Depression may go hand in hand with a number of other physical health problems, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Now the latest evidence suggests that depression may also increase the risk of stroke.
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Why Patients Don’t Open Up to Doctors About Depression
Would you feel comfortable confiding in your family doctor about symptoms of depression? For many Americans, the answer is no.
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Working Women Who Try to Be ‘Supermom’ May Be More Depressed
You know all that maternal hand-wringing over staying home with the kids versus going back to work? Well, working seems to translate into less depression for mothers, but to really guard against symptoms, it’s important to kiss …
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Key to a Well-Adjusted Child: Tailored Parenting?
Parenting advice is often black or white: Be firm and unwavering. Be loving and supportive. But new research shows that a one-size-fits-all approach may not be the best way to handle things. Rather than consistency, a parent’s …
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Kids Who Use Facebook Do Worse in School
That Facebook is hugely distracting is hardly stop-the-presses kind of news, but parents might be dismayed to learn that the social-media site can hobble learning and make kids less healthy and more depressed.
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Postpartum Depression and Difficulty Breast-Feeding May Go Hand in Hand
Breast-feeding may be natural but that doesn’t mean it comes easily to every new mom. A new study in the August edition of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that women who struggle to breast-feed in the first two weeks …
Study: How Chronic Stress Can Lead to Depression
Can chronic stress cause depression? A new study in mice adds important evidence that it can, and sheds light on how antidepressants work.
Study: Antipsychotic Drugs Show No Benefit for Veterans’ PTSD
A widely prescribed antipsychotic medication worked no better than a placebo to treat combat veterans’ symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Most Teens Taking Prescription Drugs Do It Right
Most students taking prescription medications for pain, sleep, anxiety or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not misuse the drugs, a new study finds. And proper use of these medications was not associated with a …
Timely Treatment for Depression Hard to Get, Even for the Insured
Massachusetts requires health insurance for all, is second in the nation in the number of doctors per capita, and mandates equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses. Yet when researchers there posed as well-insured …
The Healthland Podcast: Superobese Kids, Parents on Facebook and Betty Ford’s Mixed Legacy
This week on the podcast, Healthland editor Sora Song asks whether child obesity is child abuse. TIME editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe reports that adults are less savvy on Facebook than teens. And TIME senior writer John Cloud …
Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Linked to Higher Risk of Autism
Children whose mothers use antidepressants during pregnancy may be more likely to develop autism than kids whose mothers do not, say researchers in California.
