Low-dose lithium reduced involuntary motor movements - the troubling side effect of the medication most commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) - in a mouse model of the condition that is diagnosed in about 60,000 ...
Jul 27, 2015
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The research carried out at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand, tested the effects of lithium chloride on cartilage and found that it slowed the ...
Jul 16, 2015
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Rapidly swinging from extremes of joy and energy to sadness, fatigue, and confusion, bipolar disorder (BD) patients feel desperate and largely alone in the world. And according to the National Institutes of Health, between ...
Apr 22, 2015
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A man who in August became the second person in France to receive a much-hyped new-generation artificial heart said in his first interview Sunday he had "recovered", to the point of going on bike rides.
Apr 5, 2015
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Low-dose lithium prevented symptoms of Parkinson's disease in aged mice genetically engineered to develop the incurable, degenerative motor disease that is diagnosed in about 60,000 Americans each year. The research, led ...
Dec 18, 2014
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People with bipolar disorder who are being treated with the drug lithium are at risk of acute kidney damage and need careful monitoring, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Norfolk and Suffolk ...
Nov 14, 2014
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France last month carried out the second transplant of a new-generation artificial heart, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said Monday.
Sep 8, 2014
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People who use antipsychotic medication (such as clozapine or risperidone) to treat psychiatric illness are nearly half as likely to commit a violent crime compared to when they are not using such medication, according to ...
May 8, 2014
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Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by episodic mood swings that can impair the ability of sufferers to function in ordinary life. Lithium is one of the most effective treatments for the disorder, but the biological ...
Mar 28, 2014
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(HealthDay)—For patients with bipolar I disorder, two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in glutamate decarboxylase-like protein 1 (GADL1) predict response to lithium, according to a study published online Dec. 25 in ...
Dec 31, 2013
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