. There are the tidy checkbox fields: the billing codes, the lab values, the prescription entries. And there is the note the clinician actually writes, ...
Sep 18, 2026
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Some Coloradans have a drug problem: old prescription medications clogging their medicine cabinets.
Sep 18, 2026
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Chronic pain, including arthritis pain, affects more than one-third of U.K. adults. Current painkillers such as methotrexate and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) work by damping down the immune system, which ...
Sep 17, 2026
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An existing anti-seizure drug slows the growth of a devastating group of childhood cancers, new Stanford Medicine-led research has shown. The tumors, called diffuse midline gliomas, strike the brain and spinal cord. They ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Scroll through social media these days and you'll likely come across someone injecting themselves with a clear liquid, raving about how it's changed their body for the better, improved their recovery or maybe their skin.
Sep 17, 2026
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