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Friday, October, 30, 2009

Depression Types

Coffee may lower risk of some conditions

October 02, 2008
Java lovers may have a new reason to celebrate. According to research, moderate coffee consumption can lower the risk of depression, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. The antioxidants found in coffee may also protect against cancer, researchers say. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Teen Depression on Health Central
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

  Depression is one of the most common co-existing conditions that accompany ADHD. Many of us know... Read more »

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What Is Depression? Our First Podcast!
By DepressionCast , Health Expert

...prefer to listen to it, you can easily do so from the DepressionCast Web site.     Hello and... Read more »

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On the Passing of Kurt Vonnegut
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert

...the suicidal ideation, the attempts, and the deep depression that leads people in that direction... Read more »

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Stress and Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...likely than the general population to experience depression because the painful limitations of... Read more »

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Depression, Inflammation, and Multiple Sclerosis
By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...Center on campus where the doctor on call diagnosed depression.  He prescribed a short round of... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression Issues: What is depression?
Depression is a mood disorder which results from a variety of factors related to biological and genetic background, environmental influences, and childhood or developmental experiences. There are... Read more »
Dysthymia
Dysthymia is a chronic form of depression characterized by moods that are consistently low, but not as extreme as in other types of depression. Alternative Names ... Read more »
Depression
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true clinical... Read more »
ADHD and Depression
One out of every four adults with ADD/ADHD also suffers from symptoms of depression.  When there are co-existing conditions, it can be harder to diagnose and treat ADHD.  The symptoms may overlap... Read more »
Depression Issues: What are the symptoms of depression?
The classic symptoms of depression include sadness during most of the day, altered appetite or body weight, change in sleep patterns, agitation, lack of interest in previously enjoyed activities,... Read more »

Medications

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...swelling of the ankles/feet mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, mood swings, agitation) ... Read more »

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...sexual desire mental/mood changes (e.g., agitation, depression, unusual elevated mood,... Read more »

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...certain diabetic urine testing products (cupric sulfate-type). Make sure laboratory personnel... Read more »

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...changes (e.g., agitation, aggression, mood swings, depression, abnormal thoughts) ... Read more »

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...changes (e.g., agitation, aggression, mood swings, depression, abnormal thoughts) ... Read more »

Related News

Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »

Cancer and Depression
May 27, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? People who receive a diagnosis of cancer are often depressed about it. But is that depression just the result of getting the bad... Read summary »

Study: Escitalopram better than Cymbalta for MDD
October 03, 2008

A new study suggests that the antidepressant escitalopram (Cipralex, Lexapro) is better at treating symptoms of major depressive disorder than... Read summary »

Multiple Births Up Depression Risk
April 17, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Having more than one baby at a time puts new moms at significantly higher risk for postpartum depression. That's the key finding... Read summary »

Wellbutrin XL becomes first FDA-approved drug for treating SAD
October 02, 2008

In response to positive clinical findings, the Food and Drug Administration has approved Wellbutrin XL for treating seasonal affective disorder... Read summary »