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Antidepressants Help Patients with Physical Illness
March 18, 2010 – 8:00 am

Antidepressants are effective against depression in patients suffering from physical illnesses, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers at King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK. The researchers found the …

Vitamin D May Lift Spirits in Cold Weather
March 16, 2010 – 6:17 pm

A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what people in northern climates need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). This …

Some Antidepressants Bring Higher Risk of Developing Cataracts
March 9, 2010 – 10:24 am

A new statistical study has found that some antidepressant drugs are associated with an increased chance of developing cataracts. Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and McGill University conducted …

Critical Brain Chemical Plays Role in Severe Depression
March 3, 2010 – 3:22 pm

The next advance in treating major depression may relate to a group of brain chemicals that are involved in virtually all our brain activity, according to a study published today in Biological Psychiatry. The study …

Obesity Associated with Risk of Depression and Vice-Versa
March 2, 2010 – 4:49 pm

Obesity appears to be associated with an increased risk of depression, and depression also appears associated with an increased risk of developing obesity, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the March issue …

Video Games that Include Exercise May Help Older Adults with Depression
March 1, 2010 – 3:23 pm

Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) …

Childhood Stress Contributes to Depression
February 26, 2010 – 11:16 am

New research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows that childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect, in particular when combined with genetic factors, can result in structural brain changes, rendering these people more vulnerable …

Husbands’ Anti-Social Behaviors Increase Wives’ Symptoms of Depression
February 22, 2010 – 4:50 pm

In the United States, nearly 10 percent of the population suffers from a depressive disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. While the causes of depression vary, a new study at …

Depression and Cognitive Problems Not Necessarily Associated
February 15, 2010 – 1:15 pm

Many clinicians believe that depression goes hand in hand with cognitive difficulties such as memory problems or difficulties concentrating and paying attention, but a recent review of nearly 20 years of literature conducted by researchers …

Depressed People More Likely to Feel Gray, Not Blue
February 9, 2010 – 2:13 pm

People with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology describe the development of a color chart, …