Archive for February 22nd, 2012

NARSAD Researchers Identify Specific Genes and Family Traits Linked to Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Click Here to Read More … New findings from research conducted by Harvard-affiliated scientists are providing important clues into how genes work to impair various aspects of attention, memory and perception — the behaviors associated with many psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
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Report confirms increased risk of smoking, substance abuse in bipolar adolescents

Click Here to Read More … An MGH study – the largest and first controlled such investigation – supports previous reports that adolescents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for smoking and substance abuse.
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Powerful Three-drug Combo Shows Promise for People with Rare Blood Disease

Click Here to Read More … A Mayo Clinic-led study, published in the American Society of Hematology (ASH) journal Blood found that CyBorD, a triple chemotherapy drug combination that has been successful in helping patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, also showed promise in improving the care for patients with the rare blood disease AL amyloidosis.
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