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People with depression have a more than doubled risk of developing epilepsy, and the mental illness also makes epilepsy more ...

New research suggests that a severe and specific form of depression involves a systemic disruption linking the immune system ...

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, may offer immediate relief for depressive symptoms, according to a recent study published in eBioMedicine. Researchers from the University of Birmingham ...

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A “deprescribing” movement is building up in the psychiatry field, aimed at helping patients reduce or stop their medications ...

Many high school seniors across the country are in the throes of college applications—often a high-stakes, anxiety-ridden process. But the stress doesn't necessarily stop once students are admitted.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. A new mutated strain of the common flu, Influenza H3N2, subclade ...

Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an open-label ...

As flu season gets underway, global health experts are increasingly worried about a new strain of the virus that popped up in June — four months after the makeup of this year's flu shots had been ...