January 12, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 12, 2018
Reuters, Hot flashes caused by cancer therapy can be prevented, treated by Carolyn Crist — Dr. Charles Loprinzi of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who has researched cancer symptoms for more than 25 years, told Reuters Health by phone, “One patient told me that in the winter, she’d get in […]
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July 12, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 12 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Philadelphia Enquirer […]
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January 7, 2013
Antidepressants And Pregnancy: SSRIs Do Not Up Risk Of Infant Death, Study Says
Taking the most popular type of antidepressants during pregnancy does not increase the risk of stillbirth or newborn death, according to the latest sweeping study in a string of investigations probing the safety of pregnant women taking the drugs…”This data is some of the best in the world [for] doing population-based research,” said Dr. Katherine […]
Tags: antidepressants, Dr. Katherine Moore, Huffington Post, newborn death, pregnancy, SSRI use, stillbirth
January 4, 2013
Antidepressants During Pregnancy Won’t Lead to Stillbirth, Infant Death, Study Says
Antidepressants won’t increase an expecting mother’s risk for stillbirth or having a baby that dies during infancy, a new study shows…Some earlier studies have suggested a low risk of limb deformities or rare lung and heart problems in newborns from taking certain classes of antidepressants, notes The Mayo Clinic. Other studies have found depression can […]
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February 10, 2012
Could antidepressants help reduce the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy?
A groundbreaking study published in Elsevier’s Epilepsy & Behavior provides evidence in mouse model that drugs known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs; one category of antidepressants) may reduce the risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)… Elson L. So, MD, Second Vice-President of the American Epilepsy Society and Professor of Neurology at Mayo […]
Tags: American Epilepsy Society, antidepressants, Elsevier's Epilepsy & Behavior, Elson L. So, Professor or Neurology, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, SSRIs, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy