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Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

...or Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, depressed African Americans showed the largest increase in stroke risk. Those people with the highest levels of depression had a 73% increase in their risk of stroke. However, it is not clear if the depression actually caused the stroke, or if some unknown fa...

Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery

...rous in some cases.Children and adults with highly depressed thyroid function fare worse following cardiac surgery than patients with mildly lowered thyroid function. The Heidelberg group conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 40 children, ages 2 days to 10.4 years, who were schedul...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

Researchers in the UK say that wound healing in depressed people is four times slower than that of normal pe.... Another possibility, according to them, is that depressed people may not take care of themselves as well as non-depressed people. Poor appetite and an irregul...

Depression and heart failure

...ering from major depression. Patients who were not depressed had a mortality rate of 5.7%at three months and 13.7% at one year. For the depressed patients, the rates were 13% and 26.1%. Depression also increased the risk of being re-admitted to...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...houghts. Only ten per cent of patients who weren't depressed were a suicide risk. Among people who were suffering from agarophobia - fear of going out - one in four admitted suicidal thoughts. But only six per cent of those who did not have agarophobia - whose panic attacks had some other source - were a suici...

Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems

... older than 50 years of age were less likely to be depressed than younger women, the researchers found....

Depression a possible danger in elderly

According to a new study elderly patients who are depressed are more likely to be re-admitted to hospital. It ...en followed them up for six months. Those who were depressed were 40 per cent more likely to be re-admitted during this time and used more in-patient services. T...

Depression linked to mortality

...as likely// to die from a stroke as other men. But depressed and anxious men are not much more likely to have non-fatal strokes. Researchers studied 2000 men aged 49 to 64 who were followed for 14 years.They found the men with depression or similar mental illness were much more likely to have fatal strokes, w...

Depression increases heart attacks

... Louis, Missouri, //the researchers concluded that depressed people tend to have poor heart rate variability (H...s measured by a lower HRV index) in those who were depressed than in those who were not depressed. People with poor HRV are more likely to die after a heart at...

Depression elevates heart failure risk

A new study shows that women who are depressed are more likely to develop heart failure A connect...Medicine in the US have shown that women who// are depressed are more likely to suffer from heart failure. The study included 2000 participants - 1000 men and ...

A Blood test for suicide risk?

...th it? Even experts have difficulty deciding which depressed patients need protection.Now American scientists believe that// they have found a way to assess risk: a blood test that checks glands controlling the stress hormone cortisol. Overactive glands may be a corollary to the mental turmoil that leads peo...

Cancer patients pursue smoking inspite of risks

...lf consumed alcohol. The smokers tended to be more depressed and have an overall poorer quality of life than non-smokers. It's not clear if they smoked for this reason, or whether smoking leads to these emotional problems. Many of those who smoked wanted help in stopping, while fewer than ten per cent of those...

Depression has a worthwhile treatment

...e is in place, between seven and ten per cent more depressed patients improve six months after screening and treatment. So there is a real therapeutic benefit to screening. It need not be complicated either. The doctor asks two questions: 'Are you currently sad or depressed?' and 'Are the things that previousl...

Mild Depression may guard aged women

...ion in the elderly is that sometimes people become depressed by the regressive health problems that accompany old age and sometimes depression itself can contribute to these ailments. Gallagher-Thompson said that depression has been called the common cold of geriatric mental health....

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

... a way this is hardly surprising - who wouldn't be depressed if diagnosed with degenerative brain disease? What's new here is that the researchers believe that the cerebellum may be involved in cognition and emotion. Previously, it's been assumed the role of this part of the brain was confined to control of ...

Emotional intelligence in Cancer

...tients being able to understand and work out their depressed feelings. Researchers feel that with a firm knowledge of their feelings but no way to deal with them, //the patient is left with increased feelings of depression and anxiety. Researchers from the University of Texas performed a unique Internet study...

Personality Impacts Arthritis

...hritis. The patients were assessed for anxiety and depressed mood at the time of the diagnosis and again after three and five years. Researchers looked at the role of neuroticism (a person who is overanxious, oversensitive and obsessive), clinical status, disease influence on daily life, and major life events....

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

... were also less likely to be described as anxious, depressed or hyperactive by parents & teachers. Studies also indicate that children who skip breakfast are not as adept at handling information and also have lower verbal fluency and attentiveness. Over all, skipping breakfast decreased productivity, efficienc...

Association of depression and diabetes

... diabetic Americans.// The researchers found that depressed individuals with diabetes, were found to have more...y care and emergency room visits, when compared to depressed non-diabetics. Depressed diabetics were also more likely to visit a psychiatrist or mental health pr...

Depression drugs help baby

...within four weeks of giving birth. Mothers who are depressed might be less inclined to breast feed their children. Depression also has an effect on biological variables in the mother's milk. The study led investigators to conclude that number of factors could influence the reduced weight gain....

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