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The teenage years are a time of emotional highs and lows. So how do you distinguish normal teenage mood swings and rebellion from actual depression? The September 2008 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter highlights some ways to tell.
Although depression can occur at any age, it affects teens more than younger children. Depressive symptoms may start appearing around age 13, and often peaks between 16 Click here to read more.. »

METABOLISM: Keeping food consumption under control, a new role for the protein PrP
Tatsushi Onaka and colleagues, at Jichi Medical University, Japan, have provided new insight into the network of signals that emanate from the gut and the brainstem of rodents to regulate food intake.
In the study, neurons in the region of the rat brainstem known as the nucleus tractus solitarii that express the protein prolactin-releasing Click here to read more.. »