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Analysis showed that people with depression in midlife had a 27% higher risk of later dementia. However, this risk was driven ...

Mitochondria - cellular energy hubs in the brain - may be the key link between life stress, trauma, and changes in mental ...

When researchers analyzed their findings further, they also found that of the six depression symptoms, two of them — loss of self-confidence and difficulty coping with problems — were linked with an ...

Researchers found that increased consumption of the trace mineral selenium correlates with lower odds of suicidal ideation in ...

Blood tests also showed a 52% drop in leptin, a hormone linked to both appetite and mood, and a 32% rise in brain-derived ...

The irony of antidepressants was that they were supposed to lift me out of depression, but they only dragged me down deeper.

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