Schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism share common underpinnings genetically, despite the difference in symptoms and the course of each disease, discovered researchers. The study indicates that the single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs in two calcium channel activity genes appear to have a role in all five of the disorders, said researchers from Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital. The new findings come from the genome... 

Alexza Pharmaceuticals announced on Friday that a European Union panel of regulators had recommended marketing approval of Adasuve, the company’s drug that is an inhaled treatment for patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia who become agitated. In trading on Monday, shares of stock in Alexza increased by over 10%. The pharmaceutical company and partner Grupo Ferrer Internacional announced that the regulatory panel had recommended that Adasuve receive approval for controlling mild to moderate... 

Bipolar disorder is considered to be a mental illness that comes with serious depression and mania. Also such a disease is known as manic depression. People with bipolar disorder suffer from wide temper tantrum with periods of normal mood in between. If you come across a person who has maniac episodes, he can experience an unusually and sharpened way of thinking, heightened energy, self-confidence and irritability changed with depressive episodes such as sadness, hopelessness and low energy. Despite... 

Struggling with bipolar disorder everyday can be quite disrupting, as anybody who struggles with it can tell you. Although some consider it to be a disease, it is actually a genetic condition that can run in families. Its main ailment can be overwhelming and unexpected mood swings. Bipolar disorder is one of the most frequently talked about issues today, and although it is nearly impossible to predict when symptoms will occur, they are for the most part very recognizable. While someone may seem very...