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Study shows link between physical activity and depression in patients at risk for heart disease

In the study published in the prestigious American Journal of Medicine using data from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study in Norway, the researchers studied whether pattern of leisure time physical activity among 189 patients prior to being hospitalized with first heart attack was associated with level of depressive symptoms after the initial heart attack.

30 Oct 2015

Older women who complain of memory problems may experience thinking impairment decades later

New research suggests that older women who complain of memory problems may be at higher risk for experiencing diagnosed memory and thinking impairment decades later. The study is published in the October 28, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

29 Oct 2015

Pre-clinical study demonstrates positive effects of advanced prebiotic on neuro-inflammation, anxiety

Clasado Biosciences Limited, the producers and suppliers of the second generation prebiotic Bimuno(R) (B-GOS), a unique trans-galactooligosaccharide, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, today announce the results of their latest pre-clinical study demonstrating a major role of the unique carbohydrate complex Bimuno against neuro-inflammation and anxiety.

28 Oct 2015

UCLA launches second Grand Challenge to reduce health and economic impacts of depression

In an effort to place depression front and center on the national and international research agendas, UCLA has launched the Depression Grand Challenge, which aims to reduce the health and economic impacts of depression by half by the year 2050.

28 Oct 2015

Risk of depression recurrence significantly lower for people with complete symptom resolution

People who have had an episode of major depression are at high risk for having another episode. Now, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that the risk of recurrence is significantly lower for people with complete, rather than partial depressive symptom resolution.

28 Oct 2015

Study finds no link between intervention and state-level rates of shaken baby cases

A new evaluation of a statewide shaken baby prevention effort found that the number of calls to a nurse advice line from North Carolina parents who called because of a crying baby were reduced in the first 2 years after the intervention was implemented in 2007.

27 Oct 2015

New Rice University study explores connections between fatal bereavement and cardiovascular risk

Medical professionals know that when a spouse dies, the surviving partner is at increased risk of suffering early mortality - but they don't entirely understand why. A new Rice University professor has received a $3.765 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to embark on a five-year study of the connection between psychological and physiological responses to such extraordinary stress.

27 Oct 2015

Lewy Body Composite Risk Score detects LBD and Parkinson's disease dementia in three minutes

Although Lewy Body disease (LBD) is the second-most-common degenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease, it's not exactly a household name. It affects more than 1.3 million Americans, is poorly recognized, and diagnosis is often significantly delayed. Patients with LBD simultaneously experience losses in cognitive function, mobility and behavior.

27 Oct 2015

UW researchers develop new model to more accurately predict harmful genetic mutations

Between any two people, there are likely to be at least 10 million differences in the genetic sequence that makes up their DNA.

26 Oct 2015

Reducing depression to a checklist of symptoms may not be useful, new research reveals

How can you tell if someone is depressed? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - the 'bible' of psychiatry - diagnoses depression when patients tick off a certain number of symptoms on the DSM checklist. A large-scale quantitative study coordinated at KU Leuven, Belgium, now shows that some symptoms play a much bigger role than others in driving depression, and that the symptoms listed in DSM may not be the most useful ones.

26 Oct 2015

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

M. Cynthia Logsdon, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, FAAN, Professor, University of Louisville, School of Nursing and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research, University of Louisville Hospital has won the 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research from Sigma Theta Tau International, the honor society of nursing.

24 Oct 2015

MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

Montefiore Health System today announced receipt of a four-year, $9.6 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to fund a unique patient-centered approach to providing comprehensive healthcare to those with severe mental illness (SMI).

23 Oct 2015

3-D model of animal brain provides more complete picture of brain's connectivity

The animal brain is so complex, it would take a supercomputer and vast amounts of data to create a detailed 3-D model of the billions of neurons that power it.

23 Oct 2015

Smartphone app may improve self-management skills in young patients with spina bifida

A system incorporating a smartphone app may help adolescents and young adults with spina bifida to improve their daily self-management skills, suggests a paper in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

23 Oct 2015

Psychiatric symptoms predate motor onset in Huntington’s disease

Prodromal psychiatric symptoms may be more common in patients with Huntington’s disease than previously thought and worsen as the condition progresses, longitudinal study findings show.

22 Oct 2015

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist advocates for raising the smoking age to 21

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist Daniel Ouellette, M.D., who during his 31-year career in medicine has seen the harmful effects of smoking on his patients, advocates for raising the smoking age to 21.

22 Oct 2015

New research may have profound impact on future development of anti-depressant medications

Major depression, which afflicts one in six people at some point in their life, is the leading global cause of disability - surpassing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer and HIV/AIDS combined.

22 Oct 2015

Brain imaging shows how neural responses to different types of music affect emotion regulation processes

Brain imaging reveals how neural responses to different types of music really affect the emotion regulation of persons. The study proves that especially men who process negative feelings with music react negatively to aggressive and sad music.

22 Oct 2015

More research needed before recommending antidepressants, Alzheimer's disease drugs for stroke recovery: Study

Evidence is mounting that drugs used to treat depression and Alzheimer's disease also can help patients recover from strokes. But there are conflicting findings from studies of these and other drugs given to recovering stroke patients.

22 Oct 2015

Pitt Public Health launches study to promote health among aging gay and bisexual men with HIV

As the U.S. reaches an important milestone this year in the fight against HIV with more than half the people living with the virus older than age 50, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is launching a study to determine ways to promote health among aging gay and bisexual men, who make up about two-thirds of the people aging with HIV.

22 Oct 2015

Depression News and Research

Latest Depression News and Research

Study shows link between physical activity and depression in patients at risk for heart disease

Older women who complain of memory problems may experience thinking impairment decades later

Pre-clinical study demonstrates positive effects of advanced prebiotic on neuro-inflammation, anxiety

UCLA launches second Grand Challenge to reduce health and economic impacts of depression

Risk of depression recurrence significantly lower for people with complete symptom resolution

Study finds no link between intervention and state-level rates of shaken baby cases

New Rice University study explores connections between fatal bereavement and cardiovascular risk

Lewy Body Composite Risk Score detects LBD and Parkinson's disease dementia in three minutes

UW researchers develop new model to more accurately predict harmful genetic mutations

Reducing depression to a checklist of symptoms may not be useful, new research reveals

University of Louisville professor wins 2015 Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research

MHS receives CMMI grant to provide comprehensive healthcare to people with severe mental illness

3-D model of animal brain provides more complete picture of brain's connectivity

Smartphone app may improve self-management skills in young patients with spina bifida

Psychiatric symptoms predate motor onset in Huntington’s disease

Henry Ford Hospital pulmonologist advocates for raising the smoking age to 21

New research may have profound impact on future development of anti-depressant medications

Brain imaging shows how neural responses to different types of music affect emotion regulation processes

More research needed before recommending antidepressants, Alzheimer's disease drugs for stroke recovery: Study

Pitt Public Health launches study to promote health among aging gay and bisexual men with HIV

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