Daily Archives: December 30, 2024

Shining a Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder

Overview Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons — seasonal affective disorder (SAD) begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you’re like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you…

Flu Vaccine Effectively Prevents Serious Conditions in Children

According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, the flu vaccine effectively prevents severe illness in children. Researcher Kelsey Sumner, from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta), and her colleagues conducted a case-control study to examine vaccine efficacy (VE) in children with severe disease, using data from medical centers across eight…