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Diabetes Emergencies: How You Can Help

People with diabetes can run into trouble if their levels of blood sugar and insulin are out of balance. Some people don't know when their blood su...

Diabetes Care Team

Because your primary care doctor is your main source of care, they will most likely head up your diabetes care team. An endocrinologist is a doctor...

Diabetes Complications: what You Can Do

Diabetes can affect blood vessels in your kidneys, too, so they may not work as well. High blood sugar can harm blood flow and damage nerves, and t...

What to Do When Depression and Anxiety Mix

Depression and anxiety are like flip sides of the same coin, says therapist Nancy B. 'Being depressed often makes us anxious, and anxiety often mak...

Postpartum Depression

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a complex mix of physical, emotional, and behavioral changes that happen in some women after giving birth. About 1 o...

Depression Medicines

Someone may have a serious medical problem, such as heart disease or liver or kidney disease, that could make some antidepressants unsafe. Working ...

Interpersonal Therapy for Depression

Instead the therapist works collaboratively with the patient, either individually or in a group, to identify and then address one or two significan...

Types of Depression

It's normal to feel down once in a while, but if you're sad most of the time and it affects your daily life, you may have clinical depression. You'...

Depression Diagnosis

To effectively diagnose and treat depression, the doctor must hear about specific symptoms of depression. Observable or behavioral symptoms of clin...

Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treat Depression?

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a common type of talk therapy that for some people can work as well or better than medication to treat dep...

Stress and Depression

But the reasons stress contributes to depression are less obvious. “We think the social isolation, the disruption in normal activities, and the gen...

Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Depression Treatments

ECT is one of the fastest ways to relieve symptoms in severely depressed or suicidal patients. ECT is generally used when severe depression is unre...