Bipolar Disorder conference is May 5 in Hampton Falls
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Apr 30, 2006The sixth annual Erik Cogswell Memorial Conference on Bipolar Disorder - What Works: From A to Z - will be held on Friday, May 5 at Faro Gardens, Route 1 …

College Can Complicate Bipolar Disorder
Village Voice - Jennifer was first hospitalized for her bipolar disorder near the end of her freshman year. Along with the natural stress that stemmed from being away from home for the first time in her life, there was the erratic sleep schedule. Because the …

Out of the shadows,TV personality Jane Pauley tells Hartford audience …
Journal Inquirer - HARTFORD - Between the Caesar salad and the tiramisu Monday, a crowd of about 300 lunching in the city’s Bond Ballroom, a sunny room-with-a-view, engaged in socially taboo discussions about a subject that remains in the shadows - mental illness. Then …

Scientists confirm bipolar link 
A team of Japanese scientists says it has confirmed a possible link between mitochondrial dysfunction in brain nerve cells and bipolar disorder. -

Bipolar mood disorder workshop April 27 
A workshop on BipolarMood Disorders will be held Thursday, April 27 from 4:005:30 p.m. in the Petoskey High School Media Center. The workshop is part of a series of sessions sponsored by area organizations which formed the Child Advocates for Emotional and Mental Health Issues. Marit Vogel, MD, chil

For Patients With Bipolar Disorder - Getting More From Your Doctor’s Appointment 
Today patients are increasingly frustrated with the brevity of scheduled appointments with their doctors. Many physicians are constrained by outside factors, such as too few practitioners, too many patients, or restrictions from health insurance companies. It is important for patients to use communications and organizational skills that will maximize the effectiveness of the visit… click link

Living with bipolar disorder 
Mike Fongeallaz once went five days without sleep. “No one knew what was going on. I had the TV on and no one figured it out” says the 21 year old. “But I was going nuts. I started talking to inanimate objects.”

Bipolar Disorder Linked To Mitochondrial Dysfunction In Brain Cells 
Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, say there is good evidence of a link between bipolar disorder and mitochondrial dysfunction in brain nerve cells. You can read about this study in Molecular Psychiatry.Nobody is yet sure about the cause of bipolar disorder. The scientists genetically engineered a mouse whose mitochondria in brain nerve cells would dysfunction… click

Bac2 Leads DTI Backed Consortium to Develop Improved Bipolar Plates for Fuel Cells 
Bac2 Conductive Composites, a UK start-up company, has exploited the unique conducting properties of a novel polymer system to develop ElectroPhen, a low cost, mouldable, composite bipolar plate material for use in the emerging fuel cell industry.

Bipolar Disorder And Sleep
Medical News Today - The quest for sleep’ is an elusive dream for many in today’s busy society. Although people with bipolar disorder appear particularly vulnerable to sleep problems, the article emphasizes that an estimated 75 percent of American adults experience …