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Nowadays many people lives alone by choice. Yes, they prefer to be alone rather than having others to accompany them at home. Although it is their right to do so, they should know that based on a recent research done by scientists, it is known that people who choose to live alone have an 80 percent higher risk of experiencing depression when compared to those who lives other people.

For people to know depression, they usually can look at the symptoms that appears, but other techniques can also be used to detect depression. One way is by using blood test to detect depression. (more…)

Stress caused by heavy workloads and pressure from various parties may lead to depression in a person. As a result one would feel sadness, often feel fatigue, loss of spirit of life and sleep patterns are disturbed.

You should know when you are depressed. There are many ways to detect depression, on of which is by doing a blood test to detect depression.

There are many kinds of drugs to treat depression, but all kinds of drugs have dangerous side effects if taken in the long run. Overcoming depression can be done in a more healthy way, for example by increasing nutrients to the brain. (more…)

Blood tests had become a tool to help physicians diagnose disease and its treatment. Previously it was even known that blood test can predict risks of Alzheimer’s disease. Now blood tests also helps psychiatrist find mental health disorders and to make choices in treatment.

Dutch scientists examined the variation in the gene (DNA) to examine healthy individuals and patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). From the result, researchers can identify the difference in a set of seven whole blood genes of depressed patients with healthy controls. (more…)

Nowadays depression is increasingly getting familiarly felt by the modern society, including in men, which many people say are more powerful mentally than women. Well, we can actually know when men are depressed, here are some signs of depression experienced by men, according to Health.

1. Experience a series of physical and emotional changes. They feel exhausted, slowed physical movements, such as speaking and thinking. (more…)

Television becomes a powerful weapon to get rid of boredom. But, do not ever make watching television as a daily routine. The reason, according to a study conducted by Harvard University recently said that watching television too often can increase the risk of depression.

The researchers found that inactivity can cause a variety of emotional and physical symptoms. Meanwhile, exercise has a positive impact in improving self-confidence, and the levels of endorphins. (more…)