Published June 26, 2018

Medicare patients might be having far more invasive surgical procedures than necessary. Study shows that doctors are recommending these surgeries for Medicare patients far more than those in the general population.

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Published June 23, 2018

Researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland reviewed data from 8,911 heart attack patients who had been discharged from hospitals between March 2005 and August 2016. They found that 565 patients (6.3%) had received antidepressants at discharge. The researchers compared the patients who received these drugs with those who didn’t and found that the two groups had similar rates of stroke and repeat heart attacks, but those who had been prescribed the antidepressants were much less likely to survive the incident.

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Published June 21, 2018

New study shows that people suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) have reduced arginine levels. This produces low nitric oxide levels, which may be an underlying cause of MDD.

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