Researchers at McGill University have reported that lithium, a long-established treatment for bipolar disorder, suppressed ...

Researchers found that lithium can suppress HIV reactivation in lab-grown human cells through an unexpected, ...

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Licensed as a psychiatric nurse practitioner more than 20 years ago, I thought I’d never need or want to prescribe lithium. Old school, I thought. A 1950s drug; we have much better now. It’s true, ...

Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, McGill University researchers report.