Working 11+ hours a day can take a toll on your mind as well as your body. In addition to feeling tired and stressed, you also may be more likely to suffer a “major depressive episode.” A recent study found that those who consistently worked more than 11 hours per day were almost two...
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Consistent Long Overtime Hours Linked to Depression
Christians 75% Less likely to Be Depressed
A 20-year study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that Christian adults (both Catholics and Protestants) “had about one-fourth the risk of experiencing major depression between years 10 and 20 compared with other participants.” The actual denomination did not have a significant impact on the reduction of the risk of depression. Those...
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Vitamin D Increases Your Life
Vitamin D provides many benefits, from reducing headaches to lowering cancer risk. A lack of vitamin D increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, many cancers, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, dementia and depression. It is no surprise that a recent study found that sufficient vitamin D reduces “all-cause mortality among adults. The importance of proper...
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Cardiovascular Disease Can Cause Depression for Women
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is commonly caused by weight gain and obesity. One type of CVD is coronary artery calcification, or calcium on the arteries of the heart. New research has found that depression is associated with the progression of coronary artery calcification in midlife women. Another reason why staying in shape makes you happier....
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Bottle Feeding May Contribute to Obesity
Experts are discovering that obesity can begin even before children enter elementary school. A recent study found that bottle feeding can actually contribute to obesity in children. According to the study “the prevalence of obesity at 5.5 years was 22.9% in children who at 24 months were using a bottle and was 16.1% in...
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Antidepressants May Not Treat Depression
While all drugs have side effects, not all drugs actually treat what they are prescribed for. A review of research regarding the effectiveness of antidepressants discovered that of seven studies, “two individual studies found antidepressants to be more effective than placebo, but five others did not.” Researchers concluded that “the efficacy of antidepressants in...
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High Mobile Phone Use Can Cause Depression
While there are many theories of possible negative effects of mobile phone use, much of the actual data is still not available. This most recent study found that “high mobile phone use was associated with sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression for the men and symptoms of depression for the women.” Read Abstract
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Secondhand Smoke Threatens Children’s Mental Health
A new study of children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 was conducted to measure the serum cotinine level associated with secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmokers. The researchers found that “serum cotinine level was positively associated with symptoms of DSM-IV major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and conduct disorder.” Read Abstract
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Vitamin D = Help Seniors Shake the Blues
Depression is an all to common condition for many seniors. This study finds that vitamin D deficiency in adults 65 years and older is associated with “depressive symptoms.” This is particularly important as “vitamin D deficiency is common in older people.” Read Abstract
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Breast-Feeding for Less Than 1 Month Increases Mother’s Risk of Diabetes
Mothers who do not breast-feed at all are almost twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those mothers who breast-feed their babies for at least one month. While studies have already shown that breast-feeding reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and postpartum depression, this study clearly defines...
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