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CHICAGO | Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat - the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease - than people who are not depresse...

A patient who receives an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICDs) after a heart attack is more than twice as likely to die within five years from sheer anxiety over their heart condition, according to a team of German scientists.

Washington, Dec 2 : Older adults who have symptoms of depression have a higher tendency to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a study.

Posted on: Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 00:14 CST Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat -- over a five-year period, Dutch researchers s...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a generic copy of an antidepressant made by Impax Laboratories Inc. Regulators gave the drug — a copy of GlaxoSmithKline’s Wellbutrin XL 150 mg t...

? Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a new report.

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Family break-ups, lack of jobs or denial of access to their children might drive men to suicide, rather than depression or other mental illness.

Research revealed today outlines the success of group-taught meditation therapies, such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) when treating depression. The Dove Clinic for Integrated medicine offers a course of MBCT sessions that aim to teach patients the skills needed to help recognise and cope with the signs of depression.

0 posts Research shows for the first time that a group-based psychological treatment, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people sufferi...