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Diabetes Drugs May Reduce Risk for Affective Disorders

Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012

Sulfonylureas and metformin may help to reduce the risk for depression.

Depression Found to Increase All-Cause Risk of Death in Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2012

For patients with type 2 diabetes, depression is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, regardless of previous cardiovascular disease....

Young Diabetes Patients Using Oral Antidiabetics and Insulin at Higher Risk of Depression

Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011

The risk of depression among patients with diabetes varies depending on age and type of diabetes according to new research.

Team-Based Approach Benefits Patients with Depression and Diabetes, Heart Disease

Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Many people have multiple common chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, complicating healthcare needs.

Circuit Regulating Anti-Diabetic Actions of Serotonin Uncovered by Researchers

Posted: Monday, November 22, 2010

New findings by researchers suggest that serotonin -- a brain chemical known to help regulate emotion, mood and sleep -- might also have anti-diabetic properties.

Severe Complications of Diabetes Higher in Patients with Major Depression

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Major depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke.

US Health-Risk Surveillance Results

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Results from January 2007 to December 2007 from the Behavioral Risk Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing telephone survey of US adults on health-risk behaviors and the use of preventative healthcare services related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, were reported last week.

Type 2 Diabetes and Major Depression Increase Risk for Significant CVD

Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

Adults with Type 2 diabetes who have major depression face a greater risk for life-altering microvascular and macrovascular complications regardless of their self-care habits or the degree to which their disease is controlled, according to a study.

Depression Increases Mortality for Diabetes Patients

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Patients with diabetes and coexisting depression face substantially elevated mortality risks beyond cardiovascular deaths.

Low Fat Intake Sweetens Dieters' Mood

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Restricting fat rather than carbohydrate intake may make dieting easier on the mood, researchers found.