Depression

AlberniPortal.ca
Herbal extract as good as antidepressant
AlberniPortal.ca
The herb St John's Wort contains an active compound called hypericum which has long been used to treat depression. However, there has not been a lot of hard clinical evidence of its effectiveness. A team in Germany reports on a trail of over 300 ...

Toronto NewsFIX
Supplement may help with antidepressant response
Toronto NewsFIX
SAMe (short for S-adenosyl-L-methionine) is a natural substance which is involved in the production of brain chemicals, including serotonin. Lowered levels of serotonin have been shown to be a factor in depression – and many antidepressant drugs ...

Stress study offers clues for new antidepressant drugs - GlobalPost
GlobalPost
But while there are many antidepressants on the market, including top sellers such as Prozac and Seroxat, it is widely accepted that many antidepressants work in only half of patients half of the time, and drugmakers are struggling to come up with a ...

Exercise a valuable antidepressant
The West Australian
"I'm the ambassador for Lifeline WA, so I wanted to get all my friends and family together to join my HBF team, which is The Lifeline Llamas," she says. Ms Newman says the Llamas are raising awareness about the valuable work Lifeline does, with the ...

Why Taking an Antidepressant Is Right for Me
Huffington Post Canada
Yes, in case you were unaware, some antidepressants are very helpful for controlling anxiety. I have always been a worrier/anxious/perfectionistic...you know the type! But things spun out of control shortly after my youngest daughter was born. I found ...

Times of India
Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs
Times of India
Research from King's College London has revealed how stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells - a process considered to be linked to depression. The researchers identified a key protein responsible for this process, and successfully used a ...

Zee News
New Guidelines for Using Exercise as an Antidepressant
PsychCentral.com
New Guidelines for Using Exercise as an Antidepressant Exercise has been proven as an effective treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD), and now there is sufficient research to help doctors prescribe the proper dose of exercise for depressed ...
How Much Exercise Is Needed To Fight Symptoms Of Depression?Medical Daily
Proper dose of exercise needed for depressed patientsDeccan Chronicle

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Autism Linked to Antidepressant Drug Use During Pregnancy - Drugwatch.com
DrugWatch.com
The use of antidepressants during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorders in children, according to a Swedish study. The New York Times reported on the study that collected data from the Swedish medical birth register and other ...

Antidepressants Benefit Post-CABG Mental Health Recovery
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
(HealthDay News) – For preoperatively depressed patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), antidepressant therapy has no impact on morbidity or mortality, but is associated with improvements in measures of depression and mental health ...

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Antidepressant, superbug-infection risk linked
WND.com
Researchers from the University of Michigan revealed that individuals who suffer from depression and those taking antidepressants such as mirtazapine and fluoxetine had a much higher chance of contracting Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) – a life ...

LawyersandSettlements.com
Antidepressants in Crosshairs As Mother's Class Action Moves Forward
LawyersandSettlements.com
Vancouver, BC: A Canadian class-action case filed against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on behalf of women whose babies were born with SSRI birth defects is set to begin against a rising tide of concern about the use of antidepressants by ...

DigitalJournal.com
Antidepressant being considered for meningitis cure - Digital Journal
DigitalJournal.com
The antidepressant, manufactured by Pfizer and which goes under the trade names Lustral and Zoloft, was launched in the early 1990s. It is an established medication for treating depression. In addition to its antidepressant properties, sertraline also ...

Healio
Depression, antidepressants increased risk for C. difficile
Healio
“These results were surprising, as depression and antidepressant medications are not usually considered risk factors for C. difficile infection,” Mary A. M. Rogers, PhD, of the department of internal medicine at the University of Michigan, told Healio.com.
Gut Biome Different After DepressiondailyRx

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Examiner.com
Brain cell stress and depression study can only help multiple sclerosis patients
Examiner.com
"With as much as half of all depressed patients failing to improve with currently available medications, developing new, more effective antidepressants is an important priority,” he said. “In order to do this, we need to understand the abnormal ...

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LawyersandSettlements.com
Antidepressants & Birth Defects: Weighing the Risks and Benefits during ...
LawyersandSettlements.com
Antidepressants & Birth Defects: Weighing the Risks and Benefits during Pregnancy There's a major row brewing among scientists and doctors over the risk and benefits of prescription antidepressants for pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control ...

The Malaysian Insider
Stress study offers clues for new antidepressant drugs
The Malaysian Insider
AFP got outThey also successfully used an experimental drug compound to block this effect, pointing to a possible way of developing new antidepressants, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said.Major depression ...
Brain cell stress and depression study can only help multiple sclerosis patientsExaminer.com

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Highlight Press
Some Antidepressants May Raise Gastro Risk
WebMD
The reason for the increased risk of infection in people taking the antidepressants is unknown, and people who have been prescribed the drugs need to keep taking them unless their doctor tells them otherwise, the researchers said. The research showed ...
Antidepressant medication linked with increased risk of superbug infectionFox News
Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection - Science DailyScience Daily (press release)
Study: Those on Antidepressant Meds “Much Higher” Chance of Superbug ...Highlight Press
Medscape -International Business Times -New York Times
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Examiner.com
Antidepressant medication linked with increased risk of superbug infection
Fox News
Certain types of antidepressants may put people at an increased risk for developing a deadly superbug infection, a new study suggested. Researchers from the University of Michigan revealed that individuals who suffer from depression and those taking ...
Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection - Science DailyScience Daily (press release)
Antidepressant use linked to suberbug infectionsExaminer.com
Antidepressants linked to C. difficileGastroenterology Update
Nature World News
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Examiner.com
Anti-depressant link to Clostridium difficile infection - Science Daily
Science Daily (press release)
Secondly they looked to see if there was an association between antidepressant medication and hospital acquired CDI. They found that use of most types of antidepressants did not affect CDI risk -- out of the twelve drugs tested only mirtazapine and ...
Antidepressant use linked to suberbug infectionsExaminer.com
Antidepressants linked to C. difficileGastroenterology Update

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South African Broadcasting Corporation
Effects of stress on brain cells offer clues to new anti-depressant drugs
Science Daily (press release)
Depression and successful antidepressant treatment are associated with changes in a process called "neurogenesis"- the ability of the adult brain to continue to produce new brain cells. At a molecular level, stress is known to increase levels of ...
Brain cell stress and depression study can only help multiple sclerosis patientsExaminer.com

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