Everyone loves food, but many people are unaware of how diet affects mood. There are significant, emotional impracts that different nutritional habits can have on the body. It is typical that the food we consume on a daily basis is…
Whether you’ve been doing yoga stretches for years or just picking it up now, you’re on the right track. Yoga is a form of mental and physical exercise that is healthy and beneficial to the whole body. It consists of…
Scientists have been able to successfully link blood pressure-lowering medicines for hypertension to less memory decline. Hypertension, which is the most common cause of elevated blood pressure, is the single most important modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia.…
As of 2019, an epidemic of clinical depression has manifested itself in the form of suicides across the United States. Suicide is the most common cause of death in those aged 15-34 in the United States and is the leading…
In the United States alone, suicide is the most common cause of death in 15-34-year-olds and is the leading disability of people worldwide. Women are more likely to be susceptible to attempting suicide, and men are actually four times as…
Just a few months ago, a one-time infusion that provides quick relief for postpartum depression, one of the most common pregnancy complications, sparked a lot of talk in the medical industry. It’s because while the drug is effective, it’s expensive.…
University of North Carolina’s Professor Cynthia Bulik performed a genetic analysis on anorexic patients. Researchers conducted the study on thousands of people and were able to identify eight chromosome locations that increase individuals’ susceptibility to the disorder. With these findings,…
Perhaps doctors should lead with 20 minutes of exposure to nature to reduce stress, instead of higher frequency of drug consumption. Or would that be awfully boring? According to an April 2019 study, researchers found that just twenty minutes in…
