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Depression more frequent in older women than men
Major depression affects approximately 1-2% of older adults, but as many as 20% may experience symptoms of depression. Lisa C. Barry, PhD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, evaluated 754 individuals all over the age of 70. The study began in 1998, with follow-up assessments done every 18 months. Over the course of [...]
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0 Comment » Depression caused by childhood abuse may be linked to specific gene
People who have been abused as children and fortunate enough to carry a gene called corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor one (CRHR1) demonstrate less frequent depression than those abused as children who do not carry the gene. Rebekah Bradley, PhD, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Elisabeth Binder, MD, PhD, Emory University, studied more than 470 adults; [...]
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Depression Antidepressant drugs may be made more efficient and fast acting
Depression is an illness that can affect 20% of the people at least once during their lifetime. According to World Health Organization (WHO), by 2020 emotional state disorders, in developed countries, could be the foremost reason to leave work. Jorge Emilo Ortega Calvio, faculty of medicine and odontology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), analyzed the [...]
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Depression Depressed patients may benefit from music therapy
Approximately, 121 million people world-wide are believed to suffer from depression. An estimated 1 million deaths a year are associated with suicide resulting from depression. Anna Maratos, Arts Therapist, Central and Northwest London Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK, reviewed music therapy studies to determine if depressed patients benefited. After a search she identified 5 studies that met her [...]
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Depression Depression factors include both genes and environment
According to stress theories there is a tendency for a person’s genetic makeup to predispose them to depression; a negative life experience can trigger a depression. Most studies focus on either the genetics or environment, but not both. Gerald Haeffel, psychologist, University of Notre Dame, decided to investigate whether a gene associated with dopamine interacted with maternal parenting style [...]
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Depression Antidepressant studies overly optimistic
An examination of published studies of 12 widely prescribed antidepressant drugs, approved between 1981 and 2004, showed a discrepancy in results from FDA studies. Erick Turner, M.D., Medical Director of the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Mood Disorders Program, reviewed the FDA’s trials for 12 widely prescribed antidepressant drugs and compared the result with the literature [...]
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Stress research expands impact on individuals
Since the 1950s stress has directly been linked to coronary heart disease. In one study chronic stress at work or at home was attributed to a 30% increase of death during a 9-year study. Depression has also been linked as a result to stress. But it is also noted that both heart disease and depression [...]
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Autoimmune Diseases, Chronic Pain, Depression, Fibromyalgia (FMS), General, Medical Issues PTSD found in peacekeepers to be higher than expected
Combat and war-zone soldiers are expected to have higher incidents of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A recent study by London, Ontario, researchers found Canadian peacekeepers suffer similar rates of PTSD to the combat and war-zone soldiers. Psychiatrist J. Donald Richardson, professor Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, and his co-investigators, conducted [...]
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Antidepressant hormone could be used as treatment
Depression is often thought to be a problem with brain chemistry, although recent evidence suggest that it may also be a structural problem with cells not regenerating as fast as normal. One possible reason for the lack of regeneration by the cells is from the toxic effects of stress and stress hormones. Researcher, Kamillla Miskowiak, [...]
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Disease management care has benefits at a cost
In 2005 health insurance plans and employers spent $1.2 billion on disease management programs. Management programs have become a key point in the national health care reform debate as policymakers search for a way to improve health care quality and access, while at the same time controlling cost. Disease management has become viewed as the silver [...]
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