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Brain Fitness Reduces Risk of Onset of Depressive Symptoms

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Brain fitness exercise can reduce the risk of depression, according to a study just published in the Journal of Gerontology (Psychological Sciences). Clinical depression in older adults contributes to higher risk for poor health outcomes and complica...

63 percent of RA patients suffer psychiatric disorders, with depressive spectrum conditions most likely

Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday 12 June 2009: Over half (63%) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also suffer from psychiatric disorders, with the majority of these (87%) occurring in the depressive spectrum, according to the results of a new study presented today at EULAR 2009, the Annual Cong...

Study Shows NeuroStar TMS Therapy(R) Improved Key Elements of Cognition in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Unlike Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), NeuroStar TMS Therapy Is Not Associated With Memory Loss SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New data presented today at the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in San Francisco demonstrated that NeuroStar(R) Transcranial Magnetic Stimul...

AUDIO from Medialink and Forest Pharmaceuticals: FDA Approves Lexapro for Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents

NEW YORK, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Adolescence is a challenging time that is full of changes, during which, some teenagers may experience a debilitating illness known as depression. The good news is that depression is treatable. Here's more about a treatment newly approved for adolescents dealing ...

New National Online Survey Says Bipolar Depressive Symptoms Have Impact on Day-To-Day Tasks as Well as Social Activities(1)

Ninety Percent of People Being Treated for Bipolar Disorder Say They Have Difficulty with Day-To-Day Tasks Due to Depressive Symptoms (1) WASHINGTON, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national online survey of more than 2,000 people living with bipolar disorder and 500 physicians who treat pat...

AUDIO from Medialink and Forest Pharmaceuticals: FDA Approves Lexapro for Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents

NEW YORK, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Adolescence is a challenging time that is full of changes, during which, some teenagers may experience a debilitating illness known as depression. The good news is that depression is treatable. Here's more about a treatment newly approved for adolescents dealing ...

Forest Laboratories, Inc. Announces FDA Approval of Lexapro(R) for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescents

NEW YORK, March 20, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) for the acute and maintenance treatmen...

Regular exercise reduces depressive symptoms, improves self-esteem in overweight children

Augusta, Ga. - Less than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self esteem in overweight children, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. The study included 207 overweight, typically sedentary children ages 7-11 randomly assigned to either continue their sedent...

NxStage Reports Sustained Reduction in Clinical Depressive Symptoms for Daily Home Hemodialysis Patients After One Year

Latest results from FREEDOM study show continued, significant relief of depressive symptoms, which have been implicated in higher rates of hospitalization and death among ESRD patients LAWRENCE, Mass., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM ), a leading manufa...

Omega-3s ease depressive symptoms related to menopause

Quebec City, January 28, 2009Omega-3s ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women, according to researchers at Universit Laval's Faculty of Medicine. Their study, published in the February issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutr...

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Current and Emerging Drugs Continue to Struggle for Patient Share in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

Owing to Safety, Escitalopram Will Remain as the Clinical Gold Standard Treatment, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare...

Ambien CR(R) (zolpidem tartrate extended-release) CIV Tablets Improved Insomnia and Daily Functioning in Patients with Co-Morbid Major Depressive Disorder

Ambien CR(R) 12.5 mg significantly improved sleep onset, sleep maintenance and total sleep time compared to placebo BRIDGEWATER, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis announced today results from a new study that showed Ambien CR(R) (zolpidem tartrate extended-re...

New Data on SEROQUEL XR(TM) in Treatment of Both Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Presented at APA Annual Meeting

- Studies Evaluated Improvement in Symptoms Both in the Short and Long Term - WILMINGTON, Del., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced new study data on SEROQUEL XR(TM) (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets for the treat...

FDA Approves Cymbalta(R) for Maintenance Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the maintenance treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. "Relapse, the re-emergenc...

Fabre Kramer Pharmaceuticals Receives Decision From FDA on Gepirone ER for Major Depressive Disorder

HOUSTON, LONDON and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Fabre-Kramer Pharmaceuticals Inc. (FKP) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a not approvable letter for the new drug application for gepirone exten...

Pooled Studies Showed Desvenlafaxine Succinate Significantly Improved Painful Symptoms and Anxious Symptoms Associated with Major Depressive Disorder in Adults, Compared With Placebo

Pooled Findings Presented at 2007 APA Meeting Also Showed No Significant Impact on Weight for Desvenlafaxine Succinate COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., May 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Findings from two separate pooled analyses - one examining the effect of desvenlafaxine succinate on anxious symptoms and...

New Study Results Provide Additional Data about Short- and Long-Term Use of Desvenlafaxine Succinate in the Treatment of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder

- Data Presented at 2007 APA Meeting - COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., May 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Data from four new studies examining safety and efficacy of desvenlafaxine succinate, a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) being studied as a potential treatment for adults with major d...

Labopharm files New Drug Submission with Health Canada for novel antidepressant

...re Phase III study in patients with major unipolar depressive disorder demonstrated the efficacy of Labopharm's ...me 6, Number 5) ( www.psychiatrymmc.com ). Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental illness often ch...ormulation of trazodone for the treatment of major depressive disorder, is under regulatory review in the U.S. b...

Unlikely Treatment Identified by BrainCells Neurogenesis Platform Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients Suffering From Depression

...combination of low dose buspirone and melatonin, for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The data were presented at NCDEU 2009, a meeting co-sponsor...e Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) and the Quick Inventory of depressive Symptomatology (QIDS SR-16). Secondary endpoints included the CGI-S, IDSC30...

Data Demonstrates Long-Term Reduction In Seizure Frequency With Novel Once Daily Anti-Epileptic Zebinix(R)

... and the placebo group. Quality of life and depressive symptoms The effect of ESL on quality of li...ects and social function(8). Improvement in depressive symptoms was also measured using the Montgomery As...ász P et al. An Evaluation of Quality of Life and depressive Symptoms During Long-Term Treatment with Eslicarba...

Depressive in Medical Products

Cortisol EIA Kit

Description:...tropic hormone (ACTH). It is secreted with a circadian periodicity, and peaks just prior to waking in the morning. Cortisol is often elevated in major depressive disorder, certain forms of hypertension, stress, AIDS, and in the visceral fat of obese individuals. Cortisol can be measured in many matrices includi...
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Depressive in Medical Definition

Neurobiological Brain Disorder

...hrenia, Tourette syndrome, Parkinson's disease with dementia, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Alzheimer's disease, as well as some forms of Major depressive Disorder (MDD), Anxiety, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Many of the Neurobiological Brain Disorders that are currently co-c...

Depressive in Medical Dictionary

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Major depression

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Hypochondriasis

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Dysthymia

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Bipolar disorder

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Depressive in Biological News

U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

... increased hours of moderate to extreme physical activity and lower self-esteem predicted higher risk for disordered eating among females. For males, depressive symptoms, poor eating patterns, including high fast food and sweetened beverage intake, increased their risk of disordered eating. These findings lin...

Pre-pregnancy depressed mood may heighten risk for premature birth

... affects black women have found that pre-pregnancy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth .... "At this point we can't say that pre-pregnancy depressive mood is a cause of preterm birth or how race effec... giving birth prematurely and higher pre-pregnancy depressive mood among black women compared to white women may...

Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease patients

...se. This is the first large-scale genetic study of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients. "Depression can s... and platelet aggregation appear to contribute to depressive symptoms. Specifically, they identified one ma...sfunction may be a novel mechanism contributing to depressive symptoms among heart disease patients," said McCaf...

Team identifies a molecular switch linking infectious disease and depression

...n depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked by chronic inflammation. Thei...,3 dioxygenase) as a molecular switch that induces depressive symptoms in some cases of chronic inflammation. ...n between an increase in these metabolites and the depressive symptoms seen in some patients. An analysis of ...

Mothers of multiple births at increased odds of postpartum depression

...ercent increased odds of having moderate to severe depressive symptoms nine months after giving birth compared t... relationship between multiple births and maternal depressive symptoms and found that multiple births increased ... of maternal depression, and that few mothers with depressive symptoms, regardless of the multiple births status...

After a few drinks, older adults more impaired than they think

...k, then dissipates. During the first phase of the metabolic process, alcohol has a stimulating effect. During the second phase, there is a sedative or depressive effect. During each phase at 25 minutes and 75 minutes after alcohol consumption, respectively participants were given tests that required them t...

Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers

...en diagnosed with a mental illness, specifically a depressive or anxiety disorder. In all, there were 268 who ha...ses were 63 percent more likely to report having a depressive episode during their lifetime. A depressive episode was described as lasting for at least two ...

Seasonal affective disorder may be linked to genetic mutation, study suggests

... of alertness and the regulation of sleep. The mutation in this gene may result in aberrant regulation of these responses to light, leading to the depressive symptoms of SAD. About 29 percent of SAD patients come from families with a history of the disorder, suggesting a genetic or hereditary link. "The ...

Depression during pregnancy can double risk of preterm delivery

..., and that the risk grows with the severity of the depressive symptoms. These findings also provide preliminary ...ercent of the women reported significant or severe depressive symptoms. The women with less severe depressive symptoms had a 60 percent higher risk of preterm d...

Antidepressants need new nerve cells to be effective, UT Southwestern researchers find

... cells that give rise to new neurons, then gave them antidepressants for several weeks or allowed them to run on wheels. When the mice were tested for depressive behavior, the tests revealed that neither the antidepressants nor the exercise had helped them, and the animals also had not grown new nerve cells in ...

Depressive in Biological Technology

Dey L.P. to Market EMSAM(R) Skin Patch for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

PITTSBURGH, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dey L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL ), today announced that it has begun to market and distribute EMSAM(R) in the U.S. EMSAM, a selegiline transdermal system, is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), which was approved by the U.S. Food a...

Valdoxan(R) Granted Marketing Authorisation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes in Europe

PARIS, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Servier's Valdoxan(R) /Thymanax(R) (agomelatine), the first melatonergic antidepressant for the treatment of adult patients with major depressive episodes. "There is still great scope for i...

FDA Approves PRISTIQ(TM) for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

MADISON, N.J., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PRISTIQ(TM) (desvenlafaxine), a structurally novel, once-daily serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (S...

AstraZeneca Submits sNDA for SEROQUEL XR(TM) for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for once- daily SEROQUEL XR(TM) (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets to seek approva...

New Phase 3 Data Showed PRISTIQ Significantly Reduced Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder Versus Placebo

Data Presented for the First Time on 50 mg/Day Dose for PRISTIQ for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder COLLEGEVILLE, Pa., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE ), announces that data from two Phase 3 clinical studies of...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves ABILIFY(R) (aripiprazole) as the First Medication for Add-On Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

- ABILIFY Used With Another Antidepressant Can Help Adults Living With Depression Who Have Failed to Achieve Adequate Symptom Relief -(1) PRINCETON, N.J. and TOKYO, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY ) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced tod...

Biotech Hot in July Driven by Positive Drug Data and Acquisitions

...s included: - Targacept closed out July up a whopping 338 percent on news that its drug candidate, TC-5214, significantly improved symptoms of major depressive disorder for patients who did not respond to an older drug, Forest Laboratories Inc.'s Celexa. TC-5214 was better than a placebo at improving an overa...

REMERON(R) Now Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Depression in Adult Patients

...rtazapine)15 mg Tablets for the treatment of major depressive disorder.(1) The product was developed jointly wit...NSolTab(R) is indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults. REMERONSolTab(R) is not ...s, and young adults in short-term studies of major depressive disorder (MDD) and other psychiatric disorders. An...

Orexigen(R) Therapeutics Presents Additional NB-302 Contrave(R) Data at American Diabetes Association (ADA) 69th Scientific Sessions

...he oral presentation and reviewed in greater detail in the poster presentations. Contrave was not associated with suicidality or worsening of mood or depressive symptoms, and in fact was associated with a decreased incidence of treatment-emergent depression compared to placebo. In addition, Contrave patients ...

Genomas and Institute of Living Among Organizers of Pharmacogenetics Symposium at 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association

...sium, " Emerging Clinical Applications of Genotype-Guided Psychotropics for depressive Disorders ," at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.... length of stay and re-hospitalization rates for patients treated for major depressive disorder (MDD). Data were obtained from the DNA of 150 psychiatric in-patie...