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Postnatal depression affects men and women

THIS week is Postnatal Depression Awareness Week. How much do you know about the illness affecting your friends, neighbours and family? Do I have postnatal depression? The arrival of a new baby is usually a happy event but it can [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Women With Celiac Disease More Likely to Suffer From Depress...

Women with celiac disease are more likely to suffer from depression and eating disorders, even when they adhere to a gluten-free diet, according to new research. Those with celiac disease, an autoimmune reaction to eating gluten, often su [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression ups women's risk of dementia

While depression isn’t an inevitable part of aging, women are twice as likely as men to develop the mood disorder, and that can have significant health repercussions later in life, doctors say. At a conference on aging and memo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Older women's sex lives: Just fine, thanks

Sexual desire disorder in women is supposedly a significant problem in the United States, according to some studies and various companies that market products designed to improve women's sex lives. But a large study published this wee [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

New Hope for Women With Postpartum Depression

Postpartum depression is the most horribly ironic illness known to womankind. Here you are, supposed to be on top of the world, and the best moment of your life is made a wretched hell by rampant hormones at war with your brain. If depres [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Generation depression: 1 in 3 British women have taken anti-...

At 16, Jade Collins should have been out having fun, studying for her exams and looking forward to an exciting future ahead. Instead she fell into such a state of despair, she struggled to get out of bed in the morning, found he [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression high among pregnant women: Experts?

A large number of pregnant women suffer from depression, however, getting treatment often takes a backseat with only three out of ten actually seeing a psychiatrist, said health experts. “Depression during pregnancy is higher than [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression In Women Rampant; Feel Doctors Over-Prescribe Dru...

Sixty three percent of women with mental health issues feel that doctors too readily prescribe drugs to treat low level mental health problems. What are classified as "low level" mental health concerns, depression, stress and l [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Treating Women’s Depression Might Help Them Lose Weight

For many women coping with obesity and depression, new research finds that improving your mood might be the link to losing weight. The new study, which appears in the November/December issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, ci [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Depression Screening Urged for Young Women With Menopause-Li...

Young women with a menopause-like condition called primary ovarian insufficiency should be evaluated for depression, a new study suggests. Women with the condition, called POI for short, stop producing normal amounts of reproductive horm [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Women prepared to pay 'up to £50,000 for fertility treatment...

Nearly a quarter of women – 22 per cent – would consider moving house to fall into a free NHS catchment area for IVF and 24 per cent have borrowed money to help fund the treatment. The survey of 2,000 women aged between 30 an [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Unhealthy diet fuels depression in women

Women who suffer from depression and anxiety may want to take a look at their diet and cut out processed foods, according to an Australian study. Researchers from the University of Melbourne found that mood disorders were more common among [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Depression linked to osteoporosis in young women

The study, led by Raz Yirmiya and Itai Bab of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found that a link between depression and bone loss is particularly strong among young women. Osteoporosis is the most widespread degenerative disease in the d [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Therapy, Drugs To Treat Depression In Pregnant Women

Pregnant women can be assured that safe treatments are available to treat depression during their maternity malaise, such as “talk therapy” and certain antidepressants, according to updated professional guidelines released last [...]