Blogs Posts in Symptoms category; 150 blog posts

Diabetes leads to depression

"It might be good politics but it's not good policy," CEO Lewis Kaplan told AAP. "It's not good for the nation's health to not focus very much more strongly on the diabetes pandemic because it's going to sen [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Blood test could predict postnatal depression

LONDON: Women who have inherited specific genetic variants may be at increased risk for postnatal depression, according to research presented at a conference in Italy this week. If confirmed, the investigators hope that their finding will [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Hysterectomy not tied to greater depression risk

Women suddenly thrust into "surgical menopause" by hysterectomy don't have more severe mood symptoms than women going through gradual, natural menopause, a new study suggests. Researchers who followed nearly 2,000 middl [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Blood test looks promising in diagnosing depression

Even among psychiatric disorders, depression is a difficult disease to diagnose. Its causes remain a mystery, its symptoms can't be defined with precision, and treatments are spotty at best. But that may soon change. Scientists a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Brain Pacemaker Relieves Severe Depression

Brain pacemakers deliver positive long-term effects in severely depressed individuals, according to scientists at the Bonn University Medical Center. Of the eleven participants who took part in the study over a period of two to five ye [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression was catalyst for their bloody end

NEW DELHI: Yashkar Sinha, according to the police, killed his wife, Archana, primarily due to financial problems. What they aren't sure about is whether he planned the incident or it was a result of some sudden provocation. Delhi P [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Eating fast food linked to depression

WASHINGTON: Here's yet another reason why you should shun junk meals - eating fast food can raise a person's risk of suffering from depression, according to a new study published in the 'Public Health Nutrition' journal. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression linked with sleep breathing problems, study finds

Experiencing breathing problems during sleep may raise your risk of depression, a new study suggests. Women with sleep apnea, in which breathing becomes shallow or pauses briefly during sleep, were 5.2 times as likely to have depression [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Electroacupuncture may be effective for depression

BOOSTING the effect of acupuncture needles with small electric currents may be effective in treating depression, a study in Hong Kong has found. Led by Zhang Zhang-jin at the School of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, the resear [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Calling yourself fat increases depression risk

Making negative statements about your body, such as "I'm so fat," and "I need to work out more," may be deleterious to your body image and mental health, a new study finds. The results show engaging in "f [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Stigma may up depression in lung cancer patients

Washington: Lung cancer patients may experience heightened depression because of sense of social rejection, internalized shame and social isolation, a new study has revealed. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., found t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

New way to beat depression

Stimulating the brain with a weak electrical current is a safe and effective treatment for depression and could have other surprise benefits for the body and mind, a major Australian study of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Antidepressant-suicide link in youths absent in new analysis

In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Depression – A Disease of the Heart

Depression is not just a disease of the mind. Depression hurts the heart, too. It is well known that major depressive disorders increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Dysfunctional autonomic control of the cardiovasc [...]