DR ELLIE CANNON: How can I help my husband combat his bout of the blues? My husband suffers terrible bouts of depression. I am at my wits’ end as to what to say to him. It seems like everything I advise is the wrong thing and he doesn’t want to go to the GP because he says antidepressants don’t help […]
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All too often, society construes pregnancy and parenthood as a smooth ride. The typical image of new parents sees them shrouded in a bubble of universal happiness and baby bliss, and they’re expected to be okay – and coping – at all times. But that isn’t always the case. The changes that becoming a parent brings can be overwhelming, and […]
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a pill to treat postpartum depression, a condition believed to affect around half a million women in the country every year. The antidepressant drug, called zuranolone, is “the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults,” the FDA said in a statement. “Until now, […]
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Lively and historic Amsterdam’s forthcoming turn as host to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023 should go a long way toward righting at least one of the pandemic’s countless wrongs. The city was most recently on annual meeting’s rotation in 2020, but ultimately missed out in the year SARS-CoV-2 upended the world and forced the largest medical conferences […]
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Lively and historic Amsterdam’s forthcoming turn as host to the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023 should go a long way toward righting at least one of the pandemic’s countless wrongs. The city was most recently on annual meeting’s rotation in 2020, but ultimately missed out in the year SARS-CoV-2 upended the world and forced the largest medical conferences […]
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Aggressive marketing of OxyContin in the mid-1990s not only fueled the opioid crisis but also the spread of infectious diseases associated with injection drug use, a new analysis shows. The uptick in rates of infectious diseases, namely, hepatitis and infective endocarditis, occurred after 2010, when OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reformulated OxyContin to make it harder to crush and snort. This […]
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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: New ways to rescue a gut that’s bunged up… and they may just lower your risk of dementia too! What do Napoleon Bonaparte and Elvis Presley have in common? The surprising connection is they both suffered from chronic constipation. In the case of Bonaparte, it led to haemorrhoids (piles) so bad he couldn’t ride his horse to […]
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Some doctors need a trip to the gym or a run after a long shift. Others might have a drink. And some others prefer a bit…more. Each June in Boulder, Colorado, a unique subset of doctors gathers at the International Extreme Sports Medicine Congress for two days of learning. They examine the intricacies of treating patients who participate in extreme […]
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A sun-kissed summer evening, cool glass of wine, and one-on-one time with your daughter — what could be better? Reese Witherspoon is living it up on a date night with her 23-year-old daughter Ava, and the dreamy selfie will make you do a double take. The Hello Sunshine founder shared a new picture on Instagram with her mini-me daughter last […]
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Marathon Health this week announced that it has acquired the clinics of Cerner Workforce Health Solutions. With the deal, all care teams have been retained and Cerner Marathon clients will not experience any disruption to their service, the company said. WHY IT MATTERS Marathon Health is a value-based care organization offering employers onsite health centers that deliver a range of […]
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