Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a very effective treatment for depression; it is usually undertaken after several medication trials have failed or when a patient is severely suicidal.

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Among U.S. adults aged 18-29, the impact on mental health was even more severe. Rates of anxiety and depression increased to 65 percent and 61 percent, respectively, of the respondents in that age ...

Surgical oncologist Hanh-Tam Tran explains the importance of lymph node surgery and how axillary sampling is evolving in the breast cancer setting for patients aged 70 years and over.

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