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Updated guidelines on the treatment of bipolar disorder

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Today @NICEcomms publishes updated guidelines on the treatment of bipolar disorder. Find out their recommendations: https://t.co/Bv4BXUe3Cx — RethinkMentalIllness (@Rethink_) September 24, 2014 Professor Richard Morriss, a consultant psychiatrist and chair of the group that developed the guideline, said: “Bipolar disorder is more common than is often thought, with 1.4% of the population affected at some…

(Smoking) & Bacon KIlls

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11535559 Bacon, ham and sausages rank alongside cigarettes as a major cause of cancer, the World Health Organisation has said. Its report says each 50g of processed meat a day – the equivalent of one sausage, or less than two slices of bacon – increases the chance of developing bowel cancer by 18 per cent….

Australian comedian Jim Jefferies was the victim of a home invasion

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Australian comedian Jim Jefferies was the victim of a home invasion once. He was tied up and beaten, and his girlfriend was threatened with assault. So you might think he’d sympathize with the idea that Americans want guns to protect their families. Quite the opposite – he does an excellent job of summing up why…

People with bipolar can face ten years without diagnosis

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http://www.news-medical.net/news/2006/05/23/18089.aspx The study findings support previous research that suggests nearly half of all patients who have bipolar disorder will first be diagnosed with major depression. Inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis can have a harmful effect on patients and potentially makes the illness harder to treat; antidepressants alone have been shown to induce mania or hypomania…