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Talk Therapy or Antidepressant? A Brain Scan Predicts Which Works Best for Your Depression
There hasn't been much in the way of hard science to help doctors or patients decide on the best treatments for depression — until now. For the first time, brain...
‘Club Drug’ Ketamine Lifts Depression in Hours
The largest study to date confirms that ketamine — a “club drug” that is also legally used as an anesthetic — could be a quick and effective way to relieve...
First Genetic Markers That Predict Postpartum Depression
Researchers say that a blood test may soon identify which pregnant women are at highest risk of developing postpartum depression, so they can seek treatment that...
Viewpoint: Medicaid-Based Improvements in Depression Can Lead to Broader Health Benefits
Improvements in treating depression could lead to broader benefits in other health outcomes. A new study of Oregon’s expansion of Medicaid disappointed...
Depressive Thinking Can Be Contagious
We don't think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying...
Photo Essays
The Invention of Teenagers: LIFE and the Triumph of Youth Culture
Historians and social critics differ on the specifics of the timeline, but most cultural observers agree that the strange and fascinating creature known as the...
I Was in LIFE: Kim Novak Remembers
In the early 1950s, right around the time she stole scenes as a pretty young thing driving Jack Lemmon nuts in the oddly titled 1954 comedy, Phffft!, Kim Novak...
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Scan predicts whether therapy or meds will best lift depression
Biomarker could point the way past trial-and-error inefficiencies. ...
Disrupted' brain clock' is linked to depression in new study
Disrupted sleep is such a common symptom of depression that some of the first things doctors look for in diagnosing depression are insomnia and excessive sleeping. Now,...
Well: Body: Depression and C. Difficile Infections
Two studies have found that depression and the use of certain antidepressants are associated with increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection, an increasingly common cause...
Man Gets $ 59,000 After Misdiagnosis
He planned his funeral and nearly took his own life out of depression, until doctors said his diagnosis was wrong. ...
