St. John’s wort, an herb long thought to be effective for the treatment of depression, is used widely in many countries for this purpose and is available over-the-counter in the United States (but not approved by the FDA as an antidepressant). But clinical studies have sometimes yielded conflicting results, in part because of variations in study designs (such as the exact definition of depression) as well as variations in the preparation of the herbal extract and the dosages used. But a new meta-analysis has reviewed 29 separate studies involving nearly 5500 patients and found that, overall, St. John’s wort was more effective than placebo and similar in efficacy to both older antidepressants (such as those called tricyclics of which amitriptyline is typical) and newer ones (such as those called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, of which Prozac and Celexa are typical). Most of the patients studied […]
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My father will turn 89 in early April and he was recently described by a visiting physical therapist as “a fall waiting to happen.” So the March 7, 2008 article in the CDC’s “MMWR” publication about seniors falling is one of personal interest to me. And since the CDC reports that falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injury in persons 65 years and older, it’s likely that this subject will resonate with HealthTalk readers concerned with their personal risk of falls as well as with the risks to their parents, friends and other loved ones. The CDC has estimated that in a three month period in 2006, about 5.8 million persons over 65 fell and of those about 1.8 million sustained some type of fall-related injury. The overall estimate is that each year in the United States, nearly one third of older adults […]
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If you are a parent of a child with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or ADHD, you might be interested in looking at the PBS Frontline program called “The Medicated Child.” Since the program already aired, you might be able to catch a rerun by checking your local PBS station, but the easiest way to view it would be online, for free, at any time of the day or night. Just go to the Frontline website for the episode of the Medicated Child. There you will find a wealth of information and can watch the entire program. Frontline is one of the best programs on TV today and I recommend it highly.
Here are the first two paragraphs verbatim from the Introduction page of this show’s website:
In recent years, there’s been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed […]
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