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Genetic risk factors revealed by largest genome study of depression to date

IMAGE: Health science specialist Yasamin Azadzoi removes Million Veteran Program samples from a cryotank at the Boston MVP facility. view more  Credit: Frank Curran In the largest genetic analysis of depression to date, Veterans Affairs researchers identified many new gene variants that increase the risk for depression. The groundbreaking study helps researchers better understand the biological

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IPM Launches GeneSight® Pharmacogenomics Program for Depression and Anxiety

FRESNO, Calif., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Integrated Prescription Management (IPM), a leading pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company, now offers pharmacogenomics testing for patients suffering from depression or anxiety. The GeneSight® test, offered through Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, helps clinicians and patients better understand how a

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Teachers Tackle Teen Depression: How Some Educators Are Using ‘Right-Brain’ Techniques to Overcome Students’ Melancholy During the Pandemic

Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. For many young people, the seemingly never-ending pandemic and isolation of virtual learning have exacerbated symptoms of depression that researchers documented among this age group long before COVID-19. In response to what has been described as

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Pandemic Shows Essential Role of ECT Treatment for Severe Depression

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March 2020, health care facilities stopped providing all but “essential” care, to reduce infection risks and preserve protective gear known as PPE. That included changes at many centers that provide ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, for severe depression and other conditions, the survey shows. Because ECT involves

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Raven Saunders: Depression drove her close to suicide. Now, Olympian wants to ‘destigmatize mental health’

As she circled past a drop-off along a Mississippi highway, the urge to veer off the road towards the towering trees below was almost overwhelming. “It got worse and worse and worse and worse till it all boiled over … I remember in the morning, just going through the motions, kind of being in a

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Cyclone Yaas LIVE: Deep depression over Jharkhand as storm moves northwestwards

Live At least five were killed as the severe cyclone storm, Yaas battered the eastern coast on May 26. The storm packed lashing rain and winds gusting up to 155 kilometres (96 miles) an hour, the equivalent to a category two hurricane. The severe cyclonic storm, Yaas weakened into a deep depression, the Indian Meteorological

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