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Depressed? Help Could Be A Phone Call Away

Posted on 06/6/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthTalking with a therapist on the phone may be more helpful for depressed patients than coming to a therapist’s office. That’s the finding of a new Northwestern University medical school study that found that patients with depression who got therapy over the phone were more likely to complete 18 weeks of treatment than those who had face-to-face sessions. “Now therapists can make house calls,” said study author David Mohr, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. …

How Our Brain Works: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Inner World

Posted on 04/19/2012 by | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal HealthOur brains may be one of the last frontiers for explorers of human physiology. The past few years have seen remarkable breakthroughs in understanding how the brain works. New discoveries in the field of neuroscience are helping us understand how and what we perceive and feel, how we learn and store memories and how reasoning and decision making are processed. Here are four new insights: Concrete Thinking Treats Depression: Concrete thinking, or concreteness training (CNT), is a technique that replaces …

Depressed? It Could Be Due To Sleep Apnea

Posted on 04/3/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthSnore. Snort. Gasp. Repeat. That’s basically what happens to people with sleep apnea. Their breathing while they sleep is briefly stopped — lasting seconds to a minute — which contributes to snoring, daytime fatigue, inability to concentrate, restless sleep and, according to a new federal study, major depression. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed nearly 10,000 American adults. The study, published in the journal Sleep, found that the more frequently people snort or gasp for …

Should Grief Be Considered A Disorder?

Posted on 01/27/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthIf you’re grieving over the loss of a loved one, is that normal? Or should it be diagnosed as depression? That’s the controversy over a proposed change to the medical diagnosis of depression that would characterize grieving as a disorder and greatly increase the number of people treated for it, reports the New York Times. The American Psychiatric Association is finishing work on the new edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, considered the psychiatrists’ bible and …

Volunteering May Reduce Heart Attacks in Older Americans

Posted on 01/10/2012 by | Giving & Volunteering | Comments

Home & Family | Personal Health | Volunteering | Work | Your LifeAs you try to make good on your New Year’s resolution to be healthier, make sure that volunteering is a regular part of your routine. Research from several studies shows that older Americans who volunteer live longer and report having a higher quality of life compared to those who do not. The Journal of Psychology and Aging reports that volunteering regularly reduces depression and increases overall satisfaction in life for older adults. Comorbidity of depression and cardiovascular disease has long …

Choosing An Antidepressant? It’s The Side Effects That Matter

Posted on 12/8/2011 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthWhen it comes to choosing one of the newer antidepressants, a study has found they’re all basically the same — except for their side effects. Researchers looked at 13 antidepressants — including such popular ones as Cymbalta, Prozac, Effexor and Zoloft — and found that they’re all equally effective at treating depression. “They’re interchangeable except for side effects,” David Schlager, of Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, told USA Today. As of 2005, some 27 million Americans had taken antidepressants, …

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