Latest Health Articles for Bipolar Disorder
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Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death
article 2008-11-23 | Author: Sarah LarimerThe father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.Abraham Biggs Sr. said those who watched and the Web site operators share some blame ...
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TV Lookout: highlights (and lowlights) for May 18-24
article 2008-05-17 | Author: Frazier MooreFor an illness shared by so many, clinical depression should be better understood and more openly addressed.Even so, a social stigma and shame is still linked to this disorder on the part of its sufferers, who include some 15 million American adults, the vast majority of whom seek ...
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Bipolar gene test stirs debate over at-home genetic tests
article 2008-03-23 | Author: Marcus WohlsenDr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of depression.Then Kelsoe, a prominent psychiatric geneticist at the University of California, ...
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Psychiatrist says man convicted of killing 10-year-old had several sexual disorders
article 2008-03-06 | Author: Sean MurphyA man convicted of killing a 10-year-old girl as part of a cannibalistic fantasy "gave up on being normal" and was driven by deviant sexual disorders and a downward spiral of depression, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.Dr. Martin Kafka, a clinical associate at Harvard Medical School, testified for the ...
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Alaska attorney says Lilly failed to adequately warn doctors, patients of Zyprexa side effects
article 2008-03-06 | Author: Dan JolingEli Lilly and Co. failed to adequately warn doctors and patients of dangerous side effects associated with its drug Zyprexa, an attorney for Alaska said Wednesday in opening arguments in the state's lawsuit against the drug maker.Lilly did not adequately disclose that using the drug, prescribed to treat