Bipolar News for May 16, 2006

Bipolar News

May 16, 2006

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Man's claims of POW status discredited
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... "It will never happen again. Never.". Powell said he was recently found to have bipolar disorder and plans to seek treatment. He ...

A life with strokes of creativity
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... Grant, a popular 2005 graduate of Plano West Senior High School with an easy smile, was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder in September. ...

Supporting others who have mental illness
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... Jean-Pierre, with bipolar disorder, created a self-help group in New Glasgow and has been directly responsible for providing meaningful employment for dozens ...

Black Dog Institute launches bipolar disorder website
ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News Mon, 15 May 2006 9:16 PM PDT A new Internet-based educational program has become available to help the thousands of Australians who suffer from bipolar disorder.

ABILIFY(R) (Aripiprazole) Demonstrated Efficacy as Maintenance Therapy In Adults with Bipolar I Disorder Following
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Maintenance therapy with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. atypical antipsychotic ABILIFYR significantly delayed the time to relapse in adults with Bipolar I Disorder who had been stabilized and maintained on ABILIFY for at least six weeks, according to findings of a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study of patients with a recent manic or mixed

Black Dog Institute launches bipolar disorder website
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A new Internet-based educational program has become available to help the thousands of Australians who suffer from bipolar disorder. The program offers users information on areas including diagnosis, treatment and medication.

For a Kennedy, Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Becomes Personal
New York Times
When he crashed his car into a Capitol barricade, Representative Patrick J. Kennedy was thrust into a clash between personal privacy and political beliefs.

The Omega Principle
Washington Post
They occur naturally in fish, flaxseed, canola oil, nuts and avocados. They're also extracted, packaged and sold in dozens of dietary supplements. Increasingly, they even show up on grocery shelves as the latest fortification in such popular fare as bread, eggs, dairy products, margarine, baby food...

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Credit Card Consolidation Speeds Freedom from Debt from Bipolar Disorder
by David Oliver
There's no question that many people dealing with bipolar disorder have unfortunately developed a tremendous amount of debt.

A patient's view of bipolar
Minnesota Public Radio
After being diagnosed with the most severe form of bipolar disorder, Marya Hornbacher chronicles her journey to accepting and managing her mental life.

Mother's mental illness diagnosed a decade ago
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sherri Love has a history of mental illness dating back more than a decade. The 47-year-old, on trial in District Court on charges she fatally stabbed her 7-year-old daughter, tried to kill herself multiple times and was diagnosed as bipolar, authorities said.

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Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

CNN Medical News published a story about a woman who was pregnant and filled a prescription for prenatal vitamins at her local Walgreens in St. Louis, Missouri.

Unfortunately, this woman miscarried within a few weeks of taking the drug. Later, she learned that instead of being given a prescription for her prenatal vitamins (Materna), she had instead been given Matulane, which is a chemotherapy drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease, according to a lawsuit filed this month in federal court.

According to the lawsuit, the drug (Matulane) is intended to interfere with cell growth and DNA development.

According to the National Patient Safety Foundation, each year in the United States there are 30 million dispensing errors out of 3 billion prescriptions which occur at outpatient pharmacies. Some errors are minor, and some patients catch them easily; however, other errors can be serious.

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Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

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