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Common high blood pressure medications do not increase risk of depression

None of the 41 most common high blood pressure medications increased the risk of depression, while nine medications appeared to lower it, according to a study from Denmark, published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

24 Aug 2020

Researchers study the impact of school environment on young people's mental health

Younger teenagers in the South West of England felt less anxious and more connected to school when they were away from it during the COVID-19 global pandemic public lockdown, a first-of-its-kind study has found.

24 Aug 2020

Study shows COVID-19 pandemic has profound, negative impact on people with eating disorders

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound, negative impact on nine out of ten people with experience of eating disorders, a new study from Northumbria University, Newcastle, reveals.

24 Aug 2020

Artificial intelligence can help detect heart disease based on facial photos

Sending a "selfie" to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way of detecting heart disease, according to the authors of a new study published today (Friday) in the European Heart Journal .

21 Aug 2020

Concussion can lead to long-term sleep problems, affect quality of life

Every year, thousands of people end up in the emergency room or hospital with minor head injuries, often diagnosed as concussions. Concussions usually result from falls, violence, bicycle accidents or sports injuries.

21 Aug 2020

Study shows how increased resilience can reduce anxiety, depression during COVID-19 pandemic

When it comes to worrying about the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about whether their family members could contract the virus or if they are unknowingly spreading the virus themselves than they are with contracting it.

20 Aug 2020

FDA provides update on adverse events associated with breast implants

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on adverse events reported to the Agency related to breast implants, including breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and systemic signs and symptoms referred to by patients as breast implant illness (BII), which some patients report after receiving breast implants.

20 Aug 2020

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Democrats in array (for now)

Democrats have shown a remarkably united front, including on health care, in their socially distant, made-for-TV convention this week.

20 Aug 2020

Inhibition of key receptor implicated in post-stroke damage and recovery

Many people who suffer a stroke are permanently disabled. Stroke remains the leading cause of long-term disability in the United States.

20 Aug 2020

Telemedicine may well outlast COVID-19 pandemic, but serious barriers still need to be addressed

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about rapid innovation in mental health care, and the move to telemedicine is likely here to stay to at least some degree, but new research led by UCL and King's College London cautions that serious barriers still need to be overcome.

20 Aug 2020

Older adults with pre-existing depression exhibit resilience to stress during COVID-19

A study involving older adults with pre-existing major depressive disorder living in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, and St Louis found no increase in depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Aug 2020

Antidepressants are not designed for dementia, shows study

Nearly three-quarters of older adults with dementia have filled prescriptions for medicines that act on their brain and nervous system, but aren't designed for dementia, a new study shows.

19 Aug 2020

Older adults with pre-existing depressive disorder exhibited resilience during COVID-19 pandemic

19 Aug 2020

COVID-19 has caused severe disruptions to psycho-social care of cancer patients

Psychosocial needs of people affected by cancer are not being adequately met due to the disruption in services caused by Covid-19, a new report in the journal Psycho-Oncology reports.

18 Aug 2020

New insights into the relationship between stress and pain following TBI

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. Post-injury distress is common, with many individuals experiencing chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms as well as chronic pain.

18 Aug 2020

Study to explore risks and benefits of breastfeeding during COVID-19

To breastfeed or not to breastfeed? Science has long supported that "breast is best," but COVID-19 has brought with it new questions related to the benefits and/or potential risks of breastfeeding during this pandemic.

18 Aug 2020

Link not found between child sexual abuse and telomere length

Researchers and medical experts have long known that child sexual abuse has profoundly negative effects on the health of survivors; however, an international team of researchers was not able to find a link between the abuse and telomere length, considered an indicator of cellular aging and health.

17 Aug 2020