News tagged with schizophrenic patients
Study: Clozapine may have saved schizophrenics
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thousands of people with schizophrenia worldwide could have been saved if doctors had prescribed them the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a new study says.
Decoding funny faces to detect disease
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind, life is often difficult for the 2.4 million Americans with schizophrenia. A late or incorrect diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment options can ...
Schizophrenic patients' frozen faces harm social interactions
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Non-verbal communication, in the form of facial expressions, may be impaired in people with schizophrenia. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that defici ...
Off-label medicine combinations are the predominant treatment in survey of schizophrenics
Sep 10, 2008 |
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Off-label medication use, the clinical application of prescribed drugs for indications other than those approved by the relevant drug regulatory agency (in the US, the Food and Drug Administration—FDA), is widespread in many ...
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Brain images show schizophrenic's memory usage differs
Mar 14, 2008 |
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T he enduring memory problems that people with schizophrenia experience may be related to differences in how their brains process information, new research has found. The Public Library of Science published ...
Restrictive drug policies often cause schizophrenic patients to discontinue medication
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 01, 2008 |
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Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe newer medications to schizophrenic patients may be counter-productive. According to a new study, patients in Maine’s Medicaid program who found themselves in ...
Study finds cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in individuals with schizophrenia
Jun 22, 2009 |
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People with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population. That was the conclusion of a new study published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the Am ...
Immaturity of the brain may cause schizophrenia
Sep 10, 2008 |
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The underdevelopment of a specific region in the brain may lead to schizophrenia in individuals. According to research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Brain, dentate gyrus, which is locate ...
Hallucinations in schizophrenia linked to brain area that processes voices
Jul 31, 2007 |
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For the first time, researchers using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have found both structural and functional abnormalities in specific brain regions of schizophrenic patients who experience chronic auditory hallucinations, ...
Schizophrenics gain by practice, not meds
Oct 15, 2007 |
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A U.S. study suggested cognitive gains in schizophrenic patients treated with newer antipsychotic medications are due to practice effects, not the drugs.
Unlocking mysteries of the brain with PET
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Inflammatory response of brain cells—as indicated by a molecular imaging technique—could tell researchers more about why certain neurologic disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur ...
Traffic jam in brain causes schizophrenia symptoms
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.
Schizophrenics more likely to suffer from ruptured appendix
Nov 15, 2007 |
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People with mental illness suffer more than just psychological problems. People with schizophrenia are more likely to suffer from ruptured appendix than others, according to research published in the online open access journal, ...
Dips and Swells of Your Brain May Reveal Early Mental Disorders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- John Csernansky wants to take your measurements. Not the circumference of your chest, waist and hips. No, this doctor wants to stretch a tape measure around your hippocampus, thalamus and ...
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