Depression News

Can yoga help depression?  Studies performed by the National Institute for Mental Health and Neuroscience
in India showed sudharshan kriya, a pranayama (or yogic breathing technique), to be up to 73% effective in
the treatment of depression.

The British Journal of Sports Medicine reports that studies reveal a positive outcome of regular house hold
activity. A mere twenty minute per week activity in your house could wipe away your blues and keep your mind
healthy.

Just listening to music can reduce depression by up to 25 per cent and chronic pain by up to 21 per cent,
according to a research paper published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. People seemed to be more in control
of their pain (physical or psychological) if they listened to music for one hour everyday for a week.

Depression affects millions of Americans every year. Of course we know that the leading culprit is low serotonin
levels, but how does one raise serotonin naturally? Here is an article on 10 ways to boost your serotonin
levels without medication. Mark Sisson is the founder of Primal Nutrition.

A Dalhousie University research study suggests that vitamin D found in fatty fish, cod liver oil, and egg,
should be taken in the form of vitamin D pills by those people who live in the areas that do not get much
sunlight.

Dutch researchers in Amsterdam University report that low level of Vitamin D and a high level of parathyroid
hormones in blood may cause seniors in age to be more likely to be depressed. Low Vitamin D levels have been
found to influence moods in earlier studies too.

High ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids found related to occurrence of depression.

Depression can throw your life out of sync. While severe depression requires immediate medical attention, mild
depression can be treated naturally. Manipulate your mood with the ten simple strategies given here.

People with depression that does not respond to conventional therapy may now get relief with a non-invasive
treatment of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). The researchers claimed that the rTMS-treated
patients did not require antidepressant medications for up to 43 months.

Does St. John’s Wort help depression?  According to researchers at the Medical University of Vienna,
St. John’s Wort is an effective treatment for mild depression.