Lack of a single molecule may indicate severe and treatment-resistant depression

Health Problems

People with depression have low blood levels of a substance called acetyl-L-carnitine, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine scientist and her collaborators in a multicenter study. Naturally produced in the body, acetyl-L-carnitine is also widely available in drugstores, supermarkets and health food catalogs as a nutritional supplement. People with severe or treatment-resistant depression, or whose bouts of depression […]

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Gestational diabetes may indicate future subclinical renal issues

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(HealthDay)—Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may be an early indicator of subsequent subclinical renal dysfunction, according to a study published online May 4 in Diabetes Care. Shristi Rawal, Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues used data from the Diabetes & Women’s Health study (2012 to 2016) to examine the independent and joint associations of GDM […]

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