Archive for the ‘Depression’ Category
Friday, May 9th, 2008
May 7 -- Bipolar disorder may be overdiagnosed, say researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University.They found that fewer than half of patients previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder were assessed using a comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic interview -- the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV .Recent reports suggest that under-diagnosis ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
May 6 -- Recently developed types of imaging techniques enable researchers to map brain circuits and chemical systems believed to play a role in depression, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, and may help lead to improved treatments.Information about these techniques was expected to be presented Tuesday during a ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
May 1 -- Depression in women and stroke in men are critical factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease, French researchers report.They analyzed data from almost 7,000 people over the age of 65 in three French cities. None of them had dementia, but about 40 percent had mild cognitive ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
April 28 -- For those with the most severe depression, a novel therapy may offer new hope.The treatment is deep brain stimulation , which is used for some people with Parkinson's disease, and researchers found that it cut depression symptoms by 50 percent for about half of those treated."This ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
April 25 -- There's not enough scientific evidence to determine whether omega-3 fatty acid supplements can help treat people with bipolar disorder, say researchers at the University of Oxford in England.People with bipolar disorder can shift between mania and depression. However, the use of omega-3 supplements to treat ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
April 17 -- The antidepressant Prozac has been shown to restore old brain cells to their more plastic youthful condition in animal experiments, researchers report.The work not only provides a possible new explanation for the antidepressant activity of the medication but also raises the distant prospect that it could ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
April 9 -- Scrubbing the tub and other forms of housework may clean your house and boost your mood.In fact, as little as 20 minutes of any kind of physical activity a week helped mental health, although the more vigorous the activity, the greater the benefit, said the authors ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
A new study led by Emory University School of Medicine researcher Charles L. Raison, MD, is the first to show that depression and anxiety are more prevalent in Tibetan refugees than they are in ethnic Tibetans born and raised in the comparative stability of exile communities in Northern India and ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data on post partum depressive symptoms (PDS) among mothers in America from 2004 to 2007 and found that young, unmarried women with lower levels of education, who were on Medicaid when delivered of their babies were the most likely to report ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
The Louisiana Weekly on Sunday examined suicide and depression in the black community. According to the Weekly, "Still suffering from the vestiges of slavery and still targets of institutionalized racism and discrimination today, with health and economic disparities in their disfavor in almost all societal categories, blacks are the first ...
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