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depression

[dih-presh-uhn] / dɪˈprɛʃ ən /




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Although the findings do not establish that blueberries can relieve depression, they offer preliminary clues about a possible connection between blueberry consumption, the gut microbiome, and mental health.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Postnatal depression: 'I felt like my brain was shutting down'

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

A major battle in northern Ukraine helped distract him from a deepening depression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"That gap matters, because changes in brain lipids are increasingly linked to conditions from depression to Alzheimer's disease."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Men were hauled off to the battlefront and Europe plunged into a depression.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

She sees a nation that has endured wars, depressions and cultural upheavals, and she wonders what inner resources we must cultivate to endure what comes next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

He added: “I know I could not have been so calm through depressions, inflations, banking and currency crises, wars and political disruptions.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

In 2019, the country suffered one of the worst economic depressions recorded in modern times, which pushed millions into poverty.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

At the graveyard, a few depressions, but otherwise the ground was filled with pine boughs the snow had brought down.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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