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Antidepressants & Facelift Surgery
Past research suggested that antidepressants might factor into a bleeding risk after surgery. Facelift surgery appeared to be exempt after a recent evaluation.
New Antidepressant for Hep C
Pegylated interferon-a drugs used to manage hepatitis C can cause major depression. Preventative use of the antidepressant, escitalopram or Lexapro, may be the solution for some patients.
Mama's Meds and Her Baby's Lungs
Pregnancy is an emotional time. As such, depression is a common problem during and after pregnancy. When pregnant women take depression medications, there can still be risks for their unborn children.
Reducing Depression in Elderly Patients
Should doctors be trained in ways to help prevent depression and self-harm in at-risk patients? A new trial tried just that and discovered benefits from those preventative efforts.
Depression and Substance Abuse
Depression in patients with access to an opioid prescription can lead to misuse through self-medication. Doctors should screen chronic opioid therapy patients for depression.
Facebook Use Isn’t a Sign of Depression
Some people with depression may spend too much time on Facebook. This does not mean that depression and Facebook are related.
How Loneliness Affects Seniors' Health
Loneliness can creep into your life at any age. But it's a more common problem among older adults, who can easily become isolated and detached from friends and family.
Can Childhood Stress Inflame Later?
Stress can make people feel tired and depressed, but why? The body responds to emotional stress with inflammation just like it would with a physical injury.
Can Electricity Heal Depression?
The one hundred billion neurons of the human brain are powered by blood sugar and shoot electrical signals at each other.
Your ups and downs, joys and fears, hunger and sleep are made from cell networks communicating electrochemically.
More than one scientist or doctor has had the idea that changing the electrical states of the brain could produce improved clinical outcomes for depression, anxiety or schizoaffective disorder. Combined with state of the art surgical technique, doctors can now directly apply current to the brain, and some patients respond very well.
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Depression is Risky?
Most children with bipolar disorder will not attempt suicide, but the ones who do have a few things in common. Noticing these common risk factors can help prevent suicide attempts.