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Depression
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Treating depression before surgery helped older patients, almost entirely in the cancer group
Depression and anxiety are common before major surgery in later life and rarely addressed. Randomizing 306 patients over 60 found a benefit that was not spread evenly across operations.
Sep 16, 2026
Ketamine beat a sedative comparison by 7 points in bipolar depression that had resisted two treatments
Ketamine's antidepressant effect is established in ordinary depression and largely untested in bipolar disorder, where the fear is tipping someone into mania. A trial of 68 patients looked for both.
Sep 8, 2026
People with a common cause of brain bleeds had 16 times the odds of possible depression
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is known for strokes and cognitive decline. Comparing 85 patients against 83 controls found a mood signal so large it reframes what the condition does.
Sep 7, 2026
Three additive types tracked about 45% more depression; five others tracked nothing
Ultra-processed food is usually condemned or defended as one block. Following 171,818 UK adults for a decade, only three of ten additive categories tracked depression, and they did so in proportion to how much was eaten.
Sep 2, 2026