Depression
Depressed? Crossed wires in the brain
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severely debilitating illness characterized by sadness and an inability to cope. Not only does it affect a person’s ability to concentrate and make decisions, it also alters their ability to experience pleasurable e…
Depression and anxiety differentially influence physical symptom reporting
Researchers have for decades hypothesized that negative emotions lead to inflated reports of common physical symptoms, like headaches or an upset stomach. But a new University of Iowa study suggests that two negative emotions — – depression and…
Depression symptoms increase over time for addiction-prone women
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Unlike alcohol abuse problems and antisocial behavior, depression doesn’t decline with age in addiction-prone women in their 30s and 40s — it continues to increase, a new study led by University of Michigan Health System rese…
Depression linked to HIV risk among South African young people, study shows
University of Alberta research has discovered a strong link between depression and risky sexual behaviours such as improper condom use, transactional sex and relationship violence among young people in South Africa.
The research shows that depress…
Depression and distress not detected in majority of patients seen by nurses — new study
New research from the University of Leicester reveals that nursing staff have ‘considerable difficulty’ detecting depression and distress in patients.
Two new research studies led by Dr Alex Mitchell, consultant in psycho-oncology at Leicestershir…
NASA sees Depression Nine become Gaston then back to a depression
Tropical Depression Nine strengthened yesterday into Tropical Storm Gaston, but today it ran into dry and stable air and weakened back into a depression again.
When NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over Gaston early this morning, Sept. 2 at 0423 …
Infrared NASA image shows strong convection in new Atlantic Depression 9
The Atlantic Ocean is in overdrive this week, and NASA satellite imagery captured the birth of the ninth tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean today, trailing to the east of Tropical Storm Fiona.
NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sound…
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees TD5’s remnants stretched out in US south
NASA’s Aqua satellite noticed that the showers and thunderstorms from the remnants of Tropical Depression 5 (TD5) extended from Louisiana northeast into southwest Alabama. Infrared imagery indicated some strong thunderstorms over south central L…