Monday, May 09, 2005

Study: Treat Depression, Pain Separately WebMD story - "Depression often accompanies chronic pain, but the two conditions may best be treated separately, a study in May's Arthritis & Rheumatism shows. The study centered on people with fibromyalgia -- a syndrome characterized by a history of chronic, widespread pain and tenderness to touch. Many of these patients also may suffer from depression."  
  

Depression gene may weaken mood-regulating circuit Medical News Today story - "A brain scan study suggests that a suspect gene may increase susceptibility to anxiety and depression by weakening a circuit for processing negative emotion. People with the depression-linked gene variant showed less gray matter and weaker connections in the mood-regulating circuit. How well the circuit was connected accounted for nearly 30 percent of their anxious temperament, researchers at the National Institute of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found..."