Archive for November 19th, 2007

Male & Female Adolescents Equally Victims of Physical Dating Violence, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2007) — Physical dating violence (PDV) affects almost one in every 11 adolescents, according to research presented at the American Public Health Association’s 135th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
The study, which looked at data from the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Study, also found that contrary to common general perception, males and [...]

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Alzheimer’s Patients Unresponsive to Antipsychotics

By Will Boggs, MD
Thursday, November 15, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Second-generation antipsychotic drugs are no better than placebo — from a cost-benefit viewpoint — for treating the psychosis and aggression that can develop in Alzheimer disease patients, according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
“These drugs do not generate enough [...]

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