‘Depression stops stroke victims from returning to work almost as often as physical disability does, Australian researchers report.
The study of 210 men and women, average age 55, who had paying jobs before a stroke found that 112 of them returned to work within six months — about the same ratio as in a recent U.S. […]
‘Two drugs that act on nicotine receptors are now being tested as antidepressants — offering hope to the millions of people who don’t respond to traditional antidepressants.
Chantix, a pill that can help people quit smoking, and Inversine, a hypertension drug, appear to exert a soothing effect by blocking nicotine receptors in the brain. There’s just […]
‘She’s quite the social butterfly, but Lynn Stockmaster says that when seasonal allergies strike, time with her husband and friends, and even her dog, is sometimes usurped by a soft couch, a bottle of Benadryl and a box of tissues.
“Being congested all the time makes me feel more tired and grumpy,” says Stockmaster, 43, a […]
‘The increased risk of death associated with depression after a heart attack persists for at least five years, a study finds.
“We’ve known for a number of years that depression increases the risk of mortality as well as morbidity [illness] after a heart attack for at least three to six months,” said study author Robert M. […]
‘Depression may promote stiffening of the heart tissue, which worsens heart failure, a study reports today.
Though there has been strong evidence that depression can lead to higher death rates from coronary heart disease, there has been less research on how symptoms of depression affect the health of people with heart failure.
The worse someone’s symptoms of […]
‘A cluster of heart disease and diabetes risk factors known as the metabolic syndrome may be a “predisposing factor for the development of depression,” Finnish researchers report.
Dr. Hannu Koponen of Kuopio University in Kuopio, Finland, and colleagues followed a large group of middle-aged men and women living in central Finland for 7 years. At the […]
‘Changes in the location of a single protein in the brain could be used to tell whether a person with depression is responding to an antidepressant within days of taking the drug, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
People with depression now must wait weeks before they learn whether the drug they are taking will bring relief.
But […]
‘Depression and anxiety are associated with obesity and poor health behaviors like smoking, drinking, and inactivity, new research indicates.
“Depression and anxiety are serious mental health conditions and without treatment may assume a chronic course,” Dr. Tara W. Strine who led the study told Reuters Health. “Given this, it is important to take depression and anxiety […]
‘Black American adolescents who suffer depression after giving birth run a higher risk of becoming pregnant again soon after than those who are not depressed, researchers reported on Monday.
It may be that depression causes feelings of fatigue and helplessness that lead to less use of birth control methods, or that emotionally distressed teen mothers “seek […]
‘A study of about 4,000 men aged over 70 found those with lowest testosterone were three times more likely to be depressed than those with the most.
Researchers suspect the hormone may affect levels of key brain chemicals.
The study, by the University of Western Australia, features in Archives of General Psychiatry.’
Read more at ‘Testosterone link’ to […]