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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People who take the weight-loss drug rimonabant may face heightened risks for severe depression and anxiety, Danish researchers report.

Is working in a hospital or doctor's office a prescription for passion?

Jane Ross, a 42-year-old Boston area gym buff, is honest about it: When exercising, she sometimes grunts.

When married couples lose their cool with one another, it may take a toll on their hearts, too, researchers have found.

(HealthDay News) - A certain amount of stress is natural and unavoidable, but too much can be debilitating.

Neither positive nor negative emotional states predict how long a person with cancer will survive, a new study finds.

Ever get a little testy after a bad night's sleep? Scientists may now know why.

Researchers have identified molecular mechanisms in the brain that may explain why some people are less vulnerable to the stress caused by difficult situations.

Doctors have little quality evidence to rely on when deciding how best to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in returning U.S. veterans, a new government-sponsored review of the data concludes.

About one in every five people who were candidates for bariatric weight-loss surgery did not receive the recommended psychiatric clearance for the procedure, a U.S. study shows.

Antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which include Celexa, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft, can double the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, and the threat is more than six times higher if patients take aspirin and similar pain medications at the same time as SSRIs, a new study finds.

(HealthDay News) - People with Alzheimer's disease sometimes suffer from depression, often when they begin to understand their loss of memory.

(HealthDay News) - People with Alzheimer's disease sometimes suffer from depression, often when they begin to understand their loss of memory.

Along with taboo topics such as politics and religion, many Americans are reluctant to discuss managing a chronic illness with family or friends, according to a new survey of more than 1,000 adults.

Meditating for just 20 minutes a day for five days helped to increase energy and decrease anxiety and stress, as measured by levels of stress hormones, a small study found.

Parental action can alter a preschoolers' biological response to stress, lowering the chance that even a high-risk child will become a juvenile delinquent, U.S. researchers report.

Chronic on-the-job stress doubles the risk that someone who has had a heart attack will have another major coronary event, a Canadian study finds.

Parental action can alter a preschoolers' biological response to stress, lowering the chance that even a high-risk child will become a juvenile delinquent, U.S. researchers report.

Clashing with those you're closest to can literally bring on a heap of heartache.

If your mood, energy level, and motivation decline in November but bounce back to normal in April, you may have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), one expert says.