In a pilot clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that included older adults with depression receiving standard care, adding probiotic therapy produced modest but meaningful reductions ...
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A smile. A frown. The faces a child pays closer attention to might offer insight into their mental health. Depression may shape how much children pay attention to emotional expressions—sad or happy faces—and those changes ...
Jun 16, 2026
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Ebola virus disease is caused by infection with an orthobolavirus found primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and can be fatal in 50% of those infected, on average. Among those who survive the disease, it leaves behind its imprint ...
People with depression who find that it affects their memory or attention span could benefit from an existing licensed drug currently used to treat chronic constipation.
Jun 14, 2026
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We have thousands of spontaneous thoughts a day. Most of them are mundane, such as "Where did I leave my car keys?" But every now and then, a strange and distressing thought might pop into our mind, such as "What if I hurt ...
Jun 14, 2026
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Women with HIV most often die from preventable, trauma-related conditions like substance use and mental illness—not the virus itself. Yet these leading causes are largely missing from official death records, according to ...
Jun 13, 2026
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Treatment of a serious mental illness that can lead to suicide, such as major depressive disorder, often centers on medication and talk therapy with little or no consideration of factors such as social isolation or financial ...
Jun 12, 2026
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Depression is a serious mental health issue that can rob us of joy—and years of healthy living. While we know depressive symptoms can cut the remaining years of disability-free living (or "healthspan") in older adults, it ...
Jun 12, 2026
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A simple self-help workbook paired with brief phone support can make a measurable difference to the mental health of displaced refugees, a new study has found. In Indonesia, where UNSW researchers tested the intervention, ...
Jun 12, 2026
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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified distinctive patterns in how the brain transitions between activity states in people with depression, providing new insight into why depressive symptoms ...
Jun 11, 2026
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