Exercise may be just as good at treating depression as psychological therapies and possibly even antidepressants, a study suggests. A review of 73 studies from researchers at the University of ...

Before giving birth to her second child, Heidi DiLorenzo was anxious. She worried about her blood pressure, and the preeclampsia that prompted her to be hospitalized twice during the pregnancy. She ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The birth of a child comes with a swirl of positive emotions: awe, joy, relief. And yet, ...

Tony Butler receives funding from National Health & Medical Research Council. Lee Knight has been involved in projects funded by the NHMRC and government grants, and is board director for Australian ...

Public Citizen is pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen the pregnancy warnings on widely used serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) antidepressants, arguing that current drug ...

Sertraline (Zoloft) may relieve emotional symptoms of depression and anxiety within two weeks, while physical side effects stabilize later. The research highlights how antidepressants can act on ...

When Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” debuted at Cannes last May, critics raved about Jennifer Lawrence’s performance as Grace, a young mother slowly descending into the madness of postpartum depression.

One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, contributes to a modest improvement in core depression and anxiety symptoms, including low mood, within two weeks, finds a new analysis of a major ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I just discontinued using metoprolol succinate extended release (ER) at a dosage of 6.25 mg. My heart rate is normally in the 70-80s, and my blood pressure is normal. My doctor ...

A new study compared the effects of 30 drugs on cholesterol, blood pressure and weight gain. By Chloe W. Shakin A new large-scale analysis found that the short-term cardiovascular and metabolic side ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a class of antidepressants that increase the amount of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. SSRIs like Lexapro, Zoloft and Prozac are the most ...