Calico, Google's anti-aging subsidiary, has announced disappointing results from its first-ever drug trial. The experimental ...

found 21 common anti-depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of acute depression than dummy pills. But it also showed big differences in how effective each drug is. The authors of ...

Existing drugs for manic depression - such as loxapine ... drugs - one to bring them down from the mania and calm them, and anti- depressants as the manic episode wears off.

Our initial model will incorporate details from people with depression, and look at anti-depressants, but could then be expanded to predict responses to other drugs for other conditions as well.

Doctors have been accused of encouraging millions of people to become addicted to anti-depression drugs. Prescription drugs are destroying more lives than heroin and crack cocaine, according to ...

A nationwide recall of more than 233,000 bottles of duloxetine, an anti-depressant, has been announced by the Food and Drug Administration for possibly containing a chemical increasing the risk of ...

While antidepressant drugs are widely prescribed to treat depression and anxiety disorders, only one-third of drug-treated patients exhibit a beneficial therapeutic response. [1] Response and ...

Street-drug charities usually help those misusing ... Health and Care Excellence advises doctors to gradually reduce anti-depressant dosages over a four-week period. But, it adds, some patients ...

Doctors aren’t very good at “de-prescribing,” which is the critical art of knowing when a drug has served its purpose and can be safely stopped.

Studies which have investigated the efficacy of St John’s wort have shown mixed results about its effectiveness for treating symptoms of depression. But while this treatment is not currently ...