depression

In the latest study to suggest an uptick, half of U.S. adults surveyed reported at least some signs of depression, such as hopelessness, feeling like a failure or getting little pleasure from doing things. That’s double the rate from a different survey two years ago, Boston University researchers said Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open.

Forget puppies, who need to be housebroken and sometimes chew your shoes. The government in South Korea, looking to help people fight the mental strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic, is turning to plants.

The spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. is creating a new age of anxiety, and it’s no surprise. With airports filled with travelers in masks, stores selling out of disinfectant and public health officials urging Americans to prepare for the bug to disrupt daily life, the national level of worry seems to be off the charts. Mental health experts...

Mental health is a hot topic for Generation Z. In one Montgomery County high school, students have come together to fight stigma around issues like depression, anxiety and suicide.

As the coronavirus advances across the country, more Americans are staying in their homes. That sort of “social distancing” is considered essential to slowing the spread of the virus and easing the burden on the beleaguered health infrastructure.

News4’s Leon Harris profiles two foundations — the Josh Anderson Foundation and the Devon C. Rubenstein Foundation — which have banded together to fight teen suicide using an innovative approach.

Grammy-nominated singer Katy Perry opened up about her depression following her divorce from British comedian Russell Brand in 2012 and how she restored her mental health, NBC News reports. “I became depressed and I did not want to get out of bed. In the past, I had been able to overcome it, but this time something happened that made me…

Here’s what science has to say about a twice-yearly ritual affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

Here’s what science has to say about a twice-yearly ritual affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

Researchers think the nicotine patch might help people stay mentally sharp, and a clinical study is now underway to test it. Doreen Gentzler reports.

A woman from Sacramento is in the hospital after using a whitening face cream imported from Mexico.

President Donald Trump’s focus on “mentally ill monsters” oversimplifies the role of mental illness in public mass shootings and downplays the ease with which Americans can get firearms, experts said. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun,” Trump said Monday , addressing weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people.

Women around the country say their breast implants are causing headaches, hair loss, chronic pain and constant fatigue. A Maryland mother shared her story with News4’s Doreen Gentzler.

Pfizer, the country’s largest drugmaker, is creating a hybrid new drug company by combining its off-patent branded drug business with the generic pharmaceutical company Mylan. Pfizer’s Upjohn, which sells one-time blockbusters like Viagra and Lipitor that have lost patent protection, will be spun off and then it will combine with Mylan, a $10 billion company.

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Rinna revealed over Instagram the root of her oldest daughter’s struggles with depression and anxiety after Delilah opened up to her followers just days prior. Rinna began her post praising both of her daughters being “brave and courageous.” Her youngest daughter, Amelia Gray Hamlin, shared in March 2018 her suffering with an...

It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that killed Michael Jackson. Most are no longer afraid of it, doctors say, though many still ask if they will get “the Michael Jackson drug” before an operation. And most of them will. Jackson died 10 years ago at his Los...

Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but preliminary U.S. research suggests. The National Institutes of Health study published Monday isn’t proof, but it bolsters evidence suggesting that too much exposure to light at night could pose health risks. “Evolutionarily we are...

Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but preliminary U.S. research suggests. The National Institutes of Health study published Monday isn’t proof, but it bolsters evidence suggesting that too much exposure to light at night could pose health risks. “Evolutionarily we are...

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army’s Twitter account asked current and former soldiers how serving in the military has impacted their lives. The tweet was accompanied with a video of Pfc. Nathan Spencer, a scout with the Army’s First Infantry Division, who shared how the Army has allowed him to serve something greater than himself, “to give...

The party drug ketamine, with the street name Special K, is giving hope to people suffering from severe depression.