Depression

Clinical trial of ketamine to treat patients with depression shows promise…….click here to continue reading

People with major depression and anxiety are 75% more likely to have a heart rate condition linked to cardiovascular disease – regardless of whether they are taking antidepressants, new research shows…….click here to continue reading

FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Depression can be a tough condition to diagnose accurately, but new research suggests that someday a blood test might help…….click here to continue reading

A new blood test has been developed which can accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control subjects, reports a study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Dr. George Papakostas, an associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, explained that previous efforts to develop tests based on a single blood or urinary biomarker were insufficiently ………click here to continue reading

A new study found a blood test may help diagnose depression…….click here to continue reading

At the peak of his rugby career, Clyde Rathbone was living a lie and came close to becoming “another statistic”…….click here to continue reading

Most people know that exercise is beneficial to the heart, but it is also a great way to beat migraines and depression. If you suffer from either of these two ailments, try working out to alleviate your symptoms. I will highlight the benefits that exercise has on both migraines and………click here to continue reading

About 30 million Americans suffer from depression, and when a sudden wave of severe symptoms hits them, there's no instant fix. The most commonly prescribed drugs — Prozac, Celexa and Zoloft — take a few weeks to kick in, and in the meantime, depressed people are at an escalated risk of suicide. More than half the time, the prescribed drug doesn't end up working at all, and patients must start ………click here to continue reading

The anesthetic and club drug ketamine seems to lift depression symptoms in a matter of hours. But how does it work? Researchers are searching for the answer in an attempt to make a new class of depression medications. “We can take care of a migraine in hours,” one researcher asks. “So why do we have to wait weeks or months with depression?”……click here to continue reading

Currently, there's no quick fix for severe depression. Antidepressants usually take weeks to work, if they work at all. But patients who received experimental doses of ketamine — long used as an anesthetic, and an illegal club drug — report an astounding relief from their symptoms in less than a day…….click here to continue reading