HEALTH: Israeli Researchers Discover Breakthrough Treatment for Schizophrenia among Women

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich : Aug 1, 2019
Breaking Israel News

More women in the estradiol group reported breast discomfort and weight gain, but no other adverse event differed significantly between them, the researchers wrote.

[BreakingIsraelNews.com] ...Israeli researchers and colleagues at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, the Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, in the US and in the Republic of Moldova have carried out an independent replication study, which was recently published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry under the title "Effect of adjunctive estradiol on schizophrenia among women of childbearing age: A randomized controlled trial"... (Image: transdermal patch)

This study, led by Sheba's Dr. Mark Weiser, is regarded as a "breakthrough in schizophrenia research" because it is an independent replication, emphasizes differences in schizophrenia between women and men, indicates further study of estrogen in schizophrenia and encourages development of new compounds which bind estrogen receptors in the brain.

The researchers, who administered estrogen patches (transdermal estradiol) to 200 pre-menopausal women with schizophrenia for eight weeks, reported improvements in positive symptoms (delusions and hallucinations) and negative symptoms (lack of initiative, poor social abilities). The women continued to receive their... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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