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If older depressed adults are treated with an antidepressant, the medication is less likely to benef...

The percentage of girls who experienced a major depressive episode in the preceding year tripled bet...

Results from a phase 3 clinical trial of a once-promising new medication to treat Alzheimer's diseas...

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Skin cells taken from patients with Alzheimer's disease can be reprogrammed into brain cells with th...

In a large prospective study of some 46,000 women in which levels of antibodies to the parasite Toxo...

A gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest opened fire in a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colo., during...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of the industrial chemical bisphenol ...