In an interview with Ohio newspaper The Plain Dealer, psychologist Eric Maisel, author of “Rethinking Depression,” questions whether antidepressants are overprescribed.
Maisel points out that all diagnoses of depression are based on self-reporting. He questions whether much of what many medical providers now diagnose as depression requiring medication is, in fact, a natural reaction to some of life’s inevitable disappointments and losses.
In an introduction to the interview, Plain Dealer medical writer ...
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Lawyers representing Pennsylvania and Johnson & Johnson both argued their side before a panel of seven Commonwealth Court justices on Wednesday, in a case involving allegations that Johnson & Johnson defrauded Pennsylvania out of millions of taxpayer dollars.
A new medical device looks promising for treating stroke patients by removing blood clots, according to a Fox News report.
Although published studies say a given treatment is effective, a host of unpublished studies may have reached precisely the opposite conclusion, according to Claire McCarthy, M.D., a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston.
Commonwealth Court judges are scheduled to hear an appeal of the decision dismissing Pennsylvania’s 2008 lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. The company is accused of fraudulently profiting from sales of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal through the Medicaid program.
