Archive forSeptember, 2008

Older fathers linked with bipolar - BBC Health

Older fathers linked with bipolar - BBC Health
Lead researcher Emma Frans explained: “Women are born with their full supply of eggs. Therefore, DNA copy errors should not increase in number with maternal age.” Consistent with this notion, they found smaller effects of increased maternal age on …

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Bipolar affecting more Queensland school students - News.com.au

Bipolar affecting more Queensland school students - News.com.au
WILD mood swings in Queensland schoolchildren are on the rise as modern diets and late-parenting lead to a rise in the incidence of bipolar disorder. Teachers are seeing more students with “the light gone out of their eyes'’ or behaving erratically …

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Add-On Therapy Improves Depressive Symptoms In Bipolar Disorder - Science Daily

Add-On Therapy Improves Depressive Symptoms In Bipolar Disorder - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Sep. 7, 2008) Lingering depression is a serious and common problem in bipolar disorder, and does not resolve well with existing treatments. Because individuals with both depression and bipolar disorder experience a glutathione …

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Astonishing 52 percent of Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder Patients … - Yahoo Finance

Astonishing 52 percent of Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder Patients … - Yahoo Finance
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, September 16 /PRNewswire/ — Decision Resources, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that 52.3 percent of newly diagnosed bipolar disorder patients are …

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Bipolar disorder tied to age of fathers - International Herald Tribune

Bipolar disorder tied to age of fathers - International Herald Tribune
The older a man is, the more likely he is to father children who develop bipolar disorder as adults, a large Swedish study reports. Previous studies have found an association between paternal age and both autism and schizophrenia, but this is the …

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Bipolar Risk for Kids Born to Older Dads - MedicineNet.com

Bipolar Risk for Kids Born to Older Dads - MedicineNet.com
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