Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Phytother Res. 2013 Jul 6. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5025. [Epub ahead of print] Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sanmukhani J, Satodia V, Trivedi J, Patel T, Tiwari D, Panchal B, Goel A, Tripathi CB. … Continue reading →

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Job creation (paying jobs, that is) anyone? Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Job creation (paying jobs, that is) anyone? From the CDC: Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010. Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010 Weekly May 3, 2013 / 62(17);321-325 Suicide is an increasing … Continue reading →

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Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia.

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Review article Late-life depression and risk of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based cohort studies Breno S. Diniz, Meryl A. Butters, Steven M. Albert, Mary Amanda Dew and Charles F. Reynolds 3rd + Author Affiliations … Continue reading →

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Adults with depression and who take specific anti-depressants more likely to develop C. difficile

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Interesting applied psychoimmunology study. Apparently depressed people’s guts don’t watch direct-to-consumer chemical-imbalance ads. Here is the abstract. Depression, antidepressant medications, and risk of Clostridium difficile infection Mary A M Rogers1*, M Todd Greene1, Vincent B Young1, Sanjay Saint1,2, Kenneth M … Continue reading →

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Scourge of depression sees rising number of suicides, report Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing.

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Staggering base rate… Dark days of despair drive many to the final option Updated: 2013-02-27 09:20 By Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing/China Daily Scourge of depression sees rising number of suicides, report Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in … Continue reading →

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