Depression

A pill dubbed as female Viagra was found to be effective in improving woman's sex drive.
Flibanserin was initially developed as a drug for the treatment of depression, but clinical trials revealed surprising side effect.

Women, who report about decreased sex drive, may need to reconsider taking antidepressants and the birth control pills, a new research suggests.

Scientists found that antidepressants may lower men's chances of becoming a father, since they were found to harm sperm.
The study published in New Scientists magazine revealed that drug paroxetine, usually prescribed for treating depression may actually contribute to worse sperm quality.

Depression is a serious condition that negatively affects its sufferers in many ways. People suffering from depression often cannot express their feelings and find it difficult to work properly or communicate with their family and friends. It is very important for the depressed person to get help as soon as possible to find the appropriate treatment. Nowadays depression can be treated with a number of medications as well as using psychological methods. In some cases natural antidepressants can become an alternative to medications or can be used as an additional treatment option.

Scientists had found that a hormone released when you feel hungry has an antidepressant effect.

Ghrelin is a hormone that signals about feeling of hunger, moving from the stomach to the brain. Blocking the response of the body to ghrelin is one of the common weight loss methods. However, as the findings indicate, this method may have an unwanted side effect, causing depression or other mood fluctuations.

Scientists developed a way to diagnose depression quickly and determine if antidepressants are efficient with a help of blood test.

Mark Rasenick and his colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine conducted a study, including 16 people diagnosed with depression who committed suicide and compared the results with the brains of dead people who did not had any psychiatric disorders.

Apparently both men and women have different reactions to the same biochemical manipulation. One of the most spread and most studied mental disorders is considered to be major depressive disorder (MDD).

German researchers found that smoking is linked to higher risk of committing suicide. The study was based on data of 3,021 people aged 14-24, living in Munich, who were interviewed since 1995. Almost 25 percent of the respondents were non-smokers, 40 percent smoked occasionally, 17 percent were non-dependent smokers and 19 percent claimed to be addictive to smoking.

Canadian researchers found that babies born with low weight may be be prone to develop depression later in their life. Ian Colman, leading author of Alberta's School of Public Health in Edmonton and reserchers at the University of Cambridge and University College London have found that weight birth of the babies can affect their mental health predisposing them to depression.

Pregnancy is associated with feelings of happiness and excitement, but for some moms-to-be pregnancy can become one of the most difficult times. Depression affects around 10 to 30 percent of pregnant women, though the percentage of depressed pregnant women can be higher due to the fact that most of them hesitate to report about this problem to their health care professional.

A recent study, performed by American researchers that examined behavior, heart disease, as well as mortality in marriage, found that a woman's health can be seriously affected if she suffers in silence.

People suffering from depression are more inclined to accumulate fat in the abdominal area, which is associated with a number of health risks such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, breast cancer and others, study says.