Double Trouble
More Adolescent Depression
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Anchor lead: Adolescent depression rates appear to be increasing, Elizabeth Tracey reports FDA warnings about the danger of antidepressant medicines in adolescents may have made the problem worse, a recent study looking at suicides in this age group found. Karen …
Depression and Youth
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Anchor lead: An FDA warning may have contributed to depression-related death among the nation’s youth, Elizabeth Tracey reports The FDA warned in 2003 that taking antidepressant medicines might contribute to suicidal thoughts and behaviors among children and adolescents, and required …
Diabetes Drugs but No Diabetes
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Anchor lead: If you have heart failure but not diabetes, should you consider a diabetes drug? Elizabeth Tracey reports Medications for diabetes known as SGLT2 inhibitors have been shown to reduce hospitalization and death for people with one type of …
Heart Failure Benefit
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Anchor lead: Two diabetes drugs may benefit people with heart failure, Elizabeth Tracey reports A diabetes drug with the tongue-twisting name ‘empagliflozin’ reduced both hospitalizations for heart failure as well as cardiovascular death in people with one type of heart …
Metformin and Cognition
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Anchor lead: Can a diabetes drug help reduce Alzheimer’s risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Metformin is the first line medication for type 2 diabetes, and now an Australian study has shown that people taking it experience less Alzheimer’s disease compared to …