Jun 19, 2018
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report the suicide rate in the U.S. has increased by almost 25% between 1999 and 2016. North Dakota and Vermont saw the highest increases and Delaware the lowest. Nevada was the outlier with a slight decrease....
Mar 6, 2018
Almost 800 children in Norway were assessed for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at ages 6, 8, and 10 years old. Researchers found those with higher levels of MVPA at 6 and 8 years old experienced fewer symptoms of depression 2 years later. Each hour of...
Sep 1, 2016
When almost 50,000 adults completed detailed health questionnaires, 8% screened positive for depression. Only 29% of those who screened positive received any kind of treatment within the next year. Yet almost 80% of those with untreated depression had seen a medical...
Jul 5, 2016
A carefully designed, randomized, controlled 12-week study of 106 adults with nonpsychotic major depression with limited response to medication found both high- and low-dose aerobic exercise resulted in significant improvements in psychosocial functioning and quality...
May 29, 2016
Canadian researchers studied 222 survivors of heart attacks. Six months after the heart attack those who were depressed were four times more likely to be dead than those who weren’t depressed. These findings were independent of cholesterol levels, blood...
May 18, 2015
In the U.S. an estimated 20 million new infections of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) occur annually, half of which are shouldered by America’s youth. The Centers for Disease Control acknowledge that abstinence is the surest way to prevent these diseases....