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How Beacon Manufacturing baseball raised spirits in wake of Depression

“Pepper” Martin was the star third baseman for the Gashouse Gang, the St. Louis Cardinals team that won the 1934 World Series. Another “Pepper” Martin was the star catcher for the Beacon Blanketeers, champions of this region’s Industrial League in 1940. Beacon Manufacturing, a blanket-maker up until its closing in 2002, raised spirits not just […]

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Moms with COVID-19 separated from infants more likely to experience postpartum depression

Source/Disclosures Source: Collins A, et al. Incidence of postpartum depression in SARS-CoV-2 positive mothers who underwent maternal-neonatal separation. Presented at: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting; April 30-May 2, 2021 (virtual meeting). Disclosures: Collins reports no relevant financial disclosures. Healio Primary Care could not

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Georgia State researchers get new computer technology from ARCTIC

ARCTIC is used to support research analysis, modeling, simulation and used to help make research-based predictions on phenomena.  Additionally, ARCTIC analyzes cyberinfrastructure, in which the system includes high-performance computing clusters, data storage systems, research networking, and cloud computing.   The National Science Foundation developed ARCTIC using a $1.2 million grant. GSU said more than 300

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LivaNova and Verily ‘Uncover’ 1st Patient in Depression Study

LivaNova and Verily are have enrolled the first patient in a sub-study that will use wearables to assess measures for depressive measures. UNCOVER is an opt-in research study for patients taking part in the ongoing London-based LivaNova’s clinical study RECOVER , “A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Blinded Trial Demonstrating the Safety and Effectiveness of VNS Therapy as Adjunctive Therapy Versus a

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‘Not to lose faith’ in Mitchell, Corn Palace Festival forged through Great Depression

Damaged by economic turmoil, low commodity prices, drought and dust storms, the Great Depression impacted Mitchell and South Dakota far and wide in the 1930s. That included the Corn Palace Festival, which by that point was becoming a 40-year tradition. The insight of that could be seen in a 1933 first-person submission to The Daily

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New-Onset Anxiety, Depression an Ongoing Risk for ICD Patients

Testing for anxiety or depression should be offered periodically — perhaps for months to years — to patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), not just in the early period after implantation, suggests a prospective cohort study. Results showed a 2% to 4% rate of new-onset anxiety and depression at each of four scheduled follow-up assessments

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ICD Implant Commonly Brings Anxiety, Depression

Being proactive and educating patients about the possibility of anxiety after the implant, and what to do about it, is key. New-onset anxiety and depression are frequently seen after a first-time implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implant, Danish researchers confirm. Within the first 2 years, clinical levels of anxiety and depression were recorded in 14.5% and 11.3%,

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