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Depression & Anxiety Are Physical Diseases

by Cheryl Myers | March 1, 2024

If your legs are healthy, no one is surprised that you are a good runner with strength and stamina. And if you are in a car accident with multiple injuries, including a broken leg, no one is surprised that your mobility is impaired and you can no longer run. Your running behavior has been damaged. […]

Saffron: Powerful Help for Mental Health

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | December 5, 2023

Saffron has been used as a medicinal herb since ancient times. But it is not until only very recently that it has caught the attention of modern science. And caught its attention it has! Saffron may be one of the most versatile and valuable of all herbs for mental health. An Assyrian botanical dictionary from […]

Pediatric Mental Health: From a Concern to a Crisis

by Angela Sabarese | September 1, 2023

Parents may not immediately think about their children’s mental health and well-being as a top concern. Often, one worries more about children’s’ physical health and safety. However, according to ECRI, an independent, nonprofit health care organization, the pediatric mental health crisis tops its 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. “While rates of depression […]

The Double Burden of Depression & Anxiety

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | June 30, 2023

As if depression or anxiety is not enough to deal with, many people have to deal with both. Alarmingly, about 85 percent of people with depression also experience some anxiety; about 90 percent of people with anxiety suffer some depression (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2016;266(8):725–736). When people suffer from depression and anxiety simultaneously, the […]

Vitamin D and Your Mind

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | May 1, 2023

Once thought of almost exclusively for bones, the past several years has revealed that vitamin D does almost everything for your body, including benefitting diabetes and dental health, heart disease and cancer, back pain, multiple sclerosis, long life and COVID-19. The new news in vitamin D research is that there are vitamin D receptors in […]

Menopause and Your Mind

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | September 7, 2022

Though hot flashes get most of the menopause attention, unfortunately, these physical symptoms are not the whole story of the challenge of menopause. Menopause can bring with it a whole host of psychological struggles, including depression, anxiety and insomnia. The time around menopause is a time of increased risk of depression (Obstet Gynecol Clin North […]

Nutrition For Mood Support

by Cheryl Myers | March 9, 2022

Did anyone else read the Harry Potter books or watch the movies? One of the most terrifying things I encountered were the Dementors—dark, ghostly, floating monsters who froze the air and sucked the life out of their immobilized victims. Shiver! I learned later that J.K. Rowling herself had struggled with severe depression, and these monsters […]

Caution: Essential Oils and Pets

by Angela Sabarese | March 8, 2022

According to the Pet Poison Helpline, Jo Marshall, CVT, NREMT, Senior Veterinary Information Specialist, explained why certain essential oils are toxic to dogs. “We have certainly seen an increase in essential oil toxicity in recent years due to the increase in pet owners’ desire to treat more holistically or with natural remedies,” she said. “In […]

A Dozen Uses of Probiotics That Will Surprise You

by Linda Woolven and Ted Snider | February 14, 2022

It’s a very strange thought, but there are nine times as many bacteria living in your digestive tract than there are human cells in your entire body. That means that there are more of them than you in you! Everybody knows about probiotics. It is, by now, well established that probiotics help fight candida, the […]

Study: Pollen Allergies Occur More Frequently in Anxiety Sufferers

by Lisa Schofield | April 5, 2021

Seasonal allergies to different types of grass or tree pollen are more common in people with anxiety disorders, while patients with depression are more likely to suffer from perennial allergies triggered by allergens such as animal hair. Conversely, food and drug allergies were unaffected by these psychosocial disorders. The team interviewed over 1,700 people from […]

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