Depression

Several witnesses gave testimony on the emotional second day of Dale Matteson’s jury trial, for which the panel is tasked with deciding if Matteson is guilty of child abuse resulting in death. Among the testimonies given Tuesday was that of Jessica Sawyer, a family psychiatric practitioner at Richard Young Hospital in Kearney. According to Sawyer, […]

NEW YORK — A proteome-wide association study has uncovered new genes that may cause depression when their protein levels change in the brain, including proteins that could be treatment targets.  Major depressive disorder affects about 264 million people around the global, according to the World Health Organization. While there are treatments for depression, they are

Young people are more likely to suffer mental health problems during the pandemic than any age group … [+] according to the CDC. Getty Images A syndemic refers to multiple interrelated epidemics happening at the same time. Covid-19 has unleashed and amplified a number of simultaneous personal, social, medical, political, and economic crises. This article

Concept By Iowa: Depression and Hearing Loss  KGAN TV

IMAGE: Neuroimaging findings show grey matter intensity decreases related to anhedonia, apathy and depression. Anhedonia in FTD was related to degeneration of the regions circled in green, which are ‘hedonic hotspots’… view more  Credit: University of Sydney KEY POINTS: – Loss of pleasure has been revealed as a key feature in early-onset dementia (FTD), in contrast

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, US Federal Reserve System governor Jerome Powell made an extraordinary declaration: “We’re not going to run out of ammunition.” The central bank stood ready to take any action necessary to stem the mounting economic crisis. Three months later, the Fed injected nearly US$3 trillion dollars

Can an in­haled ver­sion of the psy­che­del­ic known as ‘toad ven­om’ be used to treat tough-to-crack de­pres­sion? For GH Re­search, that’s the $125 mil­lion ques­tion. The Dublin-based biotech an­nounced Mon­day it closed a Se­ries B round to help ad­vance its lead pro­gram, an in­halant called GH001, for psy­chi­atric and neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders. GH is be­gin­ning with

Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the main cause of death worldwide,1 and over two-thirds of these deaths occur in developing countries.2 One of the most common CVDs is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD),3 and its treatments and controlling factors affecting outcomes are of fundamental significance for health systems. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) is the

Throughout my life, I have suffered regular bouts of depression and have learned to coexist with my diagnosis. With medication and therapy, I have managed to keep my symptoms manageable. Until now, I haven’t felt the need to share too many details of my illness with friends and family or to reach out for help