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A recent study has discovered that exercise is as effective at combating depression as anti-depressant tablets.
The study, conducted by the American Medical Institute, involved the testing of 100 subjects, all of whom were clinically diagnosed as having ’severe depressive illness’. Of these 100 people, 25 were given a course of anti-depressant tablets, 25 were given [...]

Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression symptoms.
The persistence of a gender difference in response to the drug — even after the researchers [...]

Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.
Dr Roland Zahn, a clinical neuroscientist in The University of Manchester’s School of Psychological Sciences, and his colleagues have identified how the brain links knowledge about social behaviour with moral sentiments, such as pride and guilt.
The [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xenazine (tetrabenazine) for the treatment of chorea in people with Huntington’s disease. Chorea is the jerky, involuntary movement that occurs in people with this disease.
Xenazine is a new drug and is the first treatment of any kind approved in the United States for any symptom of Huntington’s [...]

Researchers conducting a study in mice have discovered that the brain must create new nerve cells for either exercise or antidepressants to reduce depression-like behavior. In addition, the researchers found that antidepressants and exercise use the same biochemical pathway to exert their effects.
These results might help explain some unknown mechanisms of antidepressants and provide a [...]

There are people who are practical and move on with time. Then there are the ones who cry over the wounds time leaves on their soul and remain depressed for quite a long time. While we can do nothing but empathise with them, sometimes it is really hard to understand that why a person is [...]

By Anne Harding.
For NEW YORK (Reuters Health).
Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease, Israeli researchers report.
The findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that optimism is all you need to prevent [...]

By Bashir Al-Selwi.
For The Yemen Times.
“I’m in a dark tunnel alone. No one can imagine what happens to me every day,” describes 23-year-old Sana’a University student Khader Al-Selwi, who was diagnosed with depression five years ago.
“I can’t work and I dislike living anymore. I hope to die today before tomorrow because it’s better than living [...]

By Gabriella Souza.
Source: News-Press.
Patrick Mullins held his best friend’s body in his arms, watching his face turn blue.
That memory is fresh on Mullins’ mind. The 24-year-old remembers that night three years ago when he drove to his best friend’s apartment high on prescription drugs, realizing his friend had overdosed on methadone and was probably dead.
“I [...]

By Will Dunham.
Source: ABC News.
A class of drugs used by many people to treat depression may increase chances of gastrointestinal bleeding, although the risk remains low, Spanish researchers said on Monday.
The research looked at antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, and found that bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract is more common [...]