Category: Health

Study suggests new clues about the link between stress and depression

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating substance… Read more »

Study suggests link between depression and inflammation, metabolic change

From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: Anxiety and depression are often linked and assumed to be closely related, but now research has shown for the first time that… Read more »

Study suggests link between loneliness and development of type 2 diabetes

From the King’s College London press release: Published in the journal Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]), the study shows that it is the absence… Read more »

Study suggests anxiety and depression are associated with medical care avoidance during the pandemic

From the University of Toronto press release: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been empirical and anecdotal reports of declines in both emergency and ambulatory medical visits…. Read more »

Study suggests depressed or anxious teens risk heart attacks in middle age

From the European Society of Cardiology press release: Depression or anxiety in adolescence is linked with a 20% greater likelihood of having a heart attack mid-life, according to research released… Read more »