How do I Know whether my son has ADHD or Bipolar Disorder?
Health and Age.com - My brother has just been diagnosed with ‘bipolar’. Is it hereditary? Are there any tests I can have? I’m really worried about this as my son has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Answer It is very important for yourself and your son to …
AtriCure Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Isolator(TM) Synergy(TM) Bipolar Ablation System and Performs First Case
AtriCure, Inc. , a medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling innovative surgical devices, announced today that it has received Food and Drug Administration 510 clearance for its Isolator Synergy Bipolar Ablation System for the ablation of soft tissue.
Killer plankton, hard drought, being bipolar
CNET News - A collection of new scientific findings being presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007 meeting in San Francisco could be headed, “Don’t be afraid, be aware.” A University of Victoria scientist is tracking back through …
Use of medicines questioned for children with bipolar disorder
The death of 4-year-old who had been prescribed powerful medication for bipolar disorder has provoked debate among psychiatrists over both diagnosis and treatment.
Severe mood swings characteristic of bipolar disorder
Dear Dr. LeCrone: My wife has bipolar disorder, which is well controlled when she takes her prescribed medicine and sees her therapist. However, there are occasions when she has deviated from the medical and psychological care prescribed for her, and her illness has returned.
Mother: Shooter stopped taking medications for bipolar disorder
MIDLAND, Mich. — The 17-year-old who shot his ex-girlfriend outside her school before killing himself had bipolar disorder and recently had stopped taking his medications, his mother…
Curidium Discovers Significantly Different Patient Subgroups in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Curidium Medica plc, today announced that it has discovered four unique and statistically significantly different subgroups of schizophrenia/bipolar disorder patients based on their gene expression profiles.
Toward a test for detecting in childhood the risk of developing bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Quebec City, March 14, 2007 A team from Centre de recherche Universit Laval Robert-Giffard (CRULRG) has made significant progress toward finding a way to determine whether a child is likely to one day suffer from bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
Bipolar disorder an integral part of his creations
Columbus Dispatch - About 5.7 million Americans, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, suffer bipolar disorder, which causes unusual shifts in mood, energy and functioning. Chris Mohler, a sculptor who is bipolar, offers an essay in conjunction with his …
Family copes with fallout from bipolar
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - JEFFERSON - In 1994, three years after Bob Lux was diagnosed as bipolar, he received a second life-changing diagnosis: Bob was suffering from polymiocitis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes debilitating muscle weakness. By that time, he was on …