Depression

As a result of living with obstructive sleep apnea, many patients report fatigue, lost work productivity and limits on daily activities, according to survey findings provided by Apnimed.

A cancer diagnosis may lead to higher risk for psychological or cardiovascular illnesses among a patient’s family members, according to retrospective study results.

People who are not married may be over 80% more likely to have depressive symptoms compared with their married peers, according to a multinational analysis published in Nature Human Behavior.

Pregnant women with mild asthma experienced few extrapulmonary treatable traits, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

ORLANDO — A first-ever clinical practice guideline from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine outlines practical recommendations for lifestyle interventions as first-line therapy for people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Persis Commissariat, PhD, CDCES, and Amit Shapira, PhD, about how to manage emotional and mental health issues in persons living with diabetes.

BOSTON — Poor allergic rhinitis control was associated with an increase of depressive and anxiety symptoms, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

People with head and neck cancer experience depression twice as often as those with other types of cancer, according to results of a retrospective study.

BOSTON — Having pulmonary arterial hypertension plus a mental health comorbidity did not result in differing treatments or outcomes from those without this comorbidity, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Adolescent mothers with pre-pregnancy depression were at higher risk for e-cigarette and cigarette use during late pregnancy vs. those without pre-pregnancy depression, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.