A new study is the largest to date on treating depression in adults. Researchers looked at decades of data comparing 21 common antidepressants. The findings, published in the journal The Lancet, showed all the drugs are more effective than taking placebo to treat depression short-term. The antidepressants effectiveness ranged from small to moderate.
Pregnant women with high blood pressure can safely monitor it at home instead of going to the doctor. British researchers taught more than 100 women how to take their blood pressure at home. A second group was monitored in a clinic. Researchers found no negative outcomes for mothers who did home monitoring or their babies.
New research found potentially dangerous levels of metals leak from some e-cigarettes heating coils into aerosols users inhale. Scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said that’s concerning because chronically inhaling metals like lead and chromium has been linked to lung and liver damage as well as cancer.
Sources:
1 – The Lancet
2 – Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
3 – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
