Doctors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have opened an inpatient psychiatric unit for mothers suffering from perinatal and postpartum depression. Read Summary >
A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has found that though both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet and a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet can help people lose weight, only the low-fat diet can help people improve their moods. Read Summary >
Two senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have demanded a government investigation into a recent estimated nine percent increase in the prices of some of the most commonly used brand-name prescription drugs. Read Summary >
According to a new study, people who suffer from depression are more likely to be prescribed narcotic painkillers such as morphine and codeine. Read Summary >
