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Older fathers are more likely to have children with bipolar disorder, research suggests.
The risk goes up when men are older than 29 before they start their family, and is highest if they are over 55.
Increasing paternal age has already been linked with schizophrenia and autism, but not bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression.
The Swedish [...]

Cancer patients are at increased risk for suicide, according to three new studies.
In the first study, researchers at the University of Washington analyzed U.S. data from 1973 to 2002 and found that the suicide rate among cancer patients was 31.4 per 100,000 person-years, compared to 16.7 per 100,000 person-years in the general population.
Higher suicide rates [...]

Although some patients are reluctant to discuss the problem with their GP, others have had symptoms ignored by family doctors who think that feeling “down” is a natural consequence of getting older, the charity Age Concern says.
The report also accuses parts of the health service of failing older people by offering counselling and other treatments [...]

Close to two million older people in England may be denied treatment because depression is wrongly seen as a natural part of getting older, says a charity.
Age Concern found over 65s seeking help were often fobbed off, misdiagnosed or given inappropriate treatment.
Doctors may prescribe drugs when counselling would be more beneficial.
The charity Help the Aged [...]

Older people with depression are being denied help because of their age, according to a report.
People seeking help are often fobbed off, misdiagnosed or given inappropriate treatment, it found.
Doctors may issue prescriptions for drugs like Prozac when counselling would offer more benefit. And the numbers given psychological help are far lower than in the general [...]

Depression in older people often goes undiagnosed. The patients don’t often bring it up, maybe because of a perceived social stigma, and doctors may miss it. Some may even consider it a normal part of aging. It isn’t.
The general older population actually has a lower rate of depression compared with people at mid life. However, [...]

It is very surprising to see that depression has always been associated with old age while the truth of the matter is that, if we were to ask the question, who gets depression? for a professional doctor to answer, he or she would tell you that not only old people can experience depression episodes but [...]

Depression-related mood disorders are symptoms that occur when a person is suffering from a health problem known as depression. These symptoms usually vary according to the type of depression you may be suffering from, age, or sex. To add on to this, depression- related mood disorders differ in their modes of treatment since some require [...]