Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

Sera Laney had dealt with anxiety for as long as she could remember, but by her sophomore year in college, amid mounting pressure, that baseline anxiety skyrocketed. Since she was already taking ...

A placebo-controlled trial showed that use of the antidepressant mirtazapine in routine clinical practice reduced methamphetamine use in adults with methamphetamine use disorder. There were no ...

A new study is dampening some of the hype surrounding psychedelic therapy. It found that drugs like LSD and psilocybin are only as good as — but no better than — antidepressants when it comes to ...

Following the March 2026 update for Google Pixel Watch devices, a number of users are reporting that their SpO2 (blood oxygen) and skin temperature readings have vanished from the Fitbit app. The ...

Using a standard dose of antidepressants during pregnancy appears to be safe for the baby, suggests new research from the University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital. Persistently high doses, ...

Over the last few years, evidence has piled up that psychedelic drugs can provide relatively rapid relief from the symptoms of clinical depression. The drugs seemingly work by boosting the brain’s ...

It’s become common to talk about and SSRIs (short for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressants) the way people talk about supplements: a passing mention, a joke in a group ...

Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant mothers, experts say. By Christina Caron New research suggests that when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who stopped prenatal antidepressant use faced a nearly twofold risk for mental health emergencies. The ...

Pregnant patients who stopped taking their antidepressant medication during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to experience a mental health emergency compared with pregnant patients who continued ...

Researchers say exercise may be just as beneficial as medication, but caution that more studies are needed Getty Exercise may be as beneficial as medication to treat depression New research looked at ...