Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
By Joene Hendry
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who repeatedly focus on the same emotionally charged or negative topics when chatting with friends, may be more likely to develop symptoms of anxiety and depression, especially if the girls are also romantically involved.
In a study that assessed the personal relationships of ...
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
People who have been diagnosed with cancer are at greater risk of being hospitalized with depression, new research from Denmark shows.
While the risk was greatest in the year following a person's diagnosis, the likelihood of being hospitalized for depression among survivors of certain types of cancer remained high for several ...
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Early elementary school interventions could identify those most at risk, study says
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By Kevin McKeever
Anti-social behavior among young elementary school girls and increased anxiety in either boys or girls that age tend to predict whether they develop depression in adolescence, a new study shows.
However, showing signs of depression in first ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Excessive alcohol drinking may increase the risk of depression, a long-term study conducted over 25 years in New Zealand has found.
The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, involved a group of 1,055 children who were monitored and interviewed at various times over 25 years.
"At ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
But it still hasn't been determined whether one disorder causes the other, study notes
Alcohol abuse may increase the risk of depression, instead of the other way around, a New Zealand study suggests.
Previous research has identified a link between alcohol abuse or dependence and major depression. But it hasn't been determined ...
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
But the drugs may indicate more severe depression, rather than direct cause-and-effect, researchers say
Women who use antidepressants appear to be at heightened risk for sudden cardiac death, although the exact nature of the link remains unclear, researchers say.
The finding doesn't necessarily mean that antidepressant drugs are dangerous, the researchers said.
"We ...
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
People who have a high family risk of developing depression had less brain matter on the right side of their brains on par with losses seen in Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Brain scans showed a 28-percent thinning in the right cortex -- the outer layer of the brain ...
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends screening adolescents for clinical depression only when appropriate systems are in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care. This applies to all adolescents 12 to 18 years of age. In a separate recommendation, the Task Force found insufficient evidence to ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Two techniques worked for patients after heart bypass procedures, study finds
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By Robert Preidt
Two non-drug treatments -- cognitive behavior therapy and supportive stress management -- seem to be more effective than usual care for treating depression in patients who've had coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, a new study finds.
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Safety concerns mean the drug should only be used when other medications don't work, advisers say
WEDNESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- In a unanimous vote, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel determined Wednesday that AstraZeneca's antipsychotic drug Seroquel has too many safety concerns to make it a first-line ...
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