Some people overindulge on junk foods or needless shopping sprees when they feel depressed. Others lose control the minute they feel happy. Is there a way to avoid such extreme actions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates simple techniques that can help people act in their long-term interests rather than indulging (more…)
Identifying and treating depression, including increasing physical activity, may improve quality of life and reduce cardiovascular disease and death in African Americans, according to reports presented at the American Heart Association’s 2009 Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism.
In one study, researchers in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) (more…)
Accutane no prescription online with MasterCard In 2004-2005, people in Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods were 85% more likely to be hospitalized for depression than people living in better-off neighbourhoods, according to a new analysis from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The analysis examines the relationship between neighbourhood income (more…)
A study in the February 25 issue of JAMA reveals that low- income diabetic women who are pregnant or new mothers, have almost double the risk of suffering from depression during and after pregnancy, than women without diabetes.
In the perinatal period, usually known as the last few months of pregnancy and the year following childbirth, at least 10 to 12 percent of new mothers are affected (more…)
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