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Genomind begins depression biomarker study
Around one third of people with depression do not respond to two or more antidepressants--this is known as treatment-resistant depression--and having a blood test could help physicians determine the
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Genomind begins depression biomarker study
Around one third of people with depression do not respond to two or more antidepressants--this is known as treatment-resistant depression--and having a blood test could help physicians determine the
Read more...Blood biomarker could help break depression-inflammation cycle
Depression and inflammation are linked, but, like the chicken and the egg, it has never been clear which comes first—until now. Based on results from a study of volunteers, it finally seems Read more...
Urinary serotonin may be key to test for depression
It's winter here in the northern hemisphere, the days are short and moods are low. For some people, even the thought of Christmas isn't enough to lift their mood. Depression can affect up to two out Read more...
New biomarker to beat the blues?
Depression is the most common mental health disorder worldwide, but why does it strike some people down after everyday challenges, whereas other people sail through traumatic events seemingly Read more...
Finding a biomarker could help break cycle of depression
Depression is, unfortunately, often a lifelong commitment. Cycles of recovery and relapse can devastate patients and their families as symptoms reappear after it was thought that treatment was Read more...
Biomarkers could take stigma out of depression
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that depression is, indeed, a disease, there remains a sometimes-vocal minority of critics who insist that the mood disorder was invented by pharmaceutical Read more...
Cortical thickness could differentiate depression and OCD
It's widely assumed that there is some overlap between depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. But, like most psychiatric illnesses, diagnosis of the two remains almost as much an art as a Read more...
Swedish scientist offers a new marker for depression
For years now biopharma companies have been developing antidepressants that can boost levels of serotonin and noradrenaline. Now a Swedish investigator at Lund University says that Read more...
