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Hearing Aids Improve Some Aspects of Socio-Emotional Well‑being — But Not All: Insights from the WHAM Longitudinal Study

By MedXY 11/04/2025

The WHAM longitudinal study finds modest psychosocial benefits from hearing‑aid uptake—reduced depression in people without tinnitus and lower loneliness in older adults—while showing limited mediation by self-perceived hearing disability and minimal effects of use duration or daily wearing hours.

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Assessing Nearly Five Years of Real-World Safety Data on Esketamine Nasal Spray in the United States

By MedXY 10/30/2025

A comprehensive evaluation of nearly five years of esketamine nasal spray use confirms its safety profile consistent with clinical trials, with no new safety signals detected in over 1.4 million treatment sessions.

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Gamified mHealth Strategies Boost Treatment Adherence and Outcomes in Late-Life Depression

By MedXY 10/27/2025

Implementing gamification in mobile health psychotherapy markedly improves adherence and reduces depressive symptoms among older adults, offering a promising avenue to address mental health care needs in aging populations.

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Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Road Traffic Noise: Associations with Antidepressant Medication Dispensing in Swedish Adults

By MedXY 10/23/2025

This review synthesizes evidence linking long-term air pollution and road traffic noise exposure with antidepressant medication dispensing, highlighting sex-specific associations and implications for mental health prevention strategies.

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Long-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Mental Health Disparities: Insights from the All of Us Research Program

By MedXY 10/22/2025

This prospective study reveals that prolonged exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) significantly elevates risks of depression and anxiety, disproportionately affecting Black populations due to systemic inequities. Findings call for targeted environmental and public health interventions.

OB/GYN & Women's Health Psychiatry Specialties

Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Depression: Unveiling the Bidirectional Link

By MedXY 10/18/2025

This comprehensive review examines the recent Finnish study highlighting the complex relationship between hyperemesis gravidarum and depression, emphasizing clinical implications for integrated mental health screening during reproductive care.

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Decoding the Optimal Aerobic Exercise Dose for Alleviating Depression in Youth: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/12/2025

Aerobic exercise significantly alleviates depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, especially in diagnosed adolescents, with 590 METs-min/week at moderate intensity identified as the optimal dose.

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Coenzyme Q10 in Depression and Anxiety: Evaluating Therapeutic Potential Through Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/12/2025

This meta-analysis examines Coenzyme Q10 supplementation's impact on depression and anxiety, revealing modest benefits for depression at low doses and short durations but insufficient evidence for anxiety improvement.

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Add-on Probiotics for Inflammatory Depression: Insights from a Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

By MedXY 09/17/2025

This study evaluated the antidepressant effects of a Lactobacillus probiotic in overweight depressed patients with systemic low-grade inflammation, revealing no overall benefit but highlighting fecal formic acid as a potential biomarker for treatment response.

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Harnessing AI: LLM-Based Conversational Agents Reduce Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adults in Short Video App Trial

By MedXY 09/14/2025

A 28-day RCT demonstrates that a conversational AI trained on a large language model effectively reduces mild depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults through dialog interventions integrated in short video apps.

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Inflammatory Exposure Amplifies Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Insomnia: Insights from a Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 09/11/2025

A randomized clinical trial reveals older adults with insomnia have heightened depressive responses to inflammatory challenge, underscoring the need for targeted depression monitoring and prevention strategies in this vulnerable population.

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Pro-Inflammatory Diets Elevate Risk of Depression and Anxiety: Insights from a Large UK Biobank Study

By MedXY 09/07/2025

A prospective UK Biobank study reveals that diets with higher pro-inflammatory potential, as measured by the Dietary Inflammatory Index, are significantly associated with increased risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms and disorders over 14 years.

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Risk of New-Onset and Recurrent Depression and Anxiety Among Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa

By MedXY 09/03/2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa face a higher risk of first-time depression and anxiety, regardless of disease severity, highlighting the need for comprehensive psychiatric care.

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Elevated Risk of Depression and Anxiety in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Implications Beyond Disease Severity

By MedXY 09/03/2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa face a significantly increased risk of new-onset depression and anxiety, independent of disease severity, highlighting the need for universal psychiatric assessment in this population.

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The Powerful Benefits of Going to Bed Earlier: Weight, Mood, and Heart Health

By MedXY 09/03/2025

Shifting your bedtime earlier by just one hour can aid weight management, reduce depression risk, and protect your heart, according to recent scientific findings.

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Reducing TV Time and Boosting Physical Activity: A Key Strategy to Prevent Depression in Middle-Aged Adults

By MedXY 09/02/2025

A large Dutch cohort study reveals that substituting TV-watching time with physical activities or sleep significantly lowers major depression risk, especially in middle-aged adults, highlighting the mental health benefits of an active lifestyle.

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Unraveling the Link Between Gastrointestinal Disorders and Sleep Problems: The Role of Depression

By MedXY 08/31/2025

This article explores how gastrointestinal diseases are linked to sleep disturbances, highlighting depression as a partial mediator and emphasizing the importance of addressing both gut and psychological health to improve sleep quality.

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Enhancing Depression Care in College Students: AI Chatbots with Social Cues Show Superior Effectiveness

By MedXY 08/27/2025

A 16-week randomized trial demonstrates that AI chatbots with high-social-cue design significantly reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in college students compared to text-only chatbots, improving adherence, satisfaction, and therapeutic alliance.

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Exploring Over-the-Counter Herbal and Nutritional Products for Adult Depression: A Comprehensive Evidence Landscape

By MedXY 08/18/2025

A scoping review of 209 trials reveals a concentrated evidence base for omega-3s, St John’s Wort, saffron, probiotics, and vitamin D in treating adult depression, highlights promising but under-researched herbal and supplement candidates, and underscores the need for improved safety reporting and integrative therapy evaluations.

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Irregular Sleep Patterns: Unveiling Hidden Health Risks Across Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Mental Domains

By MedXY 08/08/2025

Recent studies link irregular sleep to higher risks of type 2 diabetes, cardiometabolic diseases, all-cause mortality, and depression. Consistent sleep timing may offer crucial protection against these adverse outcomes.