Lexapro Use in Adolescents
Is Lexapro an appropriate drug to give to a 15-year-old? I have read that it has not been tested in teenagers. Is there another drug that is more acceptable?
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Disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s: Hope or hype?
Medications under study may be able to treat Alzheimer’s disease, by targeting the abnormalities that develop in the brain long before the disease manifests.
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Dialysis and Food Consumption
How much liquid should a person drink who is on dialysis? What kinds of foods should a person on dialysis eat?
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Update From the Medical Journals: September 2008
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In Brief: Study suggests bipolar disorder is overdiagnosed
Researchers believe that bipolar disorder is being overdiagnosed, perhaps because clinicians find it easier to treat than disorders with similar symptoms, such as depression.
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Levothyroxine and Estrogen Interaction
Is there any interaction from taking levothyroxine and birth control pills together?
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Drug May Prevent Radiation Damage
A drug being tested in animals appears to help protect them from the harmful effects of radiation. Researchers hope it someday could help people exposed to radiation during cancer treatment, or a nuclear disaster. Radiation can destroy cells in the bone marrow, stomach and intestines. Researchers found out that these cells commit suicide. This is how the body destroys defective cells. But cancer cells resist and keep growing. The new drug blocks cell suicide in a way similar to that used by cancer cells. The Associated Press wrote about the study April 10. It appeared in the journal Science.
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Blood Tests for Fasting Glucose and Cholesterol
My triglycerides are 288, LDL is 106, HDL is 42, total serum cholesterol is 206 and fasting glucose is 98. Am I considered diabetic? Or pre diabetic? Is there anything I can do reduce these numbers?
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Clomid for Infertility
What is the success rate of using Clomid for infertility? Is there a risk of multiple births?
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Elevated CPK and Phosphorus Blood Levels
What does it mean to have high CPK and phosphorus level in the bloodstream?
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