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Medics believe that doctors are over-prescribing statins, hailing them as a miracle drug for keeping blood pressure down. Now they are criticising physicians, claiming that doctors are ignoring the potential side-effects such as fatigue when prescribing the drugs, and that this factor should be part of the equation when deciding whether a statin would really [...]  About a third of the women that suffer depression while they are pregnant also end up suffering from suicidal thoughts later in life, according to a new survey that was conducted by parenting website Netmums and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM). The survey looked at 260 mothers that suffered from depression while pregnant and found [...] A recent survey has found that workers in the UK are the most likely to be diagnosed with depression in the entire rest of Europe. It is estimated that around one in every four Britons has had a diagnosis of depression at some point, which compares unfavourably to some of the least depressed countries such [...] The London School of Economics has just issued a report which has been damning of the state of mental health care in the United Kingdom. Researchers have shown that an estimated 75 percent of people who suffer from a form of mental illness in the country are not being treated. The report is entitled ‘How Mental [...] The results of an NHS-funded study, published last week in the British Medical Journal, indicate that merely increasing the amount of physical exercise has no effect on depression. The study was undertaken by researchers from Bristol and Exeter Universities and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and involved over 360 adults diagnosed with depression. [...] Research that has recently been conducted in Scotland has suggested that going for a short, but brisk, walk can be a good way to combat depression. It has been known for a long time that intensive exercise is a good way to combat depression, but information about whether less strenuous exercise and its ability to [...] Research that has recently been released suggests that women who are drinking more than two cups of coffee a day are more likely to avoid depression. The authors of the study have not found out exactly why this is the case but they believe it has something to do with the way caffeine affects the [...] |
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