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Depression
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St Johns wort: uses, evidence, dosing and safety
The one herbal with real antidepressant evidence, and the one with the most dangerous interaction profile. It can make prescription medicines stop working, including contraceptives and transplant drugs.
Aug 5, 2026
Swinging mood predicted dementia better than low mood
Following 11,951 older adults for up to 19 years, researchers found that fluctuating depressive symptoms predicted later cognitive impairment better than how depressed someone was at any single visit.
Aug 4, 2026
Thinking your smell has faded tracked depression best
Pooling 187,056 people across 23 studies, researchers in JAMA Otolaryngology found that people who felt their sense of smell had declined were more likely to be depressed, while measured smell loss showed a weaker and less stable link.
Aug 3, 2026
Likes drove more posting in people with depression
Analysing 17 million posts from 7,736 Twitter users, researchers in JAMA Psychiatry found people with depression were more strongly reinforced by likes, the opposite of what laboratory reward tests usually show.
Aug 3, 2026