Acupuncture shows promise for depression in pregnancy

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For pregnant women with depression, a couple months of acupuncture might help reduce the severity of their symptoms, a small study hints. [...]

Even when treated, depression costs employers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers with depression stay home sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday. [...]

Financial Woes Add Anxiety to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay)

HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. [...]

Financial Woes Add Anxiety to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (HealthDay)

HealthDay – MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. study has [...]

Exercise, green tea may lessen breast cancer blues (Reuters)

Reuters – Depression is a major health issue for breast cancer survivors, but new research hints that regular exercise and drinking green tea may help. [...]

Drugs for depression, anxiety tied to preterm birth

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who take certain drugs for depression or anxiety may have heightened risks of preterm delivery or other birth complications, according to a new study. [...]

Healthy diet may benefit women’s mental health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who suffer from depression and anxiety may want to take a look at their diet as possible contributors to these conditions, study findings hint. [...]

"Extraordinary" increases in drug prices: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prices for hundreds of brand-name drugs have soared since the beginning of the decade, especially those that treat depression, infections and heart disease, according to a U.S. government report on Monday. [...]

Few depressed Americans treated appropriately: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most Americans with major depression go untreated or under treated using a benchmark of American Psychiatric Association guidelines, according to a national study released this week. [...]

Limits to antidepressants’ effectiveness: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mild to severe depression might be better treated with alternatives to antidepressant drugs, which do not help patients much more than an inactive placebo, researchers said Tuesday. [...]

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