A landmark, multi-year observational study will profile thousands of people using clinical and patient-reported data.

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Your family health history can help doctors spot medical risks early and shape a more personalized path for your care.

A new PLOS Genetics study shows that specific immune markers, particularly interleukin-6 rather than C-reactive protein, ...

Children experiencing more depressive symptoms may begin to look at emotional faces differently over time. In a two-year study of 242 children ages 8 to 14, researchers found that those shifts ...

A review of 59 studies involving more than 2 million people found different links between coffee, sugary drinks and ...

In optogenetics, scientists control neurones by stimulating them with light – potentially unlocking breakthroughs for conditions such as dementia, depression ...

Children whose mothers had depression around pregnancy were more likely to have special education needs, a new study reported ...

Instead of viewing [depression] solely as a "weakness of heart," I will introduce a book that explores it from the research ...

On mornings when you can't get out of bed, don't you think somewhere deep down that the reason you're struggling is because you aren't trying hard enough???I am one of those people.And what's more, I ...

Feeling constantly on edge. Waking up exhausted no matter how long you slept. Losing interest in things that used to matter. These symptoms don’t always sort neatly into one diagnosis, and for many ...

‘Prenatal exposure to maternal depression and antidepressants and neurodevelopmental outcomes: A population cohort study’ by Saraid McIlvride et al. was published in PLOS Medicine at 19:00 UK time on ...