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Behavioral Disorders :: Antipsychotic Drugs – Treatment of Behavioral Disorders

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a public health advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and patient caregivers to new safety information concerning an unapproved (i.e., off-label) use of certain drugs called atypical antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania, but clinical studies of these drugs to treat behavioral disorders in elderly patients with dementia have shown a higher death rate associated with their use compared to patients receiving a placebo (sugar pill).

Telemedicine :: Speciality healthcare for all

Telemedicine is composed of the Greek word teae (tele) meaning distance and the Latin word mederi meaning healing and literally meaning distance healing. It is therefore the delivery of Medicine at a distance.

Breast Cancer :: Breast Cancer study boosts Avastin

Biotech company Genentech Inc. and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said that an interim analysis of clinical trial data showed that cancer treatment Avastin met its primary endpoint of increasing survival rates in breast cancer patients.

Alzheimer’s Disease :: Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer?s Disease

In a study of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), those who took the drug donepezil were at reduced risk of progressing to a diagnosis of Alzheimer?s disease (AD) during the first year of the trial, but by the end of the 3-year study there was no benefit from the drug. Vitamin E was also tested in the study and was found to have no effect at any time point in the study when compared with placebo.

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