BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma was found dead at his Delhi residence on Wednesday in a suspected case of suicide. According to his friends and family, he had been fighting severe depression for six months. BJP Ram Swaroop Sharma was found dead at his home in Delhi on Wednesday in a suspected case of suicide. […]
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic condition that involves stiff, painful joints. Many people with PsA also have psoriasis, which causes thick, red, flaky patches of skin. PsA symptoms may take a toll on your: mood energy levels mental well-being The condition also raises your risk of anxiety and depression. If you think you might […]
March 17, 2021 2 min read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: McGirr reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. Camprodon reports serving on the scientific advisory board of Hyka and Feelmore Labs; receiving consultation honoraria from Neuronetics; and receiving research funding from the AE Foundation, NIH […]
“The problem of treatment-resistant depression in later life [TRD-LL] is increasingly recognized but remains poorly characterized,” Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH, told the audience at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting. According to Espinoza, estimates of its prevalence run from 6% up to 40% in geriatric patients with depression, depending on how treatment-resistant depression […]
DEAR ABBY: My fiancee and I have been together for four years. I have lost A LOT of people in my life, so I am used to death. She, on the other hand, didn't experience it until two years ago, when she lost her grandfather. The next year, her mother passed, and last year we […]
There is more than one class of psychotropic medications that have mood-stabilizing properties, such as atypical antipsychotics and antiepileptic medications. Mood stabilizers are a group of medications used for several reasons. Most notably, they modulate a range of moods, both high (mania) and low (depression). The term “mood stabilizer” generally refers to medications that also […]
Although depression may occur during treatment with beta blockers, new research suggests that the drugs are not the likely cause. Beta-blockers are used to reduce heart rate, the heart’s workload, and the heart’s output of blood, all 3 of which can contribute to lowering blood pressure. They are a common treatment for conditions such as […]
DEAR ABBY: My fiancée and I have been together for four years. I have lost a lot of people in my life, so I am used to death. She, on the other hand, didn't experience it until two years ago, when she lost her grandfather. The next year, her mother passed, and last year we […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has created both opportunities and obstacles for the medtech industry. Where those in the diagnostics space saw a window of opportunity open up, the cancellation of non-emergency procedures left many device developers in the lurch and suffering unexpected hits to their annual profits. To facilitate the flow of essential products like diagnostics, […]
Among more than 11 million Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted during the 2-year study period, there were 174,901 admitted for ischemic stroke and 193,418 admitted for heart attack. Two preliminary studies found that stroke patients were nearly 50% more likely than heart attack patients to develop depression and that female stroke patients had a higher […]
