Depression Blog

People with persistent smoking habit are at an increased risk of depression than those who never smoked. This fact sprang out from a study conducted by Finish researchers, in which they analyzed a database of 4000 males and 5,000 female twins whose...

A study found that nicotine may help to curb depression. But this does not mean that people should go for smoking or start using nicotine patches to curtail depression. The study reported that people who are non-smoker found to experience depression...

Smoking and depression can be linked to each other. An individual prefer smoking to get relief from depression and quitting it, become impossible as its adaptability by the brain for a long period of time. According to a new research, cigarette smoke...

Childhood depression may lead you to develop smoking habits in future. According to Dr. Solja Niemela of the University of Turku in Finland, one of the researchers, childhood depression may lead to the twenty per cent increased risk of being a...

According to a Finnish study, depressed kids are more likely to become smokers in adult age. The Finnish study is first of its kind to establish a link between childhood depression and adult smoking. The study was presented at the American Psychiatric...

The likelihood of suffering major depression seems to be increased among smokers -- especially those who smoke heavily. Study findings suggest this. Followed a population-based group of adults for 11 years, researchers in Norway found that those who...

Not only that heart disease can be depressing, but depression also affects the health of heart. About 50% of hospitalized heart patients are found to have some depressive symptoms, with up to 20% developing major depression. But, do you know patients...