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I thought I was just depressed… but doctors diagnosed me with the world’s deadliest disease

I thought I was just depressed… but doctors diagnosed me with the world’s deadliest disease

A woman suffering from crippling depression and anxiety was found to have the world’s deadliest disease ravaging her entire body. The 43-year-old from Massachusetts was admitted to the psychiatric ward at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital with severe depression and plans to commit suicide by overdosing on medication. She had several severe stressors in her life, including bipolar disorder, domestic violence, …

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Men Born in the Summer Are More Likely to Be Depressed, Study Finds

Men Born in the Summer Are More Likely to Be Depressed, Study Finds

There really might be something to the idea of summertime sadness, at least for boys. A study finds that men born in the summer are more vulnerable to developing depression than men born at other times of the year. Researchers at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada, conducted the study, an international survey of adults. They found that …

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