Friday, October, 23, 2009
High Risk Pregnancy Information
Health Encyclopedia: Depression Highlights
Highlights
Antidepressants and Young Adult Suicide Risk
- In December 2006, the FDA announced that antidepressant medications labels will include information on increased suicidal behavior risk for young adults ages 18 25. In October 2004, the FDA issued warnings concerning antidepressants suicide risk for children and adolescents.
- In May 2006, the manufacturer of paroxetine (Paxil) warned that the drug may increase suicidal behavior risk in adults ages 18 30.
Postpartum Depression
First-time mothers...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Kelsey Bonilla
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Health Expert
...seem like a minor thing, but one perk of having a high risk pregnancy is all the great...
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By Kelsey Bonilla
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Health Expert
...needs, and dealing with the many other factors of a high risk pregnancy, somehow whether or not...
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By Deanne Stein
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Health Expert
...recorded and displayed on a computer screen. The information gathered during the screening...
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By Kelsey Bonilla
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Health Expert
...share the whole story with someone eager for the information. Motherhood is such a neat club...
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Health Guide
Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting...
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...most experts recommend that women use HRT only for short-term relief of menopausal symptoms. [For more
information, see In-Depth Report #40: Menopause]Breast AbnormalitiesAbnormalities or Breast...
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...menopause. (People with urge incontinence experience leakage and the need to urinate frequently.) [For more
information, see In-Depth Report #50: Urinary incontinence.]Kidney Stones. Kidney stones...
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...with prostatitis, an infection of the prostate gland that can also be caused by E. coli. [For more
information, see In-Depth Report #71: Benign prostatic...
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Drug ApprovalQuetiapine (Seroquel) has been approved for treatment of bipolar depression. Quetiapine is now the only drug approved for treating both manic and depressive states of bipolar...
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