Antipsychotic Drugs - Olanzapine - Q My wife and daughter were both put onto olanzapine (Zyprexa) last year, having been prescribed other antipsychotic drugs for 30 and 10 years, respec...

Thromboembolism caused by common antipsychotic drugs - Current use of antipsychotic drugs significantly raises the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), say researchers from the Boston University School of...

Safer use of antipsychotic drugs - Make sure that your symptoms have not been caused by other drugs. The Health Research Group, America's drugs watchdog, says that anyone of any age...

Psychiatry: - Closed doors, closed minds - Anyone who sees medicine as a closed group, especially to 'troublemakers' who want to complain, might have to adjust their superlatives should they ev...

Psychiatric labels - An epidemic in children’s mental healthcare - The growing ‘grey’ population may be raking in the cash for drug companies, but look at the other end of the age spectrum and you’ll also see burgeoni...

Thrombosis remains a major risk after hip and knee surgery - The risk of deep vein thrombosis after hip and knee surgery remains high, even among patients who are given anticoagulation therapy as a precaution.

Thrombosis risk on long haul flights higher than thought - A new study has found that as much as 10 per cent of travellers may develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on long haul flights. ...

Psychiatric labels - Herbal help: a natural approach to mental illness - Herbal remedies are enjoying an increasing popularity as alternatives to conventional drugs for psychiatric conditions. Nevertheless, most of the stud...