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For people with depression who aren’t getting adequate relief from medication, new research suggests a high-fat, low-carb ...

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There's the old saying of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." But maybe it should be an orange. A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital says eating ...

Exercise is a tool for both obesity and depression. Patients need the right kind of help to take advantage of it.

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The study looked at a different form of ketamine than street drug 'Special-K' Ketamine, often associated with street drug "Special-K" and also a hospital-grade anesthetic, could be a breakthrough, ...

I would love to sit around a table with a group of you, preferably with coffee or wine, and ask, “How do you combat the blues?” We Elders are so good at sharing our physical challenges, but the ...