Psychology & Psychiatry

Treatment-resistant depression linked to body mass index: Study

Genetic factors are a small but significant contributor to severe depression that does not respond to standard therapy, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Health

Vitamin D supplementation doesn't change lean mass, BMD

(HealthDay)—For postmenopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency completing a structured weight-loss program, vitamin D3 supplementation is not associated with changes in lean mass or bone mineral density (BMD), according ...

Overweight & Obesity

Digest this: heavy people may die up to three years early

Being too heavy may cost you your life—literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and that moderately obese people die up to three years prematurely.

Diabetes

Diabetes can be tracked with our Google searches

The emergence of Type 2 Diabetes could be more effectively monitored using our Google searches—helping public health officials keep track of the disease and halt its spread—according to research by the University of Warwick.

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