Chronic headache raises depression risk in women

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic headaches, particularly migraines and those that are disabling, in conjunction with severe somatic symptoms –physical symptoms of a psychological origin rather than a physical source — greatly increase the risk of major depressive disorder in women, according to a report in the medical journal Neurology.
“The literature on chronic headaches [...]

Drug linked to rise in brain hemorrhages

One of the basic laws of physics holds: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
That principle, it seems, applies to some aspects of medicine as well.
Research shows that routine use of the anti-clotting drug warfarin in people suffering from atrial fibrillation (a rapid, irregular heartbeat) has dramatically reduced the number of strokes [...]