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TOKYO: Not long after Japan ramped up its fight against the coronavirus last spring, Nazuna Hashimoto started suffering panic attacks. The gym in Osaka where she worked as a personal trainer suspended operations, and her friends were staying home at the recommendation of the government. Afraid to be alone, she would call her boyfriend of […]

Stomach ulcers are linked to depression, say researchers who conducted the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease. Professor Naomi Wray and Dr Yeda Wu from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience have provided clues to how the gut and brain work together by studying health data from nearly half a million

MARGATE, Fla. – The Margate Police Department is asking for assistance in the search for a missing teenager, who police say suffers from depression and has a history of suicidal tendencies. According to authorities, Lakeisha Scott, 16, left her home in the 6600 block of Northwest First Court around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. Police believe she

Shortstop Andrelton Simmons said depression and thoughts of suicide led to his decision to opt out during the last week of the Los Angeles Angels‘ 2020 regular season, telling the Orange County Register that “the idea of finishing the season in a bubble was too much for me to handle.” Simmons, who recently finalized a

Isolation and fear of infection are two factors contribution to a rise in anxiety and depression amid the pandemic.Credit: RenataAphotography/Getty As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, new fast-spreading variants have caused a surge in infections in many countries, and renewed lockdowns. The devastation of the pandemic — millions of deaths, economic strife and

A new study further highlighting a potential physiological cause of clinical depression could guide future treatment options for this serious mental health disorder. Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers show differences between the cellular composition of the brain in depressed adults who died by suicide and non-psychiatric individuals who died suddenly by other means. “We

Light boxes — devices that produce artificial light similar to sunlight — may be an effective way to correct that. In a meta-analysis of 19 studies, bright light therapy was superior to placebo; another small study found 61 percent of light-therapy patients saw their depression symptoms ebb in four weeks. There is some evidence that

Food is an ideal drug delivery system, and an intriguing trio of studies suggest antidepressant potential for 1 food in particular: the blueberry. All 3 studies hail from a single group lead by Claire Williams at the University of Reading, England.1,2 They tested the effect of a powdered blueberry drink—equivalent to 1 cup of fresh

Unravelling the pathophysiology and inheritance of depression remains a unique challenge. The genuine “depression genes”, which are responsible for the onset of depression and can be used to generate disease models in rodents or as potential treatment targets, have not yet been identified by genetic analyses. Overall, the findings reveal a causal role of sperm

Although Australia is now largely COVID-free, the repercussions of the pandemic are ongoing. As the pandemic enters its second year, many people will be continuing to suffer with poor mental health, or facing new mental health challenges. The effects of recurrent lockdowns, fears about the effectiveness of the vaccines, restricted movement within and beyond Australia,