Archive for March, 2008
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  • Mar, 08

Manhattan Research Announces Top Condition Groups Shifting Their TV Viewing Online

Acne and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients are the condition groups most likely to watch streaming or downloaded television programs on the Internet, according to pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research’s just released Cybercitizen® Health v8.0 consumer study and strategic advisory service. The study also found that consumer media preferences overall are […]

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  • Mar, 08

52 Percent Of Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder Patients Receive Antidepressant Drugs In First-Line Treatment

Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that 52.3 percent of newly diagnosed bipolar disorder patients are prescribed antidepressant drugs first line. […]

  • 13
  • Mar, 08

Chat Reminder: July 15-16, 2008

Dear friends,

This week’s chat will be held Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time. (That is the same as Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at 01:00 GMT/UTC.) Click here to join the chat.
Topic: This week we will have an open discussion; there will be no preset topic.
Please join us for some […]

  • 08
  • Mar, 08

Suicide & Depression – Part I

This time I thought of adding a series of suicide related articles because it is a commonly prevalent situation which is more or less undermined most of the time.
Every year, over 200,000 people attempt to commit suicide and an average of 20,000 to 25,000 of them succeed.
Over the past 10 years, studies show that suicide […]

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  • Mar, 08

Does Bipolar Illness Affect Attention And Memory?

Article Date: 06 Sep 2005 - 0:00am (UK)
A report published in the September issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by a group of investigators of the University of Barcelona suggests that cognitive deficits may occur in bipolar disorder.
In clinical practice, bipolar patients complain of cognitive deficits such as attentional or memory disturbances. The main aim […]