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01/29/2019 / By Michelle Simmons

Neurologists encourage a social lifestyle to help fight dementia: Go out with friends, sing, challenge your brain

Neurologists suggest that going out with friends, singing, and performing brain-challenging activities can help prevent dementia, as reported by The Daily Mail. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 15 percent of adults aged 60 and above suffer from a mental disorder. Lifestyle choices such as diet, exercise, and sleep largely influence dementia and […]

01/22/2019 / By Michelle Simmons

Mothers can reduce their risk of postpartum depression with saffron

Mothers typically experience postpartum depression after giving birth. However, this condition is often treated with the use of antidepressant drugs, which come with potentially harmful side effects. Fortunately, researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Kashan University of Medical Sciences in Iran discovered the antidepressant potential of saffron. In their study, published in the […]

01/11/2019 / By Michelle Simmons

Dreamless sleep actually contributes to illness, according to sleep expert

According to a recently published comprehensive review of data, dreamless sleep can contribute to illness, as reported on Science Daily. Rubin Naiman, a sleep and dream specialist at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, examined data regarding the causes and extent of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dream loss related to medications, substance use […]

01/07/2019 / By Michelle Simmons

Is this why people on social media are so angry? Human relationships have lost their “touch”

In this technological age we live in, we have become too invested in social media that our physical interactions with other people have lessened. Even a slow, soft touch reduces the feeling of being socially excluded, according to a new study reported by the Science Daily. “As our social world is becoming increasingly visual and […]

01/05/2019 / By Michelle Simmons

Junk food causes nutrition deficiency: Soda and fast food cripple brain development, according to new study

A special issue of the journal Birth Defects Research: The Teenage Brain has concluded that the excessive consumption of junk food and energy drinks impairs the mental health of teenagers. In the study, a team of researchers from the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia reviewed the effects of caffeine and taurine found in energy drinks on the developing […]

12/19/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Eating foods rich in processed sugar increases your risk of depression

Here’s one more reason for you to ditch junk food: They increase your risk of depression. Research has shown that avoiding junk food and eating foods belonging to the Mediterranean diet instead could reduce the risk of depression. The study, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, showed that people who adhered to a Mediterranean diet were […]

12/07/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Researchers say that gastrodin, a constituent of Oriental herbal medicine, can treat PTSD-related depression

Gastrodin is one of the main constituents of Oriental herbal medicine and has been previously shown to effectively treat various mood disorders. A study published in the Journal of Natural Medicines has suggested that it can also be used as an effective herbal preparation to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is a mental health […]

10/26/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Effects of physical activity in the psychological well-being of cancer survivors

Research has found that long hikes can sustainably improve the physical activity, psychological well-being, and quality of life of breast cancer survivors. The study, which was published in the Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy, looked at how a six-week long hike can improve the physical activity levels and mental health of breast cancer patients. […]

09/10/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Stress found to affect the brain’s speech center: Language patterns reveal a biological response to stress

The words you use may tell how stressed you are. A new study has found that language patterns show a biological response to stress. The study, headed by a team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Arizona, Tucson, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, aimed to determine whether stress biology is triggered […]

08/25/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Study finds SINGING helps women overcome postnatal depression through expressing emotions

A new study showed that women can recover from postpartum depression by singing with their babies in a group. For the study, a team of researchers from the Centre for Performance Science analyzed the associations of singing and creative workshops, and standard postpartum care on postpartum depression. In the study, more than 130 mothers were […]

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