There’s no clear link between caffeine intake and depression. However, caffeine intake and depression may be linked indirectly for people who are particularly sensitive to the effects of caffeine or ...

Depression continues to grip roughly 332 million people worldwide, according to World Health Organization estimates. While standard antidepressant medications offer relief for many, nearly half of ...

WASHINGTON -- Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and less likely to volunteer ...

Caffeine is a stimulant found in food and beverages like coffee. Drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee gives you a boost of energy that can lift you out of a bad mood. It’s one reason why we consume ...

Energy drinks could pose a risk to young brains, according to new research. Those who consumed energy drinks — which are intended to boost energy through the use of caffeine or other stimulants — were ...

As a stimulant, caffeine and caffeinated drinks hold promise to help people fight off the natural slow down that descends ...

Perhaps the most intriguing implication of recent breakthrough research lies in an unexpected connection: the most rigorous mechanistic dissection of rapid antidepressant action identifies adenosine ...

A recent study from the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that drinking four to six cups of caffeinated coffee a day could cut the risk of depression in women by 20 percent. But why, exactly? We ...

Ready to ditch caffeine-loaded drinks? Here’s why these low-caf or decaf picks can give you an energy boost sans the jitters if you have an anxiety disorder. A few factors are at play here, says the ...

WASHINGTON -- Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and less likely to volunteer ...