http://www.rxpgnews.com/ Medical News and Information Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:00:28 PST en-us http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Men_women_have_similar_rates_of_compulsive_buying_5023_5023.shtml OCD Contrary to popular opinion, nearly as many men as women experience compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by binge buying and subsequent financial hardship, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:32:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Men_women_have_similar_rates_of_compulsive_buying_5023_5023.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Kids_with_OCD_bullied_more_than_others_4838_4838.shtml OCD Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder are three times more likely to be bullied than other children, and the name-slinging could cause symptoms of OCD to worsen, University of Florida researchers have found. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:43:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Kids_with_OCD_bullied_more_than_others_4838_4838.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/OCD_has_multiple_genetic_associations_4404_4404.shtml OCD A federally funded team of researchers including several from Johns Hopkins have identified six regions of the human genome that might play a role in susceptibility to obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. The study was published online June 6 in Molecular Psychiatry. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:30:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/OCD_has_multiple_genetic_associations_4404_4404.shtml http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Riluzole_eases_obsessive-compulsive_symptoms_1961_1961.shtml OCD A medication used to ease symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, also is helpful in treating people with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a pilot study at Yale School of Medicine. Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:55:00 PST http://www.rxpgnews.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/Riluzole_eases_obsessive-compulsive_symptoms_1961_1961.shtml