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Can You Name the Flowers That Might One Day Treat Depression?

Don Deane — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:20:16 +0000

In what could be a major breakthrough in the treatment of depression, scientists have discovered that compounds found in a certain South African species of flowers snowdrops and daffodils affect parts of the brain involved in the illness. The question is, which ones?

Can Internet Usage Predict Depression?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:12 +0000

Researchers now say they can tell whether people are depressed without even talking to them first — all they have to do is watch how those individuals use the internet. In a study conducted at Missouri University of Science and Technology, researchers watched the internet habits of more than 200 students who were later tested [...]

Depressed Fathers Can Cause Behavioral Issues in Kids — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:58 +0000

A study of 20,000 US families found kids with fathers suffering from depression are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than other children.

Michael Weitzman at the New York University School of Medicine, who authored the study, said these findings are especially important at a time when unemployment is high and some military dads are returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with emotional wounds.