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First magic mushroom depression trial hits stumbling block
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s first clinical trial designed to explore using a hallucinogen from magic mushrooms to treat people with depression has stalled because of British and European rules on the Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Dark days of despair drive many to the final option[1]-chinadaily.com.cn
Scourge of depression sees rising number of suicides in China. Original post on chinadaily.com.cn Comments on reddit.com
Study Finds Genetic Risk Factors Shared by 5 Psychiatric Disorders
A large genetic study has identified common glitches involved in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, major depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Frontiers publishes systematic review on the effects of yoga on major psychiatric disorders
Yoga on our minds: the 5,000-year-old Indian practice may have positive effects on major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and sleep complaints. Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
Diet Soda Linked to Depression in NIH Study
Soda drinkers 30 percent more likely to be depressed than non soda drinkers. Original post on usnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Russia testing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s medicine: Voice of Russia
Russian scientists have been testing a new medicine that is expected to protect the nervous system and hopefully become a cure for the most wide-spread nervous diseases such as Alzheimer`s and Parkinson`s, as well as strokes and depression., Margarita Bogatova Original post on ruvr.ru Comments on reddit.com
Mild Head Injury Upsets Brain’s Resting State
MRI scans conducted by researchers at NYU’s School of Medicine have shown that the resting state functioning of brains that have suffered mild trauma corresponds to a host of problems, including cognitive dysfunction, depression, anxiety and fatigue. – 2012/11/24 Original post on truthdig.com Comments on reddit.com
Yale scientists explain how ketamine (AKA “Special K”) vanquishes depression within hours.
Many chronically depressed and treatment-resistant patients experience immediate relief from symptoms after taking small amounts of the drug ketamine. For a decade, scientists have been trying to expl Original post on yale.edu Comments on reddit.com
The National Memo
The president found his voice in the second debate, but he still needs to make a clearer case for the progress he’s made. There has been entirely too much ce Original post on nationalmemo.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers Explain How Ketamine Improves Depression Within Minutes After The First Dose
Numerous precedent studies have shown that the drug called ketamine, if taken in small doses, is very effective for patients suffering from chronic depression. Original post on doctortipster.com Comments on reddit.com
Oxytocin helps people with alcoholism beat cravings – health – 13 October 2012
A twice-daily whiff of the hormone helps reduce the desire for alcohol and minimises other symptoms associated with withdrawal Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Ketamine Relieves Depression By Restoring Brain Connections: Shots
A few years ago, scientists discovered that the club drug ketamine worked as a quick and effective treatment for people depression who didn’t respond to other treatments. New research goes further in explaining just how it works. Original post on npr.org Comments on reddit.com
MDMA may help treat depression and PTSD, Channel 4 study suggests – Amanda Feilding – Science
Amanda Feilding: Research hints at therapeutic uses for MDMA – but the taboo surrounding psychoactive drugs prevents similar studies Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Non-addictive, ‘heroin-like’ medicine may soon crush major depression
What could easily be the most important advance in the pharmacologic treatment of major depression and anxiety disorders is now unfolding. Dr. Keith discusses Original post on foxnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Cannabis use and depression: a longitudinal s. [BMC Psychiatry. 2012] – PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Original post on nih.gov Comments on reddit.com
Recent Study Links T. Gondii Parasite to Suicidal Attempts
A Video Game Designed to Treat Depression Worked Better Than Counseling – medGadget – The Atlantic
SPARX uses the form of a videogame to help depressive teenagers treat themselves. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
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GlaxoSmithKline agrees to $3 billion settlement with Justice Department in largest sum of its kind over health care fraud – HealthPop – CBS News
GlaxoSmithKline pleads guilty to unlawfully promoting the antidepressant drugs Wellbutrin and Paxil, and not reporting safety data on diabetes drug Avandia Read more by Ryan Jaslow on CBS News’ HealthPop. Original post on cbsnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Why Stress Makes You Miserable – ScienceNOW
Why Stress Makes You Miserable – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
Paul Krugman Destroys Every Republican Argument for Austerity
On Bill Maher’s Real Time Paul Krugman went head to head with Arthur Laffer, and destroyed every conservative argument for austerity. Original post on politicususa.com Comments on digg.com
Paul Krugman: We Could End This Depression Right Now – Economy – AlterNet
The Nobel laureate talks about Washington, Europe and the bizarre alternate universe inhabited by deficit fear-mongering media and political elites. Original post on alternet.org Comments on digg.com
Study questions religion-depression link – Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some research has suggested that religious people may have a buffer against major depression — but new findings cast some doubt on that.Researchers said people who develop Original post on reuters.com Comments on digg.com
Shots – Health Blog: NPR
Currently, there’s no quick fix for severe depression. Antidepressants usually take weeks to work, if they work at all. But patients who received experimental doses of ketamine — long used as an anesthetic, and an illegal club drug — report an astounding relief from their symptoms in less than a day. Original post on npr.org Comments on reddit.com