Why Can’t You And Bacteria Free Mice Beat depression?
Posted by Guy in Mood & Depression, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 03. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
Researchers examined the performance of germ-free mice, ones who lack gut bacteria, on a kind of maze used to test anxiety-like behaviors. The maze is in the shape of a plus with two open and two closed areas; normally, mice will avoid open spaces to minimize the risk of being seen by predators. Normal [...]
Stomach, Virus & Bacteria Diseases Of The Mind
Posted by Guy in Digestive Health, Mood & Depression, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 15. May, 2011 | 1 Comment
Did you know that depression has many potential causes, this article brings attention to some of the less publicised possible origins that often go undetected. Bacteria, Viruses And Parasites May Cause Mental Illnesses Like Depression And Perhaps Even Autism And Anorexia by Janet Ginsburg of NEWSWEEK Olga Skipko has had the good fortune to live [...]
Depression – Antidepressants Not As Effective As Treating The True Cause
Posted by Guy in Mood & Depression, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 11. Apr, 2011 | No Comments
Despite a 253% increase in the use of antidepressants in the last ten years, leading mental health experts writing in the British Medical Journal find recent studies show antidepressants to be no more effective than a placebo. On the other hand, alleviating depression by locating and treating its specific physical cause has been shown [...]
What is Depression, Really – Underlying causes?
Posted by Mawuena in Mood & Depression, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 24. Mar, 2011 | No Comments
We hear so much about depression these days, with recent news of cricketer Michael Yardy who has sent himself home from the world cup citing the reason of depression, proving that depression is all around us. So what really is depression and how should it be treated? There are many underlying causes to depression each [...]
Can You Exercise Out of Depression?
Posted by Guy in Health Psychology/Motivation, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 05. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Daily exercise as daily medicine: For this patient, it works. If Jennisse Peatick, 36, ever had to stop exercising—well, the idea leaves her almost speechless. She doesn’t know what would happen. “I started exercising because I was getting fat and I realized it was helping me deal with my ongoing depression,” she says. Now [...]
