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09/18/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Antidepressants found to be “death pills” that dramatically raise the risk of early death
A study that was conducted by scientists at McMaster University in Canada concluded that antidepressants raised the risk of death among depressed people without a heart disease, to 33 percent, as compared with those who did not regularly take these so-called “medications”. The researchers analyzed data from 17 previous studies involving almost 380,000 people. The studies […]
04/24/2017
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By Russel Davis
Dementia patients are wildly over-medicated with antipsychotic drugs, study finds
Nursing homes may be over-medicating dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs despite mounting evidence of early death and minimal efficacy, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School found that off-label prescription of anti-psychotic drugs were a common practice in nearly 100 nursing homes in the state. However, undergoing the OASIS […]
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