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The high risk of smoking among young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not reduced by treatment with the antidepressant bupropion, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. However, stimulants do seem to cut the likelihood of smoking.
Bupropion is sold under the trade name Zyban when it's prescribed to help people stop smoking, and under the name Wellbutrin when it's prescribed to treat depression or seasonal affective disorder.
"Given that children with ADHD are at very high risk for the development of nicotine dependence, the development of successful smoking prevention programs in this population will address a serious public health issue," Dr. Michael C. Monuteaux told Reuters Health.
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There are days when, as a health reporter, I'm ashamed to be considered a member of the "media." Today is one of them.
The
news is ripe (and pungent) with coverage of Owen Wilson's
hospitalization. The Associated Press reports that he was taken by
ambulance from his Santa Monica home "for unspecified reasons." Fox
News, however quotes a source "close" to Wilson as saying "that the
actor did indeed attempt suicide over the weekend, saying Wilson has
been depressed for the last few months." As I write this, our local
noon news broadcast has just ended, and "Inside Edition" has just
started. Their first headline? "Owen Wilson, the mystery over his
emergency hospitalization -- Was it a suicide attempt?"
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Police were called to Owen Wilson's home because of an attempted suicide report, according to a police log of weekend calls.
The log does not indicate who made the call, but lists "attempt suicide" as the reason for it.
Wilson was hospitalized in good condition Monday at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Hospital officials said
Tuesday they were not releasing any updated information.
The comic's publicist, Ina Treciokas, declined to answer
questions Tuesday about whether Wilson attempted to commit suicide. She
said Wilson's statement asking for privacy was all that was being
released.
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Getting kicked to the curb by the love of your life is actually far less emotionally devastating than most would predict.
That's the word from new research that found men and women who claim
to be deeply in love are the worst at making accurate predictions about
a possible break-up and vastly overestimate their potential despair.
"We're not saying, by any stretch of the imagination, that breaking
up is a good time, or that people enjoy it -- a breakup is a
distressing experience for most people, " explained the study's lead
author, Paul W. Eastwick, a doctoral candidate in Northwestern
University's department of psychology. "But what we're talking about is
how upset people are going to be. And it turns out that it's not nearly
as catastrophic as people predict."
The finding is published in the August issue of The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
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Do you take care of someone in your family with a chronic medical
illness or dementia? Have you felt depression, anger or guilt? Has your
health deteriorated since taking on the responsibility of caregiving?
If your answer is yes to any one of these, you may be suffering from
caregiver stress.
This condition is increasingly being referred
to as "caregiver syndrome" by the medical community because of its
numerous consistent signs and symptoms. In the pamphlet, "Caring for
Persons with Dementia," Dr. Jean Posner, a neuropsychiatrist in
Baltimore, Maryland, referred to caregiver syndrome as, "a debilitating
condition brought on by unrelieved, constant caring for a person with a
chronic illness or dementia."
An increasing number of Americans
are finding themselves taking care of someone who's aging or ill or
both. According to the American Academy of Geriatric Psychiatrists, one
out of every four American families cares for someone over the age of
50. As America's population ages, that number is expected to skyrocket.
In 2000, the Census Bureau reported, just under 35 million Americans
were 65 or over; by 2030, the number is projected to more than double,
to more than 71 million.
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