Heterozygosity for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis predisposes to bipolar disorder.

Objective: Bipolar disorder is a heritable chronic mental disorder that causes psychosocial impairment through depressive/manic episodes. Familial transmission of bipolar disorder does not follow simple Mendelian patterns of inheritance. The aim of this study was to describe a large family with 12 members affected by bipolar disorder.

Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for treating binge eating disorder. Evidence from clinical trials and implications for clinical practice.

Introduction: Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder and was newly recognized in 2013 in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). BED is frequently associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome, as well as with other psychiatric diseases, such as mood (49%), anxiety (41%), and substance use (22%) disorders. BED is highly prevalent and carries a high burden of mental and physical illness and disability.

Carboplatin and vindesine in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. A feasibility study.

Twenty-eight patients affected by advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were enrolled in a feasibility study evaluating toxicity and activity of carboplatin-vindesine combination chemotherapy, according to two different schedules. Fourteen patients were treated with carboplatin 350 mg/m2 monthly and vindesine 3 mg/m2 weekly for 5 doses, then every other week (schedule 1). The activity observed was promising with 3 partial remissions, but the toxicity was substantial, preventing full dose administration in 11 out of 14 patients.

[CT assessment of encephalic and suprarenal spread of "operable" pulmonary neoplasms. Preliminary results].

Computed Tomography (CT) was employed to evaluate the incidence of brain and adrenal gland metastases in 74 patients (not-small cell lung cancer) staged for surgery. Nine patients presented one or more asymptomatic brain metastases, 4 adenocarcinomas, 3 epidermoid, 2 adenosquamous. In 6 cases adrenal gland masses were found, only one of which was confirmed as a secondary lesion at biopsy.