Jean Hannah Edelstein was only a child when depression struck. Now she believes she owes her life to ‘happy pills’
It is the autumn of 1995: I am 14 years old. Each morning I am meant to get out of bed at 5.45 to catch the school bus, which leaves 50 minutes later. But this hasn’t […]
A woman who set her neighbors’ homes on fire because she was upset with their behavior and loud music was sentenced to four years in prison.
Johanna Morrison, 50, has mental health problems and didn’t understand the downside to what she was doing, said her attorney, James Gentile.
Fire investigators said they believe Morrison is responsible for […]
Chronic pain is common; an estimated 20% of primary care visits focus on this problem. Nearly 25% of patients with diabetes develop neuropathic pain. Traumas, strokes, HIV/AIDS, and alcohol abuse are other common medical problems that can produce a chronic pain disorder. The aging American population guarantees the continued prominence of chronic pain disorders. Managing […]
Biovail Corp. is set to meet with the U.S. Federal Drug Administration next week to try to persuade the agency to reverse a decision that has set back the development of a key drug in the company’s pipeline of new products.
The company was “shocked” and “very disappointed” last month when the FDA rejected one of […]