In order to answer the question of whether depression could be related to heart disease, Dr. Mary Whooley, an internist with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, ... Read More

Back in April 2005 an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that if you have ischemic heart disease (IHD), exercising 3 times per week can reduce ... Read More

Our Alternative Medicine Guide, Cathy Wong, N.D., says that a diet high in vegetables may be a good way to ward off both heart disease and depression.

Ever heard someone say, "He's a real pain in the neck" (or other body part!)? Did you know that stress in your life can quite literally be expressed as pain ... Read More

Many people are first diagnosed with depression or anxiety when they actually have bipolar disorder. Research in this area indicates one in two will first be told they have depression ... Read More

Karen Richards, our Guide to Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia reports that a study published in the June 2006 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing found that listening to music ... Read More

The SSRI class of antidepressants has been under attack in the past few years, since some studies suggested that these drugs can increase the risk of suicide in young people. ... Read More

Research programs in the US and Canada which are seeking volunteers for studies dealing with depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and other related disorders.

Perhaps the only thing worse than depression is having depression and not being able to afford treatment. I frequently get letters from those of you who are in just this ... Read More

I've been really pleased to read about research that's being conducted to help doctors better determine what antidepressant is going to work for an individual patient. First I ... Read More

My life has been a roller coaster, up and down I ride. In between the peaks and valleys, I find nowhere to hide, They say life is just a lesson - I ... Read More

"I need to know if anyone has suffered from memory loss and attention problems while on or after starting Effexor XR. My Pharmacist (who is a close friend of mine) ... Read More

Are brain shivers what you get when you eat your ice cream too fast? Not hardly. Many patients using the antidepressant Effexor experience unpleasant withdrawal symptoms that have been referred ... Read More

"Does Effexor lose it's effectiveness after years of use on the same dosage?"--SJS44

In this six part series, Bipolar Disorder Guides Marcia Purse and Kimberly Read discuss how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a depressive episode if you have bipolar disorder.

"I strongly believe that I have been misdiagnosed with depression. I think I'm bipolar. I'm afraid to talk to my doctor because he will end up putting me on a ... Read More

The Laboratory of Brain, Behavior and Pharmacology at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is conducting clinical trials to understand how the brain responds to antidepressants or placebo ... Read More