I enjoyed being a new mom. Sure, there were times during those first weeks when I felt completely overwhelmed and would have bouts of tears. But, in general, I bounced back pretty quickly and managed to keep the baby blues at bay most of the time. The baby blues are common, and a very unscientific […]
People who tend to go to bed and wake up earlier have significantly lower risk of major depression, according to a sweeping new genetic study published May 26 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The study examined data from more than of 840,000 people, and was conducted by researchers at University of Colorado Boulder and the […]
Waking up one hour earlier can reduce the risk of depression by almost a quarter, research has found. The large-scale study explored how much, or how little, change is needed to a person’s sleep pattern to influence their mental health. The survey of 840,000 people found that waking just 60 minutes earlier in the morning […]
A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect as many as one in every five people during their lifetimes. The results of the study, led by the U.S. Department of […]
A discovery from researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago may lead to new treatments for individuals who suffer from alcohol use disorder and depression. The study, "Transcriptomics identifies STAT3 as a key regulator of hippocampal gene expression and anhedonia during withdrawal from chronic alcohol exposure," is published in the journal Translational Psychiatry by researchers […]
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It will mainly stay hot and mostly dry into Thursday. The heat index will peak at around 105 in the afternoon. The big question is the Gulf of Mexico. At this time it is a broad area of low pressure with no trackable center. Until a defined center forms, computer modeling […]
It sounds like the premise for one of those classic screwball comedies of the 1930s: Thousands of out-of-work writers are hired by the United States government to collaborate on books. What could possibly go wrong? But as Scott Borchert reveals in his new book, Republic of Detours, the amazing thing about the Federal Writers' Project […]
Just a few years ago, CBD burst onto the health and wellness scene and charmed everyone who had ever considered using medical marijuana to alleviate the symptoms of some disease. Instead of risking it all by ingesting too much THC, we now have a compound that promises relaxation and relief without the psychoactive effects of […]
A tropical disturbance -- officially known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Three -- is currently in the Gulf of Mexico with impacts expected along the Gulf Coast and in metro Atlanta. (MORE: Flash Flood Watch for Atlanta this weekend) You'll probably hear a lot of terms used to describe this system over the next few days. […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The system in the Gulf designated as potential tropical cyclone Three has become a little stronger though the day Friday. It is likely that this system will further organize into a tropical depression or tropical storm later tonight. As of the 5 PM advisory from the National Hurricane Center, PTC Three […]
