(HealthDay News) — People with multiple sclerosis may have a lower overall risk of developing cancer, Swedish researchers report.
The study, which tracked the medical records of more than 20,000 MS patients for 35 years, “found that they had some 10 percent decreased overall cancer risk compared with those without the disease,” said lead researcher Dr. Shahram Bahmanyar, from the Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
A new study published in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry suggests that a simple blood test can predict whether a woman is likely to develop postpartum depression (PPD).
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, analyzed blood samples from 100 pregnant women during weeks 15, 19, 25, 31, and 37 of their pregnancies, and tested the levels of a hormone, placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH), found in the placenta. The women were also screened for depression during the last four visits, and then again postpartum. Sixteen of the 100 women in the study developed postpartum depression symptoms. In those sixteen women, the level of pCRH found at week 25 of the pregnancy was high.
As I said in a previous SharePost , there are other ways to treat mild to moderate Seasonal Affective Disorder besides light therapy. They include exercise, cognitive therapy and increased exposure to natural light. However, if those measures don’t alleviate your SAD, you probably want to look into light therapy. Since it should be conducted under the direction of your doctor, I’m just going to explore it here in general.
If you’re involved with someone who’s depressed, you’ve probably seen quite a few lists (including some that I’ve written) that tell you how to be supportive of your partner. And yes, these are a great idea, as the person who is depressed is in hell, plain and simple. However, you have to think about yourself too. Having a partner who’s depressed can be frustrating and lonely. The person you look to for emotional support is, to a great extent, not there anymore.
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As I’ve said before, I’ve been on both sides of the depression fence. I’ve suffered from clinical depression for almost forty years, although thankfully it’s been treated successfully for the last twenty. And although I haven’t had any family members with depression, I have had friends who were depressed and have been in relationships with men who have depression.
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