Exposure to light at night alters outcome to stroke

Didn’t some of us suspect that frequent sleep disruption and lights on at odd hours couldn’t be all that conducive to healing (not limited to post-stroke/CNS, also post-surgical wound healing etc.)? Exposure to dim light at night, a common occurrence … Continue reading

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Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis Function in Women With a Menstrually Related Mood Disorder: Association With Histories of Sexual Abuse

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis Function in Women With a Menstrually Related Mood Disorder: Association With Histories of Sexual Abuse Adomas Bunevicius, MD, Jane Leserman, PhD and Susan S. Girdler, PhD + Author Affiliations From the Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina … Continue reading

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and brain hemorrhage

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and brain hemorrhage A meta-analysis Daniel G. Hackam, MD, PhD, FRCPC and Marko Mrkobrada, MD, FRCPC + Author Affiliations From the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) (D.G.H.) and Clinical Trials Unit (M.M.), Robarts Research … Continue reading

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Endogenous opioids may protect against minor TBI symptoms

This is an interesting finding. We have shown that people (even “normal” people) with early separation events (early parental divorce, parental loss) have a totally different endogenous opioid reactivity in a challenge test. It would make sense if they therefore … Continue reading

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SSRIs should be considered in the list of medications that are risk factors for osteoporotic fractures.

Not really news but still an important pharmacovigilance paper. As has been correctly pointed out, relevant to the changing informed consent & decision making landscape. More on the subject matter at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17592097 Bone. 2012 Sep;51(3):606-13. Epub 2012 May 30. Antidepressant … Continue reading

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