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...selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), carry an unacceptable risk of antisocial behavior and suicide in kids who take them. Many clinicians and most pharmaceutical companies disagree. Major depression is a dangerous illness that in itself can lead to suicide, and they insist that the benefits of these drugs outweigh the risks. But drug firms also refuse to release all their research--some of which tends to undercut their claims. "It's a real shell game here," says Vera Sharav, president of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, an advocacy group...
...suggest the drugs may trigger suicidal behavior. The FDA issued a similar warning against Paxil but held off on the other SSRIs pending further study. Now an American College of Neuropsychopharmacology task force, having reviewed the data, says the link to suicide is weak and that the drugs' benefits outweigh the risks. The FDA plans to revisit the issue next month...
Antidepressants known as SSRIs are on a bit of a downer lately, at least for kids. A British regulatory agency just broadened an earlier warning to include four more SSRIs that should not be prescribed to children because the risk of suicidal thoughts may outweigh the benefits. (Only Prozac was deemed O.K. for kids.) In the U.S. a similar warning is in place for the drug Paxil. Meanwhile, health officials on both sides of the pond advise that young patients should be weaned from these drugs only under medical supervision...
Lost Dogs is a collection of B-sides, rarities and songs that never made it onto the albums. Most such compilations are only of interest to fans, for whom the joy of greater quantity is sufficient to outweigh the standard dearth of quality. After all, the songs were presumably left off the albums for a reason, and really really good songs don’t stay rare for long. Unless, it would seem, you are Pearl Jam. For example, Lost Dogs heralds the first official release of the studio take of “Yellow Ledbetter...
...remains to be seen whether recent strides in improving organization can outweigh last-minute campaign planning and even the finalization of their platform points, which occurred the night before campaigning began...