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Psychiatrists and GPs increasingly combine mirtazapine with an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (serotonin-noradenaline reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant for patients whose depre..

(NEW YORK) November 1, 2018--Even as more and more American quit smoking cigarettes, individuals with serious psychological distress (SPD) are much less likely to extinguish...

Credit: Tabbitha Mosier, UA College of Medicine - Phoenix A University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix researcher has received a $393,493 grant from...

Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society "Healthy aging" sounds like a priority we all can share, but for geriatrics healthcare professionals--the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physicians...

Portland, Ore. (November 1, 2018)--The National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, has awarded $2.3 million in research grants and fellowships in 2018. This year's awards bring the...

WASHINGTON--Three Endocrine Society members have been appointed to the National Clinical Care Commission. The Commission will evaluate and provide recommendations on federal programs related to...

Credit: Duke Neurology A new form of therapy may halt or even reverse a form of progressive vision loss that, until now, has inevitably led...

Credit: Martin Monti/UCLA Successful aging can be the norm, says UCLA psychology professor Alan Castel in his new book, "Better with Age: The Psychology of...

New research led by Lijun Song, associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, and graduate student Phillip Pettis suggests that knowing people in high and...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Serotonin (3A) receptors are common drug targets in the treatment of pain, gastrointestinal dysfunctions, and mood disorders...

Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of matter and utility in nano-devices....

ITHACA, N.Y. - General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a single type of task. But...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most people would appreciate a chatbot that offers sympathetic or empathetic responses, according to a team of researchers, but they added...

Credit: UT Arlington Distributing information through quantum communication is an extremely secure method because it relies on the quantum nature of single photons, or fundamental...

Credit: Photo by Peter G. Ryan EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- By wings or maybe riding on debris, that's how a now-flightless and...