by Eileen Petridis, The North American Menopause Society menopauseCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHormone therapy (HT) is already recognized as the most effective treatment option for physiologic menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, but a new study is one of the first to suggest that it might also help manage depressive symptoms. It further documented a high...
by National University of Singapore An illustration of computer-modeled structures of complexes formed between RXFP3 and relaxin-3 or relaxin-3 B-chain stapled peptides. Credit: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and University of Colombo, Sri LankaDrugs that treat conditions like depression and anxiety often come with varying side effects, as they regulate various functions within the...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWalking or jogging, yoga and strength training seems to be the most effective exercises to ease depression, either alone or alongside established treatments such as psychotherapy and drugs, suggests an evidence review published by The BMJ. Even low-intensity activities such as walking or yoga are beneficial, but the results...
by Lauren Macknight, University of Texas at Austin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new mental health assessment powered by artificial intelligence is as good at assessing depression symptoms as the “gold standard” questionnaires currently in broad use in health care, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The new technology holds the potential to...
by Jess Berthold, University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with the disorder, a new UC San Francisco-led study found. The study, published today in Scientific Reports, doesn’t indicate whether depression raises body temperature...
by Frontiers Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAlthough most patients diagnosed with COVID-19 will quickly recover, some people experience symptoms that linger well after they start testing negative again—including insomnia. Scientists already knew that insomnia was common in patients who had to be hospitalized, but a team of scientists led by Dr. Huong T. X. Hoang of Phenikaa...
POSTED BY KARA GAVIN-U. MICHIGAN Ketamine may give partial relief to veterans who have tried many depression treatments but still have severe symptoms, new research suggests. Ketamine has gotten a lot of attention as a potential treatment for depression, but few studies have revealed how well it works in “real world” settings, especially in patients...
by Anke Schlee, Max Planck Society A high-speed camera provides information on pupil size. Credit: Martin Otter MPI PsychiatryScientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry measured the pupillary reaction of participants while they were solving a task. In healthy participants, the pupils dilated during the task in anticipation of a reward, but this reaction was...
by Lori Solomon Overall, patients with overactive bladder (OAB) do not have worse sleep disturbance, fatigue, or depression scores than the general population, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Neurourology and Urodynamics. Sally Jensen, Ph.D., from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues characterized sleep disturbance, depression, fatigue,...
Beth Rush Treatments for depression have evolved over the years, helping individuals with symptoms overcome challenging conditions. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved, noninvasive procedure that uses electric currents to target specific areas of the brain. “TMS is generally used in patients who have failed to respond to psychotherapy...
