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Outcome of common medications

...5 clinical trials. They found no increased risk in depression but say there was a very small increase in fatigue and sexual dysfunction. The researchers conclude that the conventional wisdom that beta blocker therapy is associated with substantial risks of depressive symptoms, fatigue and sexual dysfunction is...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

...reversed or treated, psychiatric disorders such as depression are treatable. Addressing such problems in those with Huntington's could greatly improve quality of life - for the patients and their families....

Memory loss always goes hand with Depression

...ive impairment. It is well worthwhile asking about depression and so on, say the researchers, when someone presents with memory loss. Treatment will improve quality of life for the patient and their carers....

Similar diseases in married couples

... whose spouses have asthma, high blood pressure or depression are more likely to suffer from these conditions th...They found that the partners of those with asthma, depression and peptic ulcers were 60 per cent more likely to have these problems themselves. There was also a s...

Emotional intelligence in Cancer

..., //the patient is left with increased feelings of depression and anxiety. Researchers from the University of Texas performed a unique Internet study to determine the role of emotional intelligence in how cancer patients cope with their condition. They recruited breast cancer patients to fill out an anonymous ...

Personality Impacts Arthritis

... consistent and effective predictor of anxiety and depression after three and five years. Researchers feel the study shows the importance of paying close attention to factors other than the disease when studying risk factors for heightened distress over time. Authors write, "In addition, screening patients wit...

Overcoming actively may help in breast cancer

...up to 44 per cent of women experienced anxiety and depression on being diagnosed with breast cancer. And up to ten per cent even had post-traumatic stress disorder. Women who adopt a positive coping style for living with breast cancer do appear to have better immune function compared to those who use a passive ...

Short stature -a problem

...onal and psychological problems including anxiety, depression and attention deficit. Despite achieving lower grades at school, the children had near average IQs, and neither IQ nor achievement test scores changed with treatment. However, after hormone therapy behaviour problems improved. The children were les...

Handling forgetfulness

...for this - stress, too many things to think about, depression or just lack of practice in memorizing. But there are many ways in which you can tackle any memory problems. First of all, keeping socially and physically active have both been shown to improve memory and thinking skills. Actively training the mind...

Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause

...y) were two to three times more likely to have had depression that was treated with medication for one year or l...omen with and 646 women without a history of major depression between the ages of 36 and 45 years old. None of the women enrolled in the study had gone through me...

Antidepressants could pose grave implications

...e who take anti-depressants to relieve symptoms of depression could be at higher risk of developing gastrointestinal bleeding. The study which was conducted over a four year period included 26000 anti-depressant// users, who were compared for hospitalizations due to upper GI bleeding with non-users of the drugs...

Association of depression and diabetes

...nomic status were all associated more closely with depression than non-diabetics. Diabetic females, or those under age 54, were also more likely to experience depression....

Smokers more prone to depression

...rticipated. The researchers measured variations in depression among current and former smokers as compared with depression in non-smokers, using ordinal logistic regression. They focussed on the association between time sin...

Way out of winter depression

Winter depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD) is not all tha... the lack of sunlight in the winter months. Winter depression involves suffering from feelings of gloom, anxiety and lethargy as the days get longer and nights ge...

Depression drugs help baby

... have found that mothers suffering from postpartum depression who take anti depressants are more likely to have ... anti-depressants while breast feeding. Postpartum depression in the first six months after giving birth affects 12 percent to 15 percent of new mothers. Symptoms...

Suicide reduced by anti-depressants

...f general practitioners in recognising symptoms of depression and responding to them. With data collected from Australian Bureau of Statistics and IMS Health Australia//, scientists compared number of suicides to number of anti-depressant prescription. Even though the overall suicide rate remained the same, the...

Links between Depression and Migraine

...icates that treatments for both migraine and major depression may benefit patients with both disorders. A study ...of migraine in individuals with pre-existing major depression was three times higher than in individuals with no history of major depression.// Moreover the risk ...

Try Iron to overcome fatigue

... percent in the placebo group.// The difference in depression was not statistically different between the two groups, but a greater decrease in anxiety was observed in the iron group. Investigators found a significant response only in patients with a baseline ferritin concentration of 50 micrograms per liter. U...

Teens Misusing Nicotine-Replacement Products

...t such symptoms of nicotine withdrawal as anxiety, depression and insomnia. "You don't need much nicotine to relieve that," Hughes says. "People can get 10 percent of the nicotine they normally get and still relieve their withdrawal symptoms." A third over-the-counter product, the nicotine lozenge, became avai...

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...is more common among headache sufferers, even when depression and anxiety is taken into account. Trait anger and...etween the groups after researchers controlled for depression and anxiety. Previous research shows people with headaches may experience more problems with anger ...

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