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Medication helps some with mild depression

January 26, 2012 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with mild depression may benefit from taking antidepressants, suggests a new analysis of past studies that compared symptoms in people on the drugs to those given drug-free placebo pills.

'Magic mushroom' trips point to new depression drugs

January 23, 2012 — LONDON (Reuters) - The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

Anxiety, other disorders more common in autism

January 22, 2012 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Autism tends to go hand in hand with a variety of other mental and behavioral conditions in kids, suggests a new study that highlights the fuzzy nature of autism diagnoses themselves.

Drug use not tied to mental decline in middle-age

January 3, 2012 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle aged adults whose memories have grown hazy can't blame occasional pot smoking or other light illicit drug use, new research suggests.

Fewer veterans with PTSD using anti-anxiety drugs

December 16, 2011 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of a class of anti-anxiety drugs fell during the past decade among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, a large U.S. study shows.

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Arthur L. Weaver, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., M.A.C.R.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center


Sergio Schwartzman, MD,
Franchellie M. Cadwell Associate Professor of Medicine,
Weill Medical College
The Hospital for Special Surgery and
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cornell University, New York, NY

Gary Williams, MD, PhD
Chairman
Department of Medicine
Scripps Clinic Medical Group
La Jolla, California.