Depression

“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

NEW YORK — Sen. Alessandra Biaggi isn’t just one of dozens of New York lawmakers calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign amid multiple harassment allegations – she briefly worked on his administration, a time she calls “a very dark moment in my life.” Biaggi is among more than 130 state legislators who have said he

On Tuesday’s episode of new NBC sitcom , which is based on the professional wrestler and actor’s life, the topics of depression and mental health were discussed during a scene in which Johnson’s father was giving him some great advice. After tearing ligaments in his shoulder during football practice, Johnson was benched for an entire

Adolescents have experienced a pronounced increase in symptoms of depression during a year of isolation and school closures, according to survey evidence released today. The research indicates that many have turned to digital health resources, as well as social media, to cope with the negative emotions stoked by COVID. The survey — administered between last