News tagged with suicide inhibitor

Simple test can detect signs of suicidal thoughts in people taking antidepressants

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have developed a non-invasive biomarker that may serve as a type of early warning system for doctors and patients.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Popular antidepressant associated with a dramatic increase in suicidal thoughts amongst men

Nortriptyline has been found to cause a ten-fold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram. These findings are published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones. Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

SSRIs may reduce suicide in adults

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may reduce the risk of suicide in depressed adults, according to a study by researchers from the World Health Organization and the University of Verona, Italy published in CMAJ http:/ ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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New inhibitor prevented lesions, reduced tumor size in basal cell cancer

A new hedgehog pathway inhibitor demonstrated efficacy in preventing and treating basal cell cancer among patients with basal cell nevus syndrome, a rare inheritable disease, according to Phase II data presented at the AACR ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team identifies new colon cancer marker

A research team at the University of Colorado Cancer Center has identified an enzyme that could be used to diagnose colon cancer earlier. It is possible that this enzyme also could be a key to stopping the cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researcher creates patented personalized therapy that causes cancer cells to kill themselves

A Wayne State University School of Medicine physician-researcher has developed a personalized therapy to treat a wide range of cancers. The treatment is based on a naturally occurring human enzyme that has been genetically ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

SAD affects many through winter months

For many, the changing of the seasons means cozy dark evenings of winter and enjoying holiday light displays. But perhaps for you, the shortening of the days signals a time when you feel down, sad or withdrawn. You may notice ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research first to combine targeted agents to kill multiple myeloma cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have developed a novel treatment strategy for multiple myeloma that pairs two targeted agents to kill cancer cells. The study’s findings, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Uncovering the neurobiological basis of general anesthesia

The use of general anesthesia is a routine part of surgical operations at hospitals and medical facilities around the world, but the precise biological mechanisms that underlie anesthetic drugs' effects on the brain and the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Reaper' protein strikes at mitochondria to kill cells

Our cells live ever on the verge of suicide, requiring the close attention of a team of molecules to prevent the cells from pulling the trigger. This self-destructive tendency can be a very good thing, as ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Identifying stem cell suicide triggers with ROCK

A RIKEN-led team of molecular biologists (Japan) has determined why human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells undergo apoptosis, or programmed cell death, when separated from ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Key leukemia defense mechanism discovered

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decrease in suicide not linked to newer antidepressants

Many researchers have studied the relationship between the increase in sales of new antidepressants in recent decades and a simultaneous decline in the suicide rate. In a study based on figures from the Nordic countries, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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