Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern believe it may be possible to diagnose depression using a blood test. According to Eva Redei, a professor of psychiatry at the university ...

Imagine a routine blood draw at your annual physical that could warn you about depression before you ever feel it coming. That scenario is still years away from any doctor’s office, but a ...

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Blood tests that measure how certain immune cells age may help detect signs of depression linked to mood and thinking problems in people with and without HIV, improving early diagnosis and treatment.

Postpartum depression affects some one in eight women in the United States. It typically occurs in the first weeks after childbirth, after a sudden drop in levels of estrogen and progesterone.

Held annually during Mental Illness Awareness Week in October, National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) is comprised of awareness events that include an optional screening component. National ...

A simple hand squeeze test may offer surprising clues about a person’s mental health, according to a large new study ...

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A blood draw takes about five minutes. Analyzing what it reveals about how quickly your immune cells are aging could, according to a growing line of research, take far longer to appreciate. Scientists ...