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Boost your mood by going to the source: brain chemicals

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Brain chemistry can be affected by diet, exercise, stress management, sleep, probiotics and medication
By Bobbe Taber, For BE Healthy magazine
Good days. Bad days. We all have them. What if we could choose to have more good days?
Dr. Joyce Frye, of the Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Maryland, says depression can be a [...]

Depression and The Recession: Cymbalta Sales Are on the Rise

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

During a downturn, we tend to seek the “bright spots” — sectors or products that are doing well when all the rest are struggling. For example, there were plenty of reports over the past year about retail items — lipstick, chocolate, and macaroni and cheese — that were bucking downward trends and selling well during [...]

Effective Treatments Available for Anxiety Disorder

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

When worries pile up, seem inescapable and interfere with day-to-day activities, it’s time to see a doctor. Overwhelming worry is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers the symptoms of GAD and treatment options.
With generalized anxiety disorder, shedding worries is difficult, even when the worry is [...]

Stopping medicine suddenly can lead to withdrawal

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Source: People’s Pharmacy
Starting a new medicine is easy. Stopping can be hell.
Mention the word “withdrawal” and images of dope addicts or alcoholics come to mind: a junkie trying to kick a heroin habit or a wino going through the hallucinations and shakes of delirium tremens.
But a surprising number of upstanding citizens who have done nothing [...]

Depression often linked with pain

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Like the famous question, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” both depression and pain can be the other’s cause or effect. While depression can generate and amplify pain due to an imbalance in neurotransmitters, extended pain, in turn, can cause a person to become depressed.
Over 75 percent of patients with depression complain [...]

Popular Antidepressants: How They Stack Up

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Researchers Rank 12 Common Antidepressants on Efficacy, Acceptability
To rate the 12 antidepressants studied, researchers used two separate measures. The first was efficacy — or how likely patients were to experience the desired effects of the drug. The second was acceptability — the likelihood that a patient would continue using a drug for the duration of [...]

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications
Source:  dddnews.com
Approximately 121 million people are affected by depression worldwide, which causes the illness to be the leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
“In my experience as a practicing psychiatrist, I’ve seen that many people with depression don’t realize that they have the condition or that it’s [...]