Major Depressive Disorder and Blood Testing
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A blood test for depression?
sciencedaily.com — “Blood tests have been extremely important tools aiding doctors in making medical diagnoses and in guiding the treatment of many diseases. However, psychiatry is one area of medicine where there are few diagnostic blood tests. Dutch researchers evaluated blood gene expression profiles in healthy individuals and patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, or MDD. They identified a set of seven genes in whole blood that was able to distinguish un-medicated MDD patients from healthy controls.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
Most Recently Shared on July 25, 2010 at 2:00 pm By:
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A Blood Test for Depression? http://bit.ly/aZF2Fq That would be so helpful!
A Blood Test for Depression - Technology Review
technologyreview.com — “A commercial test could let doctors easily screen for major depressive disorder.” View full resource at technologyreview.com
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A Blood Test for Depression - Technology Review
technologyreview.com — “A commercial test could let doctors easily screen for major depressive disorder.” View full resource at technologyreview.com
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A Blood Test for Depression - Technology Review
technologyreview.com — “A commercial test could let doctors easily screen for major depressive disorder.” View full resource at technologyreview.com
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A Blood Test for Depression - Technology Review
technologyreview.com — “A commercial test could let doctors easily screen for major depressive disorder.” View full resource at technologyreview.com
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A Blood Test for Depression? @TechReview http://bit.ly/j9DlUb Measures 10 biomarkers; pre-clinical #pm101
First blood test to diagnose major depression in teens
sciencedaily.com — “Scientists have developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective diagnosis by measuring a specific set of genetic markers found in a patient's blood. The test also is the first to identify subtypes of depression, raising hopes for individualized treatment. The current method of diagnosing depression is subjective.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Blood test to diagnose depression in adolescents
news-medical.net — “Researchers have developed a blood test that can diagnose depression in teens, a step they hope will lead to a better way to identify the disorder in young people. At present diagnosing depression depends entirely on a patient's willingness to report symptoms. For teens, the diagnosis is particularly challenging, given the natural emotional ups and downs of adolescence.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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A Blood Test For Depression? | Psych Central News
psychcentral.com — “Is it possible thata doctor could send your blood to a lab to check for depression? New research shows some hope that in the future,lab testingmight be” View full resource at psychcentral.com
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Depression May Someday be Diagnosed by a Simple Blood Test | Mental Health News
mentalhealthnews.org — “Depression may become more accurately diagnosed and treatable with DNA research revealing specific markers that are used to identify Major Depressive Disorder.” View full resource at mentalhealthnews.org
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Depression Diagnosed by a Blood Test? http://ow.ly/3I0fb
Blood test accurately distinguishes depressed patients from healthy controls
eurekalert.org — “The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. A team including Massachusetts General Hospital researchers reports that analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control participants without significant false-positive results.” View full resource at eurekalert.org
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Blood test accurately distinguishes depressed patients from healthy controls reports Molecular Psychiatry http://t.co/4gM6FwSy
Ridge Diagnostics, Inc. Clinical Data On Blood Test For Depression Presented At American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
medicalnewstoday.com — “Ridge Diagnostics, Inc., a neurodiagnostic company, announced that data from clinical studies for its first-in-class, proprietary blood test for Major Depressive Disorder(MDD), will be presented d” View full resource at medicalnewstoday.com
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Ridge Diagnostics, Inc. Clinical Data On Blood Test For Depression Presented At American Psychiatric Association.. http://tinyurl.com/qnppf6
Bipolar Disorder Tests | Healthline
healthline.com — “Read about how people are tested for Bipolar Disorder I, Bipolar Disorder II, Cyclothymic Disorder, Rapid-Cycling Disorder Disorder, Mania and Depression.” View full resource at healthline.com
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Psychiatry Medical News about Depressive Disorder, Major Gene Expression Profiling
mdlinx.com — “Stimulated gene expression profiles as a blood marker of major depressive disorder” View full resource at mdlinx.com
Most Recently Shared on June 15, 2010 at 8:35 am By:
Sandeep Pulim MD Doctor, Health Communicator, and Physician
Stimulated gene expression profiles as a blood marker of major depressive disorder: Biological Psychiatry http://bit.ly/cdbBHU #PSY
Euthymics is testing depression drug
boston.com — “Euthymics Bioscience Inc. said it has started an advanced clinical study of its lead product candidate EB-1010 for the treatment of major depressive disorder, MDD, and added that it recently raised another $4 million in Series A financing.” View full resource at boston.com
Most Recently Shared on March 14, 2011 at 4:38 pm By:
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Can Depression in Teens Be Diagnosed with a Blood Test? | Healthland | TIME.com
healthland.time.com — “Scientists are developing a test that could objectively diagnose depression in the most vulnerable” View full resource at healthland.time.com
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