Public Service Announcement
22 August 2002
Drug study of depression in the elderly
(30 SECONDS)
SENIOR CITIZENS WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A STUDY AT U C SAN FRANCISCO, THAT WILL TEST AN EXPERIMENTAL NEW DRUG FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION. TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST BE 60 OR OLDER, AND HAVE MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE, CALL THE INSTITUTE ON AGING RESEARCH, AT 415-386-3100. AGAIN, THAT NUMBER FOR THE MAJOR DEPRESSION STUDY AT UCSF IS 415-386-3100.
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| cover of the September 2008 issue of Circulation |
Screen heart patients for
depression, AHA says
The American Heart Association has called for routine screening for depression in patients with heart disease, citing a depression rate that is three times higher than in the general population.
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| Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD |
Nerve stimulation therapy alleviates pain for chronic headache
A novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a new study from UCSF and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.
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