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SSRIs Up Chance of Falls in Dementia Patients

By Kurt Ullman Nursing home residents with dementia face a significantly increased risk of injurious falls if they are taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), according to a Dutch retrospective study. There was nearly a three-fold increase in injurious falls seen in patients on any type of antidepressant medication, reported Tischa J.M....

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Is it Drugs, Not Guns, That Causes Violence?

A common thread amongst the most horrific school shootings of the past 25 years is that the majority of the shooters were taking a psychiatric medication. With the media fixated on guns and violent video games, Connecticut's chief medical examiner says he's seeking genetic clues to help explain why...

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Methylfolate for Depression

Here is a mainstream study advocating the use of a special form of the B vitamin, folic acid. How does it work? To make neurotransmitters, we need methyl groups. If we don’t make methyl groups due to a genetic variation (could be as high as 30% of the population),...

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