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Depression and cardiovascular disease: Healing the broken-hearted

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The importance of major depression in patients with cardiovascular disease is evaluated and practical guidelines are provided for identifying and treating this disorder. It is seen that antidepressant treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is generally safe, alleviates depression and improves quality of life and also lessens risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Author: Whooley, Mary A.
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
Cardiovascular diseases, Risk factors

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Influence of patients' requests for direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants

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A study is conducted to ascertain the effect of patients' direct-to-consumer (DTC)-related requests on physicians' initial treatment decisions in patients with depressive symptoms. The conclusions showed that the patients' request have a profound effect on physician prescribing in major depression and adjustment disorder.

Author: Azari, Rahman, Franks, Peter, Kravitz, Richard L., Wilkes, Michael S., Hinton, Ladson, Feldman, Mitchell D., Epstein, Ronald M., Franz, Carol E.
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2005
Drugs, Complications and side effects, Prescriptions (Drugs)

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Acute pain treatment

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The treatment of pain relevant to the medical condition and the different types of pain experienced by patients are presented.

Author: Glass, Richard M., Zeller, John L., Burke, Alison E.
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2008
Narcotic Analgesic Preparations, Care and treatment, Diagnosis, Pain, Opioids

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Subjects list: Psychological aspects, Health aspects, United States, Drug therapy, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Dosage and administration, Antidepressants
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