Bipolar News for September 21, 2007

Bipolar News

September 21, 2007

Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Risk Factors in Male Patients ...
Psychosomatics
Compared with schizophrenia patients, those with bipolar disorder were 19% more likely to have diabetes, 44% more likely to have coronary artery disease, ...

Depressing outcomes
Arizona Republic
In 1994, children went to the doctor and were either diagnosed with or treated for bipolar disorder about 20000 times. Bipolar disorder is an ...

What the Kiwi gossip mags say
Stuff.co.nz
But Iain "shock jock" Stables has changed his tune after a bipolar breakdown, the gossip mags report. There's little to laugh about as Woman's Day profiles ...

Professor tells her bipolar story to help others find hope
The Ithaca Journal
ITHACA - As a professor of psychiatry and a practicing psychologist, Kay Redfield Jamison wasn't just well educated about mood disorders. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or manic depression, at 17, she told an audience at Cornell University she knew about it intimately.

Domenici-Kennedy mental health bill heads to House
Albuquerque Tribune
Sen. Pete Domenici is a big step closer to guaranteeing that Americans covered under major insurance plans will pay no more for depression or bipolar treatment than they would for cancer, diabetes or a skin rash treatment.

2 men share experiences with Benton-Franklin Crisis Response Unit
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
But he lost it all in 2004 when he experienced a bipolar mental health crisis following marital problems. He was jailed after trying to burn down his home. ...

Illinois Mental Illness Bill Signed into Law by Governor Blagojevich
Associated Content
They support the development of innovative mental illness treatment as research of the causes of severe and constant psychiatric illnesses like bipolar ...

Linda Jo Scott: Finding stability when suffering from ups and down ...
Battle Creek Enquirer
She was eventually diagnosed as suffering from manic-depressive psychosis, later known as bipolar disorder. Throughout that year, psychiatrists tried "talk ...

Center focusing on bipolar disorder
Charlotte Observer
Twenty years ago, bipolar disorder was considered a disease of adults, and a rare one at that. Now, however, psychiatrists are increasingly willing to make ...

Parents uniting to comfort, treat ailing children
Spartanburg Herald Journal
His mother, Natasha Lyles, started a support group for parents with children affected by bipolar disorder. Early one August day the temperature ticked past ...

Tamoxifen helps bipolar disorder
UPI
The drug Tamoxifen dramatically reduces symptoms of the manic phase of bipolar disorder, U.S. researchers have found.

PHYLLIS HYMAN'S 'STRENGTH' REVEALED: Journalist pens bio of singer ...
Eurweb.com
I had suffered from depression issues and had been diagnosed as bipolar, as Phyllis was. At the time that Phyllis died, I was working with soul singer Betty ...

New lease on life
Columbia Daily Tribune
Kevin Hines was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 17 after suffering a nervous breakdown in the middle of a school play. ...

Jury rejects claims in Vargas lawsuit
Yakima Herald-Republic
A psychiatrist testified that Vargas suffers from bipolar disorder, a biochemical imbalance in the brain that causes extreme mood swings. ...

Mental illness, HIV hit home
Detroit Free Press
In 1992, Rebecca was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, characterized by swings from mania to depression. Her family hospitalized her, but she couldn't be

This Week's Bipolar News

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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September 21, 2007

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Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

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Bipolar News

September 21, 2007

This Week's Bipolar News

Featured Article:

Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

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