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| Mental woes more common in infertile couples (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Depression, anxiety and certain other mental health conditions are more common among infertile couples than those who are able to conceive on their own, a small study suggests. |
| Depression, age linked to post-prostatectomy pain (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Younger age, symptoms of depression, and severe pain during the immediate post-operative period are significant predictors of severe pain during recovery from radical prostatectomy, study findings indicate. |
| Study: Family behavior key to health of gay youth (AP) |
| AP - Young gay people whose parents or guardians responded negatively when they revealed their sexual orientation were more likely to attempt suicide, experience severe depression and use drugs than those whose families accepted the news, according to a new study. |
| Depression, pain may accompany chronic Lyme disease (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Depression and the chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia are common in patients who suffer from chronic Lyme disease and seem to correlate with poor functional outcomes, results of a study indicate. |
| Depression, Anxiety Hinder Quality of Life After Stroke (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Many people who survive a subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke have a poor quality of life due to anxiety, depression and fatigue, Dutch researchers report. |
| Suicide screening in schools yields results (Reuters) |
| Reuters - School-based suicide screening can identify students at risk for suicide and other mental health problems not recognized by school professionals, new research suggests. |
| Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's
Patients (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants that treat multiple brain receptors may be better at treating depression in people with Parkinson's disease than medications that block only the serotonin receptor, a new study says. |
| Older antidepressants work for Parkinson patients (Reuters) |
| Reuters - People with Parkinson's disease who also suffer from depression may find they're helped more by an older class of antidepressants than newer types of medication, a small clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health suggests. |
| FDA Adds Suicide Warning to Epilepsy Drugs (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it was adding a label warning on heightened suicide risk for users of antiepileptic drugs. |
| FDA adds suicide warning to epilepsy drugs (AP) |
| AP - Drugs used by millions of patients to control epileptic seizures must carry warnings about heightened risks of suicide, federal regulators said Tuesday. |
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